Day: January 29, 2024

Long Island man jumps onto Rolex thief’s car hood following Facebook Marketplace deal gone wrong

2:03 pm January 29, 2024

An $8,000 Facebook Marketplace deal went bad on Long Island, with a man who was selling a Rolex watch jumping onto the hood of the thief’s car in a quixotic attempt to keep from being robbed. “I was not going to roll over and let this man take it … without a fight,” Steve Mauro, […]

X blocks Taylor Swift searches amid AI surge of fake graphic images

1:56 pm January 29, 2024

Taylor Swift continued to be the most talked about woman on the Internet on Sunday, when the Kansas City Chiefs were declared Super Bowl bound. Despite Travis Kelce and Swift being at the forefront of trends, X still had her name blocked from the search function on its platform. The decision to keep Taylor’s name […]

Not since 1892: Trump vs Biden 2024 will be a race between two incumbents

1:00 pm January 29, 2024

There are no second acts in American public life – but there are reruns. So, this year, like it or not, American voters appear to face a November choice between former President Donald Trump and current President Joe Biden. More than just allowing debate moderators to address each opponent as “Mr. President,” this would be […]

Philadelphia police kill suspect who shot, wounded officer at corner store

12:51 pm January 29, 2024

A man who shot and wounded a police officer in a corner store in north Philadelphia was killed by another officer, authorities said Saturday. Authorities were searching for another man who scooped up the shooter’s gun and fled. The shooting happened Friday night after two officers patrolling the city’s Fairhill section entered the store and […]

Italy’s Meloni opens Africa summit with plans to curb dangerous migration

12:48 pm January 29, 2024

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni opened a summit of African leaders on Monday aimed at illustrating Italy’s big development plan for the continent that her government hopes will stem migration flows, diversify sources of energy and forge a new relationship between Europe and Africa. But the plan got a lukewarm and cautious reception initially, with African […]