Day: October 15, 2024

North Carolina man accused of threatening FEMA workers with assault rifle amid Hurricane Helene clean-up

5:35 am October 15, 2024

A North Carolina man is being accused of threatening FEMA workers with an assault rifle in western North Carolina who are helping with recovery efforts from Hurricane Helene. Just before 1 pm on Saturday, deputies with the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office received reports about a man with an assault rifle making comments about potentially harming […]

CNN editors pushed back on ‘infernal story’ at center of a defamation suit to no avail: plaintiff’s lawyer

5:30 am October 15, 2024

CNN editors called the segment at the center of a high-stakes defamation lawsuit an “infernal story” that wasn’t ready for air, but the network aired it anyway, according to the plaintiff’s attorney, who received internal CNN documents. U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young alleges that CNN smeared him and his security consulting company, Nemex Enterprises Inc., […]

Harrison Ford, 82, says he should be ‘sitting on my a–,’ but loves working

5:27 am October 15, 2024

Harrison Ford is not ready to slow down anytime soon. In a recent interview with GQ, the 82-year-old actor spoke about his decades-long career in Hollywood, including his latest project, “Shrinking,” in which he plays Paul, a therapist suffering from Parkinson’s disease. While many people his age have already retired from their careers, Ford has […]

Kamala Harris accused of plagiarizing in 2009 book about being ‘smart on crime’

5:24 am October 15, 2024

Vice President Harris is being accused of plagiarizing from several sources in her 2009 book on policing that was released while she was district attorney of San Francisco. The book, “Smart on Crime: A Career Prosecutor’s Plan to Make Us Safer,” was co-authored with Joan O’C Hamilton. The so-called “plagiarism hunter,” Austrian professor Stefan Weber, […]

Hurricane-hit battleground states face additional voting hurdles in run-up to Election Day

4:47 am October 15, 2024

Voters in storm-ravaged parts of the Southeast could face new hurdles at the ballot box this year following the destruction wrought by Hurricanes Helene and Milton, back-to-back disasters that have sparked a flurry of new outreach from states, parties, and even campaigns themselves in a bid to expand voters’ access to the polls and ensure […]