Day: April 15, 2023

High school cancels rest of baseball season after players protest coach’s removal amid Title VI investigation

11:14 pm April 15, 2023

A Florida high school has canceled the remaining six games of its baseball season after players walked out in protest of the dismissal of their head coach. Fort Myers High School Principal Robert Butz emailed parents of players on the team to inform them the season had been cut short. “After meeting with every varsity […]

Robert Kraft, Southampton officials battling over elevator in Patriots owner’s $43 million mansion

10:18 pm April 15, 2023

Robert Kraft says he needs an elevator in his $43 million mansion in Southampton, New York, for medical reasons, but officials aren’t buying it. Kraft is claiming he is “mobility impaired,” but officials have noted the 81-year-old has been seen golfing and playing tennis. The New England Patriots owner’s attorney, Mike Sendlenski, said in a […]

63-year-old Oklahoma man arrested for possessing 2,000 child pornography files

10:09 pm April 15, 2023

A 63-year-old Oklahoma man is behind bars after admitting to the possession of thousands of images of child pornography. Billy Hatch, a resident of Enid, Oklahoma, was charged with aggravated possession of child pornography this week after police say they found 2,000 child porn files on his devices, Fox 25 Oklahoma reported. Police allege that Hatch […]

Chinese Embassy emails House Republican staff expressing ‘grave concern’ with COVID-19 origins hearing

9:59 pm April 15, 2023

An official with the Chinese Embassy in the United States emailed a staff member of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Rep. Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, expressing China’s “grave concern” with an upcoming hearing on the origins of COVID-19. In an email sent on Friday at 2:15 a.m., Li Xiang, the Chinese Embassy’s […]

Phoenix bar shooting breaks out, injuring at least four: police

9:55 pm April 15, 2023

Multiple people were injured in a shooting that broke out outside a Phoenix bar, police say. The shooting took place just after midnight on Saturday morning in the parking lot outside POJ’s Cantina, a sports bar. Phoenix officers found an injured security guard and another injured man. Both were transported to a hospital in stable […]