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Grief and rage overflowed at a Houston courthouse Tuesday as the man accused of killing a 12-year-old girl faced his first court appearance. Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel, who along with fellow illegal Venezuelan immigrant Franklin Peña, is accused of killing Jocelyn Nungaray, appeared for his initial hearing, during which bond of...

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It's never been easier to own an electric car, we've been told. There are plenty of models to choose from. The government will subsidize your purchase, as well. And, above all else, it's easy to find working chargers anywhere you go, right? Yes, well, about that: One reporter in America's...

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Well, that didn't take long. Less than a day after being formally announced as the new head coach of one of the NBA's most storied franchises, J.J. Redick found himself wrapped up in controversy. After being spurned in their pursuit of UConn head coach Danny Hurley, the Los Angeles Lakers...

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An Atlanta judge who was arrested last week after a nightclub scuffle with a police officer has been removed from office. Douglas County Probate Judge Christina Peterson was removed from office Tuesday by the Georgia Supreme Court, culminating a process that began in 2021, when initial complaints about her were...

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Avian flu, also known as H5N1 or bird flu, is quite rare among humans at present. Birds can transmit it to other birds, as well as other mammals, like cattle. For humans to get it, however, they must be in direct contact with an infected bird or mammal, then take...

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An incident during a duck hunt resulted in the death of a teenager, while the man accused of operating the gun that killed him potentially faces decades in prison over the shooting. On Jan. 20, 20-year-old Gaige Zook, 19-year-old Maurizio Justiniano and a third man, Jackson Harbor, went duck hunting...

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Normal people understand that it's a bad idea to let children make decisions that can only be understood by adults. There's a minimum age for drinking. There's a minimum age for driver's licenses. But for Joe Biden's administration, medical professionals establishing a minimum age for girls to have surgery to...

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A tourist has died on a Florida beach, at least the seventh in the past few weeks, as law enforcement pleads with the public to stay out of the water. The most recent victim of deadly beach conditions is 60-year-old Debbie Szymanski. The Missouri native was vacationing at Panama City...

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This could really shake things up in Atlanta. As the clock ticks closer to Thursday's presidential debate pitting former President Donald Trump against President Joe Biden, a report is circulating that Trump could be springing a big surprise on his Democratic opponent. And upending the presidential campaign in the process. NBC...

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Two NASA astronauts are stuck in space for at least another 10 days and perhaps longer as officials try to address problems with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. On June 5, a Starliner launched flight commander Barry "Butch" Wilmore and flight pilot Sunita "Suni" Williams to the International Space Station. Helium leaks...

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A Massachusetts family is calling for changes after one of their own was discharged from a hospital earlier this month and died attempting to get home. The family said not only was 69-year-old Rodney Riviello forced to find his own way home despite limited cognitive functions but that when his...

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This article was sponsored by Streetlight Confidential. Disseminated on behalf of SolarBank Corporation: In a move supposedly guided by the enlightened, progressive principles of so-called clean energy, the Biden administration has moved to put the full weight of the federal government behind an acceleration of domestic production of technologies including...

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This past week, Biden administration officials actually celebrated the job they've done at the southern border. Yes, you read that right. A White House memo making the rounds on social media Wednesday touted a recent 40 percent reduction in border encounters (of course, a 40 percent reduction from the most...

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Former President Barack Obama is ready and willing to do what he can to help the Democrat incumbent stave off a fierce Republican challenger in the 2024 general election -- but he's still pretty worried about it, according to a new report. A fascinating Monday report from New York Magazine...

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Former President Donald Trump's presidential campaign sent a letter Tuesday to a Pennsylvania-based Democrat-aligned political action committee demanding it take down a digital ad calling on Trump supporters not to vote by mail-in ballot. The 30-second spot begins with the words on screen superimposed over a picture of Trump saying,...

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I don't need to explain to you how bad social media censorship was in 2020 and the years that followed. We now know that Biden administration officials, in league with all of the most influential social media companies, conspired to suppress information about COVID and the 2020 election. Some of...

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If you're a frequent customer of Kroger grocery stores who has, at one time or another, used the store's self-checkout, you may want to double-check that you haven't been scammed. Police in Elkins, West Virginia, warned the customers of the local Kroger's location that they had discovered a scamming device...

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A California police chief has resigned while under investigation for allegations that he impacted the career of a subordinate while having an affair with the officer’s wife. Former Fresno Chief Paco Balderrama was placed on administrative leave on June 13 as city officials investigated the claims. On Tuesday, he resigned....

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Never underestimate former GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger's ability to play the part of the useful idiot for Democrats. He, along with former Rep. Liz Cheney, did so in a big way by being the only "Republicans" on then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's sham, anti-Donald Trump Jan. 6 committee. Now Kinzinger's at...

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The Kentucky police chief who was in charge when golf champ Scottie Scheffler was arrested last month has resigned. Louisville Metro Police Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel resigned Tuesday, less than two weeks after being placed on administrative leave over a sexual harassment case, according to the Louisville Courier-Journal. Her resignation came...

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