Month: June 2022

A Year On, Surfside Remembers 98 Victims of Condo Collapse

SURFSIDE, Fla.—A year ago in the middle of the night, a 12-story oceanfront condo building in Surfside, Florida, came down with a thunderous roar, leaving a giant pile of rubble and claiming 98 lives—one of the deadliest structure collapses in U.S. history. The names of each victim were read aloud during a ceremony Friday to…


Florida Black Bear Shooting Report Raises Questions

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission released a report on June 23 showing that sheriff’s deputies disregarded FWC’s directive when they shot and killed a juvenile bear that “was no threat” and was “retreating” from the residential neighborhood in Palm Beach County. The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office maintains its decision was…


Ledecky Stretches 22-medal Record at Worlds With 800 Title

BUDAPEST, Hungary—Katie Ledecky extended her record haul of medals from the world swimming championships to 22 with her latest 800-meter freestyle win on Friday. Ledecky clocked 8 minutes, 8.04 seconds to win the event for the eighth consecutive time at a worlds or Olympic Games. “I think back to London,” Ledecky said of her first…


Canada Needs 3.5 Million More Homes Built to Reach Affordability, Housing Agency Says

Canada needs 3.5 million more homes to be built by the end of the decade before housing becomes affordable again, a new report says. The report, published by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) Thursday, says Canada’s approach to housing supply needs to be rethought before housing costs can reach a level where average…


Protests Planned Outside Justice Thomas’s Home After Abortion Ruling

Protesters say they are going to demonstrate outside the homes of several Supreme Court justices following the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade as President Joe Biden called for demonstrators to remain peaceful. Left-wing group Our Rights DC wrote on Twitter that it is planning a protest outside Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s house on…


Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Jersey Boys’: The Life of Frankie Valli, and Meeting Clint Eastwood in Person

R | 2h 14m | Biopic | June 20, 2014 In Clint Eastwood’s “Jersey Boys” (2014) we learn there were only three ways for young Italian-American men to escape Jersey in 1951: join the Army, join the mob, or get famous. “Jersey Boys” is the movie version of the Broadway musical about the life and times of Frankie Valli…


Hugh McElhenny, Hall of Fame Halfback With 49ers, Dies at 93

Hugh McElhenny, the elusive Hall of Fame halfback who starred in the San Francisco 49ers’ “Million Dollar Backfield” in the mid-1950s, has died. He was 93. The Pro Football Hall of Fame said Thursday that McEhlenny died of natural causes June 17 at his home in Nevada, and that son-in-law Chris Permann confirmed the death….


Hall of Famer Hugh McElhenny dies at 93

Legendary Pro Football Hall of Famer Hugh McElhenny, a major star in the 1950s, died recently in Nevada, the Hall of Fame announced Thursday. He was 93. The Hall of Fame said McElhenny died of natural causes last Friday. McElhenny was a six-time Pro Bowl running back who played 13 NFL seasons, including nine with…


Protesters Express Anger and Fear Versus Joy and Excitement Over Supreme Court Abortion Ruling

Just as the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, thousands descended on Washington, on either side of the abortion issue. While pro-abortion protesters are angry, chanting that the court is “illegitimate” and saying they will work to overturn the decision, pro-life protesters are celebrating the historic ruling and saying…


SoCal Officials React to Ruling Overturning Roe v. Wade

LOS ANGELES—Many Southern California officials Friday had strong reactions to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 precedent which struck down a series of federal and state laws restricting abortion and largely legalized the procedure nationwide. The overwhelmingly Democrat contingent deemed the ruling—which puts abortion policy at the discretion of states—a…