Caleb Wallace (Photo: San Angelo Live) After close to a month in a hospital and grueling weeks on a ventilator, prominent Texas anti-mask “freedom” rally organizer Caleb Wallace died Saturday of COVID-19 complications. The death of the 30-year-old father of three young daughters was first reported by his pregnant wife, Jessica Wallace, on a GoFundMe […]
Vehement anti-vaccine rocker Eric Clapton has just dropped what appears to be a musical rant against pandemic restrictions and vaccines. The animated music video for the legendary guitarist’s apparent anti-vaccine anthem “This Has Gotta Stop” features an evil puppeteer and protesters brandishing signs reading “Liberty” and “Stop.” (Check it out in the video up top.) […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A mountain lion that attacked a 5-year-old boy and dragged the child across his front lawn in Southern California was shot and killed by a wildlife officer, authorities said Saturday. The 65-pound (30-kilogram) mountain lion attacked the boy while he was playing near his house Thursday in Calabasas and “dragged him […]
Ted Cruz criticized the Biden administration’s decision to vacate Afghanistan’s Bagram Air Base. Bagram was once the largest US military base in the country but has since fallen to the Taliban. GOP Sens. Lindsey Graham and Ben Sasse have both called on Biden to retake the key base. See more stories on Insider’s business page. […]
If you’re thinking of buying this plant variety to spruce up your yard ― don’t. Cogongrass is one of the “world’s most invasive weeds,” says the United States Department of Agriculture. It’s banned in the United States by the Federal Noxious Weed Act and is found primarily in the Southeastern states, but is making inroads […]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Two Texas police officers, including one already under a murder indictment, were indicted Friday in the July 2019 shooting of an Austin scientist who neighbors reported as having a mental health crisis. A special Travis County grand jury indicted Austin police officers Christopher Taylor and Karl Krycia on murder and deadly […]
Bill Clark/Getty On Tuesday, Rep. Peter Meijer secretly flew to Afghanistan and viewed the chaos of the evacuation at Hamid Kharzi Airport firsthand. On Friday, he found himself grappling with the deaths of 13 service members who guarded the very gates he observed. Now, the freshman Republican said, the officials responsible for putting troops in […]
President Joe Biden speaks about the situation in Afghanistan in the East Room of the White House on August 26, 2021 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Biden says he has ordered for a retaliatory strike to be carried out on ISIS-K. He said on Thursday that military commanders have been tasked to develop plans […]
Michael Strahan, left, Robin Roberts and George Stephanopoulos on the set of ABC’s “Good Morning America.” (Lou Rocco / ABC ) When Kim Godwin was tapped as president of ABC News in April, one of the goals set for her was improving the culture of the division known for having a snake-pit atmosphere. But the […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A $100 million fix to stop a San Francisco luxury high-rise from sinking and tilting even more is on hold while engineers try to learn why the building has sunk another inch (2.5 centimeters) during the repair. Doug Elmets, spokesman for the Millennium Tower, said in a statement that pile installation […]