Day: June 17, 2024

Trump’s promise to ‘eliminate taxes on tips’ marks ‘first time’ GOP has focused on minority neighborhoods

8:05 am June 17, 2024

Former President Trump vowed to “eliminate taxes on tips” for service industry workers at two separate events speaking to the community of Detroit on Saturday. “Former President Trump is campaigning in these minority neighborhoods and these middle-class neighborhoods… It’s the first time that you’ve seen a Republican really, truly hunker down and focus on these […]

8 injured in Massachusetts pop-up party shooting

7:53 am June 17, 2024

Seven people were shot and wounded, and an eighth was hurt while running away when gunfire erupted at a large gathering of young people in Methuen, Massachusetts, authorities said Sunday. The gunfire began just before 2 a.m. after hundreds of people gathered for a pop-up party organized on social media, officials said at a news […]

Phillies manager Rob Thomson’s screaming match with umpire leads to ejection in bizarre scene

6:57 am June 17, 2024

Philadelphia Phillies manager Rob Thomson and umpire Mike Estabrook got into a wild screaming match that resulted in an ejection on Father’s Day against the Baltimore Orioles. The Phillies weren’t doing well in the top of the sixth inning as the O’s held an 8-2 lead at their home, Camden Yards, and it didn’t help […]

George Strait breaks US concert attendance record in Texas

6:48 am June 17, 2024

George Strait, the “king of country music,” is now also the “king of concerts.” Strait broke the record for the largest U.S. ticketed show when he stepped onstage at Kyle Field at Texas A&M in College Station on Saturday. The “Amarillo By Morning” singer played to a crowd of 110,905 fans in eastern Texas, breaking […]

Yellowstone tourist sentenced to 7 days in jail over ‘dangerous’ caught-on-camera incident

6:07 am June 17, 2024

Yellowstone National Park recently announced that one of its tourists was sentenced to one week in jail after trespassing into a “dangerous” geothermal area. The national park, which is mostly located in Wyoming, shared a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release about the sentencing on June 13. Lynwood, Washington, resident Viktor Pyshniuk was handed a […]