REDSTATE (RedState) - American Heroes of 9/11: Rick Rescorla
One man led 2,700 people out of the South Tower with a bullhorn on 9/11. His gave his life to save them all. Rick Rescorla is an American hero.
YOUTUBE (CNN) - Trump's endorse force, Mamdani's magic & US AI outcry | Enten roundup
CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten runs the numbers, from Trump's influence on Darlene Graham's victory to bipartisan distaste for AI. 0:00 Trump's stalwart GOP pull 2:59 Mamdani has a higher favorability rating than Trump 5:38 Why public opinion of AI is tanked Watch 24/7 live news with CNN Headlines: https://bit.ly/4eIvlTr #Trump #Midterms #News
WASHINGTONPOST (Brianna Sacks) - Fired FEMA crew leader defends skipping homes with Trump campaign signs
Marni Washington said she was following protocol to keep field workers safe in a politicized environment following 2024’s Hurricane Milton.
JUSTTHENEWS (Misty Severi) - DoW honors Marines for heroism at Abbey Gate: 'Exactly what our highest awards exist to recognize'
Parnell said the decision to honor the men and upgrade their valor awards comes after reading accounts of witnesses and meeting with people who were at the Abbey Gate of the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, and hearing their take on the bombing.
AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - Dolly Parton's hidden tattoos carried meaning most fans never saw
Dolly Parton, the 11-time Grammy winner who died at 80 after a secret battle with cancer, kept a collection of pastel tattoos hidden beneath her famous wardrobe, ink she said was meant to cover scars, not make statements. The country legend's nephew Bryan Seaver, her longtime head of security, announced her death in an emotional […] The post Dolly Parton's hidden tattoos carried meaning most fans never saw appeared first on American Almanac .
Dolly Parton, the 11-time Grammy winner who died at 80 after a secret battle with cancer, kept a collection of pastel tattoos hidden beneath her famous wardrobe, ink she said was meant to cover scars, not make statements. The country legend's nephew Bryan Seaver, her longtime head of security, announced her death in an emotional Instagram video on Tuesday. Parton passed away at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville, surrounded by loved ones, Just The News reported . Her representatives confirmed she had been fighting cancer, a battle she kept private to the end. Seaver, the son of Parton's sister Cassie, captured the weight of the moment plainly: "I have imagined the heaviness of this moment but haven't truly felt it until…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Jaye P. Morgan, hitmaking singer and irreverent 'Gong Show' panelist, dead at 94
Jaye P. Morgan, the 1950s pop singer who became a household name for her bawdy antics as a celebrity judge on The Gong Show, has died at 94 in Castle Rock, Washington, closing a career that spanned vaudeville stages, Billboard charts, and late-night television. Morgan's family announced her death on Monday, The Hollywood Reporter reported. […] The post Jaye P. Morgan, hitmaking singer and irreverent 'Gong Show' panelist, dead at 94 appeared first on American Almanac .
Jaye P. Morgan, the 1950s pop singer who became a household name for her bawdy antics as a celebrity judge on The Gong Show, has died at 94 in Castle Rock, Washington, closing a career that spanned vaudeville stages, Billboard charts, and late-night television. Morgan's family announced her death on Monday, The Hollywood Reporter reported . No cause of death was disclosed. She is survived by a son, Paul. Born Mary Margaret Morgan on December 3, 1931, in a log cabin in Mancos, Colorado, she was performing before she could read. By age three, she had joined a vaudeville act with her father, mother, five brothers, and a sister. The Morgan family landed a spot in the 1935 Pat O'Brien movie musical Stars Over Broadway, and eventually…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Alex Tanzer) - Danica Patrick had foot surgery the day after her Fox IndyCar broadcast drew online backlash
Former racing star Danica Patrick went under the knife to remove a glass shard from her foot just one day after drawing criticism from some viewers for her commentary on Fox's Freedom 250 Grand Prix broadcast in Washington, D.C. Patrick, an outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump and the only woman to lead laps at […] The post Danica Patrick had foot surgery the day after her Fox IndyCar broadcast drew online backlash appeared first on American Almanac .
Former racing star Danica Patrick went under the knife to remove a glass shard from her foot just one day after drawing criticism from some viewers for her commentary on Fox's Freedom 250 Grand Prix broadcast in Washington, D.C. Patrick, an outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump and the only woman to lead laps at the Indianapolis 500, called it "just a casual Tuesday morning surgery to remove a chunk of glass from a year ago." She shared photos from her hospital bed showing the culprit, a piece of wine glass roughly half a centimeter long that had been lodged in her right foot for about a year. The surgery came the morning after Patrick worked Fox's pre-race coverage of IndyCar's Freedom 250 Grand Prix, a street-circuit race…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Spain's La Tomatina draws 20,000 revelers to a tiny town for the world's biggest food fight
More than 20,000 people descended on the small Spanish town of Buñol for the annual La Tomatina tomato fight, a tradition that has survived a dictator's ban and now draws nearly half its crowd from overseas. Loaded trucks rolled through narrow streets on Wednesday morning as revelers pelted one another with overripe tomatoes for more […] The post Spain's La Tomatina draws 20,000 revelers to a tiny town for the world's biggest food fight appeared first on American Almanac .
More than 20,000 people descended on the small Spanish town of Buñol for the annual La Tomatina tomato fight, a tradition that has survived a dictator's ban and now draws nearly half its crowd from overseas. Loaded trucks rolled through narrow streets on Wednesday morning as revelers pelted one another with overripe tomatoes for more than an hour. A cannon blast signaled the end. Then came communal showers, hoses on the pavement, and stains on clothes that may never wash out. The town had draped its buildings in tarps beforehand, a practical concession to the chaos that has defined La Tomatina since 1945. The annual food fight, held every last Wednesday of August in this town near Valencia, has grown from a local oddity into an…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Weightlifting robot topples onto judges' table at China's cyborg Olympics, gets hauled off on a stretcher
A humanoid robot competing in the weightlifting final at China's World Humanoid Robot Games collapsed head first onto a judges' table after failing to lift a weight, a moment that undercut Beijing's ambitious push to dominate the global robotics race. The black and white robot gripped the weight, quivered, and managed to hoist it above […] The post Weightlifting robot topples onto judges' table at China's cyborg Olympics, gets hauled off on a stretcher appeared first on American Almanac .
A humanoid robot competing in the weightlifting final at China's World Humanoid Robot Games collapsed head first onto a judges' table after failing to lift a weight, a moment that undercut Beijing's ambitious push to dominate the global robotics race. The black and white robot gripped the weight, quivered, and managed to hoist it above its head before the shaking worsened. It dropped the weight, malfunctioned, stumbled toward the judges' table, and collapsed directly onto it. Officials immediately halted the competition and declared the attempt over. Staff in red vests placed the robot on a stretcher and escorted it off the floor, the Daily Mail reported . No cause of the malfunction was given. No injuries to judges or staff were…Open