Day: August 16, 2023

Rome tourist stuns onlookers by climbing across historic landmark to fill water bottle

3:12 pm August 16, 2023

A tourist in Italy went viral after she was caught on camera climbing across Rome’s historic Trevi Fountain to fill up her water bottle. Video shows a woman in a blue shirt and baseball hat balancing on stones as she holds a water bottle under the Trevi Fountain in an attempt to fill it, eventually […]

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Pennsylvania man, 21, collapses and dies while hiking in New Hampshire’s White Mountains

3:04 pm August 16, 2023

A Pennsylvania man collapsed and died after suffering an unknown medical emergency while hiking up Mount Madison in New Hampshire, authorities said Monday. Jason Apreku, 21, of Stroudsburg, was hiking with friends Friday when he collapsed on the Osgood Trail that ascends to Mount Madison, the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department said in a […]

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GOP’s Matt Miller, Ilhan Omar clash over ‘bigoted’ Christian post: ‘You have gone too far’

3:01 pm August 16, 2023

Ohio Rep. Max Miller clashed with Rep. Ilhan Omar Tuesday night after the Republican congressman called a post “bigoted” for promoting Christianity as the only true religion. Miller sparked the confrontation after taking issue with a former Ohio GOP employee Lizzie Marbach, who posted to social media, “There’s no hope for any of us outside […]

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Lithuania temporarily closes multiple checkpoints with Belarus as tension at the border continues

2:57 pm August 16, 2023

Lithuania on Wednesday decided to temporarily close two of its six checkpoints with Belarus later this week amid growing tensions with its eastern neighbor, an ally of Russia. The Lithuanian government has said that the crossings at Tverecius and Sumskas will be closed, and traffic will be diverted to the Medininkai border checkpoint, which is […]

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Big 12 commissioner reveals conversation with Pac-12 counterpart after conference expansion

2:19 pm August 16, 2023

After stripping the Pac-12 of four teams and leaving the historic conference with a wildly uncertain future, Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark says his expansion has come to an end. “We’re done,” Yormark said on “The Marchand and Ourand Sports Media Podcast” after adding Colorado, Arizona, Arizona State and Utah this summer.  However, while the […]

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