There's an old AP Statistics joke meant to illustrate the fallacy of conflating correlation and causation that goes something like this: "Every person who has died in a car crash drank water within the week of the fatal accident." Obviously, despite the nigh 100 percent correlation of people who drink...

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When former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie took the stage on Saturday at the Florida Freedom Summit, he was clearly expecting a bad reaction from the crowd. But the way Christie crashed and burned was even worse. He couldn't have killed his campaign better if he'd called them "deplorables." The...

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In the sort of nightmare scenario that could practically be ripped from the noscript of dystopian sci-fi series "Black Mirror," a New Jersey high school is under investigation after students allegedly used artificial intelligence to manipulate photos of their underage classmates to make pornographic imagery. These "deepfake" nude images were...

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A treasured national tradition is getting a little less family-friendly this year. Americans looking forward to the quintessential national holiday are getting a rude awakening with word that the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in Manhattan is going to showcase more than street versions of musical numbers and marching bands...

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A viral clip of University of Southern California standout quarterback Caleb Williams has sparked a debate over whether his emotional response to a tough loss was the appropriate response. To wit, Williams, last year's Heisman trophy winner, was seen visibly distraught and crying with his family after a tough 52-42...

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Week 9 of the NFL regular season is just about in the books, but it's a routine play from Week 8 that had fans, pundits and former players alike crying foul. Last Sunday, the Baltimore Ravens beat the Arizona Cardinals 31-24 and there wasn't a ton to analyze about the game...

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The sudden explosion of anti-Semitism starting on college campuses and now overflowing into the streets and the gates of the White House has taken some older leftists who believed theirs was the party of tolerance by surprise. For a long time, the media convinced the world that progressives stood for...

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A staffer of the football program at the University of Michigan was fired from his position after being caught allegedly trying to meet a 13-year-old girl for sex. Alex Yood was fired last month after a video was published online of a sting operation in which he believed he was...

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Joe Biden’s dumpster-fire presidency continues to sow global instability as the war brewing between Israel and Hamas escalates by the day. In the latest farcical illustration of this administration's incompetence, Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged the Israel Defense Forces to use "smaller bombs" to reduce civilian casualties in the...

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America’s infant mortality rate rose last year, ending roughly two decades of declines. According to data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the nation’s infant mortality rate rose 3 percent, from 5.44 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021 to 5.60 deaths per 1,000 live births in...

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An award-winning New York City pre-kindergarten teacher called upon parents and other teachers to use their ability to mold young minds to teach that Israel is evil. Siriana Abboud, 29, who teaches at PS 59 in Manhattan, offers tips on talking to pre-K children about “land theft, displacement and ethnic...

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The support for President Joe Biden is eroding quickly, prompting panic in the White House as the 2024 presidential election is a year away. Polls released over the weekend by The New York Times and Siena College showed Biden losing to the leading GOP candidate, former President Donald Trump, in...

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A Pennsylvania nurse facing charges for allegedly mistreating three patients has admitted to trying to kill 19 other patients since 2020, according to prosecutors. In May, Heather Pressdee was accused of trying to kill three people through insulin overdoses at the care facilities where she worked, according to NBC News....

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As a case for moral bankruptcy, it was airtight. When former President Barack Obama decided to weigh in on Israel's war against the terrorist group Hamas, the man who established a record of appeasement for global terrorism proved he hasn't changed a bit. And he proved once again why he...

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The White House has urged American schools to stockpile a potentially lifesaving drug that is used to prevent death during fentanyl overdoses as the drug continues to make its way into the country through the southern border. In a letter sent to schools nationwide last week, the White House and...

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It took quite a while to get here, but it seems that the sought-after manifesto produced by Audrey Hale -- the transgender mass shooter who killed six people at a Nashville, Tennessee, Christian school in March -- has finally seen the light of day. Hale, a 28-year-old woman who attended...

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Novelist James Patterson recently revealed to his X followers that, while he may be an expert writing fiction, he's not so hot when it comes to history, after his misfired, error-filled attack on the Second Amendment. Patterson, author of thrillers including "Along Came a Spider," part of his popular Alex...

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David Axelrod, a one-time rousted adviser to former President Barack Obama, hinted that it might be time for President Joe Biden to step aside and let another candidate take his party’s nomination. Axelrod shared new polling from The New York Times on the social media platform X that purports to...

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The movie "The Sound of Freedom" brought the issue of child sex trafficking to the forefront but this has been an ongoing problem for decades, and it's happening openly at our southern border. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas went out on a midnight patrol with Border Patrol agents at the...

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Some of her fellow Democrats are finally raising their voices against Rashida Tlaib. The Michigan representative, the product of Palestinian immigrants living in Detroit, has been known as a radical since before she won a seat in Congress in the 2018 midterms. But even in the middle of a Mideast...

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