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Zamboni bursts into flames at NY ice rink

https://youtu.be/OWaNswjZILU ROCHESTER, N.Y. (UPI) -- A Zamboni was caught on camera bursting into flames on an ice rink in New York while the driver rode it. The incident occurred Wednesday during a youth hockey practice, according to sources, while a driver was using the Zamboni to clean an ice rink at Bill Gray's Regional Iceplex in Rochester, New York. Rochester Fire Department Lt. Ryan Fleming said no one was hurt, including the driver who continued driving the machine off the […]

todayOctober 16, 2020 37

Entertainment News

Reporter confronts aggressive raccoon outside White House

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- A CNN reporter's on-camera confrontation is going viral after he was recorded chasing off an aggressive raccoon outside the White House. Joe Johns was preparing to deliver a report outside the White House when he was caught on video turning around to yell at an approaching raccoon. Johns is seen throwing what appears to be a bag at the animal. "Frickin' raccoons, man. God, again! This is the second time! Jesus ... It always comes around right […]

todayOctober 8, 2020 32

Decision 2020

Federal judge affirms Wisconsin election body decision to keep Kanye West off the ballot

MILWAUKEE -- A Federal judge is upholding the decision of Wisconsin's election authority, keeping rapper Kanye West off the ballot. In a hearing Friday night, Judge John Zakowski made a ruling in favor of the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC), putting a final nail in the coffin for West's quest to make it on the ballot for President. West campaign would turn in petitions 14 seconds too late West filed the lawsuit against the WEC over their previous action to bar […]

todaySeptember 13, 2020 66

Decision 2020

Colorado secretary of state sues USPS over mailer on voting

DENVER (UPI) -- Colorado's secretary of state filed a federal lawsuit against the United States Postal Service over mailers that contain inaccurate information about mail-in voting. Jena Griswold said her office learned Thursday that the postal service would send mailers to every household in the United States with information about mail-in voting. The mailers advise voters to request a vote-by-mail ballot at least 15 days before Election Day and to return the official ballot at least seven days before the […]

todaySeptember 13, 2020 18

Basketball

NBA All-Star Cliff Robinson dead at 53

PORTLAND, Ore. (UPI) -- NBA All-Star Cliff Robinson is dead, the Portland Trail Blazers and the University of Connecticut announced Saturday. He was 53. No cause of death was announced, but ESPN reported that Robinson had a stroke two and a half years ago and went into a coma last week. Robinson started his career in Portland Known to fans as Uncle Cliffy, Robinson played for a total of five teams over an 18-year period but is best remembered for […]

todayAugust 29, 2020 85

Golf News

McIlroy, Cantlay share Round 2 lead at BMW Championship

OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. (UPI) -- Rory McIlroy and Patrick Cantlay were tied atop the leaderboard after Friday's second round of the BMW Championship at Olympia Fields Country Club in Olympia Fields, Ill. McIlroy ended the day at 1-under 139 to share the 36-hole lead with Cantlay, who had a 2-under 68 in the second round to climb 13 spots. McIlroy had a 1-under 69, as the course at Olympia Fields continued to challenge players. "I think the test is what's […]

todayAugust 28, 2020 83

National

Kanye West late filing paperwork to get on Wisconsin ballot

MADISON, Wisc. (UPI) -- Rapper Kanye West filed paperwork a couple of minutes late and will not be listed on the presidential ballot in Wisconsin in November, election officials said. The state's bipartisan electoral commission, split evenly between Democrats and Republicans, voted 5-1 in ruling Thursday night that West's lateness requires that he be left off the ballot. The commission said he filed the required paperwork one or two minutes past the deadline on Aug. 4. Lane Ruhland, a former […]

todayAugust 21, 2020 25

National

President Trump to pardon suffrage icon Susan B. Anthony

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will posthumously pardon suffrage icon Susan B. Anthony for her arrests nearly 150 years ago for unlawfully voting. Trump made the comments during a White House ceremony recognizing the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which granted American women the right to vote. "I can't believe this hasn't happened before," Trump said of pardoning Anthony, who violated laws that permitted only men to vote. "She got pardons for a lot of […]

todayAugust 18, 2020 55

National

Puerto Rico legislator, family indicted for theft, bribery, fraud

SAN JUAN, P.R. (UPI) -- The Department of Justice has indicted Maria Milagros Charbonier-Laureano, a member of Puerto Rico's House of Representatives, her family and one of her associates for running a years-long scheme of theft, bribery and kickbacks to defraud the Commonwealth. In a 13-count indictment returned Monday, a federal grand jury in Puerto Rico charged Charbonier-Laureano; her husband, Orlando Montes-Rivera; their son, Orlando Gabriel Montes-Charbonier; and her assistant, Frances Acevedo-Ceballos, in the conspiracy. "When elected officials betray the […]

todayAugust 18, 2020 58

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