Pia Kemp, a German boat captain and migrant rights worker, says she is turning down a medal of bravery for her actions at sea because the medal represents the hypocrisy of how countries treat migrant issues. Kemp is preparing to stand trial in Italy for rescuing more than 1,000 migrants from unsafe conditions at sea, […]
Kellyanne Conway promises Vice President Mike Pence ‘will be on the ticket’ for the election, after Nikki Haley’s tweet about ‘rumors’
Speaking at the “Women for Trump” rally at the Tampa Convention Center in Florida on Thursday, Conway said she considered Vice President Mike Pence a good friend who “will be on the ticket” in the 2020 US presidential election. What would ordinarily be a non-event was turned into one after a cryptic tweet sent by […]
‘We’re in this to win the World Series’: After sweeping the Yankees, the Athletics are thinking bigger than wild card
OAKLAND — Late August is too early to scoreboard watch, right? After the A’s swept the Yankees in three games — clinching it Thursday night with a 5-3 victory — and took three-of-four from the Houston Astros, we’ll allow a quick peek. The Cleveland Indians, once in firm grasp of the American League wild card’s […]
REGTECH REVISITED: How the regtech landscape is evolving to address FIs’ ever growing compliance needs
This is a preview of a research report from Business Insider Intelligence, Business Insider’s premium research service. To learn more about Business Insider Intelligence, click here. Regtech solutions seemed to offer the solution to financial institutions’ (FIs) compliance woes when they first came to prominence around 24 months ago, gaining support from regulators and investors […]
Trump’s threat to dump thousands of ISIS fighters into Europe could end up hurting its fiercest ally in Syria
President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to dump thousands of ISIS prisoners in Europe if the countries they originated from refused to take them back in. “We’re holding thousands of ISIS fighters right now, and Europe has to take them,” Trump said. “If Europe doesn’t take them, I’ll have no choice but to release them […]
Taylor Swift’s Most Heartbreaking Song on Lover Is About Her Mom Andrea’s Battle with Cancer
Eleven years after releasing “The Best Day,” a touching song inspired by her mom, Taylor Swift is paying tribute to Andrea Swift once again. The twelfth track on Lover, titled “Soon You’ll Get Better,” is a deeply personal song and details Swift and her family’s pain and worry following Andrea’s cancer diagnosis. “And I hate […]
Pac-12 football previews: Make-or-break season for Cardinal as North division heavyweight
Numerous online gaming sites have released college football wins totals for 2019 and — get ready for a shocker — those figures crossed our radar here at the Hotline. Not that we’ve put our money where our interest is, but the totals are a fun topic for discussion and, like the preseason polls, help set […]
The Amazon is losing about 3 football fields’ worth of rainforest per minute
Wildfires have been blazing through the Amazon over the last few weeks, causing a loss equivalent to three football fields per minute, according to data from Brazilian satellites. Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE) reported an 80% increase in wildfires, with a total of 72,843 incidents this year. Losing this much surface area from […]
Christina Hendricks Reveals She Was the Hand Model for American Beauty’s Iconic Poster
” said InStyle magazine editor-in-chief Laura Brown. “Wait…. What!?” questioned Christina Hendricks just let her fans in on a secret she’s kept for 20 years. The Mad Men star, 44, revealed that the hand on the iconic American Beauty poster belongs to her. “Fun fact…. wait for it…I used to be a model and sometimes […]
Trump reportedly thinks he can talk America out of a recession. ‘Everyone is nervous — everyone.’
President Trump’s economic advisers notified him earlier this month that “some internal forecasts showed that the economy could slow markedly over the next year,” The Washington Post reports. But even as warning signs mounted, Trump “has been portraying the economy to the public as ‘phenomenal’ and ‘incredible.’ He has told aides that he thinks he […]
Oakland Athletics sweep the New York Yankees behind another solid Tanner Roark start
OAKLAND — The A’s swept the Yankees with a 5-3 win on Thursday night. They’ve now won six of their last seven games against the two teams with the best records in the American League. The A’s got to Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka early, loading the bases in the first inning on Marcus Semien’s double […]
Boy, 8, Seriously Injured After Mountain Lion Attacks Him as He Was Playing Outside His Home
An 8-year-old Denver boy has been seriously injured after a mountain lion viciously attacked him outside of his home. The young child was jumping on a trampoline with his brother on Wednesday evening when he heard one of his friends calling for him from a house next door, officials with the Colorado Parks & Wildlife […]