Colin O’Brady, The First Person To Travel Solo And Unassisted Across Antarctica, Speaks Out About His Journey

January 10, 2019, 2:10 pm

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Colin O’Brady, a Yale Graduate from Portland, Oregon, spent Christmas Day traversing Antarctica. While many people spend time in this remote location, O’Brady was about to complete a very special journey. On December 26, he became the first person to cross Antarctica solo and unassisted. The trek took 54 days in total and he recorded his journey via his Instagram account, which was his only source of contact with the outside world. Now, Colin has spoken out about his solo journey.

O’Brady had trained extensively before making the journey. However, in an interview with NBC News, Colin O’Brady, 33, spoke of how the mental aspect of the trip was actually the hardest part.

“I would, without a doubt, say that the mental part is harder,” O’Brady told NBC News.

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Trump Might Take Away Aid To Puerto Rico To Pay For His Border Wall

January 10, 2019, 4:33 pm

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En route to Texas to assess a situation he has described as a humanitarian and national crisis, President Trump was briefed by members of his administration on a plan that would allow him to reallocate billions of dollars of disaster aid money from other places across the nation in order to build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico border.

According to officials who were part of that meeting, Trump was told that he could declare a national emergency in regards to the need to build a border wall to stop unwanted immigrants from entering the country. After an emergency was declared, he could then move funds allocated to the Army Corps of Engineers that were once dedicated toward other aid and prevention projects to pay for the construction of the wall, NBC News reported on Thursday.

In total, Trump could move about $13.9 billion from those projects to fund 315 miles of a border wall or other barriers at the southern border.

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Convict Gary Oliva Claims He Watched JonBenet Ramsey Die In Shocking Confession

January 10, 2019, 6:57 pm

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JonBenet Ramsey’s murder has been one of the most shocking, confusing, and mysteriously unsolved murders in history, and a new chapter has just opened up with the shocking confession of convict, Gary Oliva.

According to a January 10 report by the Daily Mail, a convict named Gary Oliva, who is currently in prison serving a 10-year sentence for child pornography, admitted to killing JonBenet Ramsey in shocking letters sent to his former classmate, music publicist Michael Vail.

“I never loved anyone like I did JonBenet and yet I let her slip and her head bashed in half and I watched her die. It was an accident. Please believe me. She was not like the other kids.”

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Brian Kolfage, Vet Who Started Border Wall GoFundMe, Accused Of Pushing Fake News And Swindling Wounded Vets

January 10, 2019, 7:03 pm

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Brian Kolfage has found viral fame for a GoFundMe campaign that has raised $20 million to build a border wall, but former employees of the Iraq War veteran have accused him of pushing fake news in order to get rich and collecting thousands of dollars for wounded veterans that never made it to them.

A new investigative report from BuzzFeed found that the 37-year-old gained a reputation as “vengeful and malicious” in his pursuit of profits for his far-right media site. Lindsay Lowery, a former employee of Kolfage’s Freedom Daily website claims that Kolfage purposely pushed misinformation — including photoshopped pictures of Barack Obama in a fake story claiming he was caught having an affair — until Facebook eventually banned him from the platform.

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Jayme Closs Found Alive: Teen Missing Since Parents Were Murdered In October Rescued, Suspect In Custody

January 10, 2019, 7:21 pm

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Jayme Closs has been found alive in Wisconsin, bringing a bright end to a search that lasted more than three months since the teen’s parents were murdered.

The Barron County Sheriff’s Department announced late on Thursday that the 13-year-old had been located by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department in the town of Gordon, which is roughly 66 miles north of where she had last been seen. As CNN reported, an unnamed suspect was taken into custody within minutes of the teen being found.

The teen’s family members said they were elated at the news.

“I mean I’m shocked,” Jayme’s aunt, Kelly Engelhardt, told KARE 11. “It’s what we’ve prayed for every single day.”

Engelhardt said Closs would be home by Thursday night or Friday. Family members said they do not believe Jayme had been physically harmed, and said she is talking to FBI agents and answering questions.

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Bus Driver Commended For Rescuing Lost Baby Walking Alone On A Freeway Overpass

January 10, 2019, 8:35 pm

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Irina Ivic has been a Milwaukee County Transit System bus driver for more than five years. She knows to keep her eyes peeled for pedestrians as she makes her route.

Last month, however, even she was surprised at the sight she saw.

Ivic immediately stopped the bus on December 22 when, as she was driving across an overpass on Milwaukee’s south side, she saw a young girl walking by herself on the sidewalk, according to reporting from WISN. The child, who was under a year old, was unattended, crying as she walked up and down the street.

Ivic parked her bus and ran out to grab the child, who was outside on a cold Wisconsin day. She brought the girl inside her bus, holding her as she sat in the driver’s seat, calling dispatch to report the incident.

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Visitors In Joshua Tree National Park Cutting Down Trees, Drawing Graffiti On Rocks During Shutdown

January 10, 2019, 9:39 pm

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Visitors have reportedly ravaged the historic Joshua Tree National Park during the government shutdown, with reports of trees being cut down and graffiti being scrawled on rocks as officials struggle to contain the damage.

The Southern California park was forced to close its campgrounds last week due to an overflow of garbage built up during the shutdown. Now, a report from National Parks Traveler claims that visitors have done widespread damage in other parts of the park, including its most fragile areas. That includes people who have created new roads to access parts of the park not normally open to the public and destroying some of the natural habitat.

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Florida Man Reportedly Decapitated When Helicopter Suddenly Dipped As He Was Performing Maintenance On It

January 10, 2019, 10:05 pm

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A Florida man was reportedly decapitated after a helicopter he was performing maintenance on suddenly and unexpectedly jerked upward and then dipped down, authorities say.

The fatal accident took place at the Brooksville-Tampa Bay Regional Airport on Thursday afternoon. As WFTS Tampa reported, 61-year-old Salvatore Disi was working on the helicopter when the aircraft had an unexpected malfunction, leading it to crash into him.

The Federal Aviation Administration reported that the victim was on the ground at the time of the accident, and a witness who called in the accident said he and another man were using a power cart to jumpstart the helicopter. Authorities arrived to find the man dead.

Images from the scene showed a blue helicopter parked on a concrete runway surrounded by police cars and a U-Haul truck. It was not clear exactly what the maintenance workers were doing or if someone was piloting the helicopter at the time of the fatal accident.

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Patricia Cummings, Teacher Fired For Allegedly Stepping On Backs Of Black Students, Plans $1 Billion Lawsuit

January 10, 2019, 11:18 pm

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Patricia Cummings was fired from her job as a Bronx school teacher after she allegedly stepped on the back of black students during a bizarre lesson about slavery, and now the 37-year-old said she was wrongfully terminated and wants the city to pay to the tune of $1 billion.

Cummings said in a press conference on Thursday that she was wrongfully fired and that her reputation has been tarnished as a result, and she is planning to file a legal notice against the city asking for $1 billion in damages. As WPIX reported, Cummings has filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commissioner and is planning to file a civil lawsuit against a number of officials, including the school’s principal and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio.

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Jayme Closs Was Allegedly Kidnapped By The Man Who Killed Her Parents Named Jake Thomas Patterson

January 11, 2019, 6:50 am

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UPDATE: 1/11/2019, 12 p.m. est: In a press conference on CNN, police identified Jake Thomas Patterson as the 21-year-old man who allegedly killed the Closs parents and kidnapped Jayme. Police believe the crime was based on the abduction of Jayme Closs.

Jayme Closs, the 13-year-old girl who disappeared three months ago after her parents were murdered in what appeared to be a home invasion in Wisconsin was spotted by a dog walker on Thursday wearing oversized clothing and running into the road.

RadarOnline reveals that a source close to the case said that the teen was held by the man who murdered Closs’ parents in a remote cabin after being “tortured” for months.

Closs was spotted wearing ill-fitting shoes and clothes, flagging down a dog walker and another couple who called 911. The source, who spoke to RadarOnline exclusively, said that Closs did what she had to do.

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Steve King Condemned By GOP House Leader McCarthy

January 11, 2019, 6:53 am

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Steve King, the Republican Congressman from Iowa, has a long history of making controversial comments. Most notoriously, in 2017, King declared that “we cannot defend our civilization with someone else’s babies.”

This week, King made more comments along those lines in an interview with the New York Times.

“White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization — how did that language become offensive?” King said. “Why did I sit in classes teaching me about the merits of our history and our civilization?”

Now, the leader of the Republicans in the House of Representatives has condemned the comments.

“Everything about white supremacy and white nationalism goes against who we are as a nation,” Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California, the House Minority Leader, said in a statement, as reported on Twitter by CNN’s Ashley Killough.

“Steve’s language is reckless, wrong, and has no place in our society. The Declaration of Independence states that ‘all men are created equal.’ That is a fact, that is self-evident.”

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US Troops Begin To Withdraw From Syria, Per Orders From Donald Trump

January 11, 2019, 7:26 am

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Officials have confirmed that U.S. troops have begun withdrawing from Syria. According to USA Today, military leaders have stated that the process is underway – despite growing confusion surrounding the timeline for the withdrawal, as well as experts who have criticized the move by Donald Trump.

The withdrawal has come as something as a surprise to officials, particularly after White House national security advisor John Bolton insisted that the withdrawal would not be immediate. Bolton also said that troops would remain in Syria until ISIS had been fully dealt with so that no additional harm could come to citizens of the region. Additionally, Bolton said there would be no withdrawal until Turkey made an official pledge not to attack Kurdish military forces, which the U.S. works closely with in Syria.

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The Real ‘National Emergency’ Is Donald Trump, Says Watergate Journalist

January 11, 2019, 7:34 am

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Carl Bernstein knows what it is like when an administration begins to crumble. The former Washinton Post reporter, who along with his colleague Bob Woodward was instrumental in bringing down the Richard Nixon administration, says it is time Americans begin to seriously discuss “the question of whether or not Trump is fit to be president,” according to CNN.

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Jake Thomas Patterson Named As Suspect In Jayme Closs Case [Photos]

January 11, 2019, 8:53 am

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Jake Thomas Patterson has been named as the 21-year-old suspect who has been arrested in the Jayme Closs kidnapping case in Wisconsin. The 13-year-old Closs was found alive on Thursday night, having been missing since October 15. Jayme disappeared after her parents were brutally murdered in their home that night.

News 8000 covered the press conference that occurred Friday morning, one offering additional details regarding Jayme’s recovery. Jake Thomas Patterson is said to be a Douglas County resident, and he was arrested about 10 minutes after emergency personnel connected with Jayme.

As the Inquisitr previously detailed, Closs was found about 70 miles north of where she disappeared in October. Jayme managed to escape the home where she was being held, and she encountered a woman walking her dog — who immediately helped her to a neighbor’s home to call 911.

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Elizabeth Smart ‘Thrilled’ Jayme Closs Found, Urges People To Support Teen As Additional Information Emerges

January 11, 2019, 9:38 am

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Many people across the country still remember the trauma that Elizabeth Smart endured when she was 14 years old. Smart was kidnapped, and was missing for nine months back in 2002. Now, she has taken to her Instagram page to celebrate another missing teen who has been found alive.

The disappearance of Wisconsin teen Jayme Closs had been making headlines across the country for nearly three months. Jayme went missing after her parents were murdered in their home, but the teen was found alive and safe about 70 miles from her home on Thursday night.

Now, Smart is opening up via her Instagram page about this big news, and she says that she is thrilled for this miracle. Elizabeth posted the note early Friday morning, sharing a photo of Jayme alongside a lengthy note.

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Local TV Station Alleges CNN ‘Declined’ Them For Finding Border Wall Effective

January 11, 2019, 9:40 am

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As the debate for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border continues, one television news station in San Diego alleges they were “declined” by CNN after previous reports showed the border wall was effective, the Hill reported.

According to a report from KUSI on Thursday, January 10, a CNN spokesperson reached out to the news source to get a “local view” on the issue that has dominated the news since the partial government shutdown began three weeks ago.

In response, the California news team offered reporter Dan Plante, who in the past had done a number of pieces on the border, including one that was retweeted by former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. In the end, however, KUSI was “declined” by the network, which they allege is because they have found the border wall to be effective.

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Python Riddled With More Than 500 Ticks Rescued In Australia

January 11, 2019, 9:43 am

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A carpet python suffering from an extreme case of tick infestation was rescued on Wednesday in Gold Coast, a coastal city in the Australian state of Queensland, located about 40 miles from the state capital of Brisbane.

According to Business Insider Australia, the poor animal was found lying in a swimming pool belonging to a private residence in the suburb of Coolangatta.

The unfortunate snake was covered in more than 500 paralytic ticks, which had latched all over its body — the head included – causing severe swelling of its face, notes Newsweek.

The python, which has been given the name Nike, was saved by local pest controller Tony Harrison, a professional reptile handler with Gold Coast and Brisbane Snake Catcher.

Harrison told reporters that it’s not uncommon for snakes in the wild to pick up the occasional few parasites. However, Nike’s case was unlike anything he had encountered before.

“I’ve done this for 26 years and this is the worst I’ve ever seen.”

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Doctors Confirm ‘No Further Evidence’ Of Cancer Remains, Say No More Treatment Needed

January 11, 2019, 10:29 am

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An update on Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s health has been released and it brings good news for her fans. Ginsburg underwent surgery recently after doctors found cancerous growths on her left lung. While the justice will miss court arguments next week, her recovery is said to be “on track.”

The Associated Press details that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will require no further treatments related to the lung cancer at this point. Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg shares that Ginsburg’s doctors have confirmed that the initial evaluation detailing there was no evidence of remaining cancer stands.

As CNN notes, Ginsburg underwent surgery last month to remove two cancerous nodules that were found on her lungs. The post-surgery evaluation by her doctors revealed that there was no evidence of remaining cancer. Now, Ginsburg’s doctors confirm that the determination of no remaining cancer being found remains in place.

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Trump’s Border Wall Proposal Said Mexico Would Agree To Pay In Three Days

January 11, 2019, 11:10 am

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At a visit to the U.S. and Mexico border this week, Donald Trump insisted that in all of his stump speeches, he never meant that Mexico would literally pay for the wall “with a check,” but a Trump administration proposal indicates that the president thought he could wrap it all up in mere days and indeed get Mexico to actually pay the bill.

According to the Daily Beast, the Trump proposal titled, “Compelling Mexico to Pay For the Wall,” was a two-page memo written in April 2016 which said that after a three-day negotiation, the government of Mexico would cut the U.S. Treasury Department a big check for the full amount, $10 billion.

The proposal, which was shared on the Trump Campaign website has now been deleted but is now resurrected in full to show that the president expected to convince the Mexican government to swiftly cover the cost of a border wall despite recent backpedaling.

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70 Years After Being Falsely Accused Of Rape, Four Black Men Are Pardoned

January 11, 2019, 2:59 pm

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After 70 years of being falsely accused of rape, four African-American men have been granted posthumous pardons by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Board of Executive Clemency, reports NBC News.

The four men, who have been dubbed by the media as the Groveland Four — named after the city where the rape had allegedly taken place — were all accused of raping a 17-year-old white woman in 1949.

The accused were not present at the clemency hearing — seeing as all four are now deceased — though the families of the men were present for the hour-long meeting. As NBC News details, the families explained to both DeSantis and the three-member cabinet that no rape had taken place, backing up this claim with plentiful evidence.

The alleged victim, now wheelchair-bound, was present at the proceedings and insisted that the rape did occur. She recounted how she was forcefully pulled from her car and held at gunpoint, with the accused warning her not to scream, else they would kill her.

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