Connecticut Chief State's Attorney Patrick J. Griffin has charged four Bridgeport residents over mishandling absentee ballots in the city's 2019 mayoral primary. All four campaign workers have been charged with unlawful possession of absentee ballots and "other election-related charges," according to a news release from the Connecticut Division of Criminal...

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Irish golf superstar Rory McIlroy has reconciled with Erica, his wife of seven years, just one month after filing for divorce in a Palm Beach, Florida, court. “There have been rumors about my personal life recently, which is unfortunate. Responding to each rumor is a fool’s game," the world's No....

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A former NASCAR driver who had the support of former President Donald Trump has won the Republican primary in Maine's Second Congressional District. Austin Theriault, who is currently a member of the Maine state House, defeated fellow state Rep. Michael Soboleski by a dominating 66.2 percent to 33.8 percent, according...

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House Speaker Mike Johnson is probably breathing just a little easier this morning, as Republican Michael Rulli's victory in Ohio's 6th Congressional District Tuesday night gave him just a tad more breathing room in his narrow Republican House majority. Rulli was widely expected to win, as former President Donald Trump...

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A life filled with service to some of the country's most treasured public spaces has come to a close. Tom Lorig, a park ranger who began his years of service to national parks in 1968, died on June 7 after an accident that took place in Utah's Bryce Canyon National...

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The majority of younger Americans are not proud of their country, according to a recent survey, and it should not be surprising given events of recent years and what they have been taught. A poll conducted by the Democratic firm Blueprint among 18- to 30-year-old registered voters found just 42...

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Who thought it was a good idea to schedule President Joe Biden to deliver speech on gun control the same week in which it has been expected -- and for some time, now -- that the verdict in his son's trial on three gun-related felonies would come back? When both...

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Eight suspected terrorists with potential links to the Islamic State group have been arrested. The eight -- from the central Asian nation of Tajikistan -- were swept up in New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles, NBC reported, citing sources it did not name. They were being tracked by the FBI’s...

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Watching President Joe Biden try to make a speech has progressed beyond the point of mild discomfort. With each speech, Biden has seemed to have increasingly lost the plot, unable to string together coherent sentences when forced to speak off the cuff and unintelligible even when reading off the teleprompter....

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Comedian Rob Schneider declared cancel culture "over" after a controversial performance north of the border. Canada's Hospital of Regina Foundation hired Schneider to perform at its Four Seasons Ball fundraiser on June 1, and subsequently disassociated itself from the comedian after he told the same kind of jokes he always...

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Despite the loud cries of the gun control lobby to ban all firearms for everyone everywhere, the number of instances where a gunman was thwarted by another citizen with a gun has only increased. Though the underlying reason behind the increase in random public shootings has yet to be identified...

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Many new fathers spend the nine months before their child’s arrival wondering how to tackle this fatherhood thing. It can be daunting for men who have little experience with tiny, seven-pound people and are overwhelmed with the love and responsibility of raising children. In honor of Father’s Day, Michigan State University...

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Indoor plants make great roommates. They brighten the mood in any room, keep quiet hours and don’t leave dirty dishes in the sink. They cannot, however, tell us when something is wrong. Diagnosing plant problems can require a bit of detective work. Like a detective, you will need to gather...

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Govind Sandhu, head of global music partnerships for TikTok Australia, received a diagnosis of stage-four non-Hodgkin's lymphoma after his knee was swollen following a half-marathon in Sydney in September. "So today was the first day that I got a preliminary diagnosis of my condition," Sandhu said in an emotional video...

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The first rule of Arson Club is, of course, don't talk about Arson Club. But the second rule is almost as important: Don't set yourself on fire. There is some question as to whether Artemio Sanchez-Ortega has ever been a member of Arson Club, however, as police suspect he is...

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After two decades of terrible decisions regarding the "Star Wars" franchise, from Jar-Jar Binks and midichlorians to Palpatine somehow returning, the dying franchise has, for many fans, finally jumped the shark. Their newest show, "The Acolyte," created by lesbian Leslye Headland, already shot itself in the foot by proclaiming the...

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A historic United Methodist Church in Durham, North Carolina, raised eyebrows this month when a song that couldn't be further from a hymn was played on the bells in the church's bell tower on June 1. Duke Memorial United Methodist Church, which was founded in 1886, played a song by...

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Lack of experience was a major reason Caitlin Clark did not make Team USA for the upcoming Olympics, according to Team USA leaders. Selection committee chairwoman Jen Rizzotti said everyone knew about the buzz over Clark, and responded to the backlash that she was not picked, according to The Associated...

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Comedian Bill Maher might not be exactly conservative, but as the American left has become increasingly more radical, his old-school liberalism makes him an occasional, if unusual, ally. In particular, Maher's recent stance against the tyranny of the woke hegemony has made him more aligned with the right than ever....

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An American food staple has been added to the menu at Costco's food court -- though not in the United States. An image of a Canadian Costco food court menu shared on Reddit on May 21 has customers upset that a particular food item isn't being sold in the States....

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