Inside a Ukraine city where civilians are being punished by Russian bombs for Putin’s military losses
Click:Beach Shoes Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine — We’ve been to the front lines, and to cities recently liberated from Russian occupation amid Ukraine’s lightning counteroffensive. But you don’t have to go that far to see the destruction Russia is capable of. We visited the city of Zaporizhzhia, miles from any front-line combat, not long after it was hit…
Iran claims teen Nika Shakarami died in a fall. Her mom doesn’t believe it, and either do protesters.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates — The mother of a 16-year-old Iranian girl has disputed official claims that her daughter fell to her death from a high building, saying the teen was killed by blows to the head as part of the crackdown on anti-government protests roiling the country. Nasreen Shakarami also said authorities kept her daughter…
NYC Man In $30M International Bank Heist Ring Sentenced
NEW YORK CITY — An international heist ring with ties to New York City looted $30 million from banks in Azerbaijan to Uzbekistan, federal prosecutors said. One ring member — Garri Smith, 52, of Brooklyn — was sentenced this week to four years in prison for his role in the scheme, authorities said. Smith and…
TNA To Re-Air January 25th Episode On AXS Later This Evening
TNA issues a statement. The promotion, formerly known as IMPACT, will be re-airing the January 25th episode on AXS later this evening due to some fans not being able to watch the entire thing. We know some of our fans did not get to see the entire TNA IMPACT show last night, so we…
Backstage News On Mercedes Mone’s AEW Status
It seems more likely that Mercedes Mone will make her AEW debut soon. WWE was in talks with Mone for her return, but they were unable to reach an agreement on a deal, leading WWE sources to claim that they were the ones who ended the negotiations. The talks fell through due to financial…
2 grave sites found in liberated Ukrainian city of Lyman, official says
Two grave sites have been found in the eastern Ukrainian city of Lyman, according to an online post Thursday from Pavlo Kyrylenko, governor of the Donetsk region. Lyman was liberated from Russian control last week. According to a post by Kyrylenko on the social platform Telegram, one site contained about 200 individual graves, and authorities…
New York Daily News Staff Stage Walkout Over Cuts
NEW YORK CITY — Alden To New York’s Hometown Paper: drop dead. That was the message New York Daily News union workers spread Thursday as they staged a 24-hour walkout to protest “constant cuts” by the paper’s hedge fund owner. Alden Global Capital — labeled variously as “the vulture fund that picked American newspapers apart”…
Palestinian gunman wounds 2 in Jerusalem, hours after 2 Palestinian teens killed by Israeli military in West Bank
A Palestinian assailant opened fire at an Israeli military checkpoint in east Jerusalem late Saturday, seriously wounding two people, Israeli authorities said. The shooting came hours after a pair of Palestinian teenagers were killed during an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank. It was the latest bloodshed in the deadliest round of fighting…
Cody Rhodes: I Don’t Consider The Rock In My Way. Maybe I’m Being Naive To It
Cody Rhodes did an interview with ESPN where he discussed a wide range of topics, including the possibility of not wrestling Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Title if The Rock comes back and does the match with Reigns. Here are the highlights: Whether The Rock is standing in his way to get…
Manhattan Girl, 11, Shines On National Stages In Les Misérables Tour
MANHATTAN, IL — It would seem to anyone that Olivia O’Sullivan has done this hundreds of times before. FaceTiming with a reporter from a hotel room in Nebraska, the 11-year-old Manhattan girl is youthful but polished, a seeming pro coming into her own. Olivia has burst onto stages worldwide and now across the country, as…