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True Christian charity consists of kindness toward people who cannot be of any use to you. And that holds true especially at times when the world expects you to focus on your own thoughts and objectives. During the final round of the PGA Tour's U.S. Open golf tournament on Sunday...

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Usually, if gunfire erupts at a drive-thru fast-food restaurant, it's a robber trying to take money by force. So, one can at least say this much about what happened at a Lakeland, Florida, McDonald's on Friday: It was the cashier, not the customer, who opened fire, according to police. According...

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The North Korean military has suffered multiple casualties after an ill-fated trip into the Demilitarized Zone in an incident that highlights growing tension between the two nations. According to Reuters, citing South Korea's Yonhap News, the situation unfolded Tuesday morning as dozens of Northern soldiers breached the defensive line. The...

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Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach is suing Pfizer for allegedly violating his state’s Consumer Protection Act, arguing the drug maker “misled the public” about the safety of its COVID vaccine. The civil suit was filed on Monday, alleging that Pfizer hid adverse side effects from the shots, which Kobach’s suit...

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A 21-year-old Massachusetts man has been charged with murder in the shooting death of a 15-year-old girl on Friday at her home in Lowell. Ahliana Dickey failed to show up at her eighth-grade graduation on Friday morning, sending her family into a panic, MassLive reported. The teen was found shot...

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Sen. Chuck Schumer chose to delete a Father's Day post after the public noticed, with both humor and revulsion, what was on the politician's grill. The original post was made Sunday on X, formerly known as Twitter, before being sent to the memory hole shortly after. "Our family has lived...

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Certain jobs can threaten one's sanity to such a degree that promotions ought to come with hazard pay. In a news release on Monday, Fox News President and Executive Editor Jay Wallace announced that the company has promoted longtime White House correspondent Peter Doocy to the rank of -- drum...

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“In recent months, both floods and tornadoes have ripped through parts of the country’s Midwest and Southeast region, upending people’s lives and shattering their homes and businesses,” Family Research Council President Tony Perkins said on "Washington Watch" last week. “According to the weather experts, we’re on track for a record...

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Pop star Justin Timberlake was arrested early Tuesday on a charge of driving while intoxicated, according to news reports. A Sag Harbor Police Department representative said that "as of the morning of Tuesday, June 18, the singer, 43, was in police custody," People reported. The outlet said the department would...

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Maybe if Mark Cuban had spent more time paying attention to his Dallas Mavericks instead of shilling for an octogenarian politician, it would be Mavs stars Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving hoisting the Larry O'Brien Trophy on Tuesday instead of the Boston Celtics. (Yes, this author is a bitter and...

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If we step back and look at the success of the LGBT lobby over the last nine years since the Obergefell v. Hodges ruling, the picture is astounding. Along with officially turning June into 'Pride Month' each year, they and their influential allies in the media, entertainment industry, schools, and...

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When it comes to matters directly related to football, there's virtually nothing you can criticize the Kansas Chiefs for. (Off-field issues -- both serious and not-so-serious -- are a different matter for the Chiefs.) The Chiefs, spearheaded by the 1-2-2.5 punch of quarterback Patrick Mahomes, head coach Andy Reid and...

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A long-running battle between Pizza Hut and one of its largest franchises has led to the closing of 15 stores, with more closings to come across multiple states. The first shoe dropped on Friday when 15 Pizza Hut outlets in Indiana owned by EYM Group closed, according to the Northwest...

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New video out of the Red Sea appears to show the moment a small boat was apparently able to score a critical hit on a massive cargo ship. The clip posted by worldwide conflict news tracker Clash Report begins with several armed men looking over the side of the Greek-owned...

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If you own a pet, consider yourself in good company. According to the American Veterinary Medical Foundation, 45 percent of U.S. households own dogs, 26 percent own cats, 2.5 percent own birds, and 0.2 percent own horses. This large number of pet owners doesn’t take into account all those who...

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It's a haircut that's probably been around since the invention of barber shears, but it's causing new controversy in the American Southwest. It looks like what you'd get if a large bowl was placed over a customer's head and the rim was used as a cutting guide, leaving the remaining...

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Success often reveals a person's true character and priorities. In the very public moments following the Boston Celtics' 106-88 victory over the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Monday, which secured the franchise's NBA-best 18th world championship, 35-year-old Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla did not don...

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Billionaire Elon Musk warned that the level of deficit spending under President Joe Biden is unsustainable. The Congressional Budget Office released a new projected deficit Tuesday for fiscal 2024 of $1.9 trillion, up from its $1.6 trillion projection in February, according to The Hill. "The federal government is spending America...

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After a form of rough justice was administered to an Uber driver, the justice system has added charges of rape and kidnapping against a man in connection with an incident that took place early Saturday near Olympia, Washington. Ahmed Ali, 58, has been accused of picking up a woman from...

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A statewide 911 outage has put dozens of dispatcher offices out of commission as residents are now being forced to directly dial any emergency service they need. The outage was first reported Tuesday afternoon in Massachusetts and impacts some 45 towns and cities across the state. "Currently the statewide 911...

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