On the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukrainian soldiers approach a trench used by Russian soldiers as they retake the area. One soldier embraces his wife after conducting a sweep for remnants of Russian troops after their withdrawal. Destroyed armored vehicles from both armies lie in streets and fields. Scattered military gear covers the ground next to […]
A 74-year-old homeowner is defending his decision after shooting a 16-year-old accused of breaking into his Ohio house, according to local news reports. “He didn’t belong here and I knew … after he came through the door like that, I can shoot him,” James Lowgher told WEWS. The Akron Police Department was called to the […]
The pilot was employed by BA CityFlyer and Stobart Air.Leon Neal/Getty Images A former British Airways pilot was jailed for fraud after admitting he falsified his flying experience. A source told The Times that suspicions arose after he pressed a button “no qualified pilot would.” The former pilot faked training certificates and falsely claimed to […]
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) — The pilots on a Delta Air Lines flight from Salt Lake City to Washington, D.C., decided to bring their jet down in Denver after the cockpit windshield shattered above 30,000 feet. The crew repeatedly told passengers to remain calm until they landed. “They came on the loudspeaker saying that […]
With the U.S. public showing a vast disapproval of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the wake of his invasion of Ukraine, former President Donald Trump has sought to explain his glowing appraisal of the Russian leader’s moves leading up to the war. On Wednesday, Trump released a statement in which he parsed the semantics of using […]
Jada Pinkett Smith at the 2022 Oscars.ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images The hairstylist behind “G.I. Jane” said he didn’t understand Jada Pinkett Smith’s Oscars reaction. Enzo Angileri discussed Pinkett Smith rolling her eyes at Chris Rock’s joke about her shaved head. Angileri said that he didn’t know Pinkett Smith had alopecia and that she looked […]
Could the Wayans brothers have predicted the viral Oscar moment between Will Smith and Chris Rock? At least that’s what some folks on social media appear to think after veteran comedian Marlon Wayans uploaded a vintage sketch in which his brother Shawn, who’s impersonating Rock, gets beat up by a group of some of the […]
The AV Club Chris Rock apologized to Wanda Sykes after the Oscars: “It was supposed to be your night” Three days on, the Online Panopticon continues to have its watchful and infinite eyes trained almost exclusively on the Will Smith/Chris Rock incident at Sunday night’s Oscars ceremony. Somewhere, deep in the laboratories of Twitter, fifth […]
Infowars founder and host Alex Jones had offered $120,000 to each of the 13 plaintiffs who sued him for defamation.Sergio Flores/Getty Images Relatives of the Sandy Hook shooting victims have rejected Alex Jones’ settlement offer of $120,000 per plaintiff. The relatives said the offer was an attempt by Jones to “escape public reckoning.” Jones had […]
A couple of metal beams. That’s it. The Czech hedgehog is a simple antitank defense that, for Americans, Europeans and Russians alike, evokes images of World War II. Allied soldiers had to navigate beaches sprinkled with them during the Normandy landings. Moscow has a monument of Czech hedgehogs to mark the farthest that Nazi soldiers […]