In the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol incursion, the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, known as FinCEN,  asked financial institutions to use search terms like "TRUMP" and "MAGA" to comb through customer data on purchases of items like bus tickets, books or subnoscriptions looking for indicators of...

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As most college administrations bend the knee to the anti-Israel, pro-Hamas protesters across the country, one college president took a markedly different -- and brave -- turn against the trend. For weeks now, schools have been swamped by these destructive protests, which were shutting down classes, disrupting finals as the...

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Homeless alcoholics are receiving alcohol on the taxpayer's dime in San Francisco, California, to the tune of $5 million every year. The city provides the substance to addicts as part of a "managed alcohol program," according to multiple outlets, including the U.K.'s Daily Mail and the San Francisco Chronicle. The...

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Staying in the middle class takes a lot of work, according to a new analysis. A look at the numbers from the website GOBankingRates.com found that it took a nearly 42 percent increase in income to remain in the middle class from 2012, the midpoint of the Obama administration, to...

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The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation is suing progressive nonprofit the Tides Foundation for allegedly defrauding the BLMGNF and holding back around $33 million in donations, according to documents filed Monday in California Superior Court. BLMGNF accused Tides of refusing “to honor its promises” to the network and alleged...

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A New Mexico woman was shot in the neck during her son’s graduation Wednesday, with the woman’s stepson charged in the incident. Cristian Bencomo, 21, was arrested after his stepmother, Victoria Bencomo, was shot, according to KOAT-TV. Victoria Bencomo was trying to hug Cristian when she was shot, police said,...

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Note to Florida Man: If you're going to rob Florida Woman, make sure she's not a powerlifter first. I know, it's a bit difficult to tell to tell who can deadlift 200 pounds before you grab their purse. Maybe there's, like, some kind of app that criminals can use to...

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The concept of floating solar power is taking on water after a storm knocked a new Indian project offline only a few days after it began operations. What has been described as the world's largest floating solar plant at Omkareshwar Dam was badly damaged when a storm hit in mid-April....

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First came the drama of a Kentucky Derby that was won by a nose and then the drama of whether Derby winner Mystik Dan would race in next Saturday’s Preakness. On Saturday, trainer Kenny McPeek gave the answer racing fans hoped for when he announced that the dreams this year...

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It’s not quite to the point where the hashtag “OscarsSoBroke” will be trending, but the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is passing the hat around the globe. A $500 million fundraising campaign was launched Friday with the goal of reaching the target by the 2028 Oscars, which would...

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A musical for which Hillary Clinton is a co-producer is wallowing at the bottom of the pack on Broadway. The show “Suffs” tells the story of the women’s suffrage movement in the United States from 1913 to 1920. According to Fox News, on Broadway Theatre Industry official site "The Broadway...

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Like a politician realizing just how close he was to courting disaster in an otherwise successful election, embattled Disney CEO Bob Iger certainly appears to be saying all the right things at the moment. After winning an ugly and public proxy battle over control of the Walt Disney Company board...

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An 18-year-old New Hampshire man has been arrested after police said that an argument tipped over -- perhaps a bit too literally -- into rage. Manchester police outlined the porta-potty incident on Facebook. “On May 8, 2024, Manchester Police dispatch received a call from a young mother reporting that she...

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Love it or despise it, you can't deny that Nintendo continues to be its own quirky self in the otherwise hyper-corporate world of the video game industry. The company started back in 1889 as Nintendo Koppai, and specialized in making playing cards, after all. That 19th-century origin is a far...

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An appeals court has sided with a Catholic school in North Carolina that fired a gay teacher after he announced that he was planning to get married to another man. The decision by a panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, reversed a lower court's...

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In a move prompting all manner of outcry and consternation, Microsoft told its staff last week that several studios of Xbox (which the tech titan owns) would be shuttering. In short, while some talent may be re-dispersed within the Xbox first-party studio ecosphere, many staffers have been let go altogether...

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The NBA has fined Jamal Murray $100,000 for his antics during Monday's game against the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals. Murray -- a talented guard for the Denver Nuggets -- received the fine for “throwing multiple objects in the direction of a game official during...

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Picture this: A crowd of almost 100,000 on the beach in Wildwood, New Jersey, watches patiently as an artist standing on a giant stage furiously paints an American flag to the tune of "America The Beautiful." As the music crescendos to the last "sea to shining sea," the artist puts...

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In a farewell to the shrinking market for sedans, Chevrolet is stopping production on the Chevy Malibu at the end of this model year. About 10 million of the model – in its various forms – have been sold since it was introduced in 1964, according to Motor Trend. The...

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Google searches could amount to the evidence required to convict an embattled Democratic senator and land him behind bars. The federal trial of New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez is scheduled to begin on Monday, according to Politico. Prosecutors are alleging that the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee accepted...

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Prince Harry was reduced to tears when he learned that his brother received an honor he once held, according to a new report. Harry was in London last week as part of his celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games, an athletic competition for wounded veterans. Not only...

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