Perhaps this story hits me particularly hard because I am a father to a biracial child, but seriously: Colin Kaepernick is an awful, pathetic ingrate of a son. It is so wholly contemptible (and on-brand) for the former NFL quarterback to do this, however, it really shouldn't surprise anyone. Grifters...

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The CEO of the company whose train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, last month appeared before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Thursday. Alan Shaw, the CEO of Norfolk Southern Railway, apologized for the environmental disaster in the hearing, according to CNN. “I want to begin today by...

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President Harry Truman once reportedly quipped, "It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job. It's a depression when you lose yours." If that's true, a depression descended on Canton, North Carolina, on Monday afternoon, when workers at the local paper mill were called to a meeting, according to Smoky...

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“Stakeholder capitalism” married ESG and, with their baby, cancel culture, jeopardizes Americans’ freedoms, security, standard of living, and opportunity. These ideologies politicizing corporations threaten small businesses, nonprofits and freedom-loving people. At the extremes, they drive energy suicide in the U.S. and Europe, increase costs, decrease reliability and choke investment --...

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Democrats have high regard for journalism and the sacredness of confidential sources, but only until the news cuts against their agenda. When former President Donald Trump went after the fake news media that told lies and smeared him, they called any criticism of the press a threat to democracy. But...

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Financial giant JPMorgan is claiming it should not be sued over its relationship with sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. The government of the Virgin Islands has sued the financial giant. A newly released version of the lawsuit said that “at least 20 individuals paid through JP Morgan accounts were victims of trafficking...

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Like any good sports movie, the harrowing tale of high school football coach Joseph Kennedy has seen its fair share of ups and downs. But unlike many sports movies, this protagonist actually appears headed for a happy ending. Kennedy and his entire ordeal garnered national attention in 2015, when the...

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Two separate incidents of gouging out his eyes have been offered as a reason to stay the execution of a Texas man who was convicted of multiple murders. State District Judge Jim Fallon on Tuesday ordered a delay of the scheduled April 5 execution of Andre Thomas, according to the...

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I’m not one of those people who thought that the ends justified the means when it came to the few hundred people among the many tens of thousands in attendance who on Jan. 6, 2021, decided to enter the U.S. Capitol building without authorization. It doesn’t matter if they thought...

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Do you feel a sneeze coming on? Workers in one North Carolina town unleashed a massive wave of pollen when felling a tree last week. Video of the incident shows a pollen cloud that is the stuff of nightmares for those with sensitive sinuses. The lumberjacks who brought down the...

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Sure, Gisele Barreto Fetterman may have fled the country with her kids the moment her husband was hospitalized with severe depression, but she's not abandoning her home state. Instead, the 41-year-old Fetterman is keeping busy fighting fires in East Pittsburgh. Or at least cosplaying like she is. After People magazine...

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It’s important not to read too much into the words Joe Biden speaks in public. Any objective observer can tell the president is not in full control of his facilities, his facts or his delivery. Even if Biden manages to stumble through a teleprompter reading without some kind of major...

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Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren, apparently desperate for whatever attention she can get these days, wants to change Massachusetts' state flag because of "white supremacy culture." Granted, this has a 1/1,024th chance of succeeding, at least in the immediate future -- but, in a scathing segment on his Fox News show...

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The U.S. Air Force released images this week of its new B-21 Raider, which is scheduled for its first flight later this year. The B-21, the new stealth bomber slated to replace the older B-1 and B-2 bombers, was designed to be part of America's nuclear deterrent to help stave...

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A major witness in the 2019 impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump is being accused of trying to make a hefty profit off the war in Ukraine, using his anti-Trump credentials to bolster his case. Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee leveled the charge against retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman....

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NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal scolded Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant for a social media livestream in which he was seen holding a gun. The video, shared via Instagram Live, featured the 23-year-old Morant dancing shirtless and brandishing a pistol in a dimly lit Colorado strip club. WARNING: The following video...

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March is often a strange weather month for many Northern states, and Idaho is no exception. Wednesday was one of those weird weather days for Boise as it transitions from winter into spring. A rare snow squall warning was issued on Wednesday at about 6:35 p.m. and lasted until 7:15...

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One statue said to have been found on an Australian beach could change world history. A statue of Buddha that two Australian metal detectors say they found on the country's west coast dates back hundreds of years. It's even possible that the artifact was left on Australian shores near the...

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A Las Vegas couple experienced a harrowing car crash on the I-70 freeway in Colorado. A travel trailer towed behind a truck flipped wildly in the accident, which seemingly only involved one vehicle. The driver of the vehicle said that poor highway maintenance may have led to the dangerous situation....

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During the 2020 campaign, when Joe Biden wasn't just hiding in his basement to get away from COVID and/or reporters (more the latter than the former, probably), his message seemed to be the same one many candidates have used successfully in turbulent times: a return to normalcy. This continued after...

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