"No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session," American lawyer, politician and newspaper editor Gideon T. Tucker wrote in 1866. How could the Honorable Mr. Tucker have known about 21st-century Illinois way back then? Most of that state’s SAFE-T Act went into effect on...

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House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy’s quest to become speaker of the House has run into new headwinds as the lower chamber of Congress prepares for a leadership vote on Tuesday. Republicans gained control of the 435-member House in the November elections, with 222 seats. To be elected speaker over Rep....

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Did the mother of Brian Laundrie, the suspected killer of Gabby Petito, offer to assist her son in covering up the crime? That's what Petito's family is alleging. In a Dec. 5 letter that became public record on Dec. 20, the lawyer for the Petito family said Laundrie's mother offered...

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Actor Jeremy Renner suffered a serious injury last week after an accident near his home. “We can confirm Jeremy is in critical but stable condition with injuries suffered after experiencing a weather related accident while plowing snow earlier today,” a representative for Renner told Variety. “His family is with him,...

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The suspect jailed in connection to an Idaho quadruple homicide is receiving a special accommodation behind bars. Bryan Kohberger is receiving jail rations that accommodate his vegan diet. In a Twitter post on Sunday, citing Kohberger's public defender Jason LaBar, Law & Crime Network correspondent Angenette Levy reported that the...

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China's escalating space program may pose a serious national security concern for the United States -- especially as it relates to the moon. NASA administrator and former U.S Senator Bill Nelson sounded the alarm in an interview with Politico published Sunday. Nelson is also a former astronaut. “It is a...

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I doubt you'd find many MSNBC hosts who would put up too much of a fit if their child were to decide his or her own gender -- a medical and biological impossibility, but one that's been leftist gospel so quickly that you'll be canceled quicker than you can say...

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NBA star LeBron James was taken to task after tweeting his support of an NFL quarterback who has faced multiple sexual assault claims. Deshaun Watson, who was traded to the Cleveland Browns from the Houston Texans, threw three touchdown passes Sunday as the Browns defeated the Washington Commanders 24-10, according...

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Stay yourself, San Francisco. Always stay yourself. Sure, crime rates, drug abuse and homelessness are sky-high in the Bay Area metropolis. But a start-up founder has discovered a problem that really necessitated a social media meltdown: An ambulance parked in the bike lane. According to KTVU-TV, the video was originally posted...

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It was a terrifying start to the new year for several residents in Port Richmond, Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Fire Department (PFD) was called to the scene of an explosion that happened at the 3500 block of Miller Street in Port Richmond, according to the City of Philadelphia. PFD responded around...

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Electric vehicles have been all the rage in recent years. As our society becomes more and more concerned with "climate change" EVs are often presented to us by our leaders as an efficient and environmentally-friendly alternative to gas-powered vehicles. With this promotion in mind, people likely expect EVs to be...

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Excavations will be taking place at the biblical Pool of Siloam in Jerusalem, leading to unprecedented public access to the site of a miracle performed by Jesus Christ. The Israel Antiquities Authority, the Israel National Parks Authority and the City of David Foundation announced the project on Tuesday, according to...

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A new anti-gun law went into effect on New Year's Day in one California city, and it is effectively a blanket anti-gun law. According to NBC Bay Area, the new law in the city of San Jose requires that all gun owners have proof of insurance covering accidents involving firearms,...

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Not even liberals can pretend CNN had a great New Year's Eve. The network is likely to go down in television history for anchor Don Lemon's inexcusable failure to catch the all-important countdown of the final seconds of the old year in the Central Time Zone. And fellow anchor Anderson...

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Security footage at the Finochietto Sanatorium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, appeared to show a security guard greeting an invisible patient early on the morning of Nov. 11, prompting some to speculate that he might have interacted with a ghost. CCTV footage shared on YouTube showed the security guard manning the...

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As if we need another reminder that an unsecured border endangers public safety, dozens of prisoners escaped from a jail in Mexico that's just minutes from Texas. Ten security guards and four prisoners were killed Sunday during a brazen jail attack in the deadly Mexican border city of Juarez, an...

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Certain household items have a reputation for disappearing into thin air. Socks lose its mates, bobby pins seem to sneak off and hide in the most unlikely places, and hair ties vanish without a trace. But sometimes when hair ties disappear, they create surprisingly dangerous threats -- especially if a...

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Seattle-based conservative radio host Dori Monson died Saturday night at a local hospital. As the host of “The Dori Monson Show” on KIRO-FM, Monson actively covered government and social issues, becoming one of the station’s top-rated midday hosts at the time of his death, according to a Sunday news release...

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Biologist Paul Ehrlich has issued so many warnings about the pending doom of mankind that he could make the boy who cried wolf blush a crimson red. The 90-year old Ehrlich is the Bing Professor Emeritus of Population Studies of the Department of Biology of Stanford University and President of...

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Former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee published a piece recently calling attention to the case Brunson v. Adams set to be heard before the U.S. Supreme Court this week. What the plaintiff/appellant, Raland Brunson of Ogden, Utah, and his three brothers seek is nothing less than the...

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