Deadspin Faces Lawsuit for Defaming Young Chiefs Fan
The family of Holden Armenta, a 9-year-old Kansas City Chiefs fan, is taking legal action against Deadspin and reporter Carron Phillips for defamation, the New York Post reported.
Sen. Blackburn: Probe Israeli Hostage Allegations
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., called for an investigation into the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) after reports that an Israeli hostage was held in the attic of a teacher employed by the agency.[#item_full_content]
US: Venezuela-Guyana Dispute Can’t be Settled by Referendum
The United States supports a peaceful resolution to the border dispute between Venezuela and Guyana and thinks it cannot be settled through a referendum, a U.S. State Department spokesperson told reporters on Monday.[#item_full_content]
French minister warns country ‘durably under threat from Islamist terrorism’ after Paris stabbing suspect ID’d
French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin reportedly told TF1 television on Sunday that the country was “durably under threat from Islamist terrorism” after a prosecutor identified the French 26-year-old born to Iranian parents accused of fatally stabbing a German tourist and injuring two others steps away from the Eiffel Tower in Paris over the weekend. At […]
Death toll climbs to 13 in South Africa mining disaster
The death toll from a mining tragedy last week in South Africa that involved an elevator has risen to 13 people after a worker died at a hospital, the mine operator said Monday. Impala Platinum said that the worker died Sunday from injuries sustained when the elevator plummeted around 650 feet down the shaft of […]
Young mother killed in shark attack near beach in Mexico
A Mexican mother is dead after a shark bit her leg over the weekend, officials said. The incident happened Saturday a short distance from the beach in Melaque, just west of the seaport of Manzanillo, Rafael Araiza, the head of the local civil defense office, said. The town is in the western state of Jalisco, […]
2 boats carrying Rohingya refugees reportedly adrift on Andaman Sea
The U.N. refugee agency on Monday sounded the alarm for about 400 Rohingya Muslims believed to be aboard two boats reported to be out of supplies and adrift on the Andaman Sea. The agency, also called UNHCR, worries that all aboard could die without efforts to rescue them, said Babar Baloch, its Bangkok-based regional spokesperson. […]
FL Sen. Rick Scott letter demands answers from CFP committee over FSU playoff snub: ‘Shocking decision’
Florida Sen. Rick Scott is demanding answers from the NCAA College Football Playoff Committee after the Florida State Seminoles were left out of the playoffs despite an undefeated 13-0 season. “Yesterday, for the first time in its 10 year history, the College Football Playoff (CFP) Selection Committee (the “Committee”) made the shocking decision behind closed […]
House GOP campaign arm slams Democrats in new AI-generated ad turning national parks into migrant tent cities
House Republicans’ campaign arm has rolled out a new political ad filled with images created using artificial intelligence (AI). The video runs just under a minute long and features AI-generated pictures depicting migrant encampments across some of the United States’ most famous open-air landmarks. The political ad targets swing district Democrats near national parks. It […]
Biden admin under fire for burning taxpayer funds on UN climate summit trip
The Biden administration is facing heavy criticism from a Senate Republican leader for sending dozens of representatives, including Vice President Kamala Harris and multiple Cabinet members, to the United Nations climate summit. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s ranking member, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., sent a flurry of letters to members of President Biden’s […]