Outside of perhaps Watergate, no "-gate" scandal has quite captured national attention quite like Pizzagate. Pizzagate was a conspiracy theory that exploded online during the 2016 U.S. presidential election, alleging that a child sex-trafficking ring involving prominent Democratic officials was being run out of a Washington, D.C., pizzeria called Comet...

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It goes without saying that the Israeli government has become a lightning rod of a divisive topic these days. That much should be inarguable, regardless of where one actually stands on the topic. Given that, it should be little surprise that Israel's latest plans are receiving markedly mixed reviews. Reports...

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Federal officials say an illegal immigrant was behind the wheel in a Jan. 21 accident that left a 59-year-old California man dead. Darwin Felipe Bahmon Martinez has been charged with gross vehicular manslaughter, evading a police officer causing death, and reckless driving, according to KNBC-TV. He is currently jailed with...

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A Georgia police officer who responded to a plea from a mother with two kids to ban a man from a public library bathroom has been fired. Former officer Glen Weaver was axed from the DeKalb County Police Department, according to the Center Square. The October incident at the Tucker-Reid...

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Karen Attiah didn't stick around to get fired this week by The Washington Post. She'd already been dismissed, for cause, and a good one: She'd effectively spent the period following Charlie Kirk's assassination in September taking quotes wildly out of context to effectively justify the murder. You probably haven't heard...

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You've probably heard the headlines -- and, if you're the kind of person who leads a busy life who doesn't have the time to read past the first few paragraphs of every story and dig into the details of it, you might not be familiar with what occurred. However, the...

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In what can only be described as an act of God, a 13-year-old Australian boy managed to save his family when he swam for four hours back to shore after they were swept away from strong winds and waves. News18 reported Austin Appelbee, of Perth was on vacation with his...

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President Donald Trump on Friday offered an upbeat assessment of the investigation into the suspected kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie. The 84-year-old mother of “Today” host Savannah Guthrie has not been seen since Saturday, Jan. 31. Officials believe she was forcibly taken from her Tucson, Arizona, home. “I’ll give you a...

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California seems poised to become the next Minnesota after the Trump administration suspects billions have been taken fraudulently there. Over 110,000 borrowers in the state have had suspensions in federal funding after $8.6 billion is suspected to have been improperly received. "We have suspended nearly 112,000 borrowers tied to at...

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Daytime talk show host Ellen DeGeneres did not last long in her new home overseas. After President Donald Trump's 2024 election victory, DeGeneres and her partner Portia de Rossi relocated to a 43-acre property in Cotswolds, England. That decision in itself could be a separate conversation. DeGeneres, looking to flee...

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Years of Donald Trump being banned from Facebook and Twitter at the behest of Democrats and there was nary a peep from Gavin Newsom. But now that some people couldn't find some dumb anti-Trump content on TikTok, Sherlock Gavin is demanding an investigation. Even though it turns out that we've...

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