Day: January 19, 2024

Four-legged gamer nearly breaks world record at charity event

5:12 pm January 19, 2024

A Shiba Inu became the first dog to rush through a video game at an annual charity event and even came close to breaking a world record. Players began speedrunning — or beating video games as fast as possible — on Sunday over Twitch as part of Games Done Quick’s weeklong charity event. On Tuesday, […]

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California police officer unknowingly walks into 7-Eleven armed robbery: video

5:09 pm January 19, 2024

Right place, right time. Police in California released video of a quick-thinking sergeant casually walking into a 7-Eleven and springing into action when he realized that a suspect was trying to rob the store at gunpoint. The CCTV video, posted on Instagram by the West Covina Police Department, shows a suspect, identified as Ramon Gonzalez, […]

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Russian forces bring down Ukrainian drone, munitions explode and set Klintsy oil depot ablaze

5:00 pm January 19, 2024

An oil depot in Russia was set on fire after the military downed a Ukrainian drone in the area.  A Ukrainian military drone was flying over the town of Klintsy when Russian military forces forced it down, causing it to release its munitions into the oil field.  “An aeroplane-style drone was brought down by the […]

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Baltimore union denies school principal went on racially charged rant, calls it an AI fraud

5:00 pm January 19, 2024

A Baltimore, Maryland school district has launched an investigation after a high school principal was allegedly recorded making racist comments to students and staff. In a Wednesday email to parents, Baltimore County Schools superintendent Myriam Rogers said that while the statements were “deeply disturbing,” the district could not “confirm the veracity of this recording at […]

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Senate Republican demands answers from Treasury on push for banks to ‘surveil’ customer transactions in 2021

4:52 pm January 19, 2024

EXCLUSIVE: The top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee is demanding answers from the Treasury Department and its financial crimes enforcement division after revelations the agencies urged private financial institutions to “surveil” private transactions using “politically charged search terms” to flag customer profiles to federal law enforcement. Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., penned a letter to […]

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