Former Oakland Raiders standout Pete Banaszak, a 13-year veteran who helped the franchise win its first Super Bowl , died at 82, the team announced. "The Raiders Family mourns the passing of Pete Banaszak, whose toughness, competitive spirit, and dedication embodied a legendary era of Raiders football and made him a cherished member of the Silver and Black," the team said in a statement released Saturday. The Raiders also remembered the late running back's deep pride in his Polish heritage and e
A man in Germany was arrested on suspicion of arson this week after he allegedly set fire to a mountain retreat built for Adolf Hitler. The fire broke out at the Eagle’s Nest in the Bavarian Alps on Friday evening, and firefighters battled the flames against strong winds. The 33-year-old suspect is a German citizen who showed signs of mental illness and was taken to a psychiatric facility, authorities said. WORLD-FAMOUS CATHOLIC SHRINE TORCHED, 'DEVIL IN A SKIRT' SCRAWLED ON VIRGIN MARY STATUE B
Sacha Baron Cohen is done starring in over-the-top comedies. In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter , the 55-year-old actor confirmed that his new movie, "Ali G: Who Iz I?," will be his last in the risky, character-driven comedic style that made him famous. "I want to do stuff that challenges me," he told the outlet. "So again, I’m not doing 'Borat 3,' which also would be incredibly challenging. Again, this movie I just did is the most challenging movie I’ve ever done, but I’m not doi
It has been a wild couple of weeks in college football, but what happened on Saturday in Orlando — a UCF Knights double-overtime win over the BYU Cougars — might be the craziest thing yet. After a big win over Notre Dame and Top 10 teams dropping like flies last weekend, the BYU Cougars found themselves coming into Week 8 at No. 2 in the nation. On Saturday, they headed down to Orlando, Florida, to take on Scott Frost's UCF Knights. BYU QB BEAR BACHMEIER SAYS NOTRE DAME 'DISRESPECTED' HIM AND HI
Elon Musk on Saturday continued to defend Starlink after Ukraine faced more than a week of speed restrictions that disrupted its war effort against Russia, saying SpaceX has done more to defend the country than any other private company "by far," while accusing the country of using the technology in violation of its terms of service "to kill people." "Using Starlink, a civilian commercial service, for offensive drone strikes to kill people has never been allowed, nor should it be," Musk wrote on
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The fire evidently began with an explosion, the fire department said.
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Election personnel concerned directive to ‘quickly’ verify 20,000 ballots could disenfranchise citizens California’s top leaders have rebuked the Trump administration’s efforts to quash alleged noncitizen voting. Less than two weeks before the midterms, federal prosecutors called upon California election officials to verify within 48 hours a list of about 20,000 ballots belonging to suspected noncitizens. Continue reading...
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Former president speaks to rapturous crowd of thousands in support of Democrat Abdul El-Sayed for US Senate Barack Obama told a Detroit crowd on Saturday that Abdul El-Sayed was “fighting for change, real change, that will get money out of politics and put money in your pocket”, as he threw his weight behind the Democratic Senate candidate and the rest of the ticket on the first day of early voting in Michigan. Obama said in front of thousands of onlookers at Cass technical high school in Detroi
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Ukrainian officials said speed restrictions on Starlink and Starshield that hampered military operations have been lifted.
