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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The Biden family is having a laundry list of issues add up -- and it appears the Florida governor is looking to pile them on, as well. On Thursday, Gov. Ron DeSantis -- a Republican candidate in the 2024 presidential race -- sued the Biden administration "to ensure freedom in...

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“Yellowstone” writer, producer and director Taylor Sheridan said he is willing to quit television if studios mandate writers' rooms at studios as part of a deal to end the ongoing strike. The Writers Guild of America voted to go on strike in early May, and the union is negotiating with...

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There is a story out of Boston that one might think would be national news. But so far, the national media does not seem interested in highlighting a story featuring a drug-fueled party with sex toys, men wearing women's clothing, an actual dead body and, most shockingly, several small children....

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Russia is stepping up its security at its Black Sea military base to counter enemy divers, according to British intelligence. But instead of upgrading a surveillance system or adding new alarms, the country is "likely" deploying trained dolphins. On Thursday, U.K.'s Ministry of Defence stated, "Since summer 2022, the Russian...

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What do you have for dinner after you use your father's influence as your get-out-of-jail-free card? Well, according to a CBS denoscription, after Hunter Biden got a sweetheart plea deal for his gun and tax crimes, he had a first course of marinated millet and grilled corn kernel salad with...

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Not long ago, the idea of conservative commentator Tucker Carlson extolling the virtues of a Democratic presidential candidate named Kennedy would have seemed absurd, but that is the world in which we now live. On Thursday, Carlson posted Episode 6 of "Tucker on Twitter." Carlson's corresponding tweet, which might double...

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Are frustrations in the White House press corps mounting? Based on the way in which White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was hounded by a group of reporters over her non-answers regarding President Joe Biden's son, that certainly appears to be the case. During Friday's media briefing, CNN's Jeremy Diamond...

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