Day: August 21, 2023

Israeli airstrikes near Syrian capital cause injury and damage, reports say

11:11 pm August 21, 2023

Israeli’s military staged airstrikes near Syria’s capital late Monday wounding one soldier and causing material damage, Syrian state media reported. State TV quoted an unnamed military official as saying that Israeli fired missiles from the direction of Syria’s Israeli-occupied Golan Heights targeting some military positions near Damascus. It gave no further details. An Israeli air […]

Drive-by shooting: 4 teens charged in accidental killing of 5-year-old girl in Albuquerque

11:03 pm August 21, 2023

Four teenagers have been charged in a drive-by shooting that mistakenly killed a 5-year-old girl as she slept inside a trailer home in southwest Albuquerque last week, authorities said Monday. City police said the girl wasn’t targeted and a teenage boy living in the trailer with his grandmother had a feud since middle school with […]

Biden economic advisor dismisses talks about inflation: Getting ‘a little bit stale’

11:00 pm August 21, 2023

Jared Bernstein, a top White House economic advisor, called continuing questions about inflation “stale” while discussing President Biden’s economic poll numbers. CNBC host Scott Wapner asked Bernstein about Biden continuing to receive low polling numbers on the economy despite low unemployment and steady wages. When Wapner brought up the subject of inflation, Bernstein appeared to […]

Vivek Ramaswamy preps for upcoming Republican debate with shirtless tennis

10:17 pm August 21, 2023

Entrepreneur and Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy prepped for Wednesday’s upcoming GOP presidential primary debate with three hours of tennis on Monday. In a video posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, Ramaswamy was seen hitting several volleys on the tennis court. “Three hours of solid debate prep this morning,” he wrote. VIVEK RAMASWAMY RAPS […]

Russia’s Luna-25 lunar mission ends in engine failure-induced crash

10:12 pm August 21, 2023

The head of Russia’s space agency said Monday that the Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the moon after its engines failed to shut down correctly, and he blamed the country’s decades-long pause in lunar exploration for the mishap. The pilotless Luna-25 had been scheduled to land Monday while aiming to become the first spacecraft to touch […]