UFC star Jorge Masvidal dresses as Scarface character Tony Montana at Nate Diaz press conference

 Posted on February 2, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  351 words  |  Martina Birk

JORGE MASVIDAL channelled his inner gangster by dressing as Scarface character Tony Montana for his press conference with Nate Diaz. Masvidal meets the Stockton hero in a fan-favourite affair that headlinesUFC 244 at Madison Square Garden. The clash will determine the “Baddest Mother F***er” in the game, after Diaz elected himself as champion and “defended” his crown against Anthony Pettis in August. And never one to shy away from battle Masvidal turned up to face off against his opponent by wearing a white suit and red shirt of Hollywood mafia boss Montana, who like the the MMA star has Cuban descent. [Read More]

1000-Lb. Sisters: Tammy Slatons duplex robbed while she is away in rehab

 Posted on February 1, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  496 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Tammy Slaton has received some bad news about her home in Kentucky. While the 1000-Lb. Sisters star is in rehab, the duplex that she once shared with younger sister, Amy, was robbed. The rehab facility where Tammy is staying is located in Ohio. So, fortunately the reality star was not home during the invasion. However, thieves did some damage to the property and stole a few valuable items from the sisters. [Read More]

Husband of teacher killed in Texas school dies of heart attack | Gun Violence News

 Posted on February 1, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  559 words  |  Martina Birk

Joe Garcia, who lost his wife of 24 years in Texas school shooting, collapsed and died at home, nephew says. The husband of a teacher killed in this week’s mass shooting at a Texas school has died from a heart attack, a family member said. Irma Garcia’s family was already reeling from her death in the elementary school shooting that targeted her fourth-grade classroom. Then, two days after the attack, Joe Garcia, her grieving husband collapsed and died at home from a heart attack, a family member told the New York Times. [Read More]

RHOPs Robyn Dixon and Juan Dixons Relationship Timeline

 Posted on February 1, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  549 words  |  Martina Birk

Meant to be. Robyn Dixon and Juan Dixon fell in love at a young age, but despite their ups and downs over the years, they ultimately found their way back to each other. The pair met while they were in high school and started dating in 1996. Though they attended different schools, they connected when Juan’s basketball team played against Robyn’s school — and she caught him glancing at her in the stands. [Read More]

Taiwan President Tsais controversial trip to Central America | Politics News

 Posted on February 1, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  952 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Taipei, Taiwan – Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen departs on Wednesday for a 10-day tour of Central America with two stopovers planned in the United States where she is expected to meet with congressional leaders including Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy. Tsai’s trip will take her on an official state visit to Guatemala and Belize – two of Taiwan’s last remaining diplomatic allies – but it is her time in the US that will likely be most scrutinised despite its unofficial status. [Read More]

US says it shot down Houthi missile in first attack since strikes on Yemen | Conflict News

 Posted on February 1, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  313 words  |  Aldo Pusey

US military says no injuries or damage caused by anti-ship cruise missile fired towards USS Laboon. The United States military has shot down a missile fired at one of its vessels by Iran-backed Houthis, officials have said, in the first known attack on US forces by the rebel group since Washington began its latest air strikes on Yemen. A US fighter aircraft shot down the anti-ship cruise missile after it was fired from a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen towards the USS Laboon in the Red Sea, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Sunday. [Read More]

Why Andy Griffith's Love Interest Julie Sommars Disappeared From the Legal Drama Without an Explanat

 Posted on February 1, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  669 words  |  Larita Shotwell

The 1980s and ’90s legal drama Matlock was the second biggest series of actor Andy Griffith’s career. His first, The Andy Griffith Show, has aged well and remains after over 60 years one of the most beloved television comedies of all time. The common denominator in both series? Griffith’s love interests’ seeming disappearance from the screen, with no clarification to viewers. There were quite a few flames of Andy Taylor’s that vanished out of Mayberry and on Matlock, it was the legal eagle’s one and only love interest, Julie March, who was there one season and gone the next. [Read More]

Deadly fire rips through shopping mall in Syrian capital | News

 Posted on January 31, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  466 words  |  Martina Birk

Most who died were security guards or staff who were on overnight duty at the La Mirada Mall in Damascus. A night-time fire in a shopping centre in the Syrian capital Damascus has killed at least 11 people, the interior ministry said, in one of the deadliest blazes in recent years. Many of those killed on Tuesday were security guards or staff who were on duty overnight in the six-storey building, said Ahmad Abbas, the director of civil defence. [Read More]

Explosion Knocks Over Firefighters Battling Massive Buffalo Fire

 Posted on January 31, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  867 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

An explosion during a fire knocked over fire crews battling the flames in Buffalo, New York, on Wednesday. The four-alarm fire broke out on the 700 block of Main Street, the city's theater district, at around 10:40 a.m., according to emergency officials. Forty pieces of equipment were used to fight the blaze, a city spokesperson told local TV station WKBW, adding that there was a partial collapse of the building. [Read More]