U.S.In The Know by YahooTikToker fact-checks news anchor at American Girl store, makes ‘sickening’ discovery
Newsmax anchor Rob Finnerty, host of the show “Wake Up America,” claims in a clip from Dec. 12 to have visited the American Girl store in Rockefeller Center in New York City in search of a doll that looked like his little daughter. However, according to the anchor, he couldn't find a single doll that resembled his “cute little 6-year-old white girl. The whole place was, like, wokeified,” Finnerty reported.
PoliticsBusiness InsiderFar-right troll and Capitol rioter 'Baked Alaska' tweets that he can't believe he's 'going to jail for an nft salesman' after Trump announces digital trading card series
The far-right personality known as "Baked Alaska" tweeted that he can't believe he's "going to jail for an nft salesman." "Baked Alaska," whose real name is Anthime Gionet, participated in the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot. The far-right internet personality known as "Baked Alaska" was less than pleased with former President Donald Trump's announcement Thursday that he's launching a series of digital trading card NFTs.
U.S.Fox NewsMichigan sheriff says man with filed-down teeth kidnapped and sexually assaulted woman for 3 weeks
A 36-year-old Michigan man with filed down teeth is in custody after police discovered he kidnapped a vulnerable woman, sexually assaulted her for three weeks and threatened to "rip out her throat" if she didn't do what he told her to. Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson on Wednesday revealed disturbing details of the case in a press conference that led to the arrest of Michael Barajas, 36, on Dec. 8. Swanson said Barajas had filed his teeth down to points and threatened to bite the victim and rip her throat out during the course of her three-week imprisonment.
WorldAssociated PressTennis legend Becker freed from prison, returns to Germany
German tennis legend Boris Becker has returned to Germany after serving eight months in prison in Britain, his lawyer said Thursday. The 55-year-old German, who has lived in Britain since 2012, was released on Thursday morning and traveled back to Germany shortly thereafter. Becker “has thus served his sentence and is not subject to any penal restrictions in Germany," his lawyer, Christian-Oliver Moser, said in a statement.
U.S.NextSharkEx-UC Irvine student throws his mother off campus building before jumping himself: police
A man threw his elderly mother off a building before jumping to his death in Irvine, California, on Tuesday. The incident occurred at 214 Pereira Drive at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), sometime before 3:52 p.m. The suspect, identified as Andrew Nguyen Doan, was a former student who last attended the school in 2019. Officers responding to multiple 911 calls found Doan, 36, and his mother, Thao Thai Nguyen, 77, dead on the ground outside Social Science Plaza B. Investigation revealed that Doan picked up Nguyen, threw her off a landing and then jumped to his death from the same site.
U.S.Air Force TimesWatch pilot eject after F-35B crashes on Texas runway
A pilot ejected following the crash of a Lockheed F-35B Lightning II jet on a Texas runway Thursday. Police responded at approximately 10:15 a.m. to emergency calls from both Naval police and Lockheed Martin saying that a fighter jet had crashed at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth and that the pilot had ejected, White Settlement, Texas, police chief Chris Cook said in a video shot by a local Fox affiliate.
PoliticsReutersPuerto Rican independence bill goes to U.S. House vote on Thursday
Puerto Ricans could move a step closer to a referendum on whether the island should become a U.S. state, an independent country or have another type of government when the House of Representatives votes Thursday on a bill outlining the process. A House committee approved the Puerto Rico Status Act on Wednesday, paving the way for the full House vote. The legislation lays out terms of a plebiscite as well as three potential self-governing statuses - independence, full U.S. statehood or sovereignty with free association with the United States.
WorldFortuneMeghan Markle’s real sin that the British public can’t forgive–and Americans can’t understand
A year into my stint as Fortune's commentary editor, I never expected that of all the things I'd look back on, royal news would be top of mind. While the American public largely viewed the fallout from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's new Netflix docuseries through the lens of race, many British people roundly rejected the accusations of racism that have been leveled against the royal family. As a recently naturalized Egyptian-British public opinion expert, whose job mainly consists of editing op-eds by America's entrepreneurs, academics, and top business leaders, I'm here to shed light on what is getting lost in translation.
PoliticsHuffPostDonald Trump's 'Major Announcement' Is The Dumbest Thing Ever
Donald Trump touted the release of “digital trading cards” with his likeness on Thursday after teasing a “major announcement” earlier this week. The excitement may be in the fact that purchasing a Trump card automatically enters you into a sweepstakes to meet Trump for a cocktail hour or round of golf at his Florida estate.
WorldReutersChina vows 'strong' counter-measures over Manchester incident
The Chinese foreign ministry said on Thursday that "strong and forceful counter-measures" will be taken after accusing Britain of failing to protect Chinese staff at the Chinese consulate in Manchester during a protest in October. British police had been investigating the alleged assault on a protester who was beaten by several men after being dragged inside the grounds of the consulate during a demonstration against President Xi Jinping. Police had also wanted to question six officials at the consulate including the consul general, but China had since removed them from Britain.
BusinessBusiness InsiderSam Bankman-Fried attended a top Silicon Valley prep school where his senior class prank reportedly included making $100 bills with his face on them called 'Bankmans'
SBF attended a top prep school where his senior class's prank included making $100 bills with his face on them. Long before FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was accused of facilitating a massive crypto fraud and in the crosshairs of regulators, he was a nerdy kid from a well-to-do family in Northern California, raised in the upper echelons of academia. Bankman-Fried attended a top Silicon Valley prep school where his senior class's prank included making $100 bills with his face on them called "Bankmans," Puck reported.
WorldNextSharkIndian American boy, 16, dies after jumping off Golden Gate Bridge
An Indian American teenager reportedly jumped to his death from San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge on Tuesday. The incident marks the fourth time an Indian American has used the Golden Gate Bridge in an apparent suicide attempt, said community leader Ajay Jain Bhutoria, as per NDTV. At least 30 people die from suicide via the Golden Gate Bridge each year, according to the bridge's official website.
U.S.Associated PressHouse approves referendum to 'decolonize' Puerto Rico
The U.S. House passed a bill Thursday that would allow Puerto Rico to hold the first-ever binding referendum on whether to become a state or gain some sort of independence, in a last-ditch effort that stands little chance of passing the Senate. “It is crucial to me that any proposal in Congress to decolonize Puerto Rico be informed and led by Puerto Ricans,” said Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz., chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, which oversees affairs in U.S. territories. The proposal would commit Congress to accept Puerto Rico into the United States as the 51st state if voters on the island approved it.
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Webster couple who never returned home after stopping to ask for directions found in Connecticut
A missing Webster couple who set off a Silver Alert when they failed to return home after stopping to ask for directions on Tuesday was found safe in Connecticut overnight, officials said. Janusz and Stanislawa Melewski were last seen in Shrewsbury around 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday night and had been missing from their Webster home since about 11 a.m. on Tuesday morning, according to the Webster Police Department. “The Melewskis reportedly stopped in Shrewsbury to ask for directions back to Webster, but never returned home,” police said in the Silver Alert that issued Wednesday.
PoliticsNBC NewsTrump lashes out at polls showing Ron DeSantis with a big lead in the 2024 GOP primary
Former President Donald Trump unloaded Thursday on polling showing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis beating him in a head-to-head matchup for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. "Great polling has just come out on me versus various others, including [President Joe] Biden, but I still have to put up with the same old 'stuff' from The Wall Street Journal, which has lost an incalculable amount of influence over the years, and Fox News, whose polls on me have been seriously WRONG from the day I came down the escalator in Trump Tower" to announce his first run, Trump said on the Truth Social media platform. DeSantis led Trump 52 percent to 38 percent in the Wall Street Journal survey, which was released Wednesday.
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Elon Musk sells off billions in Tesla stock following Twitter takeover
Elon Musk's efforts to shore up Twitter may now be costing Tesla. The automaker's stock is down almost 30% since he took over the social media company. His use of the social media platform to attack opponents is thrusting him into the political spotlight.
BusinessGizmodo'We're F****** Robbing Idiots:’ Eight Financial Influencers Indicted in Massive Pump and Dump Scheme
If you have ever heard the words “this is not financial advice” or “this is not stock advice” when scrolling through TikTok or YouTube, you can be sure the next several minutes will be devoted to doing exactly that. Now federal law enforcement alleged that several financial influencers followed by hundreds of thousands of would-be traders were using their fans to bet big on stock trades, all the while expecting to cash out before prices tanked. In an unsealed 44-page indictment filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, a grand jury charged eight financial influencers in a large-scale securities fraud conspiracy that racked up over $114 million over a little less than two years.
BusinessNextSharkBoba Guys permanently closes original San Francisco store following controversy
Tea chain Boba Guys has permanently closed its original San Francisco store months after employees accused management of recording illegal audio. The allegations began weeks after the tea chain fired ex-employee Madeline Urso for sexual harassment based on an inappropriate comment “documented in video” about Chau. Urso had recently expressed frustrations to the store's management regarding their decision to cut down shift hours, leading to allegations of illegal union busting.
U.S.Associated PressCalifornia reparations task force dives into what is owed
After more than a year delving into history and studies to make its case for reparations to California descendants of enslaved Black people, a first-in-the-nation task force began deliberations Wednesday to quantify how financial compensation might be calculated and what might be required to prove eligibility. Conversations for how to determine payments are in the early stages, with task force members acknowledging they have more questions than answers. Economists hired by the task force are seeking guidance in five harms experienced by Black people: government taking of property, devaluation of Black-owned businesses, housing discrimination and homelessness, mass incarceration and over-policing, and health.
U.S.WSB Cox articlesVideo shows brutal attack of 14-year-old girl in Gwinnett County high school bathroom
DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] The videos show the teenager having her head thrown against a sink by another student before being pummeled on a bathroom floor at Berkmar High School on Wednesday morning. The incident begins with the victim being attacked from behind by another student before the other student continues punching her in the head. Channel 2 is not showing the faces of the teenagers involved because they are minors.
U.S.Biloxi Sun HeraldFive dogs attack electric worker as truck gets stuck in driveway, Mississippi cops say
An electric worker was attacked by five dogs after his truck got stuck in a client's driveway, Mississippi deputies say. Carroll County deputies said Ivan Bubba Rawles III, who works as a lineman for Delta Electric, was leaving a service call on Dec. 13 when his truck got stuck on the home's long driveway. As he was walking the 100 yards back to the home, Rawles was “viciously attacked” by a pack of dogs from a neighbor's home.
U.S.Associated PressWisconsin Republican leaders unified in opposition to train
The Republican leader of the Wisconsin Senate said Thursday that he opposes spending any state money to help Madison bring a passenger rail line that would connect the capital city to Milwaukee, joining the state's other top GOP legislative leader in opposition to the project. Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu told The Associated Press that he opposes state funding for the project but had not been briefed by Madison city leaders on what they were attempting. Assembly Speaker Robin Vos was blunt last week when asked about it, saying only “No state funding.”
BusinessBusiness InsiderElon Musk brought his mom to a meeting with advertisers where he tweeted about Trump. He later fired an exec who didn't find the tweet funny, report says.
Elon Musk went to New York on Halloween to meet with advertisers and visit a Twitter office. The billionaire tweeted a joke about Trump during the meeting. Elon Musk brought his mom, Maye Musk, to a meeting with Twitter advertisers, Bloomberg reported Wednesday.
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Man accused of ‘brutal’ rape, attempted murder of Orange County woman in custody
Orange County deputies said they arrested a man wanted for an alleged violent attack. Deputies said Bruce Whitehead was arrested after a tip came in around 7 a.m. on his whereabouts. Channel 9 is working to gather more details and will have updates on Eyewitness News.
WorldAssociated PressEXPLAINER: What can the Patriot missile do for Ukraine?
The Patriot is a surface-to-air guided missile system that was first deployed in the 1980s and can target aircraft, cruise missiles and shorter-range ballistic missiles. Each Patriot battery consists of a truck-mounted launching system with eight launchers that can hold up to four missile interceptors each, a ground radar, a control station and a generator. The Army said it currently has 16 Patriot battalions.
“Essentially none of the things conservatives warned would happen actually transpired.”
“On the most prominent battlefield of the past few decades, same-sex marriage, [the GOP has] all but conceded defeat.”
“Marriage is no longer a means of harnessing the brute facts of biology into the service of children.”
“Same-sex marriage is a conservative issue at its core, but one some conservatives have chosen not to accept until now.”
“A variety of suburban voters who were more traditional at one time who now care more about economic issues.”