Day: May 1, 2023

Oklahoma sheriffs find 7 bodies in search for missing teen girls seen traveling with convicted rapist

11:11 pm May 1, 2023

Oklahoma sheriff’s deputies believe they have found the bodies of two teenage girls who had been missing since early Monday morning. Ivy Webster, 14, and Brittany Brewer, 16, were last seen just before 1:30 a.m. Monday in Henryetta, about 90 miles east of Oklahoma City. An amber alert was issued Monday morning after the girls […]

Roman Polanski, 1977 rape victim Samantha Geimer smile for social media snap

11:08 pm May 1, 2023

Controversial director Roman Polanski reunited with Samantha Geimer, the woman he pled guilty to having unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor more than 40 years ago. Geimer was 13 years old at the time Polanski – who was in his 40s – was arrested and charged with rape by use of drugs, perversion, sodomy, providing […]

MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan lashes out after being fact-checked on Twitter for his statements on racial crime stats

11:00 pm May 1, 2023

MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan lashed out after his tweet about racial crime stats were fact-checked by Twitter’s community notes on Friday. Hasan shared a clip from his show where he criticized HBO host Bill Maher for his comments about crime being out of control in places like Chicago and the Democratic Party not doing much […]

Michigan Gov. Whitmer loosens deadlines for military, overseas voters

10:10 pm May 1, 2023

Overseas voters and military members from Michigan will have more time to cast their absentee ballots in future elections under legislation signed Monday by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. All absentee ballots were previously required to be received at local clerk’s offices by 8 p.m. on Election Day. While military and overseas voters will have to postmark […]

Biden quietly backs behemoth natural gas project despite pleas from climate activists

10:09 pm May 1, 2023

The Biden administration formally issued a record of decision Monday to green-light a massive Alaska natural gas pipeline and export project that’s strongly opposed by environmental groups. The Department of Energy’s (DOE) finalized decision reaffirms the original 2020 approval of the project under the Trump administration but amends it to include additional environmental protections, according […]