
Pirates-Brewers start time: Pirates rain delay update in Pittsburgh for July 1
Saturday's game between the Pirates and Brewers on July 1 was put under a rain delay. What is the new start time in Pittsburgh?The only thing standing between Saturday baseball and the Pirates or Brewers is the weather.Saturday's game was scheduled to begin at 4:05 p.m. ET but the ...
1970-01-01 08:00

Road sign in California goes viral because of cannibalism connection
A photo of a freeway sign in the US has gone viral because of its rather unsavoury connection: cannibalism. Police posted a picture on Facebook of the Donner Lake exit on Interstate 80 in California on Wednesday. But the lake is named after a group of Midwestern pioneers who were forced to spend the winter of 1846–47 in the Sierra Nevada mountain range: the Donner Party. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter The story goes that the survivors only made it through by eating the others in their party – although a recent study by archeologists suggested that there was no physical evidence of cannibalism. The road sign, meanwhile, has a knife and fork beneath it to signify dining options like restaurants and cafes – but some people interpreted it differently. One person on Facebook said: “I heard there is a party going on up there.” Placerville California Highway Patrol’s social media page replied: “Slowly dwindling, but yes.” Another person said: “For a fine dining experience, visit beautiful Donner Lake,” to which a commenter replied, “bring the family.” One person joked that the food around the lake “was finger-licking good,” while another said that “the ribs and shoulder are amazing [there] but I wasn’t a fan of the liver and onions.” California Department of Transportation public information officer Steve Nelson said that there are 38 restaurants past the exit, “so the sign is appropriate to notify motorists, but [we] also understand the irony and that it may be considered insensitive.” That’s a lot to chew on. 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.
1970-01-01 08:00

Immaculate Grid baseball: Answers, connections for Grid 89 (July 1)
Breaking down the July 1 Immaculate Grid baseball game with players and connections for Grid 89 that involve the Diamondbacks, Astros, Giants, Pirates, and more.Wake up, coffee, Immaculate Grid, andthen get on with your life. That's been the routine for MLB fanatics everywhere as the game h...
1970-01-01 08:00

Russia’s Scrapheap-Worthy Fleet of Oil Tankers Gets an Infusion of Newer Ships
An armada of oil tankers ferrying sanctioned oil around the globe is starting to get younger, bucking a
1970-01-01 08:00

3 Braves trade targets from Pirates deadline selling, 1 to avoid
The Pirates will sell at the MLB Trade Deadline and the Atlanta Braves should be all over it. Who should be the Braves trade targets? Who should they avoid?After the first month of the 2023 MLB season, both the Atlanta Braves and Pittsburgh Pirates were atop their respective divisions and lookin...
1970-01-01 08:00

Woman stunned after finding man in his pants asleep on sofa during house viewing
A woman was left stunned during a house viewing after discovering a young man sleeping on the sofa surrounded by booze. Katie Elliott was seeking new rental property for her and two friends. She went to view the three-bed pad with the letting agent. However, after arriving she discovered the house was not only filthy, but a current tenant was dozing on the couch. He was wearing a green T-shirt and black pants with a duvet half-covering him. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter There was a bottle of vodka and beer bottles on the table and litter - including a fag packet and food wrappers - scattered across the floor. Katie filmed it on her phone and was shocked by the house in Newcastle, but also found it hilarious. The 24-year-old said: “The letting agent warned me before we went in that it was extremely dirty and said that they were really struggling with it. “I didn't expect it to be that bad. “You could tell she was embarrassed and she was talking about how ridiculous it was. “The guy on the sofa didn't even notice us, I think he was just fast asleep to be honest. “However, it was 12pm so it wasn't even that early in the day. “It just me who viewed it but the rest of the house was just as bad too. “There was a guy in one of the bedrooms that was arguing with the woman about the mess not being his as he's not there that often as well.” Katie has also revealed, unsurprisingly, that her and her friend did not go for this property. She added “It might have been okay once all cleaned up but two of the rooms were tiny so it didn’t suit us. “The letting agent just kept saying I can only ask you to try and look past the mess. “I'm not definitely sure as my friend booked the viewing but I think it was students living there then. “With the area location, maybe students from Northumbria or Newcastle University.” Katie posted a video online of the viewing which has now gone viral with over 580,000 views and 46,300 likes on TikTok. Many online were left in hysterics at the video Katie posted from her nightmare viewing. Molly Krenz said: “That’s got to be student accommodation.” Danny Baker added: “I’d have industrial wellies in that house.” Hannah Shaida said: “You’re having a laugh here.” Kate Green remarked: “The wheeze I let out when I saw the corpse on the sofa.” Abigail joked: “The reason I was not getting a house share at uni.” Lewis added: “Im crying at the guy passed out.” 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.
1970-01-01 08:00

Adam McIntyre responds to Colleen Ballinger's apology with his own ukelele song
After Colleen Ballinger posted a video in response to the grooming and predatory behaviour allegations made against her, Adam McIntyre one of the first to speak about his experience with Ballinger whilst she was an adult and he was a minor, uploaded his own video. McIntyre, who is now 22, had raised issues publicly about Ballinger back in 2020. At the time, the 36-year-old known for YouTube personality 'Miranda Sings', responded to his claims, admitting to sending him a bra when he was just a teenager. During that apology video, she had said: "I don't know what part of my brain was missing at the time. But I am not a monster, I am not a groomer, and I shouldn't kill myself." At the time, people had largely accepted her apology and many turned on McIntyre as a result. But this year, McIntyre posted another video, this time over an hour long, documenting his relationship with Ballinger. In the video, he shared screenshots of a group chat he was in with Ballinger and other fans of her's called "Colleeny's Weenies," where she had asked a teenage McIntyre what his "favourite position" was. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter McIntyre's allegations led to others coming out about how Ballinger had made them uncomfortable whilst they were minors. McIntyre has initially responded to the video on Twitter saying: "As much as Colleen discredited & made fun of me, I'm glad her video did ONE thing, show you all Exactly the type of evil woman she is". However, McIntyre has now posted a response of his own, with the same title and same 'style'. hi. www.youtube.com At the beginning of his video, McIntyre picks up a ukulele, starts strumming the strings randomly and says: "Hey. It seems this is the only way she'll listen." "What was not true?" McIntyre asks when she says that the claims going around "aren't quite true." Later on, he says "we're all ears" when Ballinger claims that people don't care about her side of the story. He says that Ballinger "harassed" him for "three years in group chats." He also argues that in her 2020 apology video she "edited evidence to make a 17-year-old look bad." As well as saying that she doesn't have any facts to disprove his claims. When Ballinger tries to explain she was just trying to be "besties with everybody", McIntyre says: "Besties with children? Don't really know if that's helping your case." However he agrees with her when she says her behaviour was "weird": "It was weird," he sings, before bluntly saying, "very, actually." He also disagrees with Ballinger's claim that she "changed her behaviours and took accountability." He simply asks, "where? Where did you do that?" "There's making a mistake and then there's what you've done, for years," McIntyre adds. When Ballinger says that her YouTube persona Miranda Sings has always been PG-13 and that she has "always relied on parents to decide if they're comfortable with their families watching my YouTube videos or coming to my live shows." "You cater towards children," McIntyre says, "let's not pretend that Miranda Sings has not been a character catered towards children." In her song, Ballinger minimises an ex-fan named Becky, who came forward saying that when she was about 16 she went to a Miranda Sings show and got called up on stage for the "yoga challenge". "I am laying down and Colleen is spreading my legs," explains Becky. "She spreads them so far that you can see the spandex I was wearing under my romper." "I was lying under Colleen and she was smirking down at me while thousands of people were laughing and I was terrified that my body wasn't covered enough by the spandex or the romper. I basically felt naked, so it felt incredibly sexually violating," Becky shares. "For her to use my body as entertainment on stage really set my confidence back quite a lot." Becky also said that afterwards she felt that many men were staring at her in "a very predatory way." Colleen then referred to this situation in her song as simply a "fart joke." McIntyre puts down his ukulele and says: "You didn't make a fart joke. You called a fan, who was a minor, up on stage and spread their legs and made their body a joke, so much so that they felt threatened leaving the venue." He adds, "how dare you diminish what Becky spoke up about." Many viewers enjoyed McIntyre's response, with one fan commenting "Adam had the chance to do the funniest thing possible and he did." 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.
1970-01-01 08:00

Roundup: Shakira Releases New Song About Gerard Pique; MLB All-Star Starters Announced; J.J. Watt Joins CBS
Shakira releases new song about Gerard Pique, MLB All-Star starters announced, J.J. Watt is joining CBS and more in the Roundup.
1970-01-01 08:00

US special envoy for Iran's security clearance under review
By Arshad Mohammed and Humeyra Pamuk (Reuters) -U.S. Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley said on Thursday his security clearance
1970-01-01 08:00

Koran burning in Sweden sparks protest in Baghdad
By Ahmed Saad BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Dozens of Iraqis protested on Thursday in front of the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad after
1970-01-01 08:00

Does Vladimir Putin use a body double?
Russian leader Vladimir Putin has been accused of using a body double after people analyse a recent outing in public. The warmongering leader was seen in a rare moment interacting with crowds, taking photos and even kissing the forehead of a teenage girl in Derbent. But, footage of the event has reignited rumours that Putin is using a body double. Does Putin use a body double? Body double rumours around Putin have been circulating for years, with some people pointing to the so-called “evidence” lying in the ears. Ukraine's head of military intelligence, Major General Kyrylo Budanov, told the Daily Mail he believes there are at least three body doubles for Putin who have “all had plastic surgery to look alike”. He said: “We know specifically about three people that keep appearing, but how many there are, we don't know.” Budanov added: “The one thing that gives them away is their height. It’s visible in videos and pictures. Also gesturing, body language, and earlobes, since they are unique for every person.” Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Did Putin use a body double in his recent appearance? Putin’s recent public appearance in Derbent was seen as wildly out of character for the Russian, whose grip on leadership almost took a hit after an attempted coup by Wagner mercenaries. He is rarely seen interacting with the Russian public, particularly since the Covid-19 pandemic emerged, so his latest outing has caused rumours to swirl once more. According to the Daily Mail, a Moscow diplomat said: “It is getting impossible to believe that there is only one Putin. There are several - very good lookalikes, yet they behave somewhat differently. “This one diving into the crowd in Dagestan behaves differently to the traditional Putin.” Another questioned why it was only weeks ago that he was meeting visitors in the Kremlin only after they had quarantined for two weeks, yet now he was amongst the crowds. Viktor Alksnis, a former Soviet Air Force colonel and politician who is now based in the West, asked: “Why is Putin meeting with visitors in the Kremlin after their two-week quarantine and at a great distance, while in Derbent is calmly into the crowd and even hugs and kisses some citizens? “How can the physical security of the president be ensured under such conditions? Something is not right here. It looks like a theatrical production in which Putin is not really Putin.” 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.
1970-01-01 08:00

MLB Rumors: Grading Goldschmidt trade, Giants sellers turned buyers, MLB Draft buzz
MLB Rumors: Red-hot Giants could flip from sellers to buyersThere's no official report on what the San Francisco Giants -- or any MLB team, for that matter -- plans to do at the trade deadline. The most people can do is speculate, and right now, the Giants' red-hot form seems to suggest ...
1970-01-01 08:00