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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An off-duty agent of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was left permanently paralyzed after he was shot in the neck, his wife said in a pre-trial hearing Thursday. The incident happened the night of Dec. 27, when agent Matthew Murray tried breaking up a fight outside a...

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She might "have a voice," but she doesn't seem to have much understanding of her job. Delegate Stacey Plaskett, who represents the U.S. territory of the Virgin Islands, had her microphone cut in the middle of a tirade Friday over the voting rights for U.S. territories in Congress when it...

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The White House announced on Saturday that President Joe Biden granted the Presidential Medal of Freedom to leftist billionaire George Soros and longtime politician Hillary Rodham Clinton. The nation’s highest civilian honor, which is usually given to “individuals who have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of...

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President Joe Biden's recent order means the American flag will be flown at half-staff during President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, but Trump said we'll have to see about that. On Sunday, Biden ordered flags to be flown half-mast following the death of former President Jimmy Carter, according to the Associated Press....

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The FBI published chilling surveillance photos of what the New Orleans terrorist was doing just one hour prior to his attack on Wednesday. Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, drove a rented Ford pickup through a crowd of people in New Orleans, Louisiana, killing 14. He then exited the truck before firing upon...

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A two-time Olympic medal-winning sprinter was hit with a stun gun and then arrested Thursday night in Miami Beach, Florida, after an altercation with police. An arrest report said Fred Kerley, 29, was talking with police about his vehicle, which was near a police scene, when his "demeanor became increasingly...

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More information is coming to light about Matthew Livelsberger, the 37-year-old veteran and U.S. Army Green Beret who drove the Tesla Cybertruck which exploded on New Year's Day outside of the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas. Inside Edition posted footage to their YouTube channel on Friday of Livelsberger competing...

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To say that 2024 was a hectic year in the news industry would be an understatement. There were devastating natural disasters, all manner of political scandals, incredible celebrity falls from grace, a controversial Olympics, presidential assassination attempts (two of them), and a somewhat significant event known as a general election....

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