In a powerful statement read in court on Thursday, Olympic gold medalist McKayla Maroney described former USA Gymnastics coach Larry Nassar as “a monster of a human being.” “I had a dream to go to the Olympics and the things I had to endure to get there were unnecessary and disgusting,” Maroney said in her […]
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“A Slap In The Face To All Teachers”
Deyshia Hargrave, a 32-year-old English and language arts teacher at Rene A. Rost Middle School in Abbeville, addressed the school board while they were considering a vote to approve Superintendent Jerome Puyau’s contract with a $ 38,000 pay raise, WGNO reported. She was later arrested and charged with resisting an officer and remaining on premises […]
“A Very Clear Emperor-Has-No-Clothes Effect”
The author of a newly released book critical of Donald Trump’s presidency said Saturday he believes the book will bring an end to Trump’s time in the Oval Office. Michael Wolff gave an interview to BBC Radio 4 to discuss Fire and Fury: Inside the White House, which was officially released Friday, although explosive excerpts […]
“A Deliberate Act”
More than a dozen people have been hospitalised, several in a critical condition, after a car ploughed into pedestrians in Melbourne’s city centre in what police say was a “deliberate” act. Paramedics were called to the emergency at Flinders and Elizabeth Streets at 4:41 p.m. today. The driver of the car and a second man […]
“A Historic Milestone”
Democrat Danica Roem has defeated an anti-LGBT Republican incumbent in a race for a seat in the Virginia General Assembly on Tuesday night, putting the 32-year-old journalist on track to make history as the first out transgender person to be elected and get seated in a state legislature in the United States. With 95% of […]
“A Failure Of Human Intelligence”
WASHINGTON – As the US military remained tight-lipped about even basic facts of the deadliest combat incident involving US troops since President Donald Trump took office, lawmakers on Thursday suggested that a subpoena might be necessary to get any details. The Oct. 4 ambush of US troops in Niger, which left four US Army Green […]
“A Person Of Interest”
The top congressional committee investigating Russian election interference has set its sights on a lesser-known foreign policy adviser to President Donald Trump’s campaign who reportedly tried to arrange at least one meeting with the Russian government. Sen. Richard Burr, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, told BuzzFeed News on Thursday that former Trump adviser George […]
“A Crazed Lunatic Full Of Hate”
Police said Stephen Paddock, 64, is the man who opened fire Sunday night on a packed crowd at a country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip, killing 59 people and leaving more than 500 injured. Paddock killed himself before officers arrived at his room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and […]
“A War We Were Not Ready For”
OUTSIDE ERBIL, Iraq — After three years of fighting on the front lines of the war on ISIS, the Kurds of Iraq want to claim the land they’ve been defending as their own. They say they have seen 1,800 soldiers killed and 10,000 more wounded in the US-led campaign and worked as a key intelligence […]
“A Devastating Loss”
“Our state police and law enforcement family at-large are mourning this tragic outcome to an already challenging day,” Colonel W. Steven Flaherty, Virginia State Police Superintendent, said in the statement. “Lieutenant Cullen was a highly-respected professional aviator and Trooper-Pilot Bates was a welcome addition to the Aviation Unit, after a distinguished assignment as a special […]
