The orca is believed to be a newborn and it was seen swimming alongside its mother in a pod of seven animals, which are also known as killer whales. Jim and Laura Millen, a couple from Florida, were on board the San Diego Whale Watch trip when they spotted the orcas close to the boat. In a message to Newsweek, Laura Millen said the chance encounter felt like an answer to their prayers after a family tragedy....
So did Ezekiel Elliott. MORE: SN’s 2016 NFL mock draft | Week 12 photos | Iowa is B1G’s best team The junior running back went on an epic post-game tirade not often seen at the college ranks, ripping the Buckeyes’ coaching staff before declaring Saturday his final game at Ohio Stadium. Quarterback Cardale Jones also said he’ll be forgoing his final season. Elliott finished the game with 33 yards on 12 carries....
The Dallas running back praised the team’s defense for giving the team multiple opportunities to rally against New Orleans, but the offense could not get going. “Our defense played their (butt) off,” Elliott told reporters after the game. “They kept us in the game. They gave us a chance and we just didn’t hold up on the offensive end. We can’t let our guys down like that.” The entire offense sputtered throughout the game....
The wings will be replaced with an online registry instead, according to the Las Cruces Sun-News. This does not affect NASA’s astronauts getting their wings, because they will still receive theirs from the space agency. “The Astronaut Wings program, created in 2004, served its original purpose to bring additional attention to this exciting endeavor. Now it’s time to offer recognition to a larger group of adventurers daring to go to space,” said FAA Administrator Wayne Monteith in a press release, the Orlando Sentinel reported....
Pep Guardiola spelled out in a meeting with his employers in Abu Dhabi that the average age of the City squad would need lowering dramatically, and the defence in particular needed a complete overhaul. No, Guardiola has not been in the Middle East since his side lost at Monaco on Wednesday. It was City’s defeat in Madrid last April which convinced Khaldoon Al Mubarak that Guardiola would need help in transforming the club from uninspiring also-rans to world beaters....
Farewell to Lampard: Chelsea’s best ever The creative midfielder has only started five of his side’s league games, yet ranks seventh in the entire division for assists, finding regular football only in knockout competitions. He has directly contributed to Chelsea’s points total with a key goal against Sunderland, while his last-minute assist against Watford secured all three points in August. Fabregas’ six decisive passes have helped Chelsea forge a nine-point gap at the top of the table, with a 30-yard pass to Diego Costa against Manchester City ranking as the best - and one of the most important - of the lot....
Generally, the donor is brain-dead but still has heart function. The face transplant recipient arrives at the hospital where the donor is being kept and prepares for the surgery. Any planned organ harvesting (including the face donation) is performed at the same time, and the face is preserved in a cold solution. Self, partial, and complete face transplant surgery are all possible depending on the amount of damage to facial tissue....
Rumors on Twitter started to spread about the dangers of FaceApp, its ties with Russia and the security issues users should consider. When the news came to light that the developers of the app were based in St. Petersburg and that the privacy policies allowed the app to have a constant data connection, many online became suspicious. But is there anything really to worry about? FaceApp and Russia “It is a Russian company which means that if they wanted to, they could probably access that data,” Matthew Green, an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Johns Hopkins University, told Newsweek....
“We’ve since corrected this and BibleHub.com content can now be shared. We apologize for this error,” a Facebook spokesperson told Newsweek in an email Wednesday night. Complaints circulated on social media when a YouTube video titled Facebook bans Bible passages was posted by YouTuber and writer Paul Joseph Watson in reference to the issue. In his video, at the 1:19 minute mark, Watson shows a screenshot of a user who was denied posting a status with Biblehub....
The Liverpool defender followed up his debut off the bench in last Friday’s stalemate against Germany by helping Gareth Southgate’s injury-hit side keep the five-time world champions at bay at Wembley on Tuesday. England 20/1 to win World Cup Gomez has mainly been used at right-back for his club this season yet looked completely at home occupying one of the three central roles in England’s new-look 3-5-2 formation. Now, the 20-year-old is aiming to maintain the same lofty standards on a consistent basis in the hope it leads to further international opportunities in the future....
In recent weeks, pop star Kanye West fanned the flames of antisemitism in public too, with a series of comments which has led to him being dropped by multiple fashion labels and associates. So when a social media post went viral about a gay porn star beating up nearly three dozen neo-Nazis, it appeared to tap into raw anxiety about the modern face and influence of fascism. The Claim...
He already has signed numerous executive orders and redecorated the Oval Office to reflect his presidential ideals. His newest interior office additions include portraits and busts of prominent American leaders such as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and a moon rock on loan from NASA. Photos from the White House reveal the changes made to former President Donald Trump’s decor, including replacing an Andrew Jackson portrait with one of Benjamin Franklin....
Media outlets have also attempted to compare and contrast viewership data for the hearings with other prominent TV events, such as the Superbowl or the Presidential debates, with some of the comparisons drawing skepticism. The Claim Fox News’ Sean Hannity dismissed the viewing figures of the January 6 Hearing on Thursday June 9, claiming during his show on Monday that it’s TV viewing figures were beaten by Young Sheldon reruns....
The Claim Whitmer, a Democrat, was quick to associate President Donald Trump’s heated rhetoric with the plot, including his criticism directed at her and her state over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a speech following the FBI announcement, Whitmer highlighted Trump’s comments about the right-wing Proud Boys group during the first presidential debate. “Just last week, the president of the United States stood before the American people and refused to condemn white supremacists and hate groups, like these two Michigan militia groups,” Whitmer said....
Rumors that the China’s People’s Liberation Army had overthrown the president were fanned by speculation and false claims from foreign politicians despite, and later debunked. However, as the hashtags relating to “China” and “coup” were trending, a video surfaced claiming that a massive explosion had been observed inside Beijing, and linking it to the purported political shifts. The Claim A video posted on Twitter on September 25, 2022, shows a huge explosion along a city skyline at night....
The Claim Republican Party Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel and Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk questioned Biden having not visited the southern border, before suggesting he has visited Delaware 25 times during his presidency so far. The Facts In a CNN town hall, Biden was asked about visiting the border, with persisting scrutiny over his administration’s handling of the situation there. He told host Anderson Cooper: “I’ve been there before, I haven’t, I mean, I know it well, I guess I should go down....
Monterey Park, among a series of mass shooting tragedies across the nation in the past year, has again brought the U.S. record on gun deaths to the fore, with reporting by Newsweek showing how it outranks the world’s largest economies for firearms deaths. However, among the coverage were allegations that police had used a fabricated term to describe the alleged perpetrator’s weapon. The Claim A video posted on Facebook, on January 25, 2023, included a clip from a press conference with Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna, who described the weapon recovered following the Monterey Park shooting as “a magazine fed semi-automatic assault pistol, not an assault rifle, but an assault pistol that had an extended large capacity magazine attached to it....
The Claim In a press release Thursday, Hasbro announced it was renaming the Mr. Potato Head brand Potato Head to “better reflect the full line” of potato toy products. The news coverage that followed resulted in some confusion online. Reports that “Mr. Potato Head is no longer a mister” led some to claim that the company was replacing the existing toys with a new, gender-neutral toy character. The Facts In the release, Hasbro said that it was “making sure all feel welcome in the Potato Head world by officially dropping the Mr....
In particular, Lockheed Martin’s High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) have given Ukrainian forces both the mobility and range to push back on Russian positions, which have reduced considerably in the past few months. While U.S. military aid to Ukraine continues, President Joe Biden made a claim about the range of these rocket systems, a remark that was met with some skepticism. The Claim At a news conference, held on November 9, 2022, Joe Biden claimed that the U....
Justice Clarence Thomas is now facing calls to stand down over the scandal that appears to implicate his wife and a former Trump lawyer. According to reports, Virginia “Ginni” Thomas allegedly communicated with lawyer John Eastman, who is accused of pressuring former Vice President Mike Pence to unlawfully refuse to certify the 2020 presidential election results. The Claim Tweets posted in June 2022 claimed that Clarence Thomas was the only dissenting voice in the Court who approved former president Donald Trump’s demand to injunct documents requested for the House Select Committee....
