The word "embarrassing" barely begins to describe it. A Georgia Democrat who took the floor of the state Senate on Tuesday to attack a GOP proposal to honor Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas with a statue on Capitol grounds in Atlanta ended up putting his own disgraceful ignorance on full...

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A New Zealander commercial pilot has been taken hostage by a group of militants who demand their province's independence from Indonesia. Pilot Phillip Mark Mehrtens was taken prisoner by the West Papua Liberation Army as he sought to airlift a group of construction workers out of the unstable Papua province...

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Sen. John Fetterman has been hospitalized for the second time in just over a week, according to news reports. Fetterman checked himself into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Wednesday night to be treated for clinical depression, CNBC reported. “While John has experienced depression off and on throughout his life,...

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A-list actor Keanu Reeves is deeply worried about how artificial intelligence technology is affecting human artists and actors in this age of deepfakes, computer "de-aging" of actors, digital use of deceased actors, and outright replacement of human actors in our entertainment. The actor, perhaps best known as the hero who...

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A Florida woman shot and killed an armed man who attempted to open her front door in the middle of the night, according to police. Deputies in Putnam County reported the incident occurred in the early morning hours Wednesday in the small town of Interlachen, about 30 miles east of...

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The family of legendary film star Bruce Willis announced on Thursday that the actor has officially been diagnosed with dementia following his retirement last spring. An initial diagnosis of aphasia abruptly ended a storied career that spanned decades and generated numerous hit films. In a statement, those closest to the...

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Those who closely follow Elon Musk and Tesla had a strong sense that this was coming. While we regularly see social media memes about Teslas, the reality is that their self-driving features have the potential to kill. This recall is in response to far less-than-perfect Tesla technology that may have...

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Residents of a small town outside Detroit, Michigan, are on edge after a train carrying hazardous material derailed Thursday morning causing a potential leak. The train, which crashed in Van Buren Township, is not thought to be causing any potential environmental issues as of yet, though emergency responders are remaining...

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Hunter Biden's Connecticut law license has been suspended. The administrative action isn't related to the younger Biden's history of drug use or insider business dealings. The president's son failed to pay the $75 Client Security Fund fee required to practice law in the state. His license was administratively suspended in...

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YouTube's CEO is stepping down. Susan Wojcicki announced her resignation from the role at the Big Tech company in a Thursday blog post distributed to YouTube employees. "I’ve decided to step back from my role as the head of YouTube and start a new chapter focused on my family, health,...

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There's something about being in the great outdoors that's restorative, rejuvenating and -- if one is into being challenged by survivalist circumstances -- exhilarating. Such may have been the case for this thrill-seeking fellow who probably learned a thing or two about fishing with his bare hands. Watch as man...

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Most Americans were baffled as President Joe Biden allowed an enormous Chinese spy balloon to traverse the U.S. mainland, collecting data and sending it off to Beijing as it went, before shooting it down over the Atlantic. We were also horrified to learn three additional “objects” had entered North American...

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Alleged financial connections between convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and JPMorgan Chase were outlined Wednesday as the government of the Virgin Islands released a lawsuit against the financial giant. The government initially filed a highly redacted lawsuit that accused JPMorgan Chase of “complicity” in Epstein’s criminal activity, according to Law...

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When will the media figure out they're in an abusive relationship with President Joe Biden? Biden has enjoyed friendly media coverage since he conducted his 2020 presidential campaign from his basement, yet he routinely becomes belligerent and condescending to any reporter who gets too close to one of his many...

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Elon Musk warned world leaders Wednesday not to put all of their governments in one basket. Musk spoke via video at the 2023 World Government Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, according to Fox Business. Although telling leaders committed to a globalist agenda, who watched him in dead silence, that...

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Fox News host Tucker Carlson described the nonstop Christian meeting that has been taking place at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky, as "amazing" on his Wednesday program, adding it is a much-needed counterweight to all the evil in the world. Carlson interviewed Alison Perfater, the student body president at the...

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A young man collapsed and died shortly after setting a personal best time in a marathon in Mesa, Arizona. Pierre Lipton of Providence, Rhode Island, was taken to a hospital, but was pronounced dead after the Feb. 4 event, according to the Boston Globe. He was 26. Lipton's father, an...

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It’s a problem when the co-host of a morning news show keeps becoming a news item himself. CNN’s Don Lemon has been making headlines with his performance on “CNN This Morning,” and it is not because he is doing a good job. On Thursday, Lemon may have hit a new...

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Every corporation worth its salt needs a celebrity spokesman -- and Pfizer is no different. Sam Smith and Kim Petras seem to have failed the trial run with their Satan-tastic performance at last week's Grammys -- brought to you by Pfizer! -- so who next? How about a combative, hard-left,...

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There is a glaring blank spot in the middle of the glowing evaluation of President Joe Biden’s health that was released by the White House on Thursday, according to one medical expert. "President Biden remains a healthy, vigorous, 80-year-old male, who is fit to successfully execute the duties of the...

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