It's every thief's worst nightmare: a concerned citizen brave enough to step in. And for one unlucky alleged jewelry thief in Caraguatatuba, Brazil, it's a nightmare he'll never forget. Security camera footage showed the painful moment a man Hulk-smashed the unwary crook to the ground. The violent incident occurred Jan....

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Pro tip for parents: If you're going to complain about your kids being fed softcore BDSM pornography in their kindergarten class, be sure not to swear. There are sensitive ears around. Not the kids' ears, mind you, but the adult ears in the school board meeting. That's who they're concerned...

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has adopted a new look and seems to have embraced a new set of values after Election Day. But how believable is any of it? The tech billionaire made an appearance on an episode of "The Joe Rogan Experience" posted to Spotify on Jan. 10. Zuckerberg...

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As 15-year-old Maria Duarte struggled to stay afloat off the coast of Brazil, all she could do was pray. On that fateful day, Jan. 10, Duarte had been swimming alone near Praia do Olho Beach in São Luis, Maranhão, according to the U.K.'s Daily Mail. Eventually, the South Atlantic began...

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A children's book author is getting an unhappy ending — in the Florida Department of Corrections. Jennifer Wolfthal will serve 12 years in prison after a plea agreement this week in a case involving the abuse of her three adopted children, Fox News reported Friday. Her husband, Joseph Wolfthal, will...

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom is a rising star in the Democratic Party. He is best known, of course, for ineptly leading the troubled state of California through high taxes, rampant illegal immigration, notorious bureaucracy, and a host of other issues, not to mention the devastating fires currently burning down Los...

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A Chilean national allegedly murdered a Florida man at a motel in Kissimmee. Piero Estefano But-Castillo, 25, faces charges of premeditated murder, resisting an officer with violence, battery, and criminal mischief, according to WOFL-TV. Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez said the incident took place at about 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday,...

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A viral clip circulating on the internet earlier this month showed what appeared to be a young man resisting an OnlyFans content creator’s advances at work while citing his Christian faith. The video, shared via X on Jan. 6 by a user claiming to be the young man in the...

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YouVersion reported that the first Sunday of the new year marked the highest number of single-day downloads ever observed by the online Bible platform. The nonprofit entity, which is operated by Oklahoma-based multi-site megachurch Life.Church, said in comments to The Christian Post that the application had 798,000 downloads on Jan....

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It's a lesson many of us learned only after high school: Following the crowd is often a bad idea. But good rules of thumb always have room for exceptions, and when it comes to one particular outdoor trend, doing what everyone else is doing might be the smarter move for...

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A woman in Florida was arrested at the end of last month after accidentally texting a law enforcement officer specializing in tracking down drug offenders. Octavia Wells, 41, was trying to purchase fentanyl before leaving town, so she sent a text message to a number which she thought belonged to...

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Trans women are real women, so the bromide goes. Another bromide: Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. One clip making the rounds on social media puts the lie to both of those: No, hell hath no fury like a woman called a trans woman, which indicates there's a...

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An Indian Christian pastor and his wife were released on bail from prison in the country’s Uttar Pradesh state last month, returning home shortly before Christmas as they continue to face accusations of breaking anti-conversion laws. Ashok Yadav, who is a Protestant minister, along with his wife, Phoola Devi, spent...

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Canadian wildlife officials spotted a Steller’s sea eagle thousands of miles away from the massive predatory bird’s native territory. Terra Nova National Park, located in the northeastern Canadian province of Newfoundland, revealed last month in a Facebook post that the area had an “unusual visitor.” The Steller’s sea eagle is “usually...

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Recently released photos from NASA showed the presence of an island that appeared in the Caspian Sea but almost entirely eroded away just a year later. The island emerged from the Caspian Sea after “a mud volcano erupted in early 2023,” according to a report from the NASA Earth Observatory,...

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A whistleblower and U.S. Air Force veteran said he has participated in the recovery of downed aircraft he believes were not created by humans. “Just visually looking at the object on the ground, you could tell that it was extraordinary and anomalous. It was not human,” Jake Barber said this...

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President Joe Biden has pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, using the powers of his office in his final hours to guard against potential “revenge” by the incoming Trump administration. The decision by...

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Outgoing President Joe Biden did not know what he was signing, House Speaker Mike Johnson said in a new interview, pointing to a conversation he had with the outgoing commander-in-chief in January 2024. Johnson told the story in an interview last week with The Free Press. “Can I ask you...

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President-elect Donald Trump will kick off his first day in office by signing 200 executive orders aimed at securing the border, slashing DEI madness, curbing government corruption, and reducing the cost of living for struggling Americans. This is double the number of executive actions he had originally planned. "The president...

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Two words that are central to the American spirit will be at the core of President Donald Trump’s inaugural address Monday as he begins his second term after a triumphant political comeback capped with an overwhelming victory in November’s election. “Common Sense,” the noscript of a pamphlet from firebrand Thomas...

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After he becomes America’s 47th president on Monday in a Capitol rotunda ceremony, President Donald Trump will begin pardoning Americans he believes were wrongfully persecuted in the aftermath of the January 6, 2021, demonstration and the Capitol incursion that followed. The pardons have been drafted and await Trump’s signature, CNN...

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