Day: August 9, 2023

Romanian citizen abducted in Burkina Faso freed after 6 years in captivity

9:54 pm August 9, 2023

A Romanian citizen who was abducted in northeast Burkina Faso in 2015 where he was working at a mine, was released Wednesday, Romania’s foreign ministry said. Iulian Ghergut, who was 39 years old when a militant group linked to al-Qaida captured him at a mine where he was working as a security officer, was released […]

Georgia woman accused of plotting ex-football-player husband’s murder with Bahamian lover released on bail

9:09 pm August 9, 2023

A Georgia mom of three accused of plotting to murder her estranged husband, a former Auburn University football player, was released on bail Wednesday afternoon after appearing in a Nassau, Bahamas, courtroom with her alleged lover she is accused of conspiring with. Lindsay Shiver, 36, is accused of planning her husband’s murder with help from […]

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan says leave of absence came from ‘anxiety’ of LIV deal

9:02 pm August 9, 2023

The PGA Tour’s decision to strike a deal with the Saudi’s Public Investment Fund that supports LIV Golf took its toll on commissioner Jay Monahan. Monahan received harsh criticism from all over — fans, 9/11 families and Tour Members, current and former, alike. Just about a week after the deal was announced on June 6, […]

Chicago professor dismisses meritocracy as myth, advocates for CRT: ‘False reality’

9:00 pm August 9, 2023

A University of Illinois-Chicago assistant professor believes critical race theory [CRT] can be integrated into chemistry lessons. Terrel R. Morton, an “Identity and Justice in STEM Education” scholar, wrote an article in Nature to highlight the racial disparities in the chemistry and science fields and offer ways to practice CRT in order to address the […]

CRISIS IN KENSINGTON: ‘Chemical warfare’ in Philadelphia drug market ‘is getting worse,’ former dealer says

9:00 pm August 9, 2023

WARNING: This story contains graphic images. PHILADELPHIA – A tranq epidemic is already plaguing a neighborhood in the City of Brotherly Love, coating users with gruesome flesh wounds or killing them all together, but one recovering heroin addict and former resident believes the worst is yet to come. “It’s the worst thing I’ve ever seen,” […]