News - Page 3429

University of Connecticut wins the men’s NCAA basketball championship

The University of Connecticut Huskies defeated the Purdue Boilermakers 75-60 on Monday night to win the 2023-2024 NCAA men’s basketball championship.  UConn was led by senior guard Tristen Newton, who scored a team-high 20 points in the game. Purdue University’s star player, two-time Wooden Award winner Zach Edey, led all scorers with 37 points.  The […]

Is Ohio State teaching ‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’?

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Late last month, Amy Andryszak, the president and CEO of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, sent a letter to Gov. Michael DeWine (R-OH) in response to seeing The Ohio State University initially had plans to add How to Blow Up a Pipeline to its curriculum. The book, written by Swedish […]

Florida woman ‘directed by God’ goes on shooting spree driven by solar eclipse: Police

A Florida woman allegedly went on a shooting spree after believing she was “directed by God” in relation to the solar eclipse. Taylon Nichelle Celestine, 22, was arrested by the Florida Highway Patrol after she allegedly shot at two people on a highway with a rifle. She reportedly announced her intention to go on a […]

Jack Smith tells Supreme Court to keep Trump charges: ‘Framers never endorsed criminal immunity’

Special counsel Jack Smith called on the Supreme Court on Monday to reject a bid by Donald Trump to invoke presidential immunity to avoid a trial over an alleged effort to subvert the 2020 election results, saying the “Framers” never intended such privileges for former presidents. The Supreme Court is poised to weigh Trump’s arguments […]

Tesla settles lawsuit with family who blamed company’s autopilot for engineer’s death

Tesla settled a lawsuit out of court with an Apple engineer’s family that claimed the company’s autopilot feature was the reason for his fatal car crash. The jury selection for the suit over the death of Walter Huang was set to begin on Monday, CNN reported. He died after his Tesla Model X hit a […]

William Shatner promotes fighting climate change amid solar eclipse

Star Trek actor William Shatner told NBC News on Monday that there’s no point in going into space if we “can’t come back” to Earth due to the environment. NBC‘s Maura Barrett pressed Shatner with a climate change question on Monday during a television interview about the solar eclipse. Barrett asked Shatner about the concern […]

McConnell calls on Congress to give House-passed TikTok bill ‘urgent attention’

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) expressed his support on Monday for a House-passed bill to push the Chinese owners of TikTok to divest or face being banned in the United States, although the path forward is still unclear in the upper chamber.  “This is a matter that deserves Congress’s urgent attention. And I’ll support […]

Whoopi Goldberg: Abortion is ‘not mentioned’ in the Ten Commandments

The View co-host Whoopi Goldberg argued on Monday that abortion is “not mentioned” in the Ten Commandments while discussing former President Donald Trump‘s social media video stating his stance on abortion. “I want to make sure that if you decide this is what you need to do, I’m going to get behind you because I […]

Harris touts Biden’s student loans plan: ‘Many are silently struggling’

Vice President Kamala Harris lauded President Joe Biden‘s new plan to reduce or cancel student loan debt for roughly 30 million people, calling it a game changer for borrowers and especially those eligible for public service loan forgiveness programs. “We don’t pay our teachers nearly what they deserve in terms of the value that they […]

Newsom and California Democrats blasted for ‘gimmicky’ $17 billion fix for massive budget deficit

In an effort to close a $73 billion deficit by June, California‘s Democratic lawmakers agreed on Friday to reduce the deficit by $17.3 billion through spending cuts, delays, and deferrals.  Republican lawmakers have called the move “gimmicky” and blamed Newsom for mismanaging state funds.  “This most recent deal that he’s touting is all reliant on […]
spot_img

Latest articles

Newsletter

Subscribe to stay updated.