The Cracker Barrel Old Country Store restaurant chain isn't doing well. The company's stock prices are at their lowest in over a decade, and the chain's 660 stores have lost 16 percent of their customers over the past four years. Cracker Barrel's stock price at Friday's market closing was $45.62,...

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A poll earlier this month asked Republican and Republican-leaning voters who they'd like to see former President Donald Trump choose as his running mate in the very likely event that Trump is named the party's nominee in July's Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. The poll, from Issues & Insights and...

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With the Southern border wide open for anyone to walk through, it feels like the safety of the country is hanging on a thread made of little more than wishes and happy thoughts. Earlier this month, two Jordanian nationals attempted to illegally enter the Quantico Marine Corps Base in Virginia by...

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A group of academics has identified a planet that could potentially support life. They're describing Gliese 12 b as a planet within the habitable zone of its own solar system. The planet orbits a red dwarf star 40 light years away from the Earth in the Pisces constellation. University College...

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Rapper Nicki Minaj was detained by police at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on Saturday. Police suspected her of possessing soft drugs, according to Sky News. In one video on the Instagram account "the shade room", a police officer told her “"You are under arrest."   View this post on Instagram  ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Republicans in a crucial redistricting case for the state of South Carolina that had Democrats alleging "racism." Democrats and the NAACP had taken the legislature's redistricting map to court claiming that it was racially discriminatory and a lower court agreed, telling...

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A documentary filmmaker who changed how Americans view fast food has died. Morgan Spurlock died on Thursday of complications from cancer, his family confirmed to Variety. Spurlock is most known for creating the documentary "Super Size Me," in which he consumed nothing but McDonald's food for a full month. The...

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Ukraine poked Russia on Thursday by destroying a radar site that is part of Russia’s strategic defense against nuclear weapons. According to Bloomberg, the Armavir radar station covered parts of Crimea, a part of Ukraine-Russia grabbed in 2014 and which is used now to support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. That...

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New Jersey and the Senate may not have seen the last of Sen. Bob Menendez. The Senator faces ongoing federal corruption charges after 19 years of sitting in the upper chamber. The politician has been accused of accepting cash, gold bars, a Mercedes-Benz, and payments on a home mortgage among...

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2024 has been nothing short of a PR nightmare for the Boeing Company. Already beginning the year with a series of public mishaps on their planes that have led to injuries and even death for the innocent passengers, things have not gotten any better as summertime creeps up on the...

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This article is sponsored by His Glory. Annette Kuehne, the wife of Jan. 6 defendant Chris Kuehne, said that when the FBI raided their Kansas home in February 2021, agents had red weapon-aiming lights trained on both her and their young son. The couple spoke with Nick Searcy, the producer of...

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High seas caused issues with the pier off of Gaza built at President Joe Biden’s command on Saturday, two days after a service member was critically injured on the pier. Biden ordered the pier to be built to send more aid into Gaza, where hunger has emerged as an issue...

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Months after winning the Sony Open in Hawaii, PGA Tour golfer Grayson Murray died Saturday at the age of 30. No details were given about the cause of his death. Murray had been playing in the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial Country Club in Forth Worth. After a first-found 68,...

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As President Joe Biden approaches a rematch with former President Donald Trump, Democrats are sending a message of dissatisfaction to their own incumbent. Throughout the primary season, activists have urged Democrats to vote “uncommitted” in presidential primaries to show the clout of the pro-Palestinian wing of the party. In Kentucky,...

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When the United States of America has a weak commander-in-chief, it means our enemies can do what they want. While China has long been staging drills outside of Taiwan to intimidate the island and assert its power, they've been largely harmless. But now they're being taken a step further as...

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A social media manager who thought the way to punish someone with opposing views was to endanger him and his family is now looking for a new job. Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas announced during a Thursday interview with conservative talk radio host Pete Mundo that the city has "separated"...

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Have you been witness to a popular social-media scam? If you've been in an airport and seen a suspicious number of travelers in wheelchairs, you might have. According to CNBC, the CEO of a major ultra-low-cost carrier was the latest airline executive to call out what he says is a...

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It only took a moment for an incident to take place that could cost an 18-year-old autistic Texas teen his sight. Amy Morgan, the teen's mother, said the incident shows how people who seem to be friends can turn, according to KPRC-TV. “Because he has autism, you know, we tried...

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A three-car crash on the first lap of the Monaco Grand Prix caused the race to be interrupted by a red flag on Sunday. Red Bull driver Sergio Perez's right rear wheel was clipped by the front left tire of Kevin Magnussen's Haas car behind him, sending Perez spinning into...

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Having priced themselves beyond the reach of many consumers, fast-food chains are now hoping to dazzle consumers with value meals. Days after McDonald’s -- struggling to keep its customers -- said it would have a limited $5 value meal promotion that would kick off in late June at select outlets,...

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On Saturday evening, former President Donald Trump attended the Libertarians' National Convention in the Washington Hilton Hotel and it went about as anyone would have expected. While the Republican Party and libertarians have similarities in their beliefs they also have a multitude of differences. Trump clearly intended to draw on...

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