Hershey is taking heat this week for featuring a man posing as a woman in an advertising campaign celebrating International Women's Day. The hashtag #BoycottHersheys began trending on Twitter on Thursday after the chocolate maker introduced transgender activist Fae Johnstone as one of its "Her for She" honorees, The Daily...

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In perhaps the best example yet of how "smart" systems can actually hinder consumers, a new patent application from American motor conglomerate Ford is raising quite a few eyebrows. As first reported by the motorist enthusiast website The Drive, this patent document (which you can view yourself here) is labeled...

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Fox Business host Larry Kudlow’s eponymous show finished its second year on the air as the No. 1 program in cable business news as the network dominated CNBC for the month of February, according to Nielsen data. The show attracted an average of 299,000 total viewers for the month in...

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Michael Skvarla made a ground-breaking discovery during a milk run at a big-box store in Fayetteville, Arkansas. But he didn't realize the importance of his find -- a giant lacewing long thought to have disappeared from the eastern U.S. -- until an unpredictable series of events took place eight years...

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The House Office of Congressional Ethics has found that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez might have violated federal law in relation to her 2021 appearance at the Met Gala. Ocasio-Cortez notably appeared at the star-studded event wearing a dress emblazoned with the words “Tax the Rich.” The House Ethics Committee announced in...

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Ask any New England Patriots fan what they loved most about former standout linebacker Willie McGinest, and you'll often hear some variation of the same thing: The man just exuded "The Patriot Way." Ferocious, smart and effective (the man is still the NFL's all-time career playoff sacks leader), McGinest was...

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Whiskey fungus? Don't worry, you won't find it in your drink. But it is aerial, and a real problem for the residents of Lincoln County, Tennessee. Ethanol vapors from nearby whiskey barrelhouses have spawned the black muck covering everything nearby: Homes, cars, street signs, tree bark and leaves. The fungus,...

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Democratic Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri is being called out for paying her now-husband over $60,000 for security last year. The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust sent a complaint to the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday calling for it to investigate whether the “squad” member broke the rule on...

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Attorney General Merrick Garland was already in the hot seat at Wednesday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, but Sen. Ted Cruz absolutely torched him for his partisanship. The Texas Republican confronted Garland about his politicization of the Department of Justice, particularly in handling threats made to Supreme Court judges after a...

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Entertainer Jay Leno showed off his “brand new face” Wednesday during an appearance on “The Kelly Clarkson Show.” Leno had been working on a 1907 vehicle on Nov. 12, 2022, when it caught fire, severely burning his face. In January, he told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that he also suffered...

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Members of the Mafia are reputed to be bound by an oath of Omertà. The criminals are expected to maintain silence and secrecy about the inner workings of the gangs and handle their own conflicts internally. A unified front against all outsiders is needed to keep the organizations operational. The...

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GOP Texas Rep. Chip Roy is unhappy with how the border crisis is being handled. Given that he's a conservative in a border state, this is hardly a surprise. What is surprising is who he's turning his ire toward: his fellow Republicans, who he says are only offering "words" and...

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Republican Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida schooled Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York on the steps of the Capitol in a lively, impromptu debate underscoring that liberals often don't understand their own talking points. The good-natured bickering occurred during an NBC News interview Wednesday when the two congressmen broached...

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The proudly gay mayor of College Park, Maryland, has been arrested on 56 charges related to child pornography. Patrick Wojahn, 47, once boasted of his mentor/mentee relationship with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who is also gay and was the mayor of South Bend, Indiana. “I actually met Mayor Pete Buttigieg...

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Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California has been hospitalized with shingles. “I was diagnosed over the February recess with a case of shingles,” Feinstein, 89, who has said she will retire when her term ends next year, said in a statement to several outlets, including the Los Angeles Times and...

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The movie "Jesus Revolution" has made it past the first crucial weekend in the box office with flying colors. The Christian community turned out in droves to see Pastor Greg Laurie's inspired story of growing up in the tumultuous 1960s and '70s during the height of the Jesus movement. "Jesus...

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If you don't let them build it, they won't come. That, at least, is the experience of Coronado, California, Mayor Richard Bailey. The Republican boasts the lowest homeless population in a state known for a serious homeless problem. How has he done it? By not letting homeless populations build encampments,...

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South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was found guilty Thursday of killing his wife and son in 2021. Murdaugh, 54, appeared impassive as the verdict was read.  He was found guilty of two counts of murder and two counts of possession of a weapon in the commitment of a violent crime....

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Former NBA big man Andrew Bogut called out the left's radical gender agenda Tuesday. The 38-year-old Australian, who won a championship with the Golden State Warriors in 2015, demonstrated throughout the latter part of his storied career that he is not one to hold his tongue. That is especially true...

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Current and former U.S. intelligence officials who co-signed a letter before the 2020 presidential election with the intent of discrediting reporting on a laptop that belonged to Hunter Biden, the son of then-Democratic nominee Joe Biden, are being called to speak to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Those...

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