Day: June 16, 2023

Ford Ranger Dakar Rally raider revealed

1:11 pm June 16, 2023

The Ford Ranger is getting ready to race. Ford has revealed the Ranger pickup-based competition truck it will enter the grueling Dakar Rally with next year. The automaker is launching an all-new Ranger in the U.S. this year that includes a high performance off-road Raptor model. The Dakar truck will wear the body of the […]

Rory McIlroy whiffs shot from the rough at US Open, avoids media after 18th hole blunder

1:06 pm June 16, 2023

Rory McIlroy wanted nothing to do with the media after he uncharacteristically whiffed the ball while standing in the rough on the 18th hole during the first round of the U.S Open on Thursday. McIlroy, who last won the U.S. Open in 2011, finished T5 after a solid 17 holes but the unfortunate error on […]

Man tried to drive into Idaho library employee who defended transgender coworker, pleads guilty to hate crime

1:03 pm June 16, 2023

A man has pleaded guilty to hate crime charges for threatening to use his vehicle to hit an Idaho library worker who defended a transgender coworker, as well as two women he believed were lesbians, according to court documents and the U.S. Justice Department. Matthew Alan Lehigh, 31, of Oregon, on Thursday entered the plea […]

UN report shows al Qaeda and Taliban ties remain strong, warns of ISIS threat

1:01 pm June 16, 2023

A damning new United Nations Security Council report claims that terrorist group ISIS-K, the Afghan ISIS affiliate, is the most serious current terrorist threat operating in Afghanistan, with an estimated 4,000 to 6,000 fighters. Since the country fell, ISIS-K has benefited from increased operational capabilities and freedom of movement inside Afghanistan. Most troubling for the […]

Scorned woman jailed for 22 years for attacking married lover’s wife with knife hidden behind flowers

12:03 pm June 16, 2023

A woman in the United Kingdom has been jailed for 22 years after attacking her married lover’s wife with a knife hidden behind a bouquet of flowers. High school teacher Claire Bailey, 44, called in sick and disguised herself using a red wig and a COVID-style facemask before calling at the home of Christopher Russell […]