Vandals desecrated a sacred memorial to the victims of the deadliest World War II massacre in Nazi-occupied France.The vandalism to the memorial at Oradour-sur-Glane in central France left the country outraged.On June 10, 1944, an SS armored division herded villagers into barns and a church, and set them ablaze, killing 642 people. Only six survived.The vandals painted the…
Massive wildfire destroys Big Basin State Park’s historic buildings
August 22, 2020 by
As devastating wildfires tear through the Santa Cruz Mountains, officials reported Thursday afternoon that historic structures at Big Basin Redwoods State Park had burned to the ground.On Wednesday evening, California State Parks released a statement noting that the 18,000-acre park “sustained extensive damage” but did not elaborate further.The park itself is closed indefinitely while the CZU August Lightning Complex — a group of fires ignited…
Lori Loughlinâs sentence is a âgreat outcomeâ for her, legal expert says: âShe should thank her lucky starsâ
August 22, 2020 by
Lori Loughlin should “thank her lucky stars” after receiving a two-month sentence, a slap-on-the-wrist fine and community service for her role in the college admissions scandal that exposed a bevy of rich and famous families who paid to have their children admitted into some of the nationâs most prestigious schools, says one legal expert.âPleading guilty was a…
NC State moves classes online after off-campus parties spread COVID-19
August 21, 2020 by
North Carolina State University abruptly ended in-person instruction for its undergraduate students just weeks into the fall semester after a surge in coronavirus cases was traced back to large, off-campus parties.As of Wednesday, the school reported that more than 500 students were in quarantine and isolation, mostly off-campus. The students have either tested positive themselves or been in…
LA city attorney files more than 300 charges related to May explosion
August 21, 2020 by
The owners and operators of four buildings and three businesses in downtown Los Angeles are facing more than 300 criminal charges related to a massive fire and explosion in May. âThe fire and explosion that ripped through the Boyd Street property caused our firefighters great suffering â and came perilously close to costing their lives,â city…
Heather Rae Young won’t pose for Playboy again, still ‘trying to figure out’ how to tell future stepkids
August 21, 2020 by
Heather Rae Young is making headlines nowadays for her hit show “Selling Sunset” and her new engagement to HGTV star Tarek El Moussa â but before that she got her start posing for Playboy.The 32-year-old real estate agent said she doesn’t regret her modeling days but admitted she’s not sure how she’s going to tell her future…
Jay-Z and Pharrell’s new song ‘Entrepreneur’ is about racial inequality in US
August 21, 2020 by
Jay-Z and Pharrell Williams will release a new song on Friday and it’s about the racial inequalities Black people face in the United States.Williams, 47, announced the single on Instagram on Thursday and also spoke up about it to Time magazine as a part of his new cover package with the publication called “The New American Revolution.”…
NJ college drops disciplinary action against student who included Trump in Zoom background
August 20, 2020 by
A New Jersey college this week dropped the final disciplinary charge it had been pursuing against one of its doctoral students after he used a photo of President Trump as his Zoom background for a class and wrote a political Facebook post following backlash he received from fellow students over the photo.Stockton University previously charged…
New Mexico city banning police chokeholds in $6.5M wrongful death settlement
August 20, 2020 by
A New Mexico city will pay $6.5 million to the family of a Mexican American man who died after he was placed in a chokehold during a traffic stop.The settlement agreement between Las Cruces, New Mexico, and the family of Antonio Valenzuela stipulates that the city has to pay within 30 days and promises the local government will undertake…
Trump administration announces ‘largest’ historic expansion of hunting, fishing on 2.3 million public acres
August 19, 2020 by
The great outdoors just got a little grander.The Trump administration has opened and expanded more than 850 hunting and fishing opportunities across 2.3 million public acres, touted as the largest historic expansion of its kind.The Interior Department announced the news on Tuesday, confirming the new recreational access at 138 national wildlife refuges and 9 national fish…
Chirlane McCray enjoys $2M staff of 14 amid NYC budget crisis
August 19, 2020 by
Thereâs no money for regular trash pickups or to maintain city parks, but Mayor Bill de Blasioâs wife enjoys a 14-member staff â including a $70,000 videographer who captured her baking cookies during the pandemic.Some of the Chirlane McCray staffers, who cost city taxpayers nearly $2 million a year combined, work for the first ladyâs…
Florida lawyer’s suspected killer had just left hospital, claims drug took his memory
August 19, 2020 by
Orlando police say Erin Hartiganâs mother was staying with and called for help after finding her daughter on the floor with someone standing over her.Hartiganâs mother told investigators that she woke up to the sound of her daughter screaming and when she opened her bedroom door and turned the light on, she saw someone turn…
Jennifer Lawrence called Kris Jenner’s ‘favorite daughter’ in birthday wish from TV star
August 19, 2020 by
The Kardashian family needs to make room for one more.On Saturday, Jennifer Lawrence celebrated her 30th birthday and received a sweet message from Kris Jenner, the matriarch of the media personalities.According to Entertainment Tonight, Jenner took to her Instagram story to share a birthday wish for the Oscar winner.JENNIFER LAWRENCE SELLS PENTHOUSE AT MULTI MILLION-DOLLAR…
Trump hits back at Michelle Obama after searing DNC speech, says he ‘would not be here’ if not for Obama
August 18, 2020 by
President Trump on Tuesday hit back at former first lady Michelle Obama, saying he wouldnât have been elected âif it werenât for the job doneâ by her husband, former President Barack Obama.Trumpâs tweets come after the former first lady slammed the president and his administration during the first night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention,…
Pickup truck-sized asteroid flew within 2K miles of Earth on Sunday and NASA didn’t see it
August 18, 2020 by
NASA may have updated its plan to protect the planet from asteroid strikes, but a space rock the size of a pickup truck zipped past the planet at a distance of approximately 1,830 miles on Sunday, the closest ever recorded.And the space agency didn’t see it until after it happened.The asteroid, known as 2020 QG…
A look at cities seeing police budget cuts amid crime surges
August 18, 2020 by
As some major U.S. cities have seen more than double the number of murders so far this year compared to last, the efforts to cut police budgets have continued by some community groups and local governments struggling to make ends meet.Cities like Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Chicago and Austin had seen some of the biggest surges in the number of…
Heavy rains, floods in China strand dozens on rooftops, triggering landslides
August 18, 2020 by
BEIJING â Authorities deployed helicopters in western China on Tuesday to rescue people stranded by flooding as heavy rain swelled the Yangtze and other rivers to dangerous levels, state media reported.Landslides backed up a river, trapping 48 people on rooftops in Longnan city in the southern part of Gansu province, according to The Paper, an…
Pelosi calls members back to Capitol Hill amid mail-in ballot battle
August 17, 2020 by
Good morning and welcome to Fox News First. Here’s what you need to know as you start your day …Pelosi says sheâs going to call House members back into session amid the battle over mail-in ballots House Speaker Nancy Pelosi suggested members could be brought back from August recess to address issues regarding the U.S. Postal Service, while…
Georgia college kids prepare for coronavirus semester with wild party
August 17, 2020 by
Students at the University of North Georgia decided the best way to start the first semester of the coronavirus pandemic was to throw a wild party.Videos posted on social media show the carefree revelers not wearing masks and disregarding social distancing guidelines.The rager was held at a privately owned, off-campus apartment complex near the campus in…
Lasting immunity seen after mild COVID-19 infection: report
August 17, 2020 by
A series of new studies have revealed signs of strong and lasting immunity in people who developed a mild coronavirus infection, according to a report on Sunday.The studies, which have yet to be peer-reviewed, uncovered that antibodies and immune cells capable of recognizing the virus were apparently present months after infections concluded. The findings could help to eliminate the previous concerns…
Prince William, Harry barely speak, biographer says
August 17, 2020 by
Prince William and Prince Harry cut off all communication for two months after the latter went rogue and divulged his âMegxitâ plans on social media, according to a royal biographer.PRINCESS DIANA ONCE GAVE WILLIAM ADVICE ON FINDING LOVEThe brothers still barely speak and their rift will âtake time to heal,â said Omid Scobie, one of the authors…
Trump campaign plans huge digital ad buy ahead of DNC, as Biden airs first ad with Harris
August 16, 2020 by
The Trump campaign will launch a four-day advertising blitz across some of the nation’s most visited digital platforms during the Democratic National Convention next week.The DNC, which kicks off Monday, will be a four-day event with dozens of top Democrats giving speeches and voicing their support for the Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden.But as some of the…
Truck driver in Georgia rescues students after hitting school bus, later dies
August 16, 2020 by
A school bus crash in Georgia left several students injured and claimed the life of a truck driver, who helped rescue some students from the bus before collapsing.Georgia State Police said a preliminary investigation revealed that the bus had stopped for a few minutes to unload children in Alma, Ga., before a rental truck plowed into…
SEC football coaches reportedly frustrated with cross-divisional games: ‘Favoritism was played’
August 16, 2020 by
Things are heating up in the SEC as reports emerged Friday that football coaches arenât happy with how the conference has handled schedule changes amid the pandemic.Tensions erupted Thursday when several coaches lashed out at SEC officials during a call over their explanation of how the two cross-divisional games were picked, ESPN reported.SEC GOES TO CONFERENCE-ONLY SCHEDULE,…
Ryan Reynolds urges young Canadians to quit partying amid COVID-19 pandemic: ‘Don’t kill my mom!’
August 16, 2020 by
Ryan Reynolds wants young Canadians to cool it with partying amid the coronavirus pandemic and let them know his concerns in a hilarious clip shared to Twitter.British Columbia Premier John Horgan called on the “Deadpool” actor this week for some assistance in getting young citizens in British Columbia to start taking the risks of COVID-19 seriously.…
David Limbaugh: Criticism of Brett Favre for golfing with Trump show intensity of leftâs hatred of president
August 15, 2020 by
A recent seemingly insignificant news story disturbingly reveals the intensity of the American left’s intolerance and authoritarianism. Coupled with the left’s ongoing mission to destroy our cities, this is an ominous sign of what America will look like if the Democratic ticket wins the presidency.The story was published by the Sportscasting website under the headline…
Trump going to ‘look at’ Edward Snowden case for potential pardon
August 15, 2020 by
President Trump said he will âlook atâ the case of Edward Snowden for a potential pardon.âIâm not that aware of the Snowden situation,â Trump told reporters in a briefing Saturday. âMany people think he should be somehow treated differently and other people think he did very bad things.ââIâm going to take a look at that…
Ben Shapiro: Democrats slammed federal presence in US cities, but they want to ‘send the feds to yell at you about masks?’
August 15, 2020 by
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Kudlow predicts ‘self-sustaining’ economic recovery, warns ‘it’s very clear’ Biden would hike taxes
August 15, 2020 by
America’s current outlook for an economic recovery following the coronavirus pandemic is positive, but that could change if former Vice President Joe Biden wins in November, White House adviser Larry Kudlow told “Your World” Thursday.Kudlow argued that Trump’s agenda of deregulation and tax cuts boosted the American economy before the COVID-19 pandemic and added that the country was seeing a…
Gutfeld on Americaâs unending chaos
August 14, 2020 by
Welcome to chaos, coast to coast!Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best resigned Tuesday, saying: âI informed mayor [Jenny] Durkan of my intent to retire from the Seattle Police Department, effective September 2, 2020. For me personally this was a decision I wrestled with, but it was time.âThe police chief stepped down after leftists defunded her force.OUTGOING…