A teenager who killed a grandmother in a brutal fashion will spend at least 25 years in prison. The New Orleans media outlet NOLA.com, the website of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, reported that a jury found 18-year-old John Honore guilty of second-degree murder over his involvement in a botched carjacking...

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A federal judge has delivered a major victory for supporters of the Second Amendment. According to Reuters, U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle ruled Friday that a federal law barring individuals from possessing a firearm in post offices is unconstitutional. Mizelle, who was appointed during the Trump administration, cited a 2022...

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Russian tennis player Pavel Kotov was the talk of the tennis world Sunday, but not for his five-set victory over Arthur Rinderknech. During one part of his first-round Australian Open match, as Kotov appeared upset with how the contest was going, he erupted on the court, according to the New...

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Four people tragically died in a hot air balloon accident in the Arizona desert on Sunday. According to KSAZ-TV in Phoenix, the crash took place about 7:50 a.m. in Eloy, about 50 miles northwest of Tucson. Police said the balloon was carrying eight skydivers who made their jumps from the...

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A voice that rang out for justice on behalf of the fallen first responders who worked Ground Zero in New York City after the 9/11 attack has been stilled. Joseph Zadroga, 76, whose son James was a police officer who worked at the wreckage of the World Trade Center, was...

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Sen. Rand Paul has reiterated his view that Dr. Anthony Fauci should go to prison. The senator cited U.S.-funded gain-of-function research at a lab in Wuhan, China. In an interview Sunday on "The Cats Roundtable" on WABC-AM in New York, the Kentucky Republican accused Fauci, former Director of the National...

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The Democrats claim to be the party "fighting for democracy" against the specter of another Donald Trump term. They're fighting so hard for democracy, in fact, that they want to keep everyone who might get in President Joe Biden's way off the ballot and off the airwaves. And no, we're...

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She was an awful secretary of state. She failed at winning the presidency not once but twice. And, according to one student who's gone viral on TikTok, she's not so hot at being a university professor, either. In a series of videos from Columbia University student Laalitya Acharya, Clinton --...

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I'll admit, I'm agnostic when it comes to UFOs or UAPs -- unidentified aerial phenomena, as they are now called. Although it's very strange that with high-resolution cameras everywhere, there isn't one clear photo of these phenomena -- they all resemble Rorschach paintings -- it's natural, I think, to wonder...

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The federal agency tasked with protecting America’s air travel is looking for a few good people with “severe intellectual disability, psychiatric disability and dwarfism” in order to get the job done. The Federal Aviation Administration is part of the sprawling federal Department of Transportation led by  Secretary Pete Buttigieg. In...

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A Utah man who was found dead in the engine of a Delta jet reached the aircraft after frantic efforts inside Salt Lake City International Airport to get onto the runway. Kyler Efinger, 30, of Park City, died the evening of Jan. 1 after he climbed into the turbine of...

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A fake 911 call that the White House was on fire sent emergency vehicles to the complex Monday morning. President Joe Biden and his family were at Camp David at the time. Fire engines and other emergency vehicles responded to a report just after 7 a.m. that the White House...

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A college basketball star with NBA potential wants the world to know about Jesus Christ. Gabe McGlothan, a 6-foot-7 forward with the surging Grand Canyon University Antelopes of the Western Athletic Conference, leads his team in rebounding on the court and reads the Bible on the bench before games. "Gotta...

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Jamie McLeod-Skinner, a Democratic candidate in Oregon's 5th Congressional District, allegedly physically assaulted her campaign driver during her last bid for Congress, multiple former campaign workers told a local news outlet. McLeod-Skinner denied the allegations and characterized them as a political smear attempt. The former staffers are accusing McLeod-Skinner of...

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A Nebraska man faces charges after a rampage with a Bobcat skid loader left multiple vehicles damaged, including a police vehicle. Samuel Peyrot, 36, faces charges of second-degree assault on an officer, second-degree assault and criminal mischief in the Sunday incident, according to KLKN-TV. Police were called to a U-Stop...

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Democratic regimes must suppress free speech and imprison those who dissent. After all, democracy depends on it. Tucker Carlson reported Friday on social media that American journalist Gonzalo Lira had died in a Ukrainian prison. The former Fox News host said Gonzalo Lira Sr. had reported his son's death. Lira...

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An American cargo ship was struck by a missile fired by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on Monday off the coast of Yemen, U.S. military officials said. The ship, the Gibraltar Eagle, was slightly damaged but is seaworthy and leaving the region, according to Eagle Bulk Shipping, the Connecticut-based company that owns...

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As Iowans get ready to make their decisions in Monday's Republican primary caucuses, tensions between two candidates who up till now seemed to complement rather than criticize each other have risen to the surface. The exchange between former President Donald Trump and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy began when, without explanation, Trump...

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Heading into Monday's Iowa caucuses, former President Donald Trump was still picking up momentum. In the face of unprecedented legal challenges from Democratic prosecutors, he's not only maintained a towering poll lead among GOP primary voters, he's also seen former rivals joining his side. And on Sunday, Florida Republican Sen....

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Despite the generally iterative nature of video games (you can find traces of 2001 smash hit Grand Theft Auto III in almost every modern game) there's always been a curious lack of games trying to mimic the wildly popular Pokemon franchise. And why is that so curious? Because as Statista...

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In a sign of how quickly misinformation can spread online, completely unsubstantiated rumors appear to have marred the college football national championship game on Jan. 8 for many viewers and fans. And no, these fans aren't mad because it wasn't a particularly competitive game (the polarizing Michigan Wolverines beat the...

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