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Qatar: 400-500 Migrant Workers Died Amid World Cup Building

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A photo shows a tournament sign on the Corniche promenade as skyscrapers of the West Bay are seen in the background in Doha, on November 28, 2022, during Qatar 2022 World Cup football tournament. (Photo by JUAN MABROMATA / AFP) (Photo by JUAN MABROMATA/AFP via Getty Images) Qatari officials say hundreds of migrant workers died while working on projects related to the World Cup. The Secretary of the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy recently said the number of deaths is anywhere from 400 to 500. He added that the workers died while building the $200 billion project that included several stadiums, metro-lines and new infrastructure. Officials previously reported worker deaths at 40, with 37 being non-work-related deaths such as heart attacks or COVID-19. The new data has reinvigorated criticisms of the Middle Eastern country for its’ several human rights abuses.

‘Blueprint’ for 2024? DeSantis pens book on going after 'entrenched elites' as presidential speculation swirls

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Video DeSantis responds to question about 'GOP civil war': 'People just need to chill out' Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis reacted to the midterm election results. (WINK) EXCLUSIVE:   Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis  of Florida will chronicle his life in public service in a new book that will publish in late February in what will be seen by political pundits as another step by the conservative champion toward a possible 2024 presidential run. The autobiography by DeSantis, who was overwhelmingly re-elected three weeks ago to a second four-year term steering the  increasingly red Sunshine State , is titled "The Courage to Be Free: Florida's Blueprint for America's Revival."  Word of the book, scheduled to be published Feb. 28 by Broadside, the conservative arm of HarperCollins Publishing, was shared first with Fox News Wednesday. The publishers highlight that the autobiography will cover key moments in DeSantis’ life, from "growing up in a working-class fam

Supercell storms rip through southern states leaving millions at risk for dangerous tornadoes

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A tornado was spotted in Mississippi. (Credit: SEVERESTUDIOS.COM / RYAN HEARNE) Counties across Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana are under a  tornado watch  Tuesday as a severe supercell storm system continues its trek across the United States. The National Weather Service confirmed that several tornadoes have touched down in Mississippi through Tuesday evening leaving a path of destruction in their wake.  No injuries were reported as multiple tornado warnings were issued throughout the South, and heavy thunderstorms extended from eastern Texas to Georgia and as far north as Indiana. Heavy rain and tennis ball-sized hail were also possible as forecasters reported that the storm was expected to continue. The National Weather Service has extended its "Particularly Dangerous Situation" tornado watch for southeast Arkansas, northeast Louisiana and central Mississippi through 2 am CT. The watch was originally meant to expire at 7 pm CT. The National Weather Service in Jackson e

Power-drunk First Lady, Aisha Buhari Orders Police Inspector-General To Charge Nigerian Student To Court Over Twitter Post

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According to a top police officer, Aisha asked the police to stop maltreating Muhammed but insisted he must be charged before a court of jurisdiction. The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has been ordered to charge to court, a student of the Federal University, Dutse, Aminu Adamu Muhammed, who was arrested for tweeting that the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha, was feeding fat on poor people’s money, SaharaReporters has gathered. According to a top police officer, Aisha asked the police to stop maltreating Muhammed but insisted he must be charged before a court of jurisdiction. “The student was taken before IGP Baba Usman today (Monday) at the Force Headquarters,” the source told SaharaReporters. “He will be charged to court; Aisha insisted she must be taken to the court to explain how she (Aisha) embezzled money. She has given an order to the IGP that the boy must be charged to court.” SaharaReporters earlier reported that Muhammed, a final-year student in the Departm

Maryland small plane crash: 2 rescued from plane tangled in power lines, power nearly restored

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Two people were rescued early Monday morning from a plane that was left dangling 100 feet in the air from power lines after it crashed in  Montgomery County, Maryland,  on Sunday night.  Rescue workers pulled the pilot and passenger of the small plane out of the wreckage after they were trapped for several hours after the crash. Crews had to deenergize the electric tower and ground it  to ensure no remaining energy was running through the structure. Officials said the plane then had to be secured to the tower, so it wouldn't fall during the rescue. Fox station WTTG in  Washington, D.C . said the plane crashed into the power lines at about 6:15 p.m. in the Montgomery Village section of Gaithersburg. A small plane crashed into a Pepco electric tower on Sunday, leaving tens of thousands of customers without power. (Montgomery County Fire and EMS) Chief Spokesperson for the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service, Pete Piringer, said on Twitter that the small plane was suspended abou

Trump deems Kanye West a ‘seriously troubled man’ who 'just happens to be Black' after Mar-a-Lago trip fallout

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Video Matt Whitaker: 'I don't have any reason to believe there's enough evidence to indict President Trump' Former acting U.S. Attorney General Matt Whitaker told Fox News' Lacey Christ he does not believe there's "enough evidence to indict President Trump." Former  President Donald Trump  deemed Ye, the hip hop artist formerly known as Kanye West, a "seriously troubled man" after receiving blowback over a meeting with him at Mar-a-Lago.  "So I help a seriously troubled man, who just happens to be black, Ye (Kanye West), who has been decimated in his business and virtually everything else, and who has always been good to me, by allowing his request for a meeting at Mar-a-Lago, alone, so that I can give him very much needed ‘advice’," Trump wrote in a message posted Saturday to his Truth Social account. "He shows up with 3 people, two of which I didn’t know, the other a political person who I haven’t seen in years. I told him do