Day: October 12, 2023

Imprisoned Oklahoma man used pandemic relief funds to clear himself of murder

6:15 pm October 12, 2023

Ricky Dority spends most of his days playing with his grandchildren, feeding chickens and working in the yard where he lives with his son’s family. It’s a jarring change from where he was just several months ago, locked in a cell serving a life prison sentence at Oklahoma’s Joseph Harp Correctional Center in a killing […]

US arranging evacuation flights from Israel starting Friday, Kirby says

6:12 pm October 12, 2023

White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby announced Thursday that the U.S. will start arranging charter flights for Americans to leave Israel beginning Friday. Kirby said the U.S. government is “acutely aware of limited availability right now on commercial flights out of Israel and the demand signaled by U.S. citizens who may want to […]

St. Louis football coach shot by upset father over son’s playing time

6:10 pm October 12, 2023

A youth football coach in St. Louis has been hospitalized in critical but stable condition after being shot at practice, allegedly by a father who was upset about his son’s playing time, authorities said. Shaquille Latimore, 30, was shot multiple times Tuesday evening at Sherman Park. Daryl Clemmons, 43, later turned himself in, police said. […]

Wrestler ‘Kreepy the Clown’ arrested for parking lot beatdown of heckler

6:08 pm October 12, 2023

A professional wrestler in Indiana, known as “Kreepy the Clown,” was arrested for the beatdown of an autistic man who heckled him during a match in August, according to a local news outlet. Michael Keihn, 42, of Muncie, was arrested on Tuesday on a charge of felony battery of an endangered adult, FOX59 reported. The […]

Hamas-Israel war reveals the world’s oldest hatred in American higher education

6:00 pm October 12, 2023

The war that Hamas launched against Israel has unleashed other outbreaks of antisemitism around the world. We’ve observed large-scale celebrations of the murder of Israeli citizens, with crowds chanting “gas the Jews,” and even governments, such as Iran, celebrating this slaughter in the name of Islam. One place where these outbreaks are particularly conspicuous is […]