Day: October 16, 2024

Georgetown women’s basketball faces backlash over tribute post for ex-player who slashed officer before death

6:36 pm October 16, 2024

The Georgetown Hoyas women’s basketball team was ridiculed on social media on Tuesday for its post mourning the loss of a former player after police bodycam footage was released. The Hoyas remembered Sydney Wilson in a post on Sept. 20 after she was shot and killed in an incident with police. Wilson played for the […]

Texas can probe ‘vote harvesting’ through Election Day, appeals court rules

6:31 pm October 16, 2024

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton can continue investigating allegations of so-called vote harvesting through the November elections, a U.S. appeals court said Tuesday, a decision critics fear could have a chilling effect on voter outreach and turnout in the state. The three-judge appellate court for the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court on Tuesday granted a temporary stay for […]

AI-powered scam targets 2.5 billion Gmail users in sophisticated phishing attacks

6:30 pm October 16, 2024

Gmail is used by nearly 2.5 billion users worldwide, making it a frequent target for scammers. If you use Gmail, you’ve probably encountered phishing emails impersonating popular companies like Microsoft, Google, Apple and others. These scams are often easy to spot due to suspicious email addresses and other red flags like poor grammar or urgent […]

Sen Cotton says Biden-Harris likely prolonged Gaza war, let aid go to terrorists: ‘Betrayed’ taxpayers

6:30 pm October 16, 2024

JERUSALEM—Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., recently sent a letter to the head of the U.S. Agency for International Development, disclosing that some of the $1 billion in American taxpayer money was likely diverted to Hamas. Cotton’s shocking claim came just weeks after the U.S.-designated terrorist organization, Hamas, executed the 23-year-old American-Israeli Hersh Goldberg-Polin in late August. […]

MSNBC guest claims Trump supporters will ‘burn down’ election centers to stop Black votes

6:17 pm October 16, 2024

Anti-Trump political strategist Stuart Stevens argued Tuesday that the former president’s supporters will resort to violence to ensure Trump retakes the White House. On Tuesday, a panel on MSNBC spoke about how the Trump campaign had told NBC that its election integrity program has “recruited over 200,000 volunteers to Protect the Vote — these patriots have […]