A senior Drug Enforcement Administration official was forced to retire from the agency amid a federal investigation into his closeness to defense lawyers that represented alleged drug traffickers. Nicholas Palmeri served as the DEA's top official in North and Central America before a transfer abruptly ended his 14-month tenure in...

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When Missouri Republican state Rep. Ann Kelley decided that dress code on the state House floor should be updated, so that both women and men had to cover their arms, the party which tends to pretend there's no difference between the genders suddenly hid behind traditional gender roles. In a...

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An Arkansas community is reeling after five of its own died in a highway collision out of state after they spent a week attending Bible classes. According to KATV-TV in Little Rock, Arkansas, Salomon Correa, Magdalene Franco, Ava Luplow, Andrea Prime and Suzy Prime were on a church-sponsored trip at...

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The Rolling Stones famously sang, "You Can't Always Get What You Want," and that's an adage most people have accepted and come to live by. Just don't tell that to the NFL, which, at least for this year, got exactly the Super Bowl match league officials were likely clamoring for:...

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A clumsy, 59-year-old man masquerading as an "ice princess" was savaged on Twitter for making a mockery of women's figure skating at a sporting event in Finland. Markku-Pekka Antikainen, a transgender farmer who took up figure skating at age 50, now performs under the name "Minna-Maaria Antikainen," according to the...

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Actress Annie Wersching, whose roles included major parts in the TV series “24” and “Star Trek: Picard,” has died at 45. Wersching died of cancer, her publicist, Craig Schneider, said Sunday,  according to The New York Times. Wersching was diagnosed with cancer in 2020 but continued to work, according to...

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One Pennsylvania official used a combination of surveillance technology and the Second Amendment to prevent a suspicious man from breaking into a charity he operates. Early Saturday, an alert from the doorbell camera of the charity All You Can Inc. showed Ralph Rodriguez that there was a man in a...

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A 4-year-old girl walked into a District of Columbia hospital Saturday after being shot. The girl was breathing and conscious when she arrived, according to WTTG-TV. No updates on the child’s condition have been released. According to WUSA-TV in Washington, police were called by Children's National Hospital at about 9:30...

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An Australian man died Saturday morning after being bitten by a snake in the backyard of his Queensland home. The man, described as a father of two in his 60s, died before paramedics could arrive, Australia’s News.com reported Sunday. The species of snake that bit the man has been tentatively identified...

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After every tragic mass shooting, we are incessantly told by the left that guns are the problem and that the only solution to this crisis is to implement stricter gun control laws. So given how fierce the debate on this issue has become, it may be helpful to hear what...

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Full disclosure: I have been an avid basketball fan for nearly 30 years, and I have never seen anything like this before. In one of the most embarrassing things ever seen in professional sports, the Twitter account for the official NBA referee's union publicly groveled and apologized for a missed call...

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Remnants of an ancient city dating back to the Roman Empire have been unearthed in the Egyptian city of Luxor. Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the discovery in a news release Tuesday. Images of the site reveal the remains of a residential community. Egyptian archaeologists uncover 'complete' #Roman...

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A top Air Force general is urging his command to be ready for war with China in 2025. In a memo to his staff, which was leaked, four-star Gen. Mike Minihan, who leads the Air Mobility Command, said, “I hope I am wrong. My gut tells me will fight in...

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Ten children died in a horrible accident in Northwest Pakistan on Sunday. A boat carrying students on a day trip from their local madrassa (an Islamic religious school) capsized in Tanda Dam lake, which is located in the Pakhtunkhwa province of the South Asian country. Speaking with the Agence France-Presse (AFP...

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There is not much downside to playing with an elite, superstar quarterback. Whether that's Patrick Mahomes, Tom Brady or Dan Marino, there's a certain pep to your step when you know your offense is being piloted by a Hall of Fame caliber player. But if there's a downside to having...

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According to the latest numbers, CNN is in dire trouble. The struggling cable news network had a particularly terrible week between Jan. 16-22, scoring embarrassingly low ratings that even set records, but not the kind of records a network wants. The Wrap reported that Nielsen ratings clocked 444,000 viewers in...

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Pediatric nutritionist Marina Chaparro warns mothers to be careful about the advice they hear about what to feed their children. Chaparro is the founder of Nutrichicos, a bilingual nutrition practice based in Miami, and she is a nationally renowned dietitian and diabetes educator. In an interview with Insider published Jan....

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Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs punched their ticket to Super Bowl LVII with a 23-20 win over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday. There was ample praise to go around, from Mahomes playing with a badly injured ankle, to star tight end Travis Kelce playing with a back he...

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Biden had a rather embarrassing moment on Saturday, but not the Biden that you are thinking of. In this case "Biden," refers to the racehorse, "Ridin with Biden," which raced in the 2023 Pegasus World Cup in South Florida on Saturday, and had a less than stellar showing. According to...

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Damar Hamlin, the Buffalo Bills player who collapsed after suffering cardiac arrest on live TV, spoke out for the first time in a video, thanking God for "using him as a vessel" during his amazing recovery. In a video posted to Instagram on Sunday, Hamlin walked up before the camera...

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