A millionaire is under investigation after video circulated of him burning a Frida Kahlo drawing at an NFT launch event for his company. Martin Mobarak, a Mexican-American CEO, is under investigation by Mexico’s National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature (INBAL) after burning the piece of artwork at a launch event in Miami on July […]
A woman said a man she met on a dating app drove her into a river after getting annoyed with her. Police found the victim, who has not yet been identified, crying and still soaking wet near a boat launch in Providence, Rhode Island early on Sunday morning. She told police her date became angry […]
Hundreds of thousands of people in Cuba and Florida have been told to evacuate their homes as Hurricane Ian threatens a ‘major disaster’. The fast-growing storm hit Cuba’s far west coast with winds of up to 125mph as a Category 3 out 5 hurricane on Tuesday morning. Some 24,000 people have been evacuated from the […]
NASA has postponed the launch of its new moon rocket Artemis I for ‘a few weeks’ following concerns of a tropical storm that’s expected to become a major hurricane. The delay is the third in the past month to befall the space agency’s flagship lunar shuttle, which was originally due to take part in an […]
A 13-year-old blind dog named Cesar had to be rescued by firefighters Tuesday after he fell into a deep hole at a construction site next to his California home. Cesar lives next door to the construction site in Pasadena, California, along with his owner, Mary, KABC-TV reported. The curious dog apparently wandered onto the construction […]
Thomas Lane, the ex-cop who pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter in the killing of George Floyd, was sentenced to three years in prison on Wednesday. The former Minneapolis police officer is already in jail serving a 2 1/2-year federal sentence for violating the civil rights of Floyd, a 46-year-old black man. In May 2020, Lane […]
President Joe Biden forcefully condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine while speaking at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, as concerns over Russia potentially using nuclear weapons grows. Biden utilized the moment to go after Russian President Vladimir Putin, just hours after Putin ordered a partial mobilization of 300,000 reservists and claimed he was ‘not […]
A man was arrested Tuesday night for vandalizing the Washington Monument, police said. US Park Police arrested Shaun Ray Deaton around 7.30pm for allegedly dumping a bucket of red paint and writing a message at the base of the iconic pillar on the National Mall. Deaton, 44, was charged with trespassing, tampering, and vandalism. He […]
Seventeen pets were killed after a fire broke out at a pet hotel for cats in Los Angeles on Saturday, officials in California said. Over 100 firefighters responded to the emergency call about a fire at a strip mall on West Venice Boulevard around 5.44am Saturday, the Los Angeles Fire Department said in a statement. […]
Three people were killed after a Jeep on an off-road tour rolled off a cliff on a remote trail. The fatal accident happened at Imogene Pass in Ouray County, Colorado on Monday. The victims included two tourists from Arizona and a local tour guide who was driving the vehicle. The victims were identified as Diana […]