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  • Virtual look inside what the cave rescue could look like

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  • Trump’s #MeToo swipe updates his 2016 playbook

    On Thursday night, when he mocked the #MeToo movement as his tour targeting red-state Democratic senators hit Montana, he showed that he thinks the same approach will stave off a GOP midterm election meltdown that could severely constrain his presidency. The President made his high-risk gamble at a raucous rally as he renewed his attack […]
  • 4 theories on why it took so long to get rid of Scott Pruitt

    After all, Pruitt is — or, maybe was — the subject of 14 separate probes into his conduct as EPA administrator. Fourteen! Separate! Probes! From almost the moment he was sworn in to lead the EPA, Pruitt has been caught — time and time again — apparently trying to enrich himself (and his wife and […]
  • A former Thai navy diver dies during cave rescue effort

    Former Sgt. Saman Kunan, an ex-SEAL, died at 2:00 a.m. Friday local time (2 p.m. Thursday ET) due to a lack of air while attempting to return to a command center deep underground, Chiang Rai Deputy Governor Passakorn Boonyalak said. The command center is located two kilometers (1.2 miles) inside the cave, where the young […]
  • Plateau Killings: Femi Adesina and other Presidential Morticians

    Since the unfortunate continued killings of fellow citizens by suspected Fulani herdsmen terrorists over the weekend in Plateau State, there has been outrage by men and women of goodwill from all walks of life especially as it concerns the federal government lackadaisical attitude towards apprehending the killers who have not only owned up to the […]
  • 9 killed in Lagos tanker fire, 54 vehicles burnt

    Nine persons have been confirmed dead in the petrol tanker fire around Otedola Bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Thursday. after it caught fire and spread the inferno to the vehicles behind, the Federal Road Safety Corps said. The FRSC also said in its update that the victims were burnt beyond recognition. There were four […]