Day: July 24, 2023

‘Hard sight to see’: Coast Guard crews intercept migrants at sea desperate to reach US

3:16 pm July 24, 2023

Coast Guard crews in the Florida Straits have daily encounters with makeshift rafts carrying people desperate to reach the U.S., a voyage that can often end in tragedy. “We see these people so desperate — we come across these folks from Haiti who have likely paid smugglers for transportation, hoping to get to the United […]

Bills’ Nyheim Hines suffered potential season-ending injury in freak jet ski accident: report

3:12 pm July 24, 2023

Buffalo Bills returner Nyheim Hines was reportedly injured in a jet ski accident and suffered a significant knee injury that could cost him the entire 2023 season. The NFL Network initially reported Monday that Hines suffered the injury “off site.” Later, more details came out about how Hines suffered the injury. The specialist was reportedly […]

Disney’s decline shows its woke focus is ‘alienating’ fans: WSJ column

3:09 pm July 24, 2023

Disney has abandoned its priorities of making family-friendly entertainment to “curry favor with the cultural left,” a Wall Street Journal opinion piece argued, and is losing millions in the process. Disney’s latest live-action remake “illustrates” how the company has “elevated progressive pieties over originality and tradition, which may be alienating its customer base,” editorial board […]

Coast Guard rescues 2 men from capsized boat in Georgia

3:01 pm July 24, 2023

The Coast Guard says it rescued two people from a capsized boat in southeast Georgia after receiving a 911 call about their late return and their phones going unanswered. The lifesaving effort involving a Coast Guard Air Station Savannah aircrew unfolded Sunday about four miles east of Jekyll Island. “Coast Guard Sector Charleston watchstanders received a […]

Scott Rolen and Fred McGriff get inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame

2:50 pm July 24, 2023

The greatest moment of Scott Rolen’s 17-year career didn’t come during his 2006 World Series run with the St. Louis Cardinals or even during his outstanding first full season in 1997 with the Philadelphia Phillies, which earned him unanimous National League Rookie of the Year honors. For Rolen, one of two players inducted into the […]