The United States will contribute nearly $32 million in humanitarian aid to help Rohingya Muslim refugees, the State Department said Wednesday, in the Trump administration’s first major response to the mass exodus from Myanmar. The new money for food, medical care, water, sanitation and shelter comes as the U.S. joins… Read More
What!? 10 sharks, alive and dead, found hidden in NY basement
Seven live sharks and three dead ones have been seized from a pool in the basement of a home in New York’s Hudson Valley. The state Department of Environmental Conservation said Wednesday officers searching a home in the Dutchess County hamlet of LaGrangeville last month found a 15-foot-diameter aboveground basement… Read More
Champion boxer dies at 95
Jake LaMotta, the former middleweight champion whose life in and out of the ring was depicted in the film “Raging Bull,” for which Robert De Niro won an Academy Award, has died, his fiancee said Wednesday. He was 95. LaMotta died Tuesday at a Miami-area hospital from complications of pneumonia,… Read More
[Must see] Ex-NFL star joins FBI
In a surprising career move, former NFL star Charles Tillman training with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Chicago Tribune reported Tuesday. The former Chicago Bears cornerback retired from the NFL in 2016, playing with the Carolina Panthers in 2015. Blood pressure breakthrough: why chicken salad may be the secret… Read More
MELTDOWN! Chuck Schumer LOSES IT after 0:15 in this video (“too risky!”)
Democratic Party leader Chuck Schumer was very, very unhappy about President Donald Trump’s address to the United Nations on Monday — and he wants the world to know. According to Schumer, standing up to a brutal dictator is “too risky” a move for the United States because, during the speech,… Read More
5 powerful pics from yesterday’s earthquake in Mexico
Police, firefighters and ordinary Mexicans dug frantically through the rubble of collapsed schools, homes and apartment buildings early Wednesday, looking for survivors of Mexico’s deadliest earthquake in decades as the number of confirmed fatalities stood at 217. Adding poignancy and a touch of the surreal, Tuesday’s magnitude-7.1 quake struck on… Read More
Hurricane Maria makes landfall in Puerto Rico
One of the strongest hurricanes to ever hit Puerto Rico pummeled the island Wednesday, tearing off roofs and sending doors flying from hinges as officials warned Hurricane Maria would decimate the power company’s crumbling infrastructure and force the government to rebuild dozens of communities. Maria, which has killed at least… Read More
Billy Bush separating from wife of nearly 20 years
Former “Access Hollywood” and “Today” show personality Billy Bush has separated from wife Sydney Davis after nearly 20 years of marriage. Jill Fritzo, Bush’s publicist, says in a statement that the couple has “separated for the moment to evaluate their life together.” She adds, “they love each other and their… Read More
What!? Police searching for jogger dubbed “Mad Pooper”
Police in Colorado are looking for a jogger they say is repeatedly interrupting her runs to defecate in public in one neighborhood. Cathy Budde says she was first alerted to the woman she’s dubbed “The Mad Pooper” by her children, who caught the jogger in the act weeks ago. Budde… Read More
Hillary Clinton caught mocking Vladimir Putin
When Hillary Clinton took the guest’s seat on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” she was in a mood to put Russian President Vladimir Putin on the psychiatrist’s couch. Clinton said Tuesday night that Putin interfered in the presidential election in part because of her work as secretary of state,… Read More