Day: June 3, 2024

Lobster-shaped monster truck topples utility poles in Maine mishap

3:20 am June 3, 2024

A lobster-themed monster truck performing for a crowd clipped an aerial power line, toppling several utility poles and sending two people to hospitals, police said. Others suffered minor injuries. The Topsham Fairgrounds was hosting the monster truck event on Saturday when a vehicle dubbed the Crushstation bounced up a ramp, went airborne and hit the […]

Miss Universe co-owner says trans and married women ‘can compete’ under new guidelines ‘but they cannot win’

2:30 am June 3, 2024

A leaked video was discovered of Anne Jakapong Jakrajutatip, co-owner of Miss Universe, in a board meeting from last November, speaking earnestly about her opinion on the inclusion of trans women in the pageant. In a video given to Vox by Rodrigo Goytortua Ortega, former CEO of Miss Universe, Jakrajutatip said, “The trans women, the […]

‘No background check’: Reports say smugglers use social media to lure Turkish migrants to easy entry into US

2:25 am June 3, 2024

Turkish migrants are entering the U.S. through the southern border at record numbers, with smugglers turning to social media to boast how easy it is to enter the country through California, according to reports. Data on the U.S. Customs and Border Protection website shows that in 2021, the number of Turkish migrant encounters along the […]

2 dead, 7 injured in suburban Pittsburgh bar shootout

2:17 am June 3, 2024

An exchange of gunfire in a bar in suburban Pittsburgh over the weekend has left two people dead and seven others injured, police in western Pennsylvania said. Allegheny County police said the early morning Sunday shooting occurred at the Ballers Hookah Lounge and Cigar Bar in Penn Hills. 2 DEAD IN SOUTH CAROLINA BLOCK PARTY […]

Former NJ officer gets 27 years for killing driver, wounding passenger during 2019 chase

2:07 am June 3, 2024

A former New Jersey police officer has been sentenced to a total of 27 years in prison in the shooting death of one man and the wounding of another during a high-speed car chase 5 1/2 years ago in the city of Newark. Superior Court Judge Michael Ravin, citing a need to deter officers from […]