Imagine if a rattlesnake robbed you of your hole-in-one. A western diamondback rattlesnake had to be removed from a Topgolf facility in Scottsdale, Arizona, last month. A snake expert had to be called in to retrieve and remove the reptile after it managed to get inside a golf ball dispenser...

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Members of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust and Consumer Rights questioned the woke CEOs of grocery store giants Kroger and Albertsons about their proposed $25 billion merger last week. Fearing this deal will "raise prices, cut jobs and exacerbate inequality in food access through the closing of...

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Democratic Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs certified her own electoral victory as governor on Monday despite alarming ballot issues that marred Election Day and cast doubt on the legitimacy of the results. Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake is challenging the botched election amid numerous documented voter complaints of malfunctioning...

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For demonstrating the truth that courage does not run, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been named Time’s "Person of the Year" -- along with what Time called the “spirit of Ukraine.” “The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride,” Zelenskyy was widely quoted as saying two days after...

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Trying to rein in an economy in which cash still dominates, Nigeria is imposing limits on how much cash its people can withdraw per day from automatic teller machines. In a letter sent to banks on Tuesday, the Central Bank of Nigeria said that as of Jan. 9, the daily...

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has opened a "very unusual" investigation into animal testing at Neuralink, a company co-founded by Elon Musk in 2016 to develop devices to be implanted into the human brain to allow it to interface directly with a computer. The investigation into alleged violations of the...

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President Joe Biden hasn't announced whether he plans to run for re-election in 2024, but he was willing to participate in "a playful toast" Thursday night with his wife and French President Emmanuel Macron at an official state dinner. Officially, according to The New York Times, Biden won't make a...

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Before an Atlanta Hawks basketball game on Monday night, play-by-play announcer Bob Rathbun suffered a medical emergency on live television. The 68-year-old was in conversation with his color commentator when he began to seize up and convulse, causing the camera crew to cut the feed, the New York Post reported....

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The U.S. Navy is addressing a massive drop in recruitment numbers by making a dangerous compromise that could leave the country in a much more vulnerable position. On Monday, USNI News reported that the Navy is lowering admittance requirements for one of its entrance exams. Under the plan, recruits who...

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After the lackluster GOP performance in the 2022 midterms, current RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel has faced calls for her resignation and for someone to challenge her. One of the top picks called upon to challenge her was former congressman and New York gubernatorial nominee Lee Zeldin, who has finally made...

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Wendy Vulpi is a mother from Chapin, South Carolina, who suffered a deep loss when her son was killed in a car accident two years ago. The driver of the other vehicle was impaired, according to WACH-TV in Columbia. This year, Vulpi's son, Nick -- whom she affectionately refers to...

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Remind me never to get on the bad side of the National Border Patrol Council, if only because their Twitter game is on point. On Tuesday, during a visit to north Phoenix to "highlight Arizona's high-tech manufacturing industry," President Joe Biden was asked why he hadn't visited the U.S.-Mexico border...

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Elon Musk isn’t taking this lying down. A report Monday that stated the new owner of Twitter has had beds installed in the company’s San Francisco headquarters and a snitch-line complaint by an anonymous source have set off enough alarms at San Francisco City Hall that the city’s Department of...

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Winter is coming. OK, technically meteorological winter arrived last week, beginning as it does every year on Dec. 1. Astronomical winter, which is the one that shows up on your calendar as "First Day of Winter," doesn't kick off until Dec. 21. But if you drive a Ford F-150 Lighting...

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The dramatic revelations coming out of the "Twitter Files" haven't stopped yet, and the developing side stories are a look at just how far the Democratic National Committee and other powerful forces wielded their influence over social media platforms to shape narratives and influence elections. The most recent evidence that...

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America's fine law enforcement officers never get enough credit for what they are subjected to on a daily basis as they try to keep others safe. That was evidenced again Friday in Virginia when a state trooper was dragged by a driver speeding away from a traffic stop in Henrico...

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Yes, you’ve heard of George Floyd, the holy, blessed martyr, peace be upon him, newly beatified by the pagan church of anti-racism. He rests on his misty perch in atheist heaven on God’s right side, gazing benevolently upon us. Yes, that George Floyd, the one with the rap sheet down...

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is officially under a House internal ethics investigation. The House Ethics Committee announced that Ocasio-Cortez is under investigation in a Wednesday press release. The Committee announced that the investigation stems from a matter involving Ocasio-Cortez that was brought to its attention in June. "The Acting Chairwoman and...

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Ashton Kutcher grew up living a simple life in rural Homestead, Iowa. Though his career path started out in the direction of biochemical engineering, it took a shift when he was discovered by a local talent scout. He was later catapulted to fame as Michael Kelso in "That '70s Show,"...

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After being banned from Twitter twice in the past five years, political consultant Roger Stone celebrated his return to the social media platform on Wednesday. Stone is one of the latest high-profile names whose Twitter ban was revoked now that Twitter is owned by Elon Musk. "I have just been...

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Rock legend Rod Stewart described a scary incident involving his 11-year-old son Aiden, who collapsed while playing soccer. “We thought my boy had a heart attack,” he told FourFourTwo magazine, according to the Evening Standard. The situation appeared so serious, the boy was rushed to a hospital in an ambulance,...

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