Day: January 15, 2025

Frantic 911 call captures moments after toddler’s freak sledding accident

5:09 am January 15, 2025

A family’s idyllic day enjoying the newly fallen snow in North Carolina was shattered after their toddler son tragically died in a sledding accident. Ayden Sasser was playing outside in Whitsett, North Carolina on Saturday when his sled plunged into a nearby pond, and he became trapped under the ice, the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office […]

Ancient treasure, dating back 1,000 years, found buried at nuclear plant site: ‘Fascinating find’

4:32 am January 15, 2025

Archaeologists in the United Kingdom recently unearthed 1,000-year-old treasure in an unusual location: a construction site for a nuclear power plant. Oxford Cotswold Archaeology (OCA) announced the discovery, which consists of 321 silver coins, in a press release on Jan. 7. The coins were found at the Sizewell C nuclear power station site in Suffolk, […]

LA family used ‘budget friendly’ system pumping water from pool to help save their home from wildfires

4:10 am January 15, 2025

A Los Angeles family in the Palisades Highlands shared this week how they used their swimming pool, a generator, sprinkler, pump and a fire hose to save their house from the wildfires, which have destroyed thousands of homes. The system is “very budget friendly and easy to operate,” Instagram user Cali_._love wrote along with a […]

CNN defamation trial: Editor who said story was ‘full of holes like Swiss cheese’ grilled on witness stand

3:58 am January 15, 2025

PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA – CNN senior national security editor Thomas Lumley was grilled in court on Tuesday after internal messages showed he was highly skeptical of the “pretty flawed” report at the center of a high-profile defamation trial. Zachary Young, a U.S. Navy veteran, alleges CNN smeared him in a November 2021 report that first aired […]

‘Clear vision’: Conservatives rally around Hegseth after ‘crushing’ fiery confirmation hearing

3:55 am January 15, 2025

Reactions poured in on social media and elsewhere as Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth was grilled by Democrats on Capitol Hill following a tense confirmation hearing that often got personal. “Pete Hegseth is crushing it,” Former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer posted on X. “It is refreshing to hear someone relentlessly focus on warriors […]