Flyers Social Media Team Caught Complaining About Reporter on Hot Mic During Garnet Hathaway Call
VIDEO: Awkward Flyers press conference moment thanks to a hot mic.
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Chile govt lowers forecast for 2023 economic growth
SANTIAGO Chile's government now expects gross domestic product (GDP) to grow 0.2% in 2023, Finance Minister Mario Marcel
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Dollar’s Epic Drop Sends Franc and Yen Surging as Traders Weigh Fed Path
A 14-month low in the US dollar is rippling through global currency markets as traders consider the impact
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US Southwest broils as prolonged heat wave stretches from coast to coast
By Brendan O'Brien and Rich McKay (Reuters) -A searing heat wave that has settled over a coast-to-coast swath of the
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Ed Sheeran fans hospitalized during Pittsburgh show
A total of 17 people were transported to the hospital with various health emergencies during an Ed Sheeran concert in Pittsburgh on Saturday night, the Pittsburgh Bureau of EMS said in a news release.
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The World Is Losing the Battle to Wipe Out Hunger by End of Decade
The world risks losing its battle to end hunger by the end of the decade, despite signs that
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VMware Rallies Closer to Broadcom Deal Price as EU Clears $61 Billion Merger
The gap between VMware Inc.’s stock price and the value of Broadcom Inc.’s proposed takeover narrowed to the
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Democrats Want Inquiry on GOP’s ‘Duping’ by Hunter Biden Accuser
Democrats unsuccessfully sought an immediate US House inquiry into whether Republican lawmakers leveling accusations of corruption against presidential
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Bill Gates says AI risks are real but nothing we can't handle
Bill Gates sounds less worried than some other executives in Silicon Valley about the risks of artificial intelligence.
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Fans think Titanic's alternative ending would've 'ruined' the film
Despite being 25 years old, Titanic has remained a classic film, but it almost had a very different ending. In an unearthed clip, the film's alternate ending shows Rose threatening to throw the iconic necklace overboard on the ship when she's stopped by her granddaughter and partner Brock Lovett. She hands over the necklace for a brief moment, before taking it back and launching it into the ocean. "You look for treasure in the wrong places, Mr Lovett. Only life is priceless and making each day count", she says. Click here to sign up for our newsletters
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'Sound of Freedom' movie becomes box office hit thanks to QAnon
Sound of Freedom debuted in theatres earlier this month and has earned more than $41 million at the box office so far, but the film has found itself at the centre of controversies and conspiracy theories. The film follows Tim Ballard (Jim Caviezel), a former Department of Homeland Security agents who catches child sex traffickers by staging sting operations. It is based on Ballard’s life who left Homeland Security roughly 10 years ago to found the group Operation Underground Railroad. The group catches child sex traffickers in other countries by working with local police. Former President Trump previously appointed Ballard to a State Department advisory council on human trafficking in 2019. However, two and half years before the film’s release an investigation by VICE found that the organisation has often exaggerated its role in the rescues. Multiple law enforcement agencies that partnered with the group said that the group’s support was “insubstantial”. But that isn’t the only controversy this group, and the film, has found itself in. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Sound of Freedom has been accused by many of being linked to QAnon as has Ballard and Caviezel, who portrays him in the film. Critics have accused it of playing into the belief of the movement that global elites run a highly organised child sex trafficking network to harvest their blood. Ballard had previously supported a debunked theory that the furniture retailer Wayfair was using its platform to sell children. And Caviezel has promoted numerous QAnon theories and ‘Q drops’ which refer to posts that are made by Q on sites such as 4chan, 8chan and 8kun. Caviezel has even been reported to have appeared at QAnon events. Speaking to Charlie Kirk - founder of the right-wing organisation Turning Point USA - Caviezel supported theories about the chemical compound Adrenochrome. QAnon theorists believe that global elites such as Hilary Clinton torture children and harvest the chemical from them. "Adrenochrome is a chemical compound that's been around since the 1930s. There is a natural form.. which is caused by torturing kids. I brought this up a few years ago and all of a sudden I was attacked by every media group,” Caviezel said in the interview. “The next day I never heard from my agency for 14 months. My lawyers let me go. My agency never called me after that.” In an interview with right-wing commentator Jordan Peterson, Ballard also affirmed his belief in the adrenochrome blood harvesting theory saying he had seen it himself when in parts of Africa, but that there is no evidence certain celebrities had done it. Ballard also said that he and his group have “condemned the majority of what they see with conspiracy theories.” In a review of the film, Rolling Stone criticised the film for “fetishising the torture of its child victims” and said that it may be used as a gateway for the audience to “far-right conspiracy theories”. Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
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Taiwanese Pop Star Jay Chou’s Mom to Pocket $54 Million With Coffee IPO
Taiwanese pop superstar Jay Chou’s mother is about to become very rich from her son’s image. On Thursday,
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