Author: PostX News

NEW YORK — Look what you made her do – Taylor Swift has announced her 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl.”Swift announced the album on her website shortly after a countdown timer expired at 12:12 a.m. Tuesday. No release date was announced, but her site said vinyl editions of the album would ship before Oct. 13.Fans have long theorized that Swift’s 12th album would soon arrive. On Monday, Taylor Nation – an official branch of the pop superstar’s marketing team – posted a TikTok slide show of 12 images with the caption “Thinking about when she said ‘See…

Read More

Lt. Gov. Burt Jones received the endorsement he was hoping for in his 2026 run for governor: that of President Donald Trump. “Burt Jones for Governor has my Complete and Total Endorsement – HE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform Monday evening. President Donald Trump and Lt. Gov. Burt Jones at a 2024 Trump rally in Zebulon, GA. Credit: Ross Williams / Georgia Recorder Jones relished the attention in a post featuring a picture of him standing next to a thumbs-up-giving Trump. “We’re fighting for election integrity, lower taxes, and to secure Georgia values…

Read More

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The teenage gunman in the 2022 Robb Elementary School massacre entered school in Uvalde, Texas, as a bright learner before years of escalating academic and behavioral troubles that preceded him opening fire on a fourth-grade classroom, according to records released Monday. The school files reveal in greater detail 18-year-old Salvador Ramos’ downward spiral that authorities have well documented since the attack that killed 19 children and two teachers. One assessment shows Ramos described as a “motivated thinker and learner” in kindergarten, but by middle school, he was suspended or written up multiple times for harassment, bullying…

Read More

A Ukrainian firm released a video of its interceptor drone flying up to 195 miles per hour.That’s a $2,500 first-person-view drone flying at roughly the speed of a bullet train.Speed is essential for interceptor drones because they have to chase down loitering munitions.The Ukrainian firm Wild Hornets said its Sting interceptor reached up to 195 miles per hour in stable flight — a speed that likely makes the system one of the fastest first-person-view combat drones.The startup released a video on Monday of the Sting flying over open fields in an apparent test. A speed counter on the drone’s first-person-view…

Read More

BEIJING: China’s President Xi Jinping told his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva that the two countries could set an example of “self-reliance” in a phone call on Tuesday (Aug 12), state media reported. The two leaders have both sought in recent months to present their countries as staunch defenders of the multilateral trading system – in stark contrast with US President Donald Trump’s tariff onslaught. Xi said China would “work with Brazil to set an example of unity and self-reliance among major countries in the Global South” and “jointly build a more just world and more sustainable planet”, according…

Read More

Beauty mogul Huda Kattan is defending herself against accusations of antisemitism after she echoed a series of antisemitic conspiracy theories about Israel in a social media video. “I feel compelled as a human to speak out for other human beings, and I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that, and it’s also not fair that you can’t criticize the actions of Israel without being mislabeled,” said Kattan. The Huda Beauty founder has faced calls to have her brand removed from Sephora stores after she posted a video on TikTok earlier this month in which she accused Israel of being behind…

Read More

CLAIRTON, Pa. (AP) — An explosion rocked a steel plant outside Pittsburgh on Monday, leaving two dead and 10 others injured, including a person who was rescued from the smoldering rubble after hours of being trapped. The explosion sent black smoke spiraling into the midday sky in the Mon Valley, a region of the state synonymous with steel for more than a century. Allegheny County Emergency Services said a fire at the plant in Clairton started late Monday morning. Officials said they had not isolated the cause of the blast. The rumbling from the explosion, and several smaller blasts that…

Read More

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — In 2007, New Orleans remained in some of the most difficult days of its Hurricane Katrina recovery. People were still rebuilding. The National Guard was still patrolling neighborhoods. Twelve years later, Seventh Ward murder remains unsolved On the morning of Aug. 11, 2007, a couple was found shot to death inside their New Orleans East home. 18 years later, the case remains unsolved. It’s the latest one to roll on the Wheel of Justice. The crime scene was in the 4900 block of Savoie Court. According to police, someone broke into the home of Anjelique Vu…

Read More

Chase Dollander delivered in his return from Triple-A, but the Rockies could not. Dollander was recalled from Albuquerque before the game and spun five innings of one-run ball in the series opener against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. But the Colorado offense lacked any significant punch — the club was no-hit through five innings by Miles Mikolas — before the bullpen blew the game at the end in a 3-2 loss. “(Dollander) competed really well tonight,” interim manager Warren Schaeffer told reporters. “He had a good four-pitch mix. When he had his walks, he got right back in…

Read More