Day: August 17, 2023

Fox News Poll: Voters sound off on what US should do when it comes to helping Ukraine

10:00 pm August 17, 2023

As the Russian war against Ukraine rages on, two-thirds of American voters think it’s likely the country will survive the invasion and remain free, yet more now believe the U.S. is doing too much to help President Zelenskyy’s country. Thirty-six percent of registered voters think the U.S. should be doing less when it comes to […]

Houston police search for suspect who murdered 11-year-old girl, left body in her suburban home

9:11 pm August 17, 2023

Police continued to search Thursday for the person who sexually assaulted and killed an 11-year-old girl before placing her body underneath her bed in her family’s suburban Houston apartment. Police in the Houston suburb of Pasadena said Maria Gonzalez had been home alone at around 10 a.m. on Saturday when someone knocked at her front […]

2 of the 15 wild geese found trapped in Los Angeles tar pits have survived

9:10 pm August 17, 2023

Only two of a flock of 15 wild Canada geese that landed and became trapped in the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles in late July have survived after they were rescued and cleaned off. Los Angeles Animal Services extricated the birds from the pits on July 31. More than half had died, but […]

Democratic National Committee asks federal judges to dismiss case on Alabama party infighting

9:08 pm August 17, 2023

The Democratic National Committee asked a federal appeals court Thursday to dismiss a case centered on Alabama party infighting that could test the requirements of the Voting Rights Act. The DNC argued that the lawsuit, which challenged 2019 bylaws establishing new diversity caucuses, is now moot and should be dismissed because the plaintiff, Randy Kelley, […]

Stefanos Tsitsipas says fan was ‘imitating a bee,’ confronts alleged culprit: ‘She needs to go’

9:07 pm August 17, 2023

Stefanos Tsitsipas pleaded with an umpire on Wednesday to have a fan booted from his match, accusing her of making buzzing noises before he served. Tsitsipas, the No. 4 ranked player in the world, went up to the umpire to say that there was “a person imitating a bee” behind him. The 25-year-old didn’t realize […]