A British actor born with dwarfism is unhappy that Hollywood has chosen actor Hugh Grant to portray an Oompa-Loompa in the upcoming live-action remake of Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka story. The new film, ennoscriptd simply "Wonka," will chronicle the early life of fictional chocolatier Willy Wonka as he crafts his...

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Authorities say the massive cargo hold fire at sea of a Panamanian car-carrying ship off the coast of the northern Dutch island of Ameland was likely sparked when one of the electric vehicles the ship was transporting exploded. The Fremantle Highway was headed toward Singapore when the fire broke out...

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The Biden administration is blocking federal funding for schools with hunting and archery programs. Fox News reported that the Department of Education determined that under the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act passed last year, school hunting and archery classes are precluded from receiving the funds. Under this interpretation of the law,...

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In public life, some truths rise to the level of an axiom. Leftist policies, for instance, always hurt the very people leftists claim they intend to help. On Friday, KTVU-TV in Oakland, California, reported that the city's NAACP has had enough of woke nonsense.  In a statement issued Thursday, the Oakland...

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One person is dead and two are injured after a man confronted a couple of suspected car thieves in San Antonio, Texas, on Thursday. According to KENS-TV, the vehicle was allegedly stolen from a mall parking lot while the owner was shopping. The owner ended up tracking it down to...

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Last month was an excellent time to celebrate life. We celebrated the first anniversary of the landmark Dobbs decision -- a victory for the pro-life movement that took decades to achieve. We also celebrated the life of Pat Robertson, who completed his race on June 8 at 93. He founded the...

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If ignorance were a sport, Whoopi Goldberg would be the undefeated champion in the news commentary division. The has-been film personality came up with such an outrageous suggestion to handle the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border that even far-left and failed candidate for president and governor of Texas, Democrat Beto...

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The ability of the transgender craze to destroy a life was laid before Congress Thursday as 19-year-old Chloe Cole told the story of her transitioning nightmare. “I used to believe that I was born in the wrong body and the adults in my life, whom I trusted, affirmed my belief...

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A recent report has alleged that Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell and Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy indulged in a bit of trash-talking on the House floor last month. The war of words began on June 21, according to the Daily Beast, as McCarthy was trying to announce that the House had...

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The kind of painstaking police work used to nab a suspect in New York’s more than decade-old Gilgo Beach murders is the stuff of TV crime shows. And a key was a Chevrolet Avalanche sitting in plain view. Internal problems in Long Island law enforcement may have contributed to the...

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A pro-LGBT group is taking advantage of a GOP-sponsored law by using school-choice vouchers to fund a new "queer" middle school in America's fifth-largest city. Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account program, launched in 2011, is a public fund intended to support students attending low-rated schools by giving them vouchers to pay...

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The United States Constitution's 14th Amendment provides all citizens with "equal protection under the law." But some people always seem to be more "equal" than others. According to the Daily Mail, Martha's Vineyard police left the reason for the 911 call reporting the drowning of Tafari Campbell, the private chef...

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Hunter Biden admitted in court Wednesday that he received over half a million dollars from a Chinese government-backed company, despite his father, President Joe Biden, repeatedly claiming that none of the Bidens have ever “made money from China.” Hunter appeared before federal court Judge Maryellen Noreika, where he pleaded not...

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Apparently, in some states, recycling can go too far. According to a media release from the office of the California attorney general on Tuesday, eight members of a family are being charged with fraud for a scheme that involved importing recyclables into the Golden State from Arizona. "Over an eight-month...

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An Alabama woman whose claim of being kidnapped proved to be a hoax was charged with a crime Friday, as the local police chief expressed regrets. Carlee Russell of Hoover was charged Friday with false reporting to law enforcement and falsely reporting an incident, according to Newsweek. Both charges are...

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The Akron, Ohio, school that is the brainchild of NBA legend LeBron James is reportedly falling short of meeting critical educational benchmarks. To date, not one single student in any of the three cohorts of eighth-grade students in the school has managed to reach the level of “proficient” in Ohio’s...

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Things got a little heated between conservative commentator Megyn Kelly and GOP Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday. In a sit-down interview for Sirius XM's "The Megyn Kelly Show," the former Fox News host pressed the governor on his recent dealings with two giant conglomerates -- Anheuser-Busch InBev and Disney....

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Hollywood director Oliver Stone criticized President Joe Biden in a Friday interview and said he "made a mistake" voting for him. Stone is known for directing movies such as "JFK," "Platoon" and "Born on the Fourth of July," among many others. Appearing on British comedian Russell Brand's podcast, the Oscar-winning...

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We all know the ladies of "The View" are a bit obsessed with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. In the case of Ana Navarro, perhaps a little too obsessed. On Thursday's edition of the ABC gab-fest, everyone's favorite faux-Republican flibbertigibbet went off on the Sunshine State governor's anti-woke messaging, saying that hearing...

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The son of iconic Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis Jr, Ray Lewis III, died of a lethal drug overdose, according to an autopsy report. The report, obtained by TMZ, ruled Lewis' death on June 14 accidental. His death was caused by a mix of cocaine, fentanyl and methamphetamine in his...

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The manufacturer of a large percentage of the ballot printers used in Maricopa County in November's election took the county to task for trying to shift blame regarding the chaos that occurred on Election Day. A 2022 General Election Internal Review, dated July 26, identifies the OKI ballot-on-demand printers malfunctioning...

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