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One lucky person from Oregon won this past weekend’s massive lottery prize, but not before a lengthy delay. Saturday night’s $1.3 billion dollar drawing was delayed until the overnight hours of Sunday morning, but the huge prize will be taken home by someone in the Beaver State after it was...

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In a brief interview with ESPN immediately following the win that put the South Carolina women's basketball team into the Final Four on Easter Sunday, head coach Dawn Staley gave the credit to God. And that was enough to make sure that the always-tolerant free-speech loving folks over at the...

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A major oversight by the Democratic Party may leave President Joe Biden off the November ticket in Ohio. Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose's office on Friday informed the Ohio Democratic Party that the Democratic National Convention is currently scheduled too late to qualify for the state, according to ABC...

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Iowa Hawkeyes superstar guard Caitlin Clark enjoyed a magical run with few precedents in college basketball history. Now, she will have the rest of her life to reflect on the experience. Following the Hawkeyes' 87-75 loss to the South Carolina Gamecocks in Sunday's NCAA championship game, the likely first overall...

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Country music singer and songwriter Morgan Wallen was arrested on Sunday night in Nashville after he allegedly threw a chair from the roof of a bar in the city’s downtown district. The Tennessee native, 30, was hauled in by police shortly before 11 p.m. and charged with several felonies, TMZ...

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Millions of spectators will be glaring into the sun -- hopefully with protective eye gear -- as the moon eclipses it during Monday's historic event, but some may opt to instead focus on their shadows. For one, your shadow will look very different during the eclipse. In fact, WXIN reported...

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I can't decide whether to be nervous about this or not. Maybe you can help me out. According to Scientific American, scientists launched a project last week to combat global warming by spraying "microscopic salt crystals" in to the air to create clouds that reflect more of the sun's rays...

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What appeared to be a robbery in January in which the alleged perpetrator was shot and killed by an armed bystander was actually staged as part of an immigration scheme for the two “victims” to obtain temporary residency visas, police told a news outlet. The so-called robbery grabbed headlines on...

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A South Carolina man, who has recently been diagnosed with dementia, has been missing for the better part of a week after he got off his ship last Wednesday in Mexico and has not been seen since. Family members of 66-year-old Bradley Solomon III are frantically searching for him and...

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Former President Donald Trump divided many conservatives on Monday when he announced his official position on abortion in a video he posted on social media. Many who expressed disappointment were those who are ardently pro-life and generally oppose abortion procedures. In a more than four-minute video Trump posted on Truth...

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Actor Michael J. Fox announced his retirement from acting in 2020 when it became clear to him that his fight with Parkinson's disease was just too much to overcome and remain in front of the cameras. But now he says he is still open to the right role. Fox sat...

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Multiple news agencies reported a heavy police presence in Las Vegas on Monday morning following reports of a shooting. No details were immediately confirmed by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. According to KVVU-TV, a shooting was reported at a business in the Las Vegas neighborhood of Summerlin. DEVELOPING: Las...

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The total solar eclipse North America had been waiting for arrived Monday. NASA kept a livestream going for those whose location did not allow them to take in the spectacle or were prevented from seeing it by clouds. “The total solar eclipse crosses over Mazatlán, Mexico with the sun getting...

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Diplomatic aftershocks of a Friday raid by Ecuador’s police who hauled a former Ecuadorian vice president from the Mexican embassy have led to a chasm opening up between Ecuador and Mexico. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador called the raid a “flagrant violation of international law and Mexican sovereignty” and...

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A university bureaucrat whose job depends on racial polarization is finding out that publicity is a two-edged sword. Smearing the British royal family, and the princess of Wales in particular, with conspiracy theories might make for fans on the left, but the saner part of the world's population has an...

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Saying that women’s sports were created for women, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics has issued a ruling effectively banning men who say they are transgendered women from competing in women’s sports. The NAIA's Council of Presidents approved the policy 20-0 on Monday, according to CBS. "Only NAIA student-athletes whose...

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LSU head football coach Brian Kelly has issued an official response to last week’s incident in which the Tigers women’s basketball team missed the national anthem during its Elite Eight matchup against Iowa. Kelly, who has helmed the school’s football program for two seasons, vowed that his team would always...

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Moments of intense disappointment often require leaders to address the past, present and future all at once. While posterity might not see it immortalized in granite, Iowa Hawkeyes head women's basketball coach Lisa Bluder's post-game address to her team in their locker room following Sunday's 87-75 loss to the South...

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A Maryland woman was convicted Friday of negligent manslaughter in connection with a May 2022 accident that killed her 3-year-old daughter. Danshell Evon, 38, could face up to 55 years in prison when she is sentenced, according to WJLA-TV. Evidence introduced in the trial indicated that Evon was driving above...

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Two Texas school principals are under fire for using their positions and school communications systems to tell their underlings to vote against Republicans who supported school choice measures in this year's GOP primary. As a nation, we love to see passionate educators, of course, but we also expect them to...

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