The Olympics, rather predictably, have become ground zero for protecting women in sports -- and, for once, it has nothing to do with a transgender controversy. Instead, it has everything to do with a three-letter acronym, DSD -- or Differences of Sexual Development. As the Cleveland Clinic noted on its...

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The 2024 Paris Olympics continue to be a source of controversy due to Thursday's events, which featured a women's boxing match between Algeria's Imane Khelif and Italy’s Angela Carini. In response many in the sports world spoke out, condemning Khelif's ability to box Carini -- including former UFC Middleweight Champion...

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The Secret Service and the FBI are being tight-lipped about a video that appears to show a figure moving across a building at the July 13 rally minutes before former President Donald Trump was shot. The video was shot by James Copenhaver, who was wounded that day. The video showed...

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After being chosen as former President Donald Trump's running mate for the General Election, CNN is affording J.D. Vance the same treatment they give Trump. On Thursday, Vance spoke to CNN correspondent Steve Contorno. He was asked about Trump's comments concerning the race of his presumptive Democratic opponent for November,...

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Natural tyrants always use language in a way that inverts the plain meaning of their own words. For instance, listen to how casually devotees of the so-called "party of democracy" talked about disregarding the will of voters. In a remarkable 97-second clip posted to the social media platform X on...

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If you're the International Olympics Committee, or a broadcaster, or an amateur athlete, it would ordinarily be good news that people are talking about the quadrennial games. Unfortunately, that hasn't been the case in Paris in 2024. From mockery of God to effluence in the Seine disrupting the men's triathlon,...

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Did Vice President Kamala Harris really wear an expensive designer necklace while asking Americans to hand over their hard-earned money? The claim started circulating the internet in June, but it received a big boost in August as a major account on the social media platform X shared the images to...

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With a doping scandal involving Chinese swimmers fresh in the minds of everyone connected to the Olympics, accusations flew after a 19-year-old Chinese swimmer set a world record in the 100-meter freestyle. Pan Zhanle, 19, broke his existing world record by .4 of a second and finished a full second...

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Exceptions do not invalidate rules. Nor do people deserve scolding when they hastily recognize the rule in one of its rare exceptions. Nonetheless, when enough evidence has surfaced to suggest that a case might involve the exception rather than the rule, those who reacted in harshness and haste have a...

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Two-time Paris Olympics gold medal-winning gymnast Simone Biles was criticized for a foray into politics that appeared to be a jab at former President Donald Trump. In a post on X, Biles responded to a post from Ricky Davila, who wrote, “Simone Biles being the GOAT, winning Gold medals and...

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Thursday's controversy over Algeria's Imane Khelif boxing Italy's Angela Carini continues to spark debate amongst athletes and commentators alike. On Thursday afternoon's episode of "The Pat McAfee Show," host Pat McAfee took to addressing the situation. In just shy of six minutes, McAfee gave a very mild take on the...

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An Olympic swimmer collapsed Friday on the side of the pool and was carried away on a stretcher. Tamara Potocka of Slovakia was stricken after a qualifying heat in the women's 200-meter individual medley, according to ESPN. Potocka was getting out of the pool after the race when she collapsed....

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Two illegal immigrants at the center of an alleged attempt to breach a prominent United States military base have been allowed to post bail, securing their release from jail. The two men, Jordanian nationals Hasan Yousef Hamdan and Mohammad Khair Dabous, were originally arrested on May 3 after an incident...

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If you hope to find true justice anywhere this side of Heaven, you will experience soul-crushing disappointment. Nonetheless, victims' families and the public at large deserve something far more closely resembling justice than what they received on Thursday from District Attorney Steve Wolfson of Clark County, Nevada. According to the...

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A second boxer, who was disqualified by the International Boxing Association during last year's world championships, is going viral for physically pummeling an opponent to tears in a female event at the Paris Games. On Friday, Taiwanese boxer Lin Yu-ting beat Uzbekistani boxer Sitora Turdibekova across three rounds in the...

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There seems to be no end to the Secret Service's incompetence. Just when you think the July 13 shooting of former President Donald Trump couldn't have gone any worse, a new detail proves that it did. A Thursday report from The New York Times offered another one of those details....

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It's looking like at least one member of the Clinton family may make her way into the White House should Vice President Kamala Harris win the upcoming November election. A report indicated, Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton, is eying the ambassador to the...

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Not even when playing chess would Thursday's prisoner exchange between the United States and Russia have been a choice anyone looking to actually win would consider. And yet President Joe Biden not only considered it, he went through with it. Biden came away from the trade with three pawns from...

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An air unit formed in the days when pilots were considered knights and gentlemanly combat ruled the sky has been stripped of its historical nickname after fears it could be offensive to Muslim communities. The Royal Air Force's 14 Squadron was forced to drop the "Crusader" noscript after an official...

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The 2024 Summer Olympics are only a week old, but have already seen their share of controversies. From an opening ceremony act that offended millions, to international sparring over its rules for women's boxing, to a spying scandal involving the coaching staff of a women's soccer team, some have threatened to...

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Has someone let the cat out of the bag when it comes to Kamala Harris' vice presidential pick? A video published Friday on a social media account of Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker appears to show Harris has chosen Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro as her running mate. And it's coming out...

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