Day: September 4, 2023

Pac-12 conference undefeated after Week 1 despite uncertain future

4:15 pm September 4, 2023

Despite having only two teams committed to the conference beyond the 2023 college football season, the Pac-12 is off to one heck of a start. For the first time since 1932, every Pac-12 school won its season opener, according to ESPN Stats & Info. The conference is 13-0 as No. 6 USC moved to 2-0 […]

Ukraine faces future with upwards of 20K amputees as war with Russia rages on

4:10 pm September 4, 2023

The small band of soldiers gather outside to share cigarettes and war stories, sometimes casually and sometimes with a degree of testiness over recollections made unreliable by their last day fighting, the day the war took away their limbs. Some clearly remember the moment they were hit by anti-tank mines, aerial bombs, a missile, a […]

California jewelry store owners fight back during attempted smash-and-grab by suspect in Trump mask

4:10 pm September 4, 2023

A family who owns a jewelry store in Southern California fought back against a would-be smash-and-grabber who attempted to rob the shop while wearing a Donald Trump mask. The failed robbery unfolded just before 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Meza’s Jewelry on Main Street in El Monte, FOX11 Los Angeles reported. Surveillance video shows the suspect […]

EU considers adjusting protections for wolves as farmers raise concerns about their livestock’s safety

4:08 pm September 4, 2023

The European Commission announced on Monday that it is weighing whether to adjust rules to limit protections for wolves as a resurgence in the canine numbers has triggered growing tensions with farmers concerned about the safety of their livestock. The announcement came almost exactly a year to the day after a wolf killed a pony […]

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz shows off photo with eye patch following jogging accident

4:06 pm September 4, 2023

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday tweeted a pirate-style picture of himself with a black eye patch and dark-red bruises on the right side of his face — the result of a jogging accident on the weekend. “Am excited to see the memes,” the chancellor wrote in the caption. To deflect any possible worries about […]