Day: March 17, 2025

Man set on fire in heart of New York City’s Times Square, suspect at large: report

5:41 am March 17, 2025

New York City police are hunting for a suspect who set a man on fire in the middle of Times Square early Sunday in a gruesome attack that echoed a subway murder earlier this year. The 45-year-old victim, who survived, was in the Midtown Manhattan tourist attraction around 4 a.m. when he was attacked, NYPD […]

American tourist causes international outrage after posting wombat video

5:37 am March 17, 2025

An American tourist and Instagram influencer was recently slammed on social media for posting a video of herself taking a baby wombat from its mother. Sam Jones, who has nearly 100,000 Instagram followers under the handle @samstrays_somewhere, left Australia on Friday after her wombat video landed her in hot water with local authorities. The Instagram […]

Randi Weingarten ‘spitting mad’ about ‘evisceration’ of education department

5:30 am March 17, 2025

American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten said she was “spitting mad” over the staffing cuts at the Department of Education, describing it as an “evisceration by a thousand cuts.” “So what it does is that it levels the playing field, so all kids can have opportunity, and that it was they are cutting, and […]

Johnny Depp was ‘completely freaked out’ by fame as a young actor

5:03 am March 17, 2025

Johnny Depp had a difficult time embracing his rising star in Hollywood. Depp, 61, admitted in an episode of an upcoming, as-yet untitled documentary about his longtime collaborator Tim Burton, that he felt uncomfortable being on display. In the four-part series, Depp recalled beating out Tom Cruise for the lead role in the ’90s hit […]

Trumps takes jab at Biden over ‘autopen signature’ following concerning report over who ran the White House

4:52 am March 17, 2025

President Donald Trump trolled former President Joe Biden in a social media post on Sunday, highlighting the controversy surrounding his alleged “autopen signatures” during his presidency. On Truth Social, Trump posted three images side-by-side – his official portrait from his first term, a picture of Biden’s autopen and then finally his official portrait for his […]