Posts by Sophie Clearwater
Stefanik ‘honored’ to be named chairwoman of House GOP leadership after UN nomination withdrawal
[ad_1] Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) has been appointed to a plum post on the House Republican leadership team and will be getting her spots back on key committees in the lower chamber weeks after her nomination to be US ambassador to the United Nations was pulled. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday tapped the…
Read MoreBoston surgeon Ingolf Tuerk breaks down in tears as he’s found guilty of murdering wife, dumping her body in pond
[ad_1] The Boston doctor who strangled his wife and dumped her body in a pond during a night of drinking in 2020 broke down and cried when he was convicted to the disgust of his in-laws. Ingolf Tuerk’s head shot down as he began to weep when he was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter inside…
Read MoreLong Island’s Olivia Fogarty, Lindsey Rust join inaugural Port Rowing Hall of Fame class
[ad_1] It’s been rowing-oar-bust for Long Islanders Olivia Fogarty and Lindsey Rust. The standout maritime athletes were recently inducted into the inaugural Port Rowing Hall of Fame class. “It really made me reflect on my rowing journey and how special Port Rowing has been to me,” Rust, who took bronze at the 2021 under-23 World…
Read MorePost reporter competes in open tryout for arena football’s New York Dragons — fulfilling a dream as he swaps pen for pads
[ad_1] Trying out for the New York Dragons had me breathing fire. Word has spread around Long Island that the arena football team, which called the venerated Nassau Coliseum home during the 2000s, is making a much-anticipated comeback in the 516 this June. As someone who grew up on the thrill of watching the black-and-red…
Read MoreWatch: Hawks attack humans outside Florida business
[ad_1] SARASOTA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida woman has a unique problem outside of her Sarasota business. A pair of nesting hawks is attacking anyone who walks through the front yard. “Everybody, the minute you go in the walkway here, you get attacked,” businessowner Odalys Hayes said. ‘Chicken jockey’ stunts at Minecraft Movie screenings spark chaos…
Read More83-year-old Ohio woman fulfills lifelong dream of skydiving
[ad_1] DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — An Ohio woman traveled three counties away from her senior living community on Wednesday to live out her lifelong dream of skydiving. Nancy Lykins, 83, lives at StoryPoint Senior Living in Troy and has always dreamed of becoming a skydiver. During a community event, she shared that wish with other…
Read MoreMovie theaters erupt in chaos as part of 'Minecraft' social media trend
[ad_1] (WFLA/WROC/WPIX) — Rowdy crowds of young people have been disrupting screenings of the newly released “A Minecraft Movie” around the country as they take part in the so-called “chicken jockey” trend. Based on the wildly popular video game, the movie hit theaters last week and racked up $157 million in ticket sales in the…
Read MoreHard-hitting Texas meets stingy Tennessee pitching in SEC softball clash
[ad_1] AUSTIN (KXAN) — Something has to give this weekend at McCombs Field. Top-ranked Texas, the No. 2 team in the country in batting average, meets No. 7 Tennessee, the nation’s leader in ERA, for a 3-game series beginning at 8 p.m. Friday in Austin. The opening game will be aired on ESPNU, with the…
Read More'Shocking': Hear from the Austin attorney helping represent a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador
[ad_1] AUSTIN (KXAN) — Lucia Curiel went several years without hearing from her former client, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, but now the Austin-based immigration attorney said she is in almost daily contact with his wife. “She’s in, understandably, just a state of desperation,” Curiel told KXAN. The attorney reconnected with his family after Abrego Garcia was…
Read More‘Smash’ Is Escapist Fluff and Exactly What We Need Right Now
[ad_1] Matthew Murphy Robyn Hurder and the cast of Smash Matthew Murphy Since recorded time, Broadway critics would casually dismiss certain lighthearted musical comedies as a “tired businessman show.” Such trifles would include long-stemmed chorus girls, broad gags and catchy songs aimed at the office drone who simply wants to unwind with earworms and eye…
Read MoreNew York Helicopter Crash Victims Identified as Tech Executive Agustín Escobar and Family
[ad_1] The victims of a helicopter crash in New York City have been identified. Agustín Escobar, a chief executive for technology company Siemens, his wife Merce Camprubi Montal and their three children—aged 4, 5 and 11 years old—were among the six people killed in the Hudson River crash, law enforcement officials confirmed to ABC News.…
Read MoreHow Demi Moore’s Daughter Scout Willis Feels About Ex-Stepdad Ashton Kutcher
[ad_1] Demi Moore‘s family is all about the moore, the merrier. That’s why her and ex Bruce Willis‘ 33-year-old daughter Scout Willis has no ill will toward Ashton Kutcher, who was married to Demi from 2005 to 2013 after her early aughts divorce from the Die Hard star. “That’s not the way I hold it,…
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