Day: April 23, 2025

Pope Francis to lie in state, mourners welcome: What to expect from the pontiff’s funeral

12:30 pm April 23, 2025

For his final journey, Pope Francis, dressed in red vestments and a traditional white cassock, will be carried to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore outside the Vatican on Saturday, where he will be laid to rest. Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio to Regina Maria Sivori and Mario Jose Francisco in Argentina, died on […]

Texas man arrested for fatal beating of mother during ‘exorcism’: police

10:34 am April 23, 2025

A Fort Worth man is now in police custody after he beat his mother to death during an attempted “exorcism,” according to Fort Worth Police. An arrest warrant affidavit says that Fort Worth Police responded to an anonymous caller’s 911 call. The caller claimed they received a photo on Snapchat of a woman on the ground covered […]

New York’s Nassau County seeks to ban standing within 15 feet of cops under bill panned as unconstitutional

10:25 am April 23, 2025

Lawmakers in Nassau County, New York, are pushing a measure to make it illegal to stand within 15 feet of police officers or other first responders during an emergency, although critics of the proposal argue that it is unconstitutional. People who enter the “buffer zone” for first responders during an emergency would face a misdemeanor […]

Stephen A. Smith breaks silence on co-host Shannon Sharpe’s sexual assault allegations: ‘Sad situation’

8:59 am April 23, 2025

Shannon Sharpe has found himself in a highly-publicized civil battle after he was accused of sexual assault this week. The football Hall of Famer turned national television star was accused of assault, sexual assault, battery and sexual battery. He was also accused of engaging “in the intentional infliction of emotional distress,” with his accuser seeking […]

RFK Jr vows to make sure kids get ‘real food,’ not ‘poison’ after artificial food dye announcement

7:35 am April 23, 2025

U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the banning of more than half a dozen synthetic food dyes is just the beginning as he works to confront America’s chronic health crisis. “We’re going to do real science, and we’re gonna do science precisely on the issues that American[s] care about. Making […]