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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As investigators try to piece together what drove a Bronze Star recipient in the U.S. Special Forces to commit suicide in a Tesla Cybertruck full of explosives outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, an email allegedly from the man who killed himself pointed to an ominous motive: He...

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You've got to hand it to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries: He's not a man who lets reality or self-awareness get in his way. On Friday, the new 119th Congress came into session and elected its leaders. After a brief holdout from several Republicans in the thin GOP majority in...

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Two trappers in Fairbanks, Alaska, caught one of the largest wolves ever encountered in the wild shortly before Christmas. Tyler Freel, a staff writer for Outdoor Life based in Fairbanks, wrote that two local recreational trappers, Morgan Evans and Bob Standley, notified him on Dec. 22 shortly after they caught...

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As Matthew Livelsberger approached his date with death, he left thoughts behind on the notes app of a phone that survived Wednesday’s explosion. Officials say Livelsberger, a Green Beret, shot himself as the rented Cybertruck he was driving exploded in front of Trump Tower in Las Vegas. Although Livelsberger’s body...

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Rapper and actor Ice-T was first known for penning the song "Cop Killer." Then he became known for playing a cop on TV. If that's not some cognitive dissonance for you, he's now just a cop disrespecter who managed to net himself an impressive ticket haul for going off on...

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If you need reason to feel good about humanity and our first responders today, you could certainly do worse than a viral video showing police officers in Florida assisting a special needs woman who was stuck out in the rain on the way to play bingo. The video was posted...

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A Virginia woman has been arrested after a string of injuries to babies in the neonatal intensive care unit of the hospital where she worked. Erin Strotman has been charged with malicious wounding and felony child abuse, according to the Henrico County Sheriff's Office. Police said that the 26-year-old was...

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More product recalls citing fear of a listeria outbreak have been announced. According to a notice posted Friday by the Food and Drug Administration, Abbey Specialty Foods is recalling two cheese products while citing the potential for Listeria monocytogenes. The company is recalling its Wicklow Gold Cheddar Nettle & Chive...

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Police arrested actor Zachery Ty Bryan in South Carolina on Wednesday, according to TMZ. The former child star, who played Brad Taylor in the hit '90s sitcom "Home Improvement," was charged with second-degree domestic violence. Bryan's mugshot revealed several cuts on the actor's face. 'Home Improvement' actor Zachery Ty Bryan...

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Days after a rented Tesla Cybertruck blew up outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on New Year's, a picture is emerging of the man who staged the explosion. A "manifesto" reportedly written by the bomber has come to light showing apparent mental health issues. And in an interview with...

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Vice President-elect J.D. Vance underwent surgery Friday. Vance, who is still serving as a member of the Senate, was operated on at George Washington Hospital on Friday afternoon. "The Vice President-elect is having long-planned, minor sinus surgery and will be back at work tomorrow," Vance spokesperson William Martin said Friday,...

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