Day: August 16, 2023

Special counsel obtained Trump’s Twitter DMs despite company’s efforts to block access

1:14 pm August 16, 2023

Special Counsel Jack Smith obtained former President Trump’s direct messages on the social media platform once known as Twitter, despite the company’s efforts to block access. Unsealed court filings show that Smith’s team obtained location data and draft tweets in addition to the former president’s messages. Attorneys for the company, now named X Corp., attempted […]

World’s largest lake in Venezuela now a polluted wasteland due to pollution, oil, toxic algae, experts say

1:08 pm August 16, 2023

The fishermen of Lake Maracaibo say they face their worst nightmare everyday as fish stocks decline and pollution degrades the health of this great freshwater lake, one of the oldest — and largest — in the world. Lake Maracaibo, which once was at the heart of Venezuela’s oil boom, has turned into a polluted wasteland, […]

Former Olympian Helen Smart passes away at 42 as family and colleagues mourn her ‘sudden death’

1:06 pm August 16, 2023

Helen Smart, a former member of Britain’s Olympic swim team who also won silver medals at the World Championships and European Championships, has died. She was 42. Smart was known as Helen Don-Duncan before she married. Smart’s family and British Swimming both announced the swimmer’s death Monday. After her swim career was over, she became […]

Rays’ Wander Franco faces 2nd allegation of inappropriate relationship with minor: report

1:01 pm August 16, 2023

Tampa Bay Rays star Wander Franco is reportedly facing a second allegation of an inappropriate relationship with a minor. A complaint from a 17-year-old girl was filed against Franco in July, Diario Libre reported Tuesday, citing a source in the Dominican Republic attorney general’s office. The girl who filed the complaint in this instance is […]

America’s schools are becoming training grounds for climate change activists

12:00 pm August 16, 2023

Just when you thought we had made progress by exposing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and critical race theory (CRT)-infused curricula throughout our education system, we now have a new distraction: the climate change agenda. States like New Jersey, California, Connecticut, New York, and others, are advancing legislation to require climate change lessons in every K-12 subject – […]