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Owner of Trump-themed burger chain arrested by ICE, facing deportation
Roland Mehrez Beainy, a co-owner of Trump Burger in Texas, is facing deportation. Beainy, a 28-year-old originally from Lebanon, entered the U.S. in 2019 with a non-immigrant visitor visa and overstayed, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The restaurateur was arrested by ICE on May 16 and placed in detention. He was then granted…
Hegseth reposts video on social media featuring pastors saying women shouldn’t be allowed to vote
WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who oversees the nation’s military reposted a video about a Christian nationalist church that included various pastors saying women should no longer be allowed to vote. The extraordinary repost on X from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, made Thursday night, illustrates his deep and personal connection to a Christian nationalist pastor…
United Airlines Grounds All U.S. Flights Until Further Notice
United Airlines was forced to issue a ground stop for all flights nationwide due to a technical issue with its weight and balance computer system Wednesday evening. “Due to a technology issue, we are holding United mainline flights at their departure airports,” United said in a statement. “We expect additional flight delays this evening as…
Powerful AP photos show the scars of a survivor of the Nagasaki atomic bombing
NAGASAKI, Japan (AP) — On the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, The Associated Press is republishing the extraordinary photos of one survivor of the attack. Sumiteru Taniguchi, who died in 2017, was 16 when a U.S. B-29 dropped the bomb on the city. The scars on his back, burned raw by…
Russian nationalists have long demanded the return of Alaska. Now Trump has invited ICC-indicted Putin to the state
President Donald Trump is set to meet with Vladimir Putin in Alaska next week, the state that Russia once laid claim to and nationalists want to take back. Trump announced Friday that a meeting has been set with the Russian leader on August 15 in the Last Frontier state to discuss the war in Ukraine,…
India shot down six Pakistani military aircraft in May, air force chief says
By Shivam Patel NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India shot down five Pakistani fighter jets and one other military aircraft during clashes in May, India’s air force chief said on Saturday, in the first such public claim by the country after its worst military conflict in decades with its neighbour. Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif rejected…
Trump escalates his racist attacks on Black Americans
Donald Trump is not a subtle man. Given his core nature and personality, Trump’s attacks on prominent Black Americans have recently become even more explicit and direct. First, he accused former President Barack Obama of “treasonous” behavior for launching an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. But that was not the end of…
Tesla buyer stunned after discovering multiple flaws when picking up new purchase: ‘I walked away without the car’
A man said he had to reject delivery of a brand-new Tesla after spotting numerous issues with the car — and he’s not alone. What’s happening? Torque News reported the story of Eddie Fritz, who said he went to pick up his brand-new Tesla Model Y, only to find a number of defects. As Fritz…
Whitmer told Trump in private that Michigan auto jobs depend on a tariff change of course
WASHINGTON (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer met privately in the Oval Office with President Donald Trump to make a case he did not want to hear: The automotive industry he said he wants to save was being hurt by his tariffs. The Democrat came with a slide deck to make her points in a…
Robot Crab Meets Terrible Fate When Its True Nature Is Discovered by Real Crabs
Scientists apparently underestimated the aggression of itty-bitty male fiddler crabs when they deployed a friendly robot version during mating season. In a paper published in the journalProceedings of the Royal Society B, animal behavior researchers from the UK’s University of Exeter detailed the embarrassing end to their experiment with “Wavy Dave,” a 3D-printed, Bluetooth-controlled crab-bot…
