A plane carrying Gambia’s national football team made an emergency landing after a sudden loss of oxygen during their flight to compete in the Africa Cup of Nations tournament. A chartered flight on Wednesday carrying the “Scorpions” returned to Gambia’s capital Banjul after being airborne for nine minutes when the crew realised there were technical […]
ISTANBUL — Defense leaders from Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania formalized a pact Jan. 11 aimed at protecting Black Sea shipping from mines laid in the course of Russia’s attack against Ukraine. Turkish defense minister Yaşar Güler, Bulgarian deputy defense minister Atanas Zapryanov and Romanian defense minister Angel Tîlvăr signed a memorandum of understanding to that […]
New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, one of the most successful coaches in National Football League history, will leave the team on Thursday after 24 seasons and six Super Bowl titles, sources told ESPN. Belichick, 71, and Patriots owner Robert Kraft met several times this week, ESPN reported, after the team finished the season […]
The City of Ames remains committed to reducing pollution. The Ames Climate Action team revealed seven key points that will help the city reduce greenhouse emissions at Tuesday’s city council meeting. The City of Ames adopted the Climate Action Plan over the summer, which calls for an 83% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 […]
Guenther Steiner, the star of Formula One’s ‘Drive to Survive’ series, has been sacked by Haas. The 58-year-old Italian earned a cult following his X-rated outbursts on the successful Netflix show. But Steiner’s reign as team principal for the American team is over after owner Gene Haas dispensed of his services with immediate effect. Haas […]
Trump’s team has claimed he has immunity from criminal prosecution over his actions when he was in office. An appeals court judge stress-tested that argument Tuesday by posing a series of wild hypotheticals. Trump’s lawyer argued a president can’t be prosecuted over an assassination if Congress is okay with it. Former President Donald Trump’s attorney on […]
A girls high school basketball coach and one of the team’s players have been dismissed after the team they were playing against was targeted by antisemitic rhetoric during a game in New York last week, according to a statement from the school system and the mayor of Yonkers. The investigation into the incident is ongoing, […]
WASHINGTON — One day after attorneys for former President Donald Trump asked a judge to hold special counsel Jack Smith in contempt for filing motions ahead of deadlines, Smith’s team hit back in a new court filing Friday. Smith’s office argued that they did not violate a court order by providing discovery ahead of deadlines, […]
Andrew Weissmann, a former federal prosecutor, suggested Donald Trump’s attorneys have no control over their client and are simply pandering to the MAGA base after they asked a judge to hold special counsel Jack Smith in contempt of court. Trump’s attorneys submitted a filing on Thursday arguing that Smith, the prosecutor overseeing Trump’s federal election […]
WASHINGTON — Attorneys for former President Donald Trump are once again pushing to delay his federal election interference trial, telling a judge that special counsel Jack Smith and federal prosecutors should be held in contempt for filing motions ahead of deadlines and continuing to provide Trump’s team with discovery. John Lauro — a Trump attorney […]
If you have a LinkedIn or other job search account, then you’ve likely had a recruiter slip into your DMs with some “amazing” opportunity. But, have you ever had a recruiter from a former job reach out? Well, that’s what happened to redditor slobberypuppykisses, who we’ll call SPK for short. Violetastoimenova / Getty Images In […]
DES MOINES, Iowa — As former President Donald Trump campaigned in Iowa in the fall, he projected the utmost confidence. He told his supporters during speeches that his advisers had constantly warned him not to take the state for granted. Buoyed by his dominance in state polls, Trump insisted he had no reason to worry. […]