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Mainstream Media Whines About Europeans Loving America
Robby Soave and Amber Duke discuss a misleading Atlantic article about World Cup visitors.
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‘Cubans Love Gold’
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Opinion | Will the World Cup Make America Love Soccer?
Students discuss the role of the game in sports culture.
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US sanctions five Cuban entities, Castro family member in latest pressure campaign, Rubio says
The U.S. has hit Cuba with fresh sanctions targeting five state-run entities linked to the military conglomerate GAESA and the mining sector, expanding Washington's economic pressure campaign.
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Video allegedly shows female HS teacher wearing 'Jesus Loves You' shirt while having sex with student: Warrants
A Georgia teacher accused of molesting six high school students allegedly was seen in a cellphone video wearing a "Jesus Loves You" shirt while having sex with a student, newly released warrants reveal.As Blaze News previously reported, 25-year-old Maris Nichols was arrested May 8. Alexander High School in Douglas County, where Maris was a biology teacher, hired her three years ago.At least 27 search warrants have been executed in the investigation, and detectives sought evidence from cell phones, Snapchat, Ring camera video, and school-issued technology, WXIA said.The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported in May that Nichols was hit with 13 charges, including six counts of improper sexual contact, four counts of grooming of a minor for sexual offense, two counts of child molestation, and tampering with evidence.Nichols was released from jail on a $74,000 bond.Nichols was arrested a second time on May 21, according to WXIA-TV.The Times-Georgian reported that a judge ordered Nichols to be held under house arrest except for medical appointments, religious services, and legal consultations. The judge said Nichols also must wear an ankle monitor, undergo a mental evaluation, avoid contact with minors not related to her, and stay away from the school.Nichols has been accused of committing sex crimes against six alleged victims, all of them teenagers.WSB-TV said Nichols had sex with students in a classroom, in a closet, and in one student’s truck while parked at a local golf course.WSB also reported that a warrant was served to collect "genetic evidence and fingerprints" from two teens and obtain surveillance video from St. Andrews Golf Course allegedly showing a "rendezvous" between Nichols and a teen.The New York Post reported that Nichols "engaged in sexual activity in a Hummer and at a golf course, sent raunchy images to students, and engaged in sexting with teens."WANF-TV reported that Nichols had sexual intercourse with a student inside a school closet on April 23 and inside a car on May 2.Fox News reported that Nichols sent text messages to two male students "describing sex acts she wanted them to perform on her, and sent nude photos to a female student and encouraged her to watch the movie 'Fifty Shades of Grey.'"Nichols — a graduate of the evangelical Christian college Liberty University, the Post said — also allegedly wore a "Jesus Loves You" shirt in a video showing her having sex with a student.WXIA, citing warrants, reported that state investigators downloaded the cell phone of a student who admitted having sex with Nichols and discovered multiple videos on it. WXIA said one of those videos allegedly shows Nichols wearing a light-yellow sweatshirt with the words "Jesus Loves You" across the back "while engaged in a sexual act."Investigators added to Atlanta News First that among "inappropriate messages" sent from Nichols’ phone to several students was a "video of the teacher having sex with a student while wearing a sweater that says Jesus loves you." Atlanta News First said video of those sexual encounters began to circulate among several students.WSB said a “Jesus Loves You” sweater worn by the teacher in a video showing her having sex with a student was requested in a search warrant.At least 27 search warrants have been executed in the investigation, and detectives sought evidence from cell phones, Snapchat, Ring camera video, and school-issued technology, WXIA said.RELATED: Female elementary teacher, 25, turned in by husband for alleged sexual misconduct against underage student: Court docs In addition, WSB reported that newly filed search warrants suggest some students may have blackmailed Nichols over her allegedly owning and operating an OnlyFans account.Citing investigators, WAGA-TV indicated students were said to have threatened to expose Nichols' alleged OnlyFans account unless she gave them favorable grades in her class.The Douglas County School System said it was "deeply troubled by allegations against an individual associated with one of our schools."WAGA previously reported that Nichols also has been a "player personnel director" for the high school football program.Nichols was not listed Monday among the staff on the high school's website.The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office did not immediately respond to Blaze News' request for comment.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!
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Trump pillaging gold in marital 'arms race' with Melania to 'have the better room': report
President Donald Trump has engaged in something of a martial “arms race” with First Lady Melania Trump, New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan revealed in their forthcoming book “Regime Change,” one that involves the president pillaging gold from the White House hallways in his effort to “have the better room,” The Times reported.As has been previously reported, Trump and Mrs. Trump sleep in different rooms – Trump, according to the forthcoming book, sleeps in what’s been called the “living room,” and Mrs. Trump, in the master bedroom at the White House complex. Trump’s self-imposed challenge of having a superior living quarters, however, has led to an odd but frequent occurrence.“To this end he was said to have removed gold pieces that his wife had selected for the hallway and brought them into his own bedroom to sleep among them, like a magpie nesting with [bottle tops],” writes The Times’ Will Pavia. “Melania, according to one biographer, prefers light colors, and lots of whites, while her husband goes for darker furnishings and, apparently, for all of the gold stuff she put in the hall.”The frequent snatching of Mrs. Trump’s hand-picked hallway décor comes after, Pavia noted, Mrs. Trump’s offices were destroyed by her husband’s White House ballroom project, something the president himself had admitted the first lady was “not happy about."“Those keeping score might also note that the president had demolished her offices, along with the entire East Wing of the White House, to make way for a ballroom, and that he had paved over the Rose Garden,” reads the Times’ report.
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The Mayor Who Loves Bodegas Is Building Taxpayer-Funded Competitors
Zohran Mamdani's administration has not studied how New York City's government-backed grocery stores will affect nearby mom-and-pop outlets, which operate on thin profit margins.
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'Toy Story 5' Is a Love Letter to Fathers
From an industry that usually portrays dads as fools or tyrants comes something rare: a portrait of fathers as tender, flawed, frightened, and profoundly human, writes Liel Leibovitz.
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'Gold plating throughout': Reporters dazed by tour of Trump's 'five-star' Air Force One
Reporters received exclusive tours of the new Air Force One, a former Qatari jet reported to have "gold plating throughout" to match the design requests of President Donald Trump.The tours offered the public their first look inside the plane.The aircraft, designated the VC-25B Bridge, arrived Friday at Joint Base Andrews after a $400 million military overhaul that added secure communications and anti-missile defenses to the Boeing 747-8 once owned by the Qatari royal family.The U.S. Air Force kept the interior largely intact."This feels more like a house than a plane," Daily Caller White House correspondent Reagan Reese wrote on X.She counted solid wood tables, lounge couches, photos of the National Mall in the conference room, and a presidential seal on every seatbelt buckle. The press cabin is two to three times the size of the old plane's.Center Square Washington bureau chief Sarah Roderick-Fitch saw white leather, wooden paneling, cream carpet, and silver accents. The decor was "simple, but elegant," she wrote.GB News Chief U.S. Correspondent Ben Leo called it "INSANE."Trump's office and meeting rooms, he said, were "better than five star hotels." He counted 24 press seats reclining fully flat and four Rolls-Royce engines."This plane was transformed into a flying White House at a level of luxury that nobody has ever seen before," Trump said as "God Bless the USA" played."Nobody tops this one," Trump said of landing at foreign airports, "and that's the way we have to have it for our country."The New York Times reported Trump's personal plane has "gold plating throughout, including on the seatbelt buckles," and that he wanted "gold trim" on the new jet.The Qatari interior, by French firm Alberto Pinto Cabinet, featured gold-colored walls and gold furnishings. The Air Force said the layout was kept "minimally changed."Qatar gifted the 747-8 amid ethics objections. Sen. Patty Murray, a Washington Democrat, called it a "brazen" violation of the Constitution's Emoluments Clause. Trump dismissed the criticism as "stupid."The plane will complete commissioning flights before entering presidential service. Trump has promised it will lead a flyover of Washington on July 4.
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