Andrew Ryan Fox

Donald Trump Has Portrait On White House Wall Of Himself Hanging Out With Past Republican Presidents

Donald Trump had a lot to say in his interview with 60 Minutes that aired on Sunday night. One thing he didn’t talk about, however, was the painting that savvy viewers noticed was hanging on a White House wall. The painting, titled The Republican Club, depicts nine Republican presidents, including Trump, sitting or standing around […]

6y ago

instagram|Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift’s Instagram Post Helps Lead To Surge In Registration Among Younger Voters

Taylor Swift is getting out the vote. Over 400,000 people, including around 250,000 under 30, have registered to vote with Vote.org since Swift posted an endorsement of Tennessee Democratic Senate candidate Phil Bredesen and Democratic House candidate Jim Cooper on Instagram, Uproxx reports. The post, which also called out Bredesen’s opponent, representative Marsha Blackburn, for […]

6y ago

Apple|Dr Dre|Tim Cook

Apple To Hollywood: No Gratuitous Sex Or Violence In Original Programming

Apple CEO Tim Cook has sent a message to Hollywood: We don’t want gratuitous sex or violence on our streaming service, CNBC.com reports. This news comes in the wake of Apple spiking Vital Signs, its first scripted original program, because of concerns regarding depictions of sex, violence, and drug use in the script. The show […]

6y ago

fishing|indonesia

Indonesian Teenager Survives After Spending 49 Days Adrift At Sea

An Indonesian teenager working as a lamp keeper on a remote floating fish trap managed to survive for 49 days after his mooring snapped and he was swept out to sea, the Jakarta Post reports. Aldi Novel Adilang, 19, was working on a rompong, a floating wooden hut anchored 125 km off the coast of […]

6y ago

brett kavanaugh|Keith Ellison

Democrats Break Silence On Abuse Claims Against Rep. Keith Ellison

Senate Judiciary Committee member Mazie Hirono called on Sunday for an investigation into Minnesota Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison’s alleged abuse of his ex-girlfriend, CNN.com reports. The Democrats have come under fire recently for perceived hypocrisy in pursuing an investigation into alleged sexual abuse by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh while ignoring the allegations against Ellison. […]

6y ago

Football|Minnesota Vikings|nfl

Bills Pull Off Historic Upset Of Vikings

Buffalo Bills rookie quarterback Josh Allen led his team to the biggest upset of the current century thus far. The winless Bills went into Sunday’s game against the Minnesota Vikings as 17-point underdogs, ESPN.com reported. That didn’t stop them from jumping out to a 27-0 halftime lead, en route to a 27-6 victory in Minnesota. […]

6y ago

china|hong kong|Politics

Hong Kong Government Bans Pro-Independence National Party

The Hong Kong National Party, a small political party dedicated to making Hong Kong an independent state, has been banned by the Chinese-controlled Hong Kong government, the New York Times reports. While the party has few members, none of whom have been elected as representatives, its stated goal of a free, independent Hong Kong has […]

6y ago

Train

Red Sox Fan Electrocuted Trying To ‘Train Surf’ While Leaving Yankee Stadium

A Boston Red Sox fan from New Hampshire was killed last night in a poorly-conceived stunt aboard a Connecticut-bound train following a Red Sox loss to the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. Michael Vigeant, 24, of Hudson, New Hampshire, climbed atop the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)’s New Haven Line train in his Red Sox […]

6y ago

President Trump Will Visit North Carolina To View Hurricane Florence Damage

President Donald Trump is heading to both North and South Carolina today to assess the federal response to Hurricane Florence, which flooded the east coast last week. The White House released few specific details of his trip, according to CNN, announcing only that he’ll be arriving mid-morning at the Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, […]

6y ago