Epic Games sued for not warning parents 'Fortnite' is allegedly as addictive as cocaine
Roughly a quarter of a billion mostly obsessed gamers are battling it out in “Fortnite.” There’s a darn decent chance kids you know are among them. A Montreal-based law firm launched a proposed class action in Canada on behalf of two Quebec parents who claim that “Fortnite” publisher Epic Games needs to pay the price…
Conor McGregor's entourage have been accused of forcing a nightclub bottle service girl into their car after a booze-fueled evening in LA
Brandon Magnus/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images While investigating a story about Drake and Los Angeles celebrity hotspot Delilah, former employees told us a disturbing story they said took place at the club-slash-restaurant involving MMA fighter Conor McGregor and his entourage. Two witnesses said a bottle service girl was forced out of the restaurant and…
Lindsey Graham and Marco Rubio weren't convinced by reports of a pullback in Syria. The reports are based off a White House statement.
An official White House statement apparently isn’t enough proof for some people in this day and age. Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) are clearly not thrilled with the White House’s decision to pull troops from northern Syria and subsequently allow Turkey to launch an invasion in the region. The move potentially gives…
A new study reveals how the last woolly mammoths died out 4,000 years ago. That's after the Egyptians had built the pyramids.
Mauricio Antón/Wikimedia Commons A remote island in the Arctic ocean northeast of Siberia was identified as the resting place of the world’s last woolly mammoth population. A new study shows that these island mammoths outlived their North American and European counterparts by some 7,000 years, before going abruptly extinct. A genetic analysis reveals that these…
Police bust multi-billion pound drug smuggling gang after 50 tonnes of product are brought into the UK
Britain’s biggest ever drug smuggling gang has been smashed after billions of pounds worth of narcotics was brought into the UK, the National Crime Agency believes. Officers arrested 13 men aged between 24 and 59 on Tuesday across the country in dawn raids. The NCA seized 351 kilos of cocaine, 92 kilos of heroin, 250…
Seven injured in suspected terror attack as lorry rams cars in Germany
Seven people have been injured in a suspected terror attack after a man drove a stolen lorry into a line of cars in Germany. A 32-year-old Syrian man is being held following the incident in the western town of Limburg, near Frankfurt, on Monday evening. Police have so far refused to comment publicly on the…
Germany holds Syrian crash truck hijacker for attempted murder
Frankfurt am Main (AFP) – German authorities Tuesday held on suspicion of attempted murder a Syrian man who hijacked an articulated lorry and smashed it into cars stopped at a traffic light in the city of Limburg, injuring several people. The 32-year-old will remain in custody, suspected of attempted murder and bodily harm as well…
Explainer: Barr investigates the investigators of Russian meddling
By Andy Sullivan, Mark Hosenball and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General William Barr has been traveling internationally to help investigate President Donald Trump’s complaints that his campaign was improperly targeted by U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies during the 2016 presidential election. Democrats and some former law-enforcement officials say he is…
With eye on Syria, Greece expands refugee transfers
PIRAEUS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities are expanding a program to transfer migrants and refugees from overcrowded camps on the islands to the mainland amid concern that the number of arrivals from nearby Turkey could continue to rise. More than 500 asylum-seekers arrived early Monday on ferries from the islands at the port of Piraeus,…
The Russian Navy is Building New (Heavily Armed) Nuclear-Powered Submarines
The Russian navy is building new nuclear-powered submarines and deploying them more aggressively, seemingly reviving a Cold War approach to naval warfare. But in attempting to counter the Russian subs, the United States and NATO should avoid slipping back into its own Cold War ways, warned Andrew Metrick, an analyst with the Center for Strategic…