R.L. Stine, the author of the "Goosebumps" series of children's books, is speaking out after leftist publishers retroactively edited his books because they weren't woke enough. It was reported this week that Scholastic, the publisher of "Goosebumps," rewrote Stine's works to excise things its woke editors considered to be lacking...

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Three crew members have been injured after a freight train derailed in West Virginia on Wednesday. The CSX freight train spilled diesel fuel into the New River in a remote area near Sandstone, West Virginia, according to CNN. Footage from the scene showed smoldering train cars wrecked on a riverbank....

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A Marine who lost an arm and a leg during President Joe Biden’s botched exit from Afghanistan in 2021 ripped a lack of accountability for the withdrawal. The U.S. left the two-decade war behind in August and September of that year with its tail between its legs as 13 brave...

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In Israel, tens of thousands of left-wing protesters have taken to the streets in opposition to the judicial reforms proposed by allies of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his right-wing government. In many cases the protests have become unruly, with protesters blocking highways and even train tracks. As necessary, frustrated...

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The incompetence of the Biden administration is once again on full display as another official makes a rather embarrassing gaffe. This time, that dubious recognition goes to the White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, already recognized by many as the worst press secretary in American history, and this moment is...

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Last year, Jennifer Maedge of Troy, Illinois, made a call that no one wants to make. On April 27, she reported that her husband was missing. Richard Maedge, 53, had seemingly disappeared into thin air. His keys, wallet and car were at home, but for months he was nowhere to...

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The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic held its first hearing on the origins of the pandemic on Wednesday. Lawmakers focused on a Jan. 31, 2020, email from Scripps Research Institute virologist Dr. Kristian Andersen to Dr. Anthony Fauci, then-director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases....

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Drama extended after the match at Tuesday night’s WWE NXT Roadblock event, but it left some fans wondering if it was all part of the show. Roxanne Perez held on against Meiko Satomura to keep her women’s championship. After she was declared the winner, Perez tumbled down and appeared to...

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has been hospitalized after tripping at a hotel on Wednesday evening, a spokesman for the senator said. The Kentucky Republican, 81, was attending a private dinner in Washington when he tripped. He was admitted to a hospital for treatment, spokesman Doug Andres said. McConnell's office...

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How sexist is President Joe Biden's administration? So sexist, in fact, that men are now even being given the International Women of Courage Award. On Wednesday, in a ceremony led by first lady Jill Biden, the U.S. State Department celebrated International Women's Day by honoring females who have made a...

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A hearing of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions devolved into an exchange of personal attacks on Wednesday. Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma had a heated confrontation with Teamsters President Sean O'Brien, who was testifying as the leader of the union organization. Mullin, who owns a...

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Actress Kim Basinger, the ex-wife of actor Alec Baldwin, was almost unrecognizable in photos from their daughter's baby shower Monday. Of course, it's not unusual for an aging former movie star to undergo plastic surgery to try to cling to youth, or for those to procedures to leave the person...

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Nine boxes of documents were taken from the Boston office of President Joe Biden’s attorney, but the National Archives, which disclosed the find, said it has no idea what those boxes contain. Biden is already under fire for having classified documents in an office at the Penn Biden Center, a think tank...

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Almost a year into his term, President Donald Trump promised to release all of the files related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Obviously, that was a promise he didn't keep. Now, former Trump consultant and Fox News personality Judge Andrew Napolitano said the president had good reason...

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Former NBA star Shawn Kemp was arrested Wednesday after shots were fired outside of a mall in Tacoma, Washington. Kemp was being held at the Pierce County Jail after being charged with a drive-by shooting. Tacoma police posted a summary of the accident on Facebook. Just before 2 p.m. “officers...

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Things just haven't been the same for CNN since the network fired Chris Cuomo 18 months ago. The lack of a permanent primetime host in the 9 p.m. hour has contributed to the network's challenges, according to a report from (admittedly not completely unbiased rival) Fox News. And, while you...

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Former President Donald Trump will soon share the way many celebrities view him privately with the release of a trove of letters written to him over the past 40 years. The photo book includes 150 letters to Trump as well as a commentary on them from the former president, according...

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Charles Barkley eviscerated ESPN talking head and former NBA player Kendrick Perkins after the latter implied the league’s MVP award has been given to Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokić in consecutive years because he is white. In response to a pretty clear consensus that Jokić could be deserving of being...

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Unlike baseball legend Pete Rose, former NFL All-Pro receiver Calvin Ridley appears ready (and allowed) to rebound from a calamitous gambling controversy. Ridley, the former Atlanta Falcon and current Jacksonville Jaguar, penned an emotional letter for The Players' Tribune, chronicling his difficult upbringing and explaining away the gambling incident that...

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Fox News host Greg Gutfeld torched the dishonest corporate media for their manufactured outrage over Tucker Carlson's broadcast of previously suppressed videos that obliterated the left-wing talking point that the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol incursion was a "deadly insurrection." On Monday, Carlson aired footage on his Fox News show disproving...

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