Day: August 21, 2023

TikTok challenge leads to disruption of Georgia high school football game, officials say

12:49 pm August 21, 2023

A high school football game in Georgia was canceled on Friday after a large group of spectators created the impression of a chaotic incident as part of a TikTok challenge, officials said. Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools said there were multiple crowd issues in the third quarter of the game between Benedictine Military School and Herschel […]

Last defendants set to begin Whitmer kidnapping plot trial nearly 3 years after plan was first uncovered

12:35 pm August 21, 2023

Nearly three years after authorities foiled a bizarre plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, the last defendants accused of taking part go on trial Monday. Eric Molitor and brothers William Null and Michael Null were among 14 men, described by prosecutors as anti-government extremists, charged in the scheme weeks before the November 2020 election. […]

Michael Oher’s former football coach praises Tuohy family amid drama: ‘I think that’s admirable’

12:28 pm August 21, 2023

Auburn football coach Hugh Freeze weighed in Thursday on Michael Oher’s petition filed in Tennessee court to end the conservatorship the Tuohy family set up for him. Oher’s life story was the inspiration for the book and film “The Blind Side.” Freeze played an integral role in Oher’s life. He served as the football coach […]

Mitt Romney mulls re-election bid in increasingly pro-Trump Utah

12:15 pm August 21, 2023

Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, is mulling plans to run for re-election despite growing pro-Trump sentiment in the state. Romney, 76, won the Republican primary and election in a landslide victory in 2018, but a 2024 re-election run would likely come with a grueling GOP primary battle. Former President Donald Trump has made frequent attacks against […]

China, Russia-led bloc wants to dethrone US dollar, upend world order

12:00 pm August 21, 2023

The BRICS bloc of countries led by China and Russia want to upend the U.S. dollar. Indeed, South Africa’s ambassador to the group could not have been clearer last month when she said, “The days of a dollar-centric world is over. That’s a reality. We have a multipolar global trading system today.” BRICS is an […]