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http://youtu.be/OCJvUGZ19zY An explosive fight at a Louisiana high school among nearly 200 students and parents ended with several cops injured and at least 10 arrests. Swarms of police officers responded early March 8 to a “major campus disturbance” at East Baton Rouge Readiness Alternative School, finding a loaded gun abandoned on the ground, WBRZ reported. Officials say one fight broke out and escalated, spilling out into the school’s courtyard and gym. By the time police arrived, there were about 200 people involved in brawls across the campus. Videos of the chaos taken inside the school’s gym show chairs getting tossed and students being detained by law enforcement. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/03/12/fight-among-200-brawlers-at-louisiana-hs-ends-in-10-arrests/ #louisiana...

http://youtu.be/NhjmG1g7i20 Chaotic video shows the moment hundreds of migrants stormed across a major bridge linking Mexico to the US. Footage first shared with Fox News shows the crowd screaming and even jumping for joy Sunday afternoon as they start streaming onto the Paso Del Norte bridge from Juárez under a sign saying “Feliz Viaje,” or happy travels. The rush followed a rumor that the border was being opened to give them fast-tracked political asylum in the US, according to Mexican outlet Norte Digital. Many — including elderly and young kids — started running and appealing for others to follow as they raced up the bridge leading to el Paso, Texas. The group — which Fox estimated was at least 1,000 mostly Venezuelan migrants — then clamored to be let in through gates at the bord...

http://youtu.be/C8l3bEG6YZw President Biden defended the stability of the US banking system on Monday morning after the stunning collapse of Silicon Valley Bank sparked fears of a major economic crisis. “Thanks to the quick action of my administration over the last few days, Americans can have confidence that the banking system is safe,” Biden said. “Your deposits will be there when you need them.” The president sought to reassure worried Americans and small business owners even as regional bank stocks led by First Republic Bank plunged in premarket trading Monday due to fears that SVB’s meltdown would prompt a nationwide flurry of withdrawals. Biden also blasted executives at SVB and other failing banks, declaring that those whose actions prompted the current crisis “will be fired.” ...

http://youtu.be/XwSGamxzRt8 Shares of First Republic Bank tanked by nearly 70% in pre-market trading on Monday before trading in the stock halted — just hours after federal regulators announced that they would step in and assume control of failed lenders Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. The San Francisco-based First Republic Bank, a regional lender with more than $216 billion in assets under management, was last down 67% at $27.08 before its trading was halted for volatility. Trading was halted despite President Biden addressing the burgeoning crisis. First Republic was one several regional banks that led Monday’s decline in the banking sector — fueling more fears that large financial institutions were at risk. Among other regional lenders, Western Alliance was down 82.% and Pa...

http://youtu.be/8C0EUyprny4 A daredevil dog was rescued by a lifeguard Saturday evening after it darted into the water at Long Beach and was spotted swimming out to sea. The incident took place around 6 p.m. Saturday, when lifeguards were alerted to a pooch that was observed running loose in the Junipero Beach parking lot In Long Beach, according to a statement from the Long Beach Fire Department. By the time lifeguards arrived on the scene, the small white pup had run out to the Pacific Ocean and started doggy-paddling out to sea. One of the lifeguards donned his red wetsuit, grabbed his rescue board and buoy, and jumped in after the courageous canine to bring it to safety. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/03/13/california-lifeguard-rescues-tiny-dog-swimming-out-to-sea-video/ #c...

http://youtu.be/yFRV6zxb8Xw Three hikers in South Africa sustained broken legs following an attack by “agitated” baboons, who rolled a large boulder down at them. A Facebook post detailing the alleged interspecies assault is currently blowing up on Facebook. “Three hikers all suffered broken legs – after a boulder smashed down a mountain,” reads the shocking post, which was posted by the Western Cape-based Wilderness Search and Rescue. According to the post, the freak incident occurred last month after a group of seven hikers embarked on an abseiling expedition in the remote Banhoek mountains in the Western Cape. The excursion was going well until the second day when the adventurers stopped for lunch and noticed a troop of Cape baboons on a cliff above them. The simians — which are som...

http://youtu.be/oY-xYm-XpzA The swift collapse of Silicon Valley Bank sent shock waves through the US financial system over the weekend — with many wondering how the nation’s 16th-largest lender, which catered to thousands of innovative tech startups, could fail so spectacularly. Before last week, SVB had $209 billion of assets under management. Its fall qualifies as the second-largest bank failure in US history. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/03/13/a-timeline-of-silicon-valley-banks-collapse-how-it-all-unfolded/ #svb #business #siliconvalleybank 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 Catc...

http://youtu.be/F87mbsn_Izc CNN tapped two veteran executive producers on Monday to oversee Don Lemon’s ratings-challenged and controversy-marred “CNN This Morning.” Longtime CNN producer Lauren Mensch and Chris Russell, who recently was the executive producer for NewsNation’s “On Balance with Leland Vittert,” will grab the reins from Eric Hall, according to the cable news network. The moves come amid a flurry of bad publicity for Lemon. The host infamously put his foot in his mouth last month by claiming GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley was not “in her prime,” which not only upset co-anchors Poppy Harlow and Kaitlan Collin but ignited a firestorm of criticism that led to Lemon publicly apologizing and being sent to “formal training.” His tone-deaf remark was ridiculed Sunday by ...

http://youtu.be/VMvKJruuuNg The Colombian Navy stumbled upon a chilling sight after seizing a ghost submarine and finding two dead bodies — along with more than $87.7 million worth of cocaine aboard. Officials estimated that there was more than 2.6 tons of cocaine on the 49-foot-long vessel found floating in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday. Two survivors were also located and in need of life-saving medical attention. “Once the illegal device was located, military personnel found two individuals in poor health conditions on the outside of the vessel,” Colombia’s Ministry of National Defense said in a statement. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/03/13/ghost-submarine-with-87-7-million-of-cocaine-two-bodies-aboard-seized-off-coast-of-colombia/ #colombia #submarine The New York Post is y...

http://youtu.be/zzGvIC4rrwY Silicon Valley Bank's new CEO Tim Mayopoulos said the bank is "open" and "conducting business as usual" after the stunning collapse of the nation's 16th-largest bank sparked fears of a major economic crisis, Avril Lavigne told a topless protester at the 2023 Juno Awards to "get the f-- off the stage", as the world waits for a decision on Aaron Rodgers' future he seemed to break his silence with an ambiguous tweet but soon Packers cornerback Rasul Douglas claimed responsibility for the message, which apparently referenced his own name. #svb #business #avrillavigne #junoawards2023 #aaronrodgers #rasuldouglas The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more...

http://youtu.be/LgnPnRpZsZw Meta confirmed plans Tuesday to lay off approximately 10,000 more employees — expanding a bloodbath that began with about 11,000 job cuts last November. The Facebook and Instagram parent will also close about 5,000 open roles as part of top boss Mark Zuckerberg’s latest major cost-cutting push. “Here’s the timeline you should expect: over the next couple of months, org leaders will announce restructuring plans focused on flattening our orgs, canceling lower priority projects, and reducing our hiring rates,” Zuckerberg confirmed in a memo titled “update on Meta’s year of efficiency.” Meta shares rose nearly 6% in early trading on the announcement. Investors have had a positive reaction to the company’s belt-tightening efforts, with shares surging more than 53...

http://youtu.be/gvteNXSFYP0 Dramatic new video shows the moment a Kyiv kamikaze-style drone stalks a Russian tank as it struggles in vain to outrun the unmanned aircraft. Aerial footage shot from the suicide drone’s point of view, and released by Ukraine’s Security Service, shows the armed aircraft zeroing in on a Russian tank, identified as a T-80BV, racing along a desolate road in the Kharkiv region. The remotely operated drone pivots in the air and begins pursuing its target in the recording set to the jaunty tune of Dick Dale and The Del Tones’ 1963 hit “Misirlou,” made popular by Quentin Tarantino’s cult classic “Pulp Fiction.” As the chase heats up, the drone descends to an altitude of just a few dozen feet above the ground, flying almost directly above the fleeing tank. Moments...

http://youtu.be/k7iWvQk6ZZw An Oregon high school is under fire over an X-rated assignment that asked students to come up with a “sexual fantasy’’ featuring items such as massage oil, flavored syrup and feathers. Health class students at Churchill High School in Eugene were told to write a short story detailing a “sexual fantasy,’’ including sex toys — as instructed in a syllabus approved by the district, furious parents said. “You will write a short story of a paragraph or two. This story is a sexual fantasy that will have NO penetration of any kind or oral sex (no way of passing an STI),’’ the assignment read. “You will choose 3 items (romantic music, candles, massage oil, feather, feather boa, flavored syrup, etc) to use in your story. Your story should show that you can show and re...

http://youtu.be/Z9Zy1N3s7C8 WARNING: Distressing Content. A 15-year-old boy with autism was dragged off a Manhattan train and pummeled on the platform by a crew of heartless strangers who hurled a racial slur at him, disturbing video shows. The alarming clip, posted to Instagram late Monday, shows a young woman wearing a Chicago Bulls sweatshirt pulling the defenseless teen off a northbound A train at the 181st Street–Fort Washington Avenue station around 5:30 p.m. Friday and screaming, “Get off!” She keeps a grip on the boy’s shirt, pulls him down the busy rush-hour platform and repeatedly yells, “Walk! Walk!” A male voice can then be heard yelling the N-word followed by “alert.” The teen is shown trying to get back on the train, but the woman drags him off again before someone el...

http://youtu.be/NERizST-tmA The U.S. military was forced to take down one of its own drones Tuesday after it collided with a Russian fighter jet over the Black Sea. The MQ-9 drone was brought down in international waters after its propeller was struck by one of two Russian Su-27 aircraft that conducted an “unsafe and unprofessional intercept,” US European Command (EUCOM) said in a statement. “Several times before the collision, the Su-27s dumped fuel on and flew in front of the MQ-9 in a reckless, environmentally unsound, and unprofessional manner,” EUCOM added. “This incident demonstrates a lack of competence in addition to being unsafe and unprofessional.” Air Force Gen. James B. Hecker, the commander of US air operations in Europe and Africa, said the drone was carrying out “routi...

http://youtu.be/UWEVXVvzcdw President Biden has said he experienced an “epiphany” while in high school that led him to support gay marriage — but his voting record as a senator and remarks made over the following decades suggest otherwise. ​ Biden, 80, was asked during an interview Monday by ​”The Daily Show” host Kal Penn about his evolving views on same-sex marriage and how the federal government could protect LGBTQ Americans. The president answered Penn, “I can remember exactly where my epiphany was” before launching into a story about his father dropping him off when he was a high school senior. “I remember about to get out of the car and I look to my right and two well-dressed men in suits kissed each other. ​… And I’ll never forget it, I turned and looked at my dad and he said, ...

http://youtu.be/nzGRKGltdd4 “Twitter Files” reporters Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger held firm Thursday against an onslaught of attacks from Democrats who referred to them as “so-called journalists” and demanded they give up their sources during a tense House subcommittee hearing. “The Republicans have brought in two of [Twitter CEO] Elon Musk’s public scribes to release cherry-picked, out-of-context emails and screenshots designed to promote his chosen narrative — Elon Musk’s chosen narrative — that is now being parroted by the Republicans,” said Delegate Stacey Plaskett (D-USVI), the ranking member of the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. Plaskett — who could be described as a “so-called congresswoman” since she cannot vote on the House floor —...

http://youtu.be/l8oWmBriDx8 A married Connecticut lunch lady accused of grooming a 14-year-old boy before sexually assaulting him in her SUV was tight-lipped and dismissive Thursday about the disturbing accusations. Andie Rosafort, 31, was seen outside her New Fairfield home — lugging a Walmart plastic shopping bag topped with a box of Peeps, and clutching her phone and a pack of Marlboro cigarettes as she climbed out of an SUV. She refused to answer questions about the reported inappropriate relationship with a student at New Fairfield High School. Wearing white sneakers, blue jeans, and a green sweatshirt, Rosafor only flashed a little grin when asked to comment on her situation. The school district filed a report against Rosafort after the father of one of the victim’s friends told...

http://youtu.be/QL7o7BbY_zw At least six people were killed and seven injured during a shooting inside a church in Hamburg, Germany on Thursday. Hamburg police reported that shots were fired inside a Jehovah’s Witness center in the Gross Borstel district at around 9 p.m. local time. Police said there was no clear motive yet for the shooting, and the suspects are currently on the run as emergency services arrive at the scene, CNN reports. Residents in the area received a shelter-in-place order amid the police investigation, with officers currently searching the Alsterdorf area. In a tweet about the shootings, Hamburg police wrote: “According to initial findings, a shot was fired in a church on Deelböge street in the #GroßBorstel district. Several people were seriously injured, some eve...

http://youtu.be/72NZcdle39s An accused Oregon murderer fled cops and busted out of a courthouse in a daring escape during his pretrial last month. Edi Villalobos, 28, who was charged in the 2021 slaying of 33-year-old Artemio Guzman-Olvera, fled the Washington County Courthouse during the jury selection process on February 27. Security cameras inside Oregon’s Washington County Courthouse caught two officers escorting Villalobos into the courtroom before sitting him down in a chair, removing both his leg shackles and handcuffs. State law requires all accused persons to be unshackled from their restraints while in front of a jury so the restraints do not taint the jurors’ decision. “Those were removed because of Oregon law,” said Washington County Sheriff’s Communications Sergeant Danny...

http://youtu.be/yxNNulT9imU The parents of slain Georgia high school football star Elijah DeWitt are suing the mall where he was killed, claiming its owners ignored serious safety risks to their son’s ultimate detriment. DeWitt, 18, was fatally shot on Oct. 5 outside a Dave & Buster’s in an attempted robbery outside the Sugarloaf Mills Malls in Lawrenceville, Georgia. With full knowledge of the “dangerous and hazardous conditions,” the mall “negligently represented to its invitees that the [premises] were properly maintained and reasonably safe,” lawyers for DeWitt’s parents, Craig and Dawn, said in their suit filed in the State Court of Gwinnett County. The suit names Simon Property Group, Sugarloaf Mills Limited Partnership, Universal Protection Service, the mall’s security dire...