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North Sea Disaster: Oil Tanker and Cargo Ship Collide, Triggering Massive Rescue

A U.S.-flagged oil tanker and a Portuguese-flagged cargo ship collided in the North Sea off the coast of Britain, sparking a fire and a large-scale rescue operation. The tanker, MV Stena Immaculate, was anchored near Grimsby after sailing from Greece, while the cargo vessel, Solong, was en route from Scotland to the Netherlands. At least 32 crew members were injured in the incident, prompting emergency response teams, including lifeboats and helicopters, to rush to the scene. Authorities are investigating the cause of the collision while ensuring the safety of the crew and assessing potential environmental risks. The situation remains under close monitoring as rescue efforts continue.

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Dozens injured after fireball erupts when oil tanker, cargo ship collide in North Sea

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At least 32 crew members were injured after an oil tanker and cargo ship collided and caught fire about 10 miles off the northeastern coast of England early Monday.

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Porn stars launch campaign against Project 2025 targeting swing states

Concerned with provisions of Project 2025 that could criminalize pornography, a group of porn stars is jumping into the 2024 election, launching “Hands Off My Porn” and purchasing $100,000 in ads in swing states to spread their message. “We must fight back against this ultra-conservative agenda that is rooted in religious conservatism, fearmongering, and the suppression of women’s rights,” Casey Calvert, one of the porn stars involved with the effort, wrote alongside the announcement of the ads. Twenty porn stars came together to found Hands Off My Porn, and they are placing the ads on sites that show explicit content in Georgia, Arizona, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, North Carolina, and Michigan, warning users about Project 2025’s drive to criminalize porn.The ads will direct people to the Hands Off My Porn website, where they can watch testimonials about Project 2025’s dangers. “This ‘180-day playbook’ for the next Trump Administration puts the anti-porn agenda front and center – on page 5 of this nearly 1000-page document that’s endorsed by The Heritage Foundation, American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the Koch Brothers, and hundreds of conservative organizations,” the group writes online.Hands Off My Porn is referencing the foreword written by Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts, who calls for pornography to be “outlawed.” “It has no claim to First Amendment protection,” he writes. “Its purveyors are child predators and misogynistic exploiters of women. Their product is as addictive as any illicit drug and as psychologically destructive as any crime. Pornography should be outlawed. The people who produce and distribute it should be imprisoned…telecommunications and technology firms that facilitate its spread should be shuttered.”

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