Day: June 26, 2024

New Jersey man killed by lightning strike trying to warn beachgoing kids of impending storm

7:39 pm June 26, 2024

A New Jersey man died in Seaside Park over the weekend when he was struck by lightning while trying to warn a group of kids about a dangerous thunderstorm. Patrick Dispoto, 59, made sure his girlfriend, Ruth Fussel, was safe in their car before returning to J Street Beach on Sunday evening, the woman told […]

Valerie Bertinelli is still fighting ‘demons’ as she navigates new relationship after ending ‘toxic’ marriage

7:19 pm June 26, 2024

Valerie Bertinelli opened up Tuesday about “learning to trust” again in her new relationship with writer Mike Goodnough, nearly two years after her “toxic” marriage to businessman Tom Vitale ended. “So I pretty much started my healing journey in earnest at the end of 2022,” the 64-year-old former Food Network star said on Instagram, referring […]

Kenyan protesters vow to continue demonstrations after violent clashes leave 23 dead

7:15 pm June 26, 2024

Kenyan protesters vowed on Wednesday to keep up their demonstrations against new tax hikes, a day after violent clashes outside parliament and across the country left at least 23 people dead and scores wounded. As heavily armed police patrolled the streets of the capital Nairobi on Wednesday, supporters of the week-old protest movement took to […]

Denmark imposes world’s first carbon tax on flatulent farm animals

7:13 pm June 26, 2024

Denmark will tax livestock farmers for the greenhouse gases emitted by their cows, sheep and pigs from 2030, the first country in the world to do so as it targets a major source of methane emissions, one of the most potent gases contributing to global warming. The aim is to reduce Danish greenhouse gas emissions […]

Evan Gershkovich’s friend speaks out ahead of trial in Russia on espionage charges: ‘Foregone conclusion’

7:08 pm June 26, 2024

New York Times reporter Michael Schwirtz, a friend of imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, said that he has remained “upbeat and energetic” despite facing a trial Wednesday in Russia. “The image that [the Russian government is] projecting is that he’s already a prisoner and that he’s already convicted,” Schwirtz said Wednesday on “Fox […]