A former veteran CNN producer was sentenced Tuesday to spend 19 years in federal prison for child sex crimes. John Griffin was indicted in 2021 after federal authorities first alleged he lured a 9-year-old girl to his home in Vermont, The Samford Advocate reported. Prosecutors said Griffin enticed the child...

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Congressional testimony from whistleblowers within the Internal Revenue Service raises new questions about the Department of Justice probe into President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden. The House Ways and Means Committee released trannoscripts and documents surrounding the testimony of longtime IRS employees before the committee on Thursday. Committee member Rep....

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Tara Reade, who last month said she fled to Russia and sought asylum there to avoid danger from the U.S. government, has offered to testify on the subject of the weaponization of the government. During the 2020 presidential campaign, Reade accused President Joe Biden, for whom she worked in the...

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Love them or hate them, American presidents have always represented the strength of our nation. They stand as the symbol of American power in the highest office in the land, contributing to the perception of our nation as the most formidable and influential on the world stage. But the often...

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American hunters and fisherman are pushing back against a proposed rule from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that would prohibit the use of lead bullets and fishing weights on eight national wildlife refuges in two years. "In this proposed rule, Blackwater, Chincoteague, Eastern Neck, Erie, Great Thicket, Patuxent Research...

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One of the most-watched personalities in the history of cable news has a trick he's used to interview two presidents. Former longtime Fox News prime-time host Bill O'Reilly spoke about his interview experiences with former Presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama on Tuesday, according to The Wrap. O'Reilly, 73, was...

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It’s curious how many Disney child actors grow up to be flamboyantly debased and troubled celebrities.  Britney Spears, Lindsey Lohan, and Miley Cyrus are just a few of the notable examples that passed through the House of Mouse on their way towards lives marked by scandal and infamy. Add Demi...

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Hunter Biden cavalierly invoked his father's name when Joe Biden was vice president to threaten foreign officials in order to line his pockets, according to stunning IRS whistleblower testimony. The chilling revelations were made in May to the House Ways and Means Committee by whistleblower Gary Shapley, an IRS supervisory...

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If I were a manufacturer of toys for children, I'm pretty sure I'd set a safety standard somewhere north of "our products must not put children at risk of impalement." I, however, do not work for ZURU Toys. That company has recalled roughly 7.5 million Baby Shark and Mini Baby...

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Of all the problems posed by artificial intelligence, opening sequences to Disney+ streaming shows didn't seem too high up on the list. However, the media giant's use of AI in a new Marvel series is making waves -- and drawing renewed attention to the company's overworked and underpaid computer graphics...

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"In the future, everyone will probably be world-famous for 15 minutes." This quote is attributed, usually, to Andy Warhol, although the Smithsonian notes that Warhol probably never actually said it. Given the amount of art that is attributed to Warhol that he hardly seems to have worked on, that's hardly...

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With the legal cloud over his head dissipating thanks to a plea agreement that likely will spare him jail time on tax evasion and gun possession charges, Hunter Biden partied at the White House on Thursday. Biden and his wife, Melissa Cohen Biden, attended a state dinner for Indian Prime...

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The fashionable ideas of the modern world continue to place women and girls in harm's way. Germany's Bild reported Tuesday that prosecutors believe a knife-wielding Afghan migrant who allegedly attacked a German mother and daughter in October 2022 acted in a fit of jealousy. Fuwad O. is on trial this...

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Stockton Rush, the CEO of OceanGate Inc. and the man who was piloting the Titan submersible Sunday when it imploded near the Titanic, admitted in a 2021 interview that he cut corners on the vessel. Rush died on June 18 along with his four passengers as he steered his company’s...

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It's not unusual for Alaskans to see a moose, even within city limits. And it's not even rare for one of the huge animals to charge people and other wildlife. But residents of Teller, Alaska, knew something was different about the moose stumbling around their town recently. “It was drooling...

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After Warner Bros.' "The Flash" hit theaters last weekend, the DC Studios superhero film was met with lackluster reception that manifested in mediocre reviews and a subpar box office return. Among the film's many problems, with which many took issue, was its soulless cameos. Many moviegoers took to social media...

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There's been a drastic and dramatic shift in the demographic makeup of the Lone Star State. Now, it may not be a massive margin and it does involve some technicalities, but the numbers do speak for themselves: Hispanics outnumber non-Hispanic white people (a Hispanic person can be white, creating some...

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It does indeed appear as if Twitter owner Elon Musk, and Meta CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg are on a collision course. And no, that's not a euphemism for some business merger or litigious showdown. Musk and Zuckerberg really do appear headed for an old-fashioned, schoolyard fist fight. The entire...

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A former New Hampshire legislator who was reportedly the nation's first openly transgender state elected official has been arrested on child pornography charges, according to news reports. Stacie Marie Laughton, who was born Barry Charles Laughton, Jr., 39, was arrested Thursday on four counts of distributing sexually explicit images of...

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A battle between Big Tech platforms and those who run them could get physical after a back-and-forth exchange between Facebook co-founder and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter owner Elon Musk about a possible cage match. Judging by the reaction to that exchange, Musk would have the support of people...

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Republican presidential hopeful Chris Christie met with an icy reception on Friday when he criticized former President Donald Trump. The former New Jersey governor was addressing the crowd at the Faith & Freedom Coalition's Road to Majority Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. After he criticized Trump, Christie was intermittently booed...

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