Giorno: 18 Settembre 2023

Central figure in UK soccer child sex abuse scandal, Barry Bennell, dies in prison at age 69

An English coach at the center of a notorious child sex abuse scandal in professional soccer has died in prison, the British government’s justice department said Monday. Barry Bennell, who had worked as a scout for Manchester City and a coach at Crewe Alexandra, was serving a 34-year jail term for multiple convictions of offenses […]

Ramaswamy’s trolling of Pence for ‘copying’ his ‘revolutionary ideas’ gets called out by X fact check

The trolling of former Vice President Mike Pence by Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramswamy’s campaign was called out by X on Monday after the social media giant added a “community note” to the latter’s claim that the former was “copying” one of his “revolutionary ideas.” “Hey [Mike Pence]. You get an ‘F’ for copying [Vivek […]

DeSantis hits back at McCarthy for saying he’s not on ‘same level’ as Trump: ‘Badge of honor’

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis fired back at Speaker Kevin McCarthy after the Republican lawmaker said he is not at the “same level” as former President Donald Trump and that Trump would be the GOP nominee.  “I think if you look at what’s happened with D.C. Republicans, they worked very closely. Look, Donald Trump, he supported […]

Hunter Biden tries to avoid in-person arraignment in federal gun charges case

Hunter Biden is battling federal prosecutors in trying to have his initial court appearance on federal firearm charges held via video conference, according to an order filed by a federal judge on Monday. U.S. Magistrate Judge Christopher J. Burke issued the order asking Hunter’s lawyers to explain no later than Tuesday why they want his arraignment […]

House GOP Vies to Halt ‘Catch and Release’ in Stopgap Bill

House Republicans folded in language from a bill they passed in May into their stopgap funding bill that would put an end to President Joe Biden’s “catch and release” policy at the border, Breitbart reported Monday.[#item_full_content]

ChatGPT Equals Doctors in Diagnosing ER Patients

Emergency medicine doctors someday might rely on consultation from artificial intelligence (AI) programs like ChatGPT to help them quickly and accurately diagnose patients’ ailments. A new study found that ChatGPT performed about as well as human doctors in diagnosing…[#item_full_content]

Pro-life protestors found guilty of federal charges after invading DC reproductive health care clinic in 2020

Three pro-lifers who protested at, and blocked access to a Washington, D.C. reproductive health care services clinic in October 2020 were found guilty of federal charges by a jury on Monday. The Department of Justice said in a press release that 41-year-old Jonathan Darnel of Arlington, Virginia; 73-year-old Jean Marshall of Kingston, Massachusetts; and 74-year-old […]

McCarthy Exhausting Options to Stop Shutdown as Conservatives Balk at New Plan

Speaker Kevin McCarthy is running out of options as he races Monday to come up with a plan to keep the federal government from shutting down as even a proposal to include hardline border security provisions wasn’t enough to appease the far-right flank in his Republican…[#item_full_content]

Wall Street Moves Sideways as Investors Await Fed

Wall Street closed little changed Monday as market participants looked ahead to the U.S. Federal Reserve’s expected decision to leave key interest rates unchanged Wednesday.[#item_full_content]

ABC Will Air 10 More ‘Monday Night Football’ Games Because of Hollywood Strikes

ABC will be airing more “Monday Night Football” games than originally planned.An additional 10 games originally set to appear only on ESPN will be simulcast on ABC. The additional games will be on network television because of the ongoing strikes by the Writers Guild of…