Matt Damon is Odysseus in "The Odyssey."
Some jurisdictions have weakened their public health authorities in response to criticism of lockdowns, school closures, mask mandates, vaccine requirements and other COVID-era restrictions. (Image credit: PATRICK T. FALLON)
'Astonishing': Sherpa missing for 6 days on Mount Everest found alive The sherpa found crawling down an ice flow near the Everest base camp. In what authorities are calling an "astonishing" testament of human survival, a Mount Everest sherpa was found alive on Thursday after he went missing six days ago on the world's tallest mountain. The sherpa, identified as 52-year-old Hillary Dawa Sherpa, was discovered by a garbage collection team that spotted the mountain guide "sliding and crawling" down
The fan who ran onto the court during the New York Knicks’ 105-95 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night at Frost Bank Center has been banned for life. About midway through the fourth quarter, a fan ran onto the court looking for a selfie with Victor Wembanyama. A second fan was also banned for his involvement, the NBA said in a news release. "The individual who entered the court area during Game 1 of The Finals was arrested and will be banned for life from all NBA arenas," an NBA spo
Donald Trump is to use a wartime presidential authority to hand $700m to coal-fired power plants in the US, the latest move by the president to bolster what he calls “beautiful clean coal” despite it being the dirtiest of fossil fuels. Trump is using the Defense Production Act, a cold war-era statute used to accelerate American industrial output in times of national need, to provide grants to more than a dozen existing coal plants across the US, including facilities capable of exporting coal. Th
ABC News · Oct 8
Lawmakers ask DOJ to investigate additional alleged abusers named by former Epstein assistant Sarah Kellen alleged that Frédéric Fekkai and Philip Levine had abused her. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) on Thursday asked the Justice Department to investigate allegations of sexual abuse raised by a former assistant to Jeffrey Epstein during her interview with the committee last month, according to a letter from Comer and three other Republican lawmakers. Sarah Kellen, a long
NBC News · Oct 8
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Guardian - World · Oct 8
Three GOP senators joined Democrats as dispute over proposed payouts exposed party divisions US politics live – latest updates Senate Republicans on Thursday narrowly scuttled an attempt by Democrats to stop Donald Trump from creating a $1.8bn fund to pay his allies, even as signs emerged that dissent over the proposal was spreading inside the US president’s own party. Democratic Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, had proposed inserting language barring the payouts into Republican-backed leg
Fox News · Oct 8
Well, the clock is ticking on lawmakers to pass the Protect College Sports Act that was further discussed on Wednesday during a Senate Commerce hearing. Now, President Donald Trump is weighing in on the bipartisan legislation created by Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) that is currently being discussed on Capitol Hill between congressional leaders and college athletic officials. Among the issues currently impacting college athletics is how schools are going to afford to keep
