Aston Villa manager Steven Gerrard has left the club following Thursday’s 3-0 Premier League defeat at Fulham. A club spokesman said: “We would like to thank Steven for his hard work and commitment and wish him well for the future.” Villa have won just twice in the league this season and only sit above the relegation zone on goals scored. …
Read More »Biden predicts Gisele Fetterman will be ‘great, great lady in the Senate’
President Biden predicted that Gisele Fetterman, wife of Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman, that she will be a “great lady in the senate.” Biden made the remark while visiting Pittsburgh, where he was acknowledging the renovation of a bridge that had made headlines after collapsing last year. 10 CONVICTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDERERS JOHN FETTERMAN HELPED RELEASE FROM PRISON President Biden talks …
Read More »Six Chinese nationals charged with harassing, trying to coerce US resident to return to China
Six Chinese nationals were charged on Thursday in a scheme to harass and coerce a Chinese national who lives in the U.S. to return to his homeland, according to an indictment unsealed in federal court. Quanzhong An, 55, and his daughter, Guangyang An, 34, who are both residents of Roslyn, New York, were arrested on Thursday morning and charged with …
Read More »Senate Dem part of High School group that held ‘Slave Day’, used racial slur repeatedly in college writing
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., served as president of the student council at his high school when the group put on a “Slave Day” fundraising event, and he used a term now recognized as racist several times during one of his writings for the student newspaper at Harvard University. According to images and documentation listed in the 1963 yearbook for Riverdale Country …
Read More »Watchdog barks at feds to boost health standards for working dogs
The Government Accountability Office this week warned federal agencies that they need better standards in place to ensure the health and welfare of the more than 5,100 working dogs that serve the government. The GAO is known as the congressional watchdog that helps lawmakers oversee the operation of federal programs. In a report released Wednesday, GAO said departments and agencies …
Read More »Oregon governor debate: Drazan hits Kotek as ‘original defund the police candidate’
The Oregon gubernatorial candidates participated in a debate Wednesday, when they clashed on the topic of state funding for police and law enforcement. The candidates for the Oregon governorship include Democrat Tina Kotek, Republican Christine Drazan, and independent Betsy Johnson. Following a question about the need for funding law enforcement to combat crime, Kotek was the first to respond. “When …
Read More »US seeks release of American citizen sentenced to 16 years in Saudi prison over Twitter posts
The U.S. is seeking the release of an American citizen sentenced to 16 years in prison in Saudi Arabia for sending tweets critical of the regime. The State Department confirmed that the man, Saad Ibrahim Almadi, had been sentenced earlier this week. Almadi, 72, is a retired project manager in Florida and had sent tweets “mildly” criticizing the Saudi regime …
Read More »Executive director Maratha Mandir says ‘we will continue screening the film till we can’
‘DDLJ’ was Aditya Chopra’s directorial film, released in 1995 Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge; a film that touched everybody’s heart deeply, turns 27-years old today. The evergreen film is still being shown at the Maratha Mandir in Mumbai even after 27 years. On this special occasion, Executive director of G7 Multiplex and Maratha Mandir Manoj Desai informed that the film was screened …
Read More »Matthew Perry says a colostomy bag made him stop taking drugs
Matthew Perry revealed what made him finally stop taking drugs — a colostomy bag. Perry — known for his role as Chandler Bing on “Friends” — opened his new memoir “Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing” with a harrowing scene where he was hospitalized due to a drug-related experience five months after his colon burst. “I thought it would …
Read More »Cristiano Ronaldo Leaves Man United Bench Before Final Whistle
Following a sluggish start to the Premier League season in which they dropped their first two games by a combined 6–1 score, Manchester United have righted the ship, winning six of their last eight matches. That run includes Wednesday’s 2–0 win third-place Tottenham, which had the Red Devils smiling, with one notable exception: star forward Cristiano Ronaldo. Ronaldo, who rejoined …
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