Day: January 11, 2024

‘The View’ co-host Sunny Hostin confused by women backing Nikki Haley

8:07 pm January 11, 2024

“The View” co-hosts clashed over Nikki Haley on Thursday after co-host Sunny Hostin questioned why people were backing GOP candidate Nikki Haley after Chris Christie had announced he was backing out of the race. Co-host Sunny Hostin seemed to suggest people were backing Haley just because she is a woman and compared her to former […]

Ecuador sees rise in violence as bomb threat evacuates busy capital area

8:05 pm January 11, 2024

A bomb threat sent an anti-explosives unit scrambling into a bustling area of Ecuador’s tense capital Thursday while authorities in a western city responded to a nightclub arson that killed two people, as the South American country staggers under a spike in violence. Police in the capital, Quito, said they were forced to evacuate people […]

Alabama judge greenlights hitman’s experimental execution: ‘not guaranteed a painless death’

7:02 pm January 11, 2024

Despite his legal team’s best attempts to halt the process, an Alabama judge ruled that Kenneth Eugene Smith will be the first human being to be put to death via nitrogen hypoxia later this month. Smith, now 58, was sentenced to death in 2022 for the 1988 contract killing of a preacher’s wife, whom he […]

Professor says he was fired for refusing to inflate grades: ‘Totally against what I was supposed to do’

7:00 pm January 11, 2024

A former Atlanta professor claims he was fired for refusing to inflate students’ grades after they complained his class was difficult. Former Spelman College Professor Kendrick Morales told “Fox & Friends” Thursday that when he told the school he would not offer his economics students easier work and raise their marks on assignments, the school […]

Biden’s effort to win over Black voters failing, ‘needs an overhaul’: column

7:00 pm January 11, 2024

New York Times opinion columnist Charles Blow warned President Biden that he risks letting former President Donald Trump win the 2024 presidential election if he does not better appeal to Black voters. “This is the bind Biden is in when appealing to young Black voters: how to get them to measure him and his record […]