Day: January 8, 2025

PolitiFact executive rips Meta’s Zuckerberg for announcing the end of fact-checking on his platforms

1:40 am January 8, 2025

The executive director of the fact-checking site PolitiFact ripped Meta owner Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday after the billionaire tech boss announced that his platforms would end fact-checking. In an X post, Aaron Sharockman condemned Zuckerberg’s decision to end its partnership with independent fact-checkers and the company’s accusation that these fact-checkers showed political bias when assessing […]

Great American Family actor Keller Fornes dead at 32

1:31 am January 8, 2025

Actor Keller Fornes, best known for his role in the Great American Family series “County Rescue,” has died. The Texas native was 32. According to an obituary from the Lacy Funeral Home in Stephenville, Texas, Fornes passed away on Dec. 19, 2024. A cause of death was not shared with the public. A representative for […]

Physician governor urges Capitol Hill to block RFK Jr.’s confirmation: ‘Our children’s lives depend on it’

1:28 am January 8, 2025

Hawaii’s Democratic Governor and practicing physician, Josh Green, is visiting Capitol Hill this week to lobby lawmakers against the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary. In a Tuesday op-ed for The New York Times, he argued that “our children’s lives depend” on preventing Kennedy from leading the agency. […]

Debate over using beach cabanas at popular travel destination prompts prime minister to weigh in

1:12 am January 8, 2025

Concerns over beachgoers reserving spaces with the use of portable cabanas are causing a stir in Australia. On a morning television show appearance, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told viewers the practice is contradictory to Australian values, Reuters reported. “One of the great things about Australia, unlike some parts of the world, (where) you go and […]

WATCH: Road rage suspect drags mom out of vehicle, body-slams her on pavement

1:10 am January 8, 2025

A Massachusetts mother of two was seriously injured after a man pulled her out of her car and body-slammed her head-first during a road-rage attack caught on video after a minor fender-bender. Hailea Soares, 31, was driving in Attleboro, Massachusetts, around 9 a.m. Friday when she rear-ended the driver in front of her, who had […]