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A father’s frantic, bare-handed digging failed to save a 17-year-old boy who died when a deep tunnel he was digging on an Italian beach suddenly caved in and buried him alive. The teen and his family were on vacation in Montalto di Castro, Italy, about 70 miles north of Rome, when the accident occurred under the bright midday sun Thursday afternoon. The victim was identified as Riccardo Boni in an extensive story in the Sun. Fox News reported: Riccardo Boni and his younger siblings had moved closer to the shoreline, where they began digging a large hole that was reportedly nearly…

On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Weeknight,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) accused the Trump administration of not providing sufficient disaster assistance to different states and wondered, “what are you doing with the money? Is it because you want to make sure that we’ve got more Alligator Alcatrazes, like, what is it?” Crockett said, “I still don’t know if they’ve even officially declared an emergency as it relates to what happened in Missouri since this administration has been in, right there in my hometown in St. Louis, the tornadoes that devastated that area, I know that there were concerns about FEMA’s…

The move will allow Finland to reintroduce anti-personnel mines into its weaponry stockpile as soon as January Finland has formally withdrawn from an international treaty that bans the use of anti-personnel landmines (APLs), the country’s Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday. It said the United Nations has been notified of the decision, which will enable the Nordic country to reintroduce landmines into its military stockpile in six months.Drafted in 1997, the Ottawa Treaty prohibits the use, stockpiling, production, and transfer of APLs due to their long-term threat to civilians. While 164 nations have ratified the treaty, major military powers such as…

More than 2,000 unidentified flying objects have been spotted across the United States in just the first six months of 2025, according to data from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC). This marks a significant uptick from the 1,492 sightings logged in the same period last year. The NUFORC, a nonprofit dedicated to collecting and investigating these mysterious reports, tallied exactly 2,174 sightings from January through June 2025. That’s slightly higher than the 2,077 reported in early 2023, signaling a potential escalation in unexplained aerial phenomena (UAPs), the government’s preferred term for what many believe could be extraterrestrial visitors or…

Government officials across 15 states are reportedly taking note of the conversation about menopause that is taking place among women across America. Lawmakers are looking at either supporting additional menopause training for medical professionals or considering whether it should be mandatory for insurance companies to cover such treatment, CNN reported on Friday. The outlet said: At least two dozen bills have been introduced across 15 states this year, according to data from Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, executive director of the Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Center at the New York University School of Law, and her colleagues, who have been tracking menopause legislation. The…

A return to diplomacy requires US guarantees after strikes on the country’s nuclear sites, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said Iran has signaled that it is open to resuming dialogue with the US but only under strict conditions, following Israeli and American strikes on its nuclear facilities, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said.The sixth round of indirect talks, scheduled for June 15 in Oman, was canceled two days earlier after Israel launched airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites and senior military figures – an escalation Tehran called a declaration of war.The dialogue, revived earlier this year by US President Donald…

President Trump put the European Union and Mexico on notice on Friday that they will begin paying steep tariffs to the United States on August 1. The President has sent letters to a number of countries in recent days, imposing additional tariffs that are set to be paid starting on August 1. In letters to both the EU and Mexico, dated July 11, the President told them that they will face 30% tariffs on all imports to the United States. He threatened both parties that if they decide to retaliate and raise their tariffs, “whatever the number you choose to…

The former head of the British Army has warned that war between the UK and Russia is a “real possibility” in the next five years and therefore Westminster must invest to bolster the nation’s depleted defence capabilities. Gen Sir Patrick Sanders, who led the British Army from 2022 to 2024, lamented that London does not appear to be taking the defence of Britain seriously in light of the potential threat of war with Moscow. The former head of the Army said that it is a realistic possibility for a hot war involving Russia and the UK within the next five…

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Saturday that the Department of Justice has dropped charges against Dr. Kirk Moore, a Utah plastic surgeon indicted in 2023 for allegedly issuing fake COVID-19 vaccination cards and destroying government-provided vaccines. “At my direction @TheJusticeDept has dismissed charges against Dr. Kirk Moore,” Bondi posted on X. “Dr. Moore gave his patients a choice when the federal government refused to do so. He did not deserve the years in prison he was facing. It ends today.” The move comes after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) called for the charges to be dismissed earlier this week. “This…

A monument to the troops who assisted Russia in repelling the Ukrainian incursion will be erected, the minister has said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has thanked the North Korean troops who helped liberate Russia’s Kursk Region earlier this year from a cross-border incursion by Ukraine.Kiev’s forces captured some of the border areas in Kursk Region last August before being gradually pushed back. Russia fully liberated the territory this past April. The Defense Ministry in Moscow estimated that Ukraine sustained more than 76,000 casualties in its failed incursion.During a meeting with North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui at the…