Four years ago, a lethal contagion spread across the United States. A plague of cowardice far deadlier than the coronavirus gripped school administrators throughout the land. And it claimed among its victims the high school seniors of 2020, who saw their graduation ceremonies canceled amid the panic. This spring, many...

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The teenage daughter of a high-tech billionaire goes missing, and one’s thoughts go to the possibility of abduction or kidnapping for ransom. Police don’t think that’s the case, but present a different theory that could be just as bad -- or even worse. Sixteen-year-old Mint Butterfield was reported missing Monday,...

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Joe Biden alone has already caused the price of everyday staples to soar, but there are other pressures also forcing an increased burden to fall on all Americans. Thanks to those external pressures, this month, yet another staple food item has soared to prices that won't come down any time...

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As an acrimonious battle rages over the gag order issued against former President Donald Trump in his current New York City trial, Trump emerged from court Thursday with happy talk about the day’s events. Trump was facing a hearing on Thursday over allegations from prosecutors that he violated the gag...

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As a neophyte graduate student in history in the late 1990s, I once asked a veteran professor how he managed to focus on grad school during the campus protests of the Vietnam Era. "Easy," he replied. "You went to the library." In other words, the protesters might take themselves seriously,...

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Should a curious soul wandering the wilds of the internet find the 2019 podcast comedian Andrew Santino did with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, there might be something that makes a viewer wonder. All the way through the one-hour show, there is a huge Kansas City Chiefs logo...

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The first season of Max's adult cartoon "Velma" was truly an affront to anyone with fond memories of the cherished Hanna-Barbera creation "Scooby-Doo." "Velma" was a radical, modernist re-imagining of the classic cartoon that's been around since 1969. But instead of a charismatic and cowardly doggy leading an astoundingly competent...

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Full disclosure: As an Asian man who grew up in Hawaii, I had never heard the acronym "AAPI" or "API" (Asian American or just Asian-Pacific Islander) in my life before 2020, and I despise using it. With that being said, that tidbit also especially qualifies me to opine on this...

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A youth soccer match scheduled at a public field in East Harlem, New York, was abruptly canceled when a group of migrants refused to vacate the field. The Manhattan Kickers, a 17-year-old boys travel team, were geared up for a match against FA New York at Thomas Jefferson Park on...

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Since 1996, American analytics company Gallup has been polling the American public on their support for so-called gay "marriage." That was the same year the Clinton administration signed into law the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, prohibiting same-sex marriage from being recognized at the federal level. Far from any...

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The shamelessness with which President Joe Biden has let lies drop from his mouth has been truly breathtaking. There has seemed to be nothing that Biden would not lie about, from the circumstances surrounding the death of his son Beau, to his own academic record, to the death of his...

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One day after the New York Times criticized President Joe Biden for "actively and effectively avoid[ing] questions from independent journalists during his term," Biden may have been looking to rehabilitate his image as a president too scared to take tough questions. In a statement on Thursday, The Times warned that "systematically avoiding...

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Most UFO sightings probably weren't of alien spacecraft straight out of Star Trek or Star Wars, but that wouldn't have made them any less of a potential threat. They could have been weather balloons, high-flying wildlife, misidentified military crafts, or -- a more sinister possibility -- drones or other spy...

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Even as his economic policies have made life harder for every middle- and lower-income American, Joe Biden is now pledging to make it all even worse by making sure the tax cuts put in place by former President Donald Trump will be "dead forever" if he is re-elected. Biden made...

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Innocent civilians continue to be inconvenienced as hyper-liberal politicians refuse to properly enforce the law. Supermarket chain Harris Teeter is implementing a new security protocol across its Washington, D.C., locations in an attempt to combat rising crime rates, according to Fox Business. The policies have been in effect since Wednesday,...

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An onslaught of tornadoes left devastation in their wake as storms slammed Nebraska and Iowa Friday night. The Pottawattamie County town of Minden, Iowa, suffered extensive damage, with about half the town -- between 40 and 50 homes -- destroyed, the Sheriff's Office said, according to KETV-TV. Four people in...

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In a series of three social media posts late Friday, former President Donald Trump launched what one news outlet referred to as "his biggest attack yet" against independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., calling him a Democratic "plant" out to help incumbent President Joe Biden win re-election in November....

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Louisiana stands as exemplary in punishing those who prey on the most vulnerable members of society. On Wednesday, Glenn Sullivan Sr, 54 of Springfield, Louisiana, pleaded guilty to four counts of second-degree rape. In addition to a 50-year prison sentence, Sullivan will be physically castrated no later than one week...

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Travelers to the Turks and Caicos Islands are finding that very small things in their luggage can result in very long prison sentences. Tyler Wenrich, 30, of Virginia, was arrested April 20 after authorities said they found two bullets in his backpack as he was getting ready to leave, according...

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The first bank failure of 2024 has taken place. Republic First Bank, which operated in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York, was seized Friday by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., according to The Associated Press. The Philadelphia-based bank, which did business as Republic Bank, was sold to competitor Fulton Bank,...

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What had been a three-person team of lawyers that will prosecute Alec Baldwin on charges of involuntary manslaughter is now down to two. Prosecutor Jason Lewis has filed a motion to withdraw from the case, according to People. The charge against Baldwin comes from the 2021 shooting on the set...

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