Hospitals and health facilities in certain states are requiring or recommending that their employees, patients, and visitors wear face masks this winter as the flu and RSV spread. The mandates have so far impacted hospitals in New York, New Jersey, and California to various extents, according to a report from...

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The central and eastern portions of the United States are expected to face multiple unforgiving fronts of Arctic air in the coming weeks. Each cold front will move progressively more to the south, eventually bringing cold air from the Arctic deep into the southern United States, according to meteorologists at...

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For a few moments Thursday night, the Sugar Bowl crowd was no longer divided between fans of Georgia and Notre Dame. Instead, in a wounded city reeling from a New Year’s terror attack, they showed their unity in a three-letter chant that has become a symbol of patriotism. “USA,” the...

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By now, you've probably heard or read all about the background of Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the man who committed a terrorist attack in New Orleans that killed 14 innocents and ended with the terrorist dead. I doubt I need to go into the particulars: He used a pickup truck flying an...

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First lady Jill Biden received gifts valued at five figures each from Ukraine and India, according to a new government report. The State Department report of gifts received in 2023, published in the Federal Register, showed about 11 pages worth of gifts received by President Joe Biden and his wife....

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The theft of mail by staff members within the United States Postal Service is an increasingly severe problem -- as some employees infiltrate the agency in order to steal items. A report from the Inspector General of the U.S. Postal Service Office released in October revealed that some employees “brought...

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Traffic cameras have been the bane of Britons for many a year now -- but our neighbors across the pond have recently upped the battle, and the technology is coming over to America, as well. According to a Dec. 21 report from NBC News, police departments in the United States...

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Post-Election Day clarity has some Democrats realizing just how unapproachable their brand is when looking ahead. Politico reported on Sunday that aspiring politicians -- once Democrats -- are looking to find a new party or present themselves as independents. One of those people is John Morgan, who labeled President-elect Donald...

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Is President Joe Biden planning something catastrophic in the final days of his presidency? Let's seriously hope not. Axios reported on Thursday, the president had a meeting several weeks ago with national security advisor Jake Sullivan -- where the former was presented with options for a strike against Iran's nuclear...

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Never before have the people in charge of American businesses and institutions seemed less worthy of the positions they hold. They are obviously not brilliant, but they are functional enough to have ascended corporate or institutional ladders. So what gives? Why do they speak to ordinary Americans with such thinly...

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The FBI released additional information on Thursday concerning its investigation into the pipe bombs placed near the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee in Washington, D.C., on the evening of Jan. 5, 2021. The new information came the same day a Republican-led House joint sub-committees'...

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Three people have been arrested in connection with the Christmas Eve murder of an Arizona man. As Paul Clifford, 53, and his family were celebrating in their home in Pima County, a man, who has since been arrested, came to the door at about 1:20 a.m., according to KSAZ-TV. The...

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By the narrowest of margins, House Speaker Mike Johnson was re-elected on Friday, during a second round of voting. The vote was 218-215. Going into the election, Johnson faced an uphill task to remain speaker. As noted by CNN, Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky had said going into the...

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President Joe Biden issued an executive order Friday blocking the sale of U.S. Steel to Japan's Nippon Steel, citing national security and supply chain issues. However, the president's initial order was wrongly noscriptd, pulling from an executive order he issued in May 2024 regarding blocking a company owned by Chinese...

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Democrats often sound miserable and crazy, but if you really want to hear them come unhinged, try two things. First, remind them that conservatives control the Supreme Court. And second, tell them that a black man has defied them. According to NBC News, the Judicial Conference, a group of more...

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President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have failed Americans in every way imaginable except one. Indeed, when it comes to turning solemn, patriotic moments into spectacles of unintentional comedy, the Biden-Harris team has always delivered. In a clip posted Friday to the social media platform X, Harris, in...

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A new report claims that Matt Livelsberger, who died Wednesday in a Cybertruck explosion outside of Trump Tower in Las Vegas, emailed allegations about drone activity on the East Coast on the day before he died. Livelsberger, 37, was a decorated Green Beret, according to the Associated Press. In a...

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Congressional Delegate Stacey Plaskett, a Democrat representing the Virgin Islands, caused a commotion Friday during the vote to elect the speaker of the House when she demanded to know why she and other delegates from U.S. territories could not participate. Plaskett rose and said she had a parliamentary inquiry. "I...

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New York Judge Juan Merchan on Friday set Jan. 10 as a sentencing date for President-elect Donald Trump's business records case. Trump was convicted in May on 34 counts of falsifying business records in 2017 to cover up a payment of $130,000 in hush money to adult film star Stormy Daniels...

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A Christian middle school teacher from Ohio will receive a sizable payout from her government school employer after administrators tried compelling her to call two self-described transgender students by their preferred names and pronouns. Jackson Local School District settled with the teacher, Vivian Geraghty, Dec. 18 for $450,000 in damages...

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In a post filled with pathos, the wife of actor Bruce Willis noted their 17th anniversary together. Willis left acting in 2022 after being diagnosed with aphasia. In February 2023, his family said Willis was suffering from dementia, according to Fox News. “17 years of us,” Emma Heming Willis wrote...

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