Day: September 18, 2024

Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell loses appeal

6:14 am September 18, 2024

A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the sex trafficking offense of Ghislaine Maxwell’s conviction for assisting late sex-trafficking financier Jeffrey Epstein. The Manhattan-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Maxwell will remain in a Florida prison, where she will continue to serve a 20-year sentence for her role of procuring teen girls […]

Florida annual python challenge removes nearly 200 invasive snakes from state

6:04 am September 18, 2024

Nearly 200 Burmese pythons were removed from the Everglades in South Florida in August as part of an annual competition to eradicate the invasive species from the ecosystem. This year’s Florida Python Challenge attracted 857 participants from 33 states and Canada, and together the competitors removed 195 Burmese pythons. The $10,000 grand prize went to […]

Dashcam video captures 8-year-old Ohio girl driving family SUV on Target run

5:57 am September 18, 2024

Dashcam video has been released showing an 8-year-old girl behind the wheel of her mother’s vehicle on the way to go shopping at an Ohio Target store. Over the weekend, Bedford police announced that they had found the child, who was reported missing, safe and shopping, after they said she drove her mother’s vehicle for […]

Rutgers University president set to resign after contending with pandemic, anti-Israel protests

5:42 am September 18, 2024

Rutgers University’s president will step down at the end of the academic year after leading the top New Jersey university during a brief tenure plagued by the pandemic and pro-Palestinian protests and encampments on campus. Jonathan Holloway, 57, who became the first Black president of Rutgers when he took office in the summer of 2020, […]

CNN’s Jennings slams his own network for allowing Trump’s ‘bloodbath’ comment to be taken out of context

5:40 am September 18, 2024

CNN senior political commentator Scott Jennings blamed his own network Monday for allowing former President Trump’s rhetoric to be mischaracterized by the Harris campaign in a way “designed to radicalize.” Trump was rushed off of the golf course this past Sunday at Trump International in West Palm Beach, Fla., after the Secret Service discovered a […]