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Whoopi Goldberg used her platform on The View to plead for a stop to the 'politicization' of the murder of Ukrainian immigrant Iryna Zarutska on a train in Charlotte last month. 'Look, a young woman is dead. Let's take that into consideration,' Goldberg, 69, said of the brutal August 22 stabbing of Zarutska, 23, by career criminal Decarlos Brown Jr., 34. 'And yes, a man who should have been behind bars was loose and out. His mother begged them to take him and put him away.

Liberals have been accused of 'celebrating' the assassination of American conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Mr Kirk, a married father of two, was struck in the neck by a single bullet while speaking about mass shootings at a university campus in Utah yesterday, with US President Donald Trump hailing him as 'legendary' in a tribute. While his assassination has sparked an outpouring of tributes, it has also led to accusations that the Left are using his death to score political points because of his strong opinions. Left-wing writer Nels Abbey sparked a furious response after comparing Mr Kirk to the ex-leader...

The website Jezebel has released a statement after paying witches to put a curse on conservative activist Charlie Kirk - just two days before he was shot and killed Wednesday at a Utah college event. An article published on September 8 was titled 'We Paid Some Etsy Witches to Curse Charlie Kirk'. As news trickled in of Kirk's assassination on Wednesday, the left-leaning website issued a statement clarifying the timing of the post.

A prominent German orchestra’s performance at a Belgian festival has been canceled over concerns about its Israeli conductor, organizers said Wednesday, sparking a furious reaction from Berlin. The Munich Philharmonic had been due to perform on September 18 at the Flanders Festival Ghent, led by its future chief conductor, Israeli musician Lahav Shani.

A peaceful Wisconsin city has been thrown into a frenzy as a mysterious company plans to build a $1.6billion data center on hundreds of acres of farmland. Menomonie is facing the largest development plans the historic city has ever seen - and its residents are fighting back. Known for its stunning landscapes and small-town feel, Menomonie may be home to a massive data center that citizens fear will drain the area of not only its charm, but its resources.

Bill Clinton's letter to Jeffrey Epstein, in which he praised the billionaire pedophile's 'childlike curiosity', along with a drawing of Epstein approaching young girls, are the latest images released from his 50th 'birthday book.' The Clinton missive was published for the first time on the same day that a similar letter to Epstein with what was alleged to be Donald Trump's signature was made public. A photo showing a Mar-a-Lago member making a crude joke about Trump 'buying' a girl from the financier also emerged.

The husband of a human resources executive who was caught cuddling up with her married boss at a Coldplay concert has broken his silence to confirm he and his wife had already separated when footage of her went viral. Andrew Cabot, a businessman who has been married to ousted Astronomer executive Kristin Cabot, 52, for two years, was on a business trip to Japan in mid-July when his family was thrust into the spotlight.

Left-wing film stars including Olivia Colman have vowed to boycott Israeli cinema. More than 1,300 actors, producers and screenwriters signed an open letter accusing Israel of committing “genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people”. Pledging not to work with Israel’s film industry, signatories including Tilda Swinton and Mark Ruffalo claim: “In this urgent moment of crisis, where many of our governments are enabling the carnage in Gaza, we must do everything we can to address complicity in that unrelenting horror.

Singer Laurin Talese's rendition of 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' left NFL fans divided ahead of the Philadelphia Eagles' season opener, with many seething over the league's 'DEI' anthem. The jazz songstress took center stage as the Eagles kick started their Super Bowl title defense in a divisional showdown against the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday night. While the song - which has been dubbed the Black National Anthem - has become common place in the NFL and has been performed at the Super Bowl and the Draft, the performance in Philadelphia sparked backlash.

When the general assembly decided to build a state university here 235 years ago, they named the town for a church built by the British. The little chapel on the hill was actually called New Hope.

Finland has belatedly admitted its air force flags probably should not have a huge swastika in the middle. The Nordic country is set to remove the symbol from the standard because its presence has created 'awkward situations with foreign visitors'. The nation adopted the insignia as the emblem of its airborne military when it was founded in 1918.

Let’s get this out of the way immediately: Week 1 in college football can be misleading. Recent history is littered with season openers that didn’t affect the next dozen weeks like we thought they would. Drawing season-long conclusions based on one weekend’s worth of games is a perilous endeavor. Do it at your own risk. But make no mistake. Saturday wasn't a great day for the SEC. And could have been a lot worse if No. 9 LSU hadn't snapped a five-game Week 1 losing streak against No. 4 Clemson. Texas entered 2025 as the preseason No. 1 team in...

Las Vegas hotels are rolling out big incentives — including free nights and thousands of dollars in casino credits — to lure visitors back to the city. Sin City saw an 11.3 percent drop in visitors in June compared with the same month last year, an astonishing fall that means almost 400,000 people stayed away. That decline translates to less spending in restaurants, shops, shows and at hotels, where occupancy fell nearly 10 percent, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority.

The No. 1 Texas Longhorns versus the No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes is one of 22 games on the Week 1 college football slate that feature a ranked team on the field. Here are the betting odds to dissect prior to Week 1 in college football.

Passengers aboard an American Airlines flight were left scrambling to get off the plane as a man and a woman began brawling after it touched down. Footage of the violent incident showed the unidentified pair standing in the aisle of the aircraft after it landed in Miami on Monday. The woman appeared to make a comment to the man, who retaliated by grabbing her by the neck and pushing her back into a row of seats.

Fraudsters in Ghana are deliberately targeting British women in online scams as retribution for colonialism, a report has claimed. Accra, Ghana’s capital, is a hub for gangs of cyber criminals, known as Sakawa Boys, who pose as white men on Facebook to manipulate affluent Western women into entering a relationship.

This is the jaw-dropping moment two women brawl on the street in front of horrified onlookers at Notting Hill Carnival's family and children's day. In a clip uploaded to TikTok, two young revellers trade furious blows in the middle of the packed street. The brawling pair can be seen grappling, pulling each other by the hair and throwing punches as onlookers shout, 'Where is security?'

A wave of national fury has swept Holland following the arrest of an asylum seeker for the killing of a 17-year-old who was stabbed to death while she was calling the police to report being followed on her bike ride home. The lifeless body of Lisa was discovered by police in a roadside ditch in the early hours of Wednesday morning. She was returning from a night out with friends before she was attacked by a man who also had a bicycle with him, while she was phoning the emergency police number.

Well, if you needed more examples of the incompetence of The Walt Disney Company leadership, it just gave us yet another spectacular one. On Thursday, Variety reported that sources say that Disney Studios is actively soliciting ideas and pitches from creatives that it hopes will lead to new movies that appeal to younger men. Specifically, males aged 13-28. That's not a misprint; a movie studio is trying desperately to figure out stories and ideas that might appeal to teenage guys and young male adults.

At long last, college football returns this week. Before the first full slate of games take place in the final week of August, the 2025 season will kick off with a five-game slate on Saturday, Aug. 23. Week 0 will be highlighted with its first matchup of the day, a game between Iowa State and Kansas State in Dublin, Ireland for the 10th edition of the Aer Lingus College Football Classic.