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http://youtu.be/wKE3kNeEqJA NFL official Bill Leavy, best remembered for serving as the referee during the controversial Super Bowl XL, has died at 76. A cause of death was not given. “Saddened to hear of the loss of Bill Leavy,” former official and CBS analyst Gene Steratore said on Twitter. “Bill was an excellent referee and just a joy to be around. Life is just too short. He was a great mentor and friend. Rest in Peace Bill.” Leavy worked in the NFL from 1995 to 2014, where he officiated in two Super Bowl games including the matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Seattle Seahawks at Super Bowl XL in 2006. The crew was criticized for several calls against Seattle, including a holding penalty negating a completion that would have put the ball at the Steelers’ one-yard line. Rea...

http://youtu.be/LMFPCF75w8s A train hauling ethanol and corn syrup derailed and caught fire in Minnesota early Thursday and nearby residents were ordered to evacuate their homes, authorities said. The BNSF train derailed in the town of Raymond, roughly 100 miles (161 kilometers) west of Minneapolis, about 1 a.m., according to a statement from Kandiyohi County Sheriff Eric Tollefson. The Associated Press left messages seeking comment from BNSF officials and with Tollefson. The train “had numerous rail cars derail” and several caught fire, Tollefson said. Homes in an area 1/2 mile (0.8 kilometers) around the site were evacuated, according to Tollefson, and residents were taken to a shelter in nearby Prinsburg. U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told CNN that about 14 cars were...

http://youtu.be/I4cj1wHzMQA Twitter has removed thousands of tweets about a “Trans Day of Vengeance” protest set for Saturday outside the US Supreme Court, drawing outrage from conservatives who have also been sharing the event poster to condemn the demonstration. Ella Irwin, Twitter’s head of trust and aafety, said in a tweet Wednesday that the company automatically removed upwards of 5,000 tweets and retweets of a poster promoting the event. “We do not support tweets that incite violence irrespective of who posts them. ‘Vengeance’ does not imply peaceful protest. Organizing or support for peaceful protests is ok,” Irwin wrote. The crackdown came just days after Audrey Hale, who police said identified as transgender, carried out a mass shooting at Covenant School in Nashville, killing...

http://youtu.be/QO1xTejN2d8 A man was lifted several floors high into the air while flying a giant kite in northern China. The video was filmed in the city of Tangshan in Hebei Province on March 26. According to the filmer named Tao, the man who was flying in the sky was his friend. Tao said: "He didn't make a mistake while flying the kite, he did it intentionally." Tao who owns a kite shop said his friend's action was not that dangerous. "The kite string is made of professional Kevlar and we use safety harnesses when playing, so there won't be any problems. Of course, only professionals dare to play like this," Tao said. According to reports, it is common for kite players to control their bodies and fly into the air with their kites. The kite string is usually tested professionally a...

http://youtu.be/6AWcjqmFPP0 A bearded pro powerlifter entered a women’s competition in Canada — and smashed a record held by a trans lifter who was watching on. Avi Silverberg — the head coach for Team Canada Powerlifting for more than 10 years — entered Saturday’s Heroes Classic tournament in Lethbridge, Alberta, after identifying as a female. Video shared by athlete activist group the Independent Council on Women’s Sports (ICONS) shows him walking up to the platform still fully bearded and wearing a regular men’s singlet. He then casually bench-pressed 370 pounds — beating the current Alberta women’s record by nearly 100 pounds. The current record — 275 pounds — is held by trans athlete Anne Andres, who was seen watching Silverberg while volunteering at the event. Read more at http...

http://youtu.be/FPWi263wpXc A group of 33 swimmers are being investigated after they were allegedly caught “aggressively pursuing, corralling, and harassing” a pod of dolphins in Hawaii Sunday, according to the Department of Land and Natural Resources. Drone footage showed a group of snorkelers harassing the dolphins by going after them in any direction the helpless mammals tried to swim in the waters off Hōnaunau Bay near Hawaii’s Big Island. Officers from the Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DO-CARE) were on a routine check in the South Kona District when they came across the group of swimmers. The swimmers were told by DO-CARE about the violation and were immediately investigated by “uniformed officers” once they got out of the water, Land and Natural Resources sa...

http://youtu.be/LuHfcoc8x-U One of the six victims killed by Nashville shooter Audrey Hale was the daughter of a pastor who was “providing counseling for her,” according to a recent report. “Something didn’t sit right with her,” Jim Bachmann — the former pastor at The Covenant School which Hale stormed on Monday, killing six — told Inside Edition. Bachmann described how Covenant Pastor Chad Scruggs, whose 9-year-old daughter, Hallie, was among those killed, had been Hale’s private counselor. Transgender Hale arrived at The Covenant School around 9:54 a.m., blasted her way in through locked glass doors, and carried out a 14-minute killing spree that left three school children and three school staffers dead before she was shot by police. Bachmann told Inside Edition Hale appeared to be ...

http://youtu.be/r53SJNRqsZc Russia’s FSB security service said on Thursday it had detained a reporter for The Wall Street Journal on suspicion of spying for Washington, the most serious public move against a foreign journalist since Russia invaded Ukraine. The FSB said in a statement that it had opened a criminal case for suspected espionage against U.S. national Evan Gershkovich, accusing him of gathering information classified as a state secret about a military factory. It did not name the factory or say where it was, but said it had detained him in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg as he was trying to procure secret information. It provided no evidence. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/03/30/russia-detains-wall-street-journal-reporter-evan-gershkovich-on-suspicion-of-spying/ #ru...

http://youtu.be/qjnmxJulTbI A panicked call to police from the friend of Nashville school shooter Audrey Hale after she received ominous messages moments before her killing spree began has been released. Averianna Patton called the Metro Nashville Police Department after she received the series of messages from her former basketball teammate, including one that stated: “I’m planning to die today … You’ll probably hear about me on the news.” In the audio, which was released by FOX 17 Nashville, Patton can be heard describing how she “received a very, very weird message from a friend on Instagram.” “I think it’s like a suicidal thing,” Patton is heard saying. “I called the suicide hotline, and they told me to call the sheriff’s department, the sheriff’s department told me to call you gu...

http://youtu.be/m5spvF65iLI Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) angrily stormed away from “Libs of TikTok” creator Chaya Raichik after denouncing her as “super transphobic” in a tense Capitol Hill confrontation that was captured by amateur video last week. Raichik on Thursday posted a video that was filmed by the right-leaning Heritage Foundation. The “Libs of TikTok” creator confronted Ocasio-Cortez after the two bumped into each other in the congressional building. “You’re actually super transphobic and I never want to share a space with you,” the New York congresswoman angrily told Raichik in the clip before walking away. “Thank you,” Ocasio-Cortez says in the clip as she gestures to a nearby cell phone camera which captured the dramatic exchange. Read more at https://nypost.com/...

http://youtu.be/7J9mYMSPxnc House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Thursday he would bring “soft food” for President Biden to eat during debt ceiling negotiations in a dig at the oldest-ever president’s age. “We have asked to sit down with the president for months. He is making the decision that he wants to put the economy in jeopardy,” McCarthy (R-Calif.) said during a Capitol press conference. “I don’t know what more I can do,” he added. “I would bring the lunch to the White House. I would make it soft food if that’s what he wants. It doesn’t matter.” Biden and McCarthy met at the White House on Feb. 1, but the president on Tuesday shot down the GOP speaker’s request for another talk, writing that “seeing your full set of proposals would be useful before we meet.” White House press secre...

http://youtu.be/HT8nTTd2-H0 The Manhattan grand jury hearing evidence in the Stormy Daniels “hush money” investigation on Thursday voted to indict the former president, two sources with knowledge of the case told The Post. The sealed indictment was filed with the clerk’s office Thursday evening — setting the stage for the first-ever criminal prosecution of a former US president, the sources said. The specific charges were not made public. Trump, 76, is expected to surrender to law enforcement next week, his attorneys told The Post. The ex-commander-in-chief was caught off guard by the sudden decision — after it was reported Wednesday that the grand jury planned to recess at least through the Passover and Easter holidays. “Is this a shock today? Hell yes,” a source who spoke directly w...

http://youtu.be/KVerIB475pY Massachusetts father Brian Walshe was indicted for the murder of his missing wife Ana, prosecutors announced Thursday. A Norfolk County grand jury indicted Walshe for first-degree murder, obstruction of justice, and other charges, the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office said, according to reports. He could face life in prison if convicted. He pleaded not guilty in Quincy District Court when he was charged with murder during a January arraignment, but the indictment now moves the case to Norfolk Superior Court where he will be arraigned in the coming weeks, the district attorney’s office said according to the Boston Herald. Walshe, 48, is accused of killing his 39-year-old wife, who vanished from her Cohasset home on Jan. 1 where she lived with her husband an...

http://youtu.be/dVNLp5yYJS0 Former President Donald Trump will not be put in handcuffs when he turns himself in next week, his attorney confirmed to The Post on Friday. Lawyer Joe Tacopina confirmed the news in a text while also giving a round of interviews promising that is now “ready to fight” — with “zero” chances he’ll buckle and seek a plea deal. “The president will not be put in handcuffs,” the attorney also told ABC News’ “Good Morning America” — while not ruling out a perp walk or a mugshot. “I’m sure they’ll try to get every ounce of publicity he can from this thing,” he said of Manhattan prosecutors led by District Attorney Alvin Bragg behind the historic charges. “As far as mugshots, perp-walk — I’m sure they’ll try to make sure they get some joy out of this by parading him...

http://youtu.be/UQgT8TXsc30 Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis warned The Walt Disney Company on Thursday that he has unfinished business with the Mouse House. The Republican governor reacted to news that Disney’s autonomous board effectively stripped itself of power just a day before state lawmakers gave DeSantis the authority to take over the body. A secret deal forged between the now-defunct Reedy Creek Improvement District and the Walt Disney Company is now being scrutinized by the DeSantis administration, which is examining whether it is legal. “There’s a lot of little back and forth going on now with the state control,” DeSantis said during a book stop tour in Smyrna, Ga., on Thursday, where audience members booed at the mention of the Mouse House. “But rest assured — you ain’t seen noth...

http://youtu.be/fB1t0ZbLqnc A group of female students is suing the University of Wyoming after it accepted a transgender woman into their sorority, according to a report. Seven sorority sisters from the Kappa Kappa Gamma house claim they were made uncomfortable by the new admittee on several occasions, a lawsuit obtained by the Associated Press alleges. The women, who were not named in the suit, have sued the university, as well as new member Artemis Langford, 21, who joined their chapter in September 2022. The lawsuit alleges that the women felt uneasy by Langford — referred to under the male pseudonym Terry Smith in the suit — after she allegedly stared at them without talking for hours. “One sorority member walked down the hall to take a shower, wearing only a towel. She felt an u...

http://youtu.be/l8T46vcpFv8 Dramatic footage captured the moment a snowboarder was rescued after being buried headfirst in a deep mound of packed snow. The terrifying moment was recorded by body-camera footage as Francis Zuber skied down Mt. Baker Ski Area in northwestern Washington earlier this month. Zuber was shredding down the mountain, zig-zagging between the trees behind a snowboarder on March 3. He got caught in deep powder but easily made his way out and got back on his way. That’s when he noticed a snowboard sticking up out of the snow. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/03/31/rescue-of-snowboarder-buried-headfirst-in-snow-caught-on-video/ #snowboarding #rescue #caughtoncamera The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, ent...

http://youtu.be/qnOi9-GAgcA With the Manhattan grand jury voting to indict former president Donald Trump after hearing evidence in the Stormy Daniels "hush money" investigation, Americans give their views on this latest turn of events. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/03/30/trump-shocked-by-indictment-in-stormy-daniels-case-lawyer/ #donaldtrump #indictment #politics The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more. Subscribe to New York Post Sports: https://www.youtube.com/c/nypostsports Catch the latest news here: https://nypost.com/ Follow The New York Post on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/nypost Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/NYPost

http://youtu.be/HJupeOv6u7w A California teacher says school shootings are now so common that he’s been forced to store a “poop bucket” in his classroom so students can relieve themselves during a lockdown. The educator — known online as Larry Lexicon — took to TikTok in the wake of Monday’s Nashville school shooting to share footage of himself explaining the function of the bright yellow bucket to his students. “So it turns out people don’t know why we have these buckets in the classroom — it’s because of school shootings,” Lexicon said in the video, which has gone viral, clocking up more than 8.4 million views. “I hate to just say it bluntly like that, but when I first started teaching, we didn’t have these buckets,” he continued. “Now every classroom has a bucket like this because w...

http://youtu.be/jaj5fmDWC3g A beginner pilot in Michigan safely landed a plane that was missing a crucial part Friday after another pilot coached her through the terrifying, caught-on-camera moment Friday. On Taylor Hash’s third-ever solo flight, she lost the aircraft’s front nose gear tire as she cleared the runway and ascended into the air. The missing piece was quickly noticed by another pilot who was preparing for take off, according to reports. The veteran pilot alerted the control tower at Oakland County International Airport about the mishap, and then jumped into action to offer life-saving guidance to the freaked-out 21-year-old. The more experienced pilot, Chris Yates, radioed Hash and quickly reassured her as he heard her voice tremble. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/...

http://youtu.be/miXj9AMV6Lc President Biden demanded Friday that Russia release Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich after he was arrested this week on spying charges. “Let him go,” Biden told reporters when asked if he had a message to Moscow about Gershkovich, before adding vaguely that “we’re in the process.” When asked if he was going to retaliate for the reporter’s detention by expelling Russian diplomats or journalists from the US, the 80-year-old commander-in-chief replied: “That’s not the plan right now.” Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris told reporters at a news conference in Zambia that the administration was “deeply concerned” about Gershkovich’s arrest. “We will not tolerate — and condemn, in fact — repression of journalists,” Harris said. Read more at http...

http://youtu.be/jBA5w85eFFw Soft-swinging Mormon influencer Taylor Frankie Paul was arrested on domestic violence charges last month after fighting with her boyfriend over a concert they didn’t attend, newly released police bodycam footage shows. A 10-minute heavily redacted video published Friday by the Daily Mail begins with a hysterically emotional and “hammered” Paul, 28, claiming her boyfriend, Dakota Mortensen, 30, “threw her into the garage,” at her Utah home. “Because she is attacking the crap out of me!” Mortensen said. Paul was arrested Feb. 17 and later charged with two felony counts of domestic violence in the presence of a child and a felony count of aggravated assault, as well as one Class A misdemeanor count of child abuse and one Class B misdemeanor count of criminal mi...

http://youtu.be/44ygykNx0kI A tornado plowed through Little Rock and surrounding areas on Friday afternoon, reducing rooftops to splinters, toppling vehicles and tossing debris on roadways as people raced for shelter. More than 350,000 people were at risk as what the National Weather Service called a “confirmed large and destructive tornado” tore through business districts and neighborhoods in Little Rock and North Little Rock. Passengers and airport employees at Clinton National Airport in Little Rock took shelter in bathrooms and were ordered to stay there until 3:45 p.m. There were no immediate reports of injuries. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/03/31/tornado-slams-little-rock-arkansas/ #arkansas #littlerock #tornado The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news...