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The State Prosecutor’s Office in Israel signed a plea deal with Sara Netanyahu, wife of the prime minister. She will admit to and be convicted of a criminal offense defined as receiving an item by intentionally exploiting another individual’s mistake, but not through fraud, Haaretz daily said. Sara Netanyahu will also reportedly pay a fine…

A Chicago White Sox employee was awarded the honor of throwing in the first pitch in a recent MLB game but but all didn’t quite go as planned, as her throw connected squarely with the cameraman tasked with recording the moment. The temporary pitcher found herself on the mound as a reward for being named…

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to win a snap election in September after he failed to meet the deadline to form a coalition government and the parliament, for the first time in history, voted to dissolve itself. “We will run a sharp, clear election campaign which will bring us victory. We will win, we…

A UK judge has ordered the controversial MP Boris Johnson to appear in court over allegations the Brexiteer lied by repeatedly claiming that £350 million-a-week was being spent by London on EU membership. Johnson, who is one of the favorites in a crowded field of candidates to replace Theresa May as the next Tory Party…

A man set himself on fire a short distance away from the White House in Washington, DC. The fire was put out by emergency services, officials confirmed, and the unidentified man has been hospitalized. The US Secret Service said in a tweet that the man lit himself on fire at approximately 12:20 pm local time,…

Former Cuban Olympian and UFC’s number one middleweight contender Yoel Romero has won a court judgement against a dietary supplement maker after it was concluded that the company was responsible for Romero’s 2015 failed drug test. Romero, 42, was awarded the $27.45 million judgement against Gold Star Performance Products at a New Jersey civil court on…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has dismissed a report claiming she has concluded the new leader of her center-right party isn’t up to leading the country. Merkel handed over the leadership of her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) to Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer in December and said she wouldn’t seek a fifth term as chancellor. In Sunday’s European Parliament…

A former NASA scientist who was imprisoned in Turkey after the failed 2016 coup has been set free. His release comes amid faltering negotiations between Washington and Ankara over the F-35 fighter jet. Serkan Golge, a dual Turkish-American citizen jailed more than two years ago, was released from custody Wednesday, the scientist’s wife confirmed to…

The US Energy Department has renamed liquefied natural gas (LNG) “freedom gas” in a last-ditch effort to convince European and Asian markets its product is superior to cheaper supplies piped in from Russia. The energy agency trumpeted the expansion of its Freeport, Texas LNG Terminal, boasting of a new facility constructed specifically to supply so-called…

After Special Counsel Robert Mueller delivered a public statement standing by the findings of his final report, liberal commentators began reading between the lines. How long before Putin is accused of getting to Mueller? Mueller delivered his public statement on Wednesday, and offered very few surprises. His final report, which cleared President Donald Trump of…