Day: June 26, 2024

7-foot-3 Chinese women’s basketball player goes viral after dominating opponents: ‘WNBA’s next Yao Ming’

6:24 am June 26, 2024

The FIBA Under-18 Women’s Asia Cup is underway, and one player from China has gone viral for literally standing out above the rest of her competition. Zhang Ziyu, the 17-year-old center for China, is creating buzz at her first international tournament this week due to her 7-foot-3 stature. Zhang came off the bench for China, […]

Nurse Lucy Letby ‘caught virtually red-handed’ dislodging premature baby’s breathing tube: prosecutors

5:39 am June 26, 2024

Former nurse Lucy Letby has denied tampering with a premature baby’s breathing tube in an attempt to murder the child, though prosecutors say that she was caught “virtually red-handed.” Lucy Letby is on trial in Manchester Crown Court for the attempted murder of a baby known as “Baby K” while working the night shirt at […]

Panthers fans boo Oilers’ Connor McDavid during Conn Smythe Trophy presentation

5:36 am June 26, 2024

Edmonton Oilers star forward Connor McDavid was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy on Monday night, but Florida Panthers fans were certainly not going to let him enjoy the moment. The Panthers won the Stanley Cup for the first time in franchise history after taking a 3-0 start in the Final. The Oilers fought back to […]

Sean Penn says he wouldn’t be cast for famed gay role today because Hollywood is ‘timid and artless’

5:30 am June 26, 2024

Actor Sean Penn, who famously portrayed gay activist Harvey Milk in a 2008 film, lamented that he would not be chosen for the role today due to Hollywood’s “timid and artless” policy that does not cast straight actors to play gay characters. In a wide-ranging interview with the New York Times, Penn reflected on his […]

Jury awards $700k to Seattle protesters jailed for writing anti-police slogans in chalk on barricade

5:22 am June 26, 2024

Four protesters who were jailed for writing anti-police graffiti in chalk on a temporary barricade near a Seattle police precinct have been awarded nearly $700,000 after a federal court jury decided their civil rights were violated. The Jan. 1, 2021, arrests of the four followed the intense Black Lives Matter protests that rocked Seattle and […]