Day: August 30, 2023

Biden dedicates $95 million to bolster Maui’s power grid against future disasters

9:01 pm August 30, 2023

President Biden announced Wednesday that $95 million was being sent to Hawaii to help harden the electrical grid by installing stronger, better poles and burying some power lines to ensure homes, hospitals and water stations have reliable electricity during extreme weather events and disasters. Biden was delivering remarks about the Hurricane Idalia response in the […]

Lia Thomas’ former teammate says ‘trans rights’ have been prioritized over ‘concerns of women’

8:48 pm August 30, 2023

Roughly a month after testifying before a House Judiciary subcommittee about former teammate Lia Thomas, Paula Scanlan is calling out the hypocrisy she sees from Thomas’ supporters. In July, Scanlan said the #MeToo movement “empowered female victims to speak up” about their experiences of sexual harassment and abuse. In a piece she wrote for The […]

Third-party ‘spoiler’ candidate Cornel West says Democratic Party is ‘beyond redemption’

8:16 pm August 30, 2023

Green Party presidential candidate Cornel West came out swinging against the Democratic Party establishment and progressive Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., for endorsing President Biden. West – a high-profile racial activist and academic who Democrats worry may spoil Biden’s re-election bid in 2024 – remarked that the Democratic Party is “beyond redemption,” during an interview Tuesday […]

Texas woman who stabbed online date in Sin City revenge plot blames Hollywood actress

8:08 pm August 30, 2023

Nika Nikoubin, a Texas woman who lured a man to a Las Vegas hotel for sex and then stabbed him in the neck, said in a new interview that she thought she was Salma Hayek’s vampire character in the 1996 film “From Dusk Till Dawn” during the attack. “I essentially looked in the mirror and […]

Martha Stewart hits back at haters after iceberg cocktail drama

8:03 pm August 30, 2023

Martha Stewart is unbothered by the backlash against her recent social media post. Tuesday, the 82-year-old shared a picture of herself enjoying a drink aboard a luxury cruise claiming, “We actually captured a small iceberg for our cocktails tonight.” The post sparked strong reactions from commenters who felt it was “tone deaf” and ignored the […]