A butcher died while trying to kill a pig Friday at a Hong Kong slaughterhouse, according to news reports. The incident, termed by some news outlets as "a freak accident," was portrayed by the New York Post as the animal's "ultimate revenge." It took place at the city's Sheung Shui...

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Many actors play superheroes in their on-screen roles, but few of them embody the courage of the characters they play in their own lives. Jeremy Renner -- who played Hawkeye in "The Avengers" and other Marvel films -- nearly lost his life as he attempted to keep a family member...

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Criticism has erupted upon the revelation that in the closing days of her reign as House speaker, and weeks before the Biden administration filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google, Democratic Rep. Nany Pelosi of California sold a chunk of her Google stock. The sales, between Dec. 20 and Dec. 28,...

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Virginia Republican state Delegate Dave LaRock introduced legislation last week to ensure parents cannot be charged with child abuse if they do not recognize their children's decision to identify as a gender different from their sex. H.B. 2432, also known as Sage's Law, "clarifies, in the definition of the term...

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Well, here's a surprise: People don't like vegan food. Yes, even woke people. Take the City Council of Cambridge in England. Yes, a university town -- and one of the two in the U.K. that everyone knows about, so you better believe it's bewoked. According to The Times of London,...

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Brock Purdy may go down as one of the most unlikely men to ever start in an NFC Championship game. He also might go down as the next Tom Brady, Johnny Unitas or Roger Staubach -- a late-round quarterback who goes on to be an elite-level talent in the league...

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Orlando Magic forward Jonathan Isaac made a triumphant return to the NBA this week, three years after suffering a career-stalling ACL tear in his left knee. Isaac, who refused to kneel during the national anthem or wear a "Black Lives Matter" T-shirt in 2020, thanked God for helping him persevere...

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The American Civil Liberties Union has driven a chasm into the ranks of former President Donald Trump’s opponents by supporting Meta’s plan to allow Trump back on Facebook and Instagram. The decision was announced Wednesday in a blog post that noted some special conditions are attached to Trump’s return, which...

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OK, so now that Kevin McCarthy is safely ensconced as speaker of the House, we can stop the jokes about GOP Rep. George Santos adding "House speaker" to his LinkedIn resumé. This, of course, raises the question of the next great Santos-related meme. I've seen photoshopped pictures of the Fab...

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Many people think of spring as tornado season, but tornados can occur at any time of year. Just ask a couple who travel around the country in an RV. Zachary and Ally Peck-Chapman had to make a quick escape as a tornado rampaged through an RV park in Orange, Texas,...

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The question "What is a woman?" infiltrated the cultural zeitgeist in 2022, and in 2023, it appears to still be at the forefront of fierce debate. But in this particular instance, it's not a question about the immutable qualities that make a person a woman -- no, this time it's...

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Tragedy has struck the NFL world as former Detroit Lions linebacker Jessie Lemonier abruptly died, the team announced Thursday Lemonier was only 25. "We are shocked and saddened to learn of the passing of former Detroit Lion Jessie Lemonier," the Lions said in a statement posted to Twitter. "Jessie was...

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A newly released report sheds some light on the brutal New Year's Eve killing of a ground crew worker at Alabama's Montgomery Regional Airport (MGM). The report details a review conducted by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The incident began when one recently landed plane ran a required two-minute...

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Sometimes compromise merely prolongs a war -- in this case, the culture wars. The bishops of the Church of England won't support same-sex "marriages," according to the BBC. The decision comes after five years of debate about the church's position on sexuality. But the debate won't end there. The bishops'...

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Amazon workers in the United Kingdom staged their first strike on Wednesday against the e-commerce giant, protesting low pay. Hundreds of Amazon employees affiliated with the GMB general trade union walked out on Wednesday over the company's "derisory" 50 pence pay raise, the U.K.’s Daily Express reported. The workers began...

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A former Nevada judge has died by her own hand after resigning following an ethics probe into her conduct, according to news reports. Melanie Andress Tobiasson died as a result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on Friday, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The former Las Vegas justice of the...

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He's been kicked off the House Intelligence Committee, but Rep. Adam Schiff is still insulting America's intelligence. The California congressman, a leading, loathsome voice of the contemporary Democratic Party, took to social media on Wednesday to bemoan being booted from the committee he abused for years in his party's political...

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As far as hiring and appointing is concerned, it sadly looks like the one common trait President Joe Biden seeks out is sheer incompetence. That was evidenced again in an utterly humiliating Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this week regarding Biden's nomination of Charnelle Bjelkengren to sit on the bench for...

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The conflict in eastern Europe is entering a phase unlike anything seen in nearly eight decades as a new shipment of powerful arms threatens to engulf the entire continent in war. This major shift comes as Western nations announced their intent Wednesday to send armored contingents of main battle tanks to...

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A plea from Benjamin Hall's daughters -- from thousands of miles away -- saved his life. The Fox News war correspondent was in Kyiv, Ukraine, in March, just weeks after Russia's invasion of that country, when a bomb exploded next to the car in which he and other members of...

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