Yankees’ Luke Weaver Finds Strength in Scripture, Says ‘My Foundation Is Built on Rock’
The veteran pitcher who has been key to the New York Yankees' success in 2024 said a famous verse from the Bible gave him peace during a tumultuous time last year. Right-handed relief pitcher Luke Weaver is fifth among Yankees pitchers in innings pitched this year with a 3.17 ERA and a 5-3-1 record after […]
Gold Star Mom Barnett Defends Trump’s Arlington Visit: ‘He’s Been Our Rock’
Kelly Barnett, a Gold Star mother whose son, Taylor Hoover, was killed during the Afghanistan withdrawal, said on Fox News Channel's “America's Newsroom” on Tuesday that former President Donald Trump was a “rock star” helping Gold Star families work through their grief. “Why was it important to share the video your family made over the […]
Biden-Harris ‘Failed’ and Ignored Us, Trump Has Been a ‘Rock’
The Trump campaign released a powerful ad Sunday featuring Gold Star families who lost loved ones in the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal under President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, accusing the Biden-Harris administration of ignoring them and letting the world know that former President Donald Trump was there for them. The video begins with […]
The heart of rock and roll is in … Mongolia?
American rock music is on life support. The Black Keys, who spearheaded the genre's great revival in the 2000s, were recently forced to cancel a tour due to embarrassingly low ticket sales. If we were to pick a winner in a pan-Asian battle of the bands, it would probably be Mongolian guitar heroes, The Hu. […]
Nevada men accused of damaging 140M-year-old rock formations
Two Nevada men accused of destroying an estimated 140-million-year-old rock formation in Lake Mead National Recreation Area in April have been charged and could face prison time. Wyatt Clifford Fain, 37, and Payden David Guy Cosper, 31, are each charged with assault, destruction of government property and aiding and abetting, according to the Associated Press. […]
Pritzker expects DNC to be 'like a rock concert'
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (D) expects the enthusiasm for Harris to continue at this week’s Democratic National Convention, which he said on Sunday would be “like a rock concert.” Pritzker said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that the Democratic National Convention will honor President Biden’s work as the party continues to back Harris […]
NYC woman sues Hard Rock for $500K after falling out of golf cart
That was unlucky. A Brooklyn woman who was injured after falling from a golf cart is now suing the Hard Rock Cafe & Hotel in the Dominican Republic for $500,000 in damages. Taylor O’Leary said in documents filed in Brooklyn federal court that she fell from a golf cart in July 2022 because the cart’s […]
Irish-Scottish rock formation may be rare record of ‘snowball Earth’ period | Geology
Rock formations across Ireland and Scotland could be a valuable record of Snowball Earth, a key moment in Earth’s history when the planet was covered in ice. The study found that the Port Askyg Formation, a layer of rock up to 1.1 kilometres thick, likely formed during the Sturtian Ice Age between 662 and 720 […]
Summer on Capitol Hill is like Yacht Rock
A summer breeze has swept through the Capitol for the past two weeks. Not the “summer breeze” that Shields and Crofts sings about, but a political summer breeze that has lawmakers “running like the wind” toward the exits. In the words of Gino Vannelli, lawmakers from both parties declared, “I just want to quit,” and […]
White Sox fire Pedro Grifol with club at rock bottom
The White Sox have finally fired their manager. Chicago fired Pedro Grifol on Thursday morning after an utterly dismal season that saw them finish 28-89 and 36.5 games out of the playoff zone. Grifol, 54, led the team to a 61-101 record last year in his first season in the South. “As we all recognize, […]