Day: August 16, 2023

Alec Baldwin could be charged again in fatal ‘Rust’ shooting as new report claims he pulled trigger

4:10 pm August 16, 2023

A new report concluded that despite his denials, Alec Baldwin had to pull the trigger of the gun that fired on the set of “Rust” in October 2021. The shooting led to the death of Halyna Hutchins, and a yearslong legal battle has ensued as investigators work to find justice for the cinematographer. As the […]

US State Secretary Blinken lauds Jews who took part in 1943 Bialystok ghetto uprising

4:07 pm August 16, 2023

U.S. State Secretary Antony Blinken sent a message Wednesday marking the anniversary in Poland of the 1943 Bialystok ghetto uprising, saying it was an act of “bravery” that reaffirmed the dignity of Jews during the Holocaust. Blinken’s mother, Judith Pisar, the widow of one of the ghetto survivors, Samuel Pisar, the state secretary’s late stepfather, […]

Jack Carr’s take on T. E. Lawrence, or ‘Lawrence of Arabia’: Book on warfare should be ‘required reading’

4:03 pm August 16, 2023

One of my heroes, Thomas Edward Lawrence, better known as T.E. Lawrence and recognized even more famously throughout the world as “Lawrence of Arabia,” was born on this day, Aug. 16, in 1888. Writer, cartographer, translator, archaeologist, soldier, insurgent, guerrilla, warrior, leader — Lawrence was all of these and more. As the western world continues […]

‘Open category’ for transgender swimmers set for debut at World Cup in Germany

4:02 pm August 16, 2023

The Berlin Swimming World Cup will be the first event to see an “open category” to accommodate transgender swimmers, World Aquatics said Wednesday. World Aquatics announced last year the decision to essentially bar transgender athletes from competing against the gender they identify as. The organization said it would work to form an “open category” and […]

License of IN funeral home, director revoked after 31 decomposing bodies, 17 cremains found stored at facility

3:12 pm August 16, 2023

The licenses of a southern Indiana funeral home and its director have been revoked following an investigation that found 31 decomposing bodies and 17 cremains being stored at the facility, the state’s attorney general announced Tuesday. Some of the corpses inside the Lankford Funeral Home and Family Center in Jeffersonville, which is owned by Randy […]