People donate items to classrooms and teachers all the time, but an Alabama school is turning around the theme by donating a missile and a tank-like carrier painted red, white, and blue to a veterans museum. An MGM-52 Lance Missile, once capable of delivering nuclear or conventional weapons before it… Read More
Rock star dead at 50 while on South American tour
Taylor Hawkins, for 25 years the drummer for Foo Fighters and best friend of frontman Dave Grohl, has died during a South American tour with the rock band. He was 50. There were few immediate details on how Hawkins died, although the band said in a statement Friday that his… Read More
Poll: Nuclear war? Americans say this…
Russia’s war on Ukraine has most Americans at least somewhat worried that the U.S. will be drawn directly into the conflict and could be targeted with nuclear weapons, with a new poll reflecting a level of anxiety that has echoes of the Cold War era. Close to half of Americans… Read More
Legendary college coach’s memorable last ride
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski refused to let his players ponder the possibility of facing arch-rival North Carolina for the first time in the NCAA Tournament after the Blue Devils had punched their Final Four ticket with a win over Arkansas. They have no choice but to think about it now…. Read More
Feds: Man smuggled 1,700 reptiles from Mexico and Hong Kong
A Southern California man is accused of smuggling more than 1,700 reptiles — including baby crocodiles and Mexican beaded lizards — into the U.S. since 2016, authorities said Thursday. Jose Manuel Perez, also known as “Julio Rodriguez,” was taken into custody on Feb. 25 at the San Ysidro border crossing… Read More
‘Collapse of support’: Ocasio-Cortez scolds Biden about his grim prospects
In December, President Joe Biden extended the Trump administration’s moratorium on student debt collection. As of now, the Biden administration has paused the debt collection until May, and it’s not charging interest. Plus, Biden has forgiven a staggering $16 billion in student loans as of last month, according calculations by… Read More
Kamala Harris out as border czar?! This lawsuit says…
Vice President Kamala Harris assumed the role of borer czar last year. In a speech at the time, she tried to address the “root causes” of immigration by telling would-be migrants, “Do not come.” Now she may see some drastic shakeups in her role. Sponsored: Deadliest Drug Ever (are you… Read More
Stephen Wilhite, inventor of the GIF, dead at 74
Stephen Wilhite, the inventor of the internet-popular short-video format, the GIF, has died. He was 74. His wife, Kathaleen, said Thursday in a phone interview that he died of COVID on March 14. Wilhite, who lived in Milford, Ohio, won a Webby lifetime achievement award in 2013 for inventing the… Read More
After years of rivalry, Uber puts yellow cabs on its app in NYC
Uber, hit by driver shortages and a surge in food delivery requests during the pandemic, will list New York City taxi cabs on its app, a partnership that until recently would have been unthinkable with both camps fighting ferociously for the same customers. After a period in which waits for… Read More
Arizona Legislature approves 15-week abortion ban
The Arizona Legislature on Thursday joined the growing list of Republican-led states to pass aggressive anti-abortion legislation as the conservative U.S. Supreme Court is considering ratcheting back abortion rights that have been in place for nearly 50 years. The House voted on party lines to outlaw abortion after 15 weeks… Read More
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