Ennio Morricone, the Oscar-winning Italian composer who created the coyote-howl theme for the iconic Spaghetti Western “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” and often haunting soundtracks for such classic Hollywood gangster movies as “The Untouchables” and the epic “Once Upon A Time In America,” died Monday. He was 91. Morricone’s longtime lawyer, Giorgio Assumma, […]
Dog becomes July 4th hero, alerts owner to house fire
A dog in Tennessee became a hero on the Fourth of July by alerting her owner to a house fire next door. Oncologists Are Freaking Out After A Cause Of Cancer Is Revealed [Sponsored] Roux, a 3-year-old Belgian Malinois, woke her owner Jeff LeCates with “frantic and unusual barks” on Saturday night, a Franklin Fire […]
Frederick Douglass statue torn down in New York
A statue of abolitionist Frederick Douglass was ripped from its base in Rochester on the anniversary of one of his most famous speeches, delivered in that city in 1852. Sponsored: WANTED: Men and women over 65 to try this “senior smart pill” Police said the statue of Douglass was taken on Sunday from Maplewood Park, […]
Bellagio betting mistake leads to quarter-million dollar loss
The nearly quarter-million dollars in winning wagers reportedly placed at MGM Resorts last Sunday might be the largest sportsbook loss in Las Vegas history on bets made after an event has started. Seven longtime Las Vegas bookmakers can’t recall a larger loss, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. But each oddsmaker has taken hits on past […]
LAPD funding reportedly slashed by $150M
City leaders voted Wednesday to slash the Los Angeles Police Department budget by $150 million, reducing the number of officers to a level not seen for more than a decade amid nationwide demands to shift money away from law enforcement agencies during America’s reckoning over police brutality and racial injustice. About two-thirds of the funding […]
Officials say students contracting COVID-19 on purpose
Several college students in an Alabama city organized “COVID-19” parties as a contest to see who would get the virus first, officials said. Tuscaloosa City Councilor Sonya McKinstry said students hosted the parties to intentionally infect each other with the new coronavirus, news outlets reported. Where should we mail your book? [sponsored] McKinstry said party […]
4 Dem officials arrested in bribery, extortion plot
Four elected Democrats and a private attorney were accused Tuesday of taking part in a bribery and extortion scheme that encouraged soliciting and/or accepting cash and other things of value from business owners in exchange for favorable votes on issues before the Toledo City Council, federal prosecutors said. Sponsored: Eerie WW2 Photo Reveals Shocking Secret […]
Tucker Carlson most watched cable news host… ever
An extraordinary stretch of news with the coronavirus pandemic and racial reckoning triggered by George Floyd’s death has led cable news to set record numbers of viewers. Fox News Channel had a record-setting quarter ending in June, according to the Nielsen company — and leading them was a new face: Tucker Carlson. Deadliest Drug Ever […]
Pro-Trump candidate pulls upset win in Colorado elections
A pistol-packing restaurant owner who has expressed support for a far-right conspiracy theory has upset five-term U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton in Colorado’s primary elections. Sponsored: Military sleep study STUNS scientists Tipton became the fourth House member to lose renomination bids this year. Republican Reps. Steve King of Iowa and Denver Riggleman of Virginia, and Democrat […]
[Video] Couple saves drowning bear with head stuck in plastic
A Wisconsin family helped save a young bear that was struggling to breathe while swimming in a lake with its head caught in a plastic food container. Tricia and Brian Hurt and their son, Brady, were fishing Saturday on Marsh Miller Lake in western Wisconsin’s Chippewa County when they came across what they first thought […]
