Day: September 5, 2023

Owner of collapsed Iowa apartment building blames engineering company in new lawsuit

6:00 pm September 5, 2023

The owner of an Iowa apartment building that collapsed in May, killing three people, has filed a lawsuit that blames an engineering company for not warning the building was structurally unsound and that residents should be evacuated. Real estate owner Andrew Wold filed the lawsuit last week against Select Structural Engineering, more than three months […]

London mayor pressed by Piers Morgan in interview to define ‘woman’

6:00 pm September 5, 2023

London Mayor Sadiq Khan was pressed on a recent episode of “Piers Morgan Uncensored” to offer his definition of a woman, offering a varied response to the question. “What is a woman, Mr. Mayor?” host Piers Morgan asked. “A woman, when it comes to biology and sex, is an adult girl,” Khan answered. “But there […]

Cartels exploit banana trade to smuggle cocaine from Latin America: report

5:19 pm September 5, 2023

Drug cartels have pinpointed Ecuador’s banana trade as the ideal distribution method for cocaine, even as authorities across Europe catch the shipments – each one worth millions. “It is because of bananas that there are so many ports,” Jose Hidalgo, executive director of the Association of Banana Exporters of Ecuador, told The Associated Press. “It […]

UN nuclear watchdog says ‘no progress’ has been made in monitoring Iranian nuclear program: report

5:11 pm September 5, 2023

A confidential International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report assessed that international efforts to monitor Iran’s nuclear program have made “no progress” despite promises from Tehran. IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi requested that Iran “work with the agency in earnest and in a sustained way towards the fulfillment of the commitments,” the agency said in the […]

Tom Brady predicts Aaron Rodgers will have ‘great year’ as he starts 1st Jets season

5:06 pm September 5, 2023

Aaron Rodgers is among the star quarterbacks who have changed teams after thriving somewhere else following in the footsteps of players like Brett Favre, Joe Namath, Joe Montana and Peyton Manning. Rodgers was traded from the Green Bay Packers to embark on a new journey with the New York Jets – and he is ripe […]