A derailment Wednesday night in western Arizona involved a train that was initially "reported as carrying hazardous materials" by local media, but the story has since changed. The incident took place about nine miles east of the California border, near the small, unincorporated town of Topock, home to a little...

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Well, now the Russian Federation has done it: After it struck down a U.S. drone over the Black Sea this week, President Joe Biden's administration sounds like it's about to give Vladimir Putin a very bad performance review the next time he's up for evaluation. At least, that's what one...

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We recently learned that a decorated World War II veteran we wrote about last summer has since died. He was a true hero, and we want to remember him for his incredible final TV interview reminding us that America is worth fighting for. Retired Marine Carl Spurlin Dekle of Plant...

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Arizona centrists who voted for Democrat Katie Hobbs in last fall's gubernatorial race might have had a flash of buyer's remorse when the new governor vetoed a bill that would prohibit the teaching of critical race theory in public schools. Thanks to the state's Republican superintendent of public instruction, however,...

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When the cancel culture mob came for Morgan Wallen, it apparently didn't realize just who it was up against. Two years after a private video of Wallen using problematic language had the pitchfork-wielders out for the country singer's career, he broke another chart record -- this time putting every song...

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UFC legend Conor McGregor on Wednesday donated $1 million to help the families of hometown heroes who have died. Live on the set of the Fox News show “Hannity,” McGregor presented a check for the money to Tunnel to Towers Foundation CEO Frank Siller, according to Fox News. The foundation...

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The United States is carrying a $31.5 trillion national debt. If you are having difficulty imagining that, think of it this way: This amount is equivalent to a whopping $246,867 per taxpayer! That would be some invoice for you to have to pay if the IRS worked that way. Despite...

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President Joe Biden and his administration have been spending $130,000 a day to apply the unused material for the border wall and finish the project. No, wait. What's that? The Biden administration is spending $130,000 a day to ... store the unused material for the border wall and never finish...

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Two Florida health care workers were arrested Tuesday on charges of battery against two elderly nursing home residents. The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office issued a news release about the investigation, which involved two residents of the Inspired Living at Ivy Ridge assisted living facility in the St. Petersburg area. According...

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Republican Rep. James Comer of Kentucky revealed on Thursday that President Joe Biden’s former daughter-in-law Hallie Biden received tens of thousands of dollars from a Chinese energy firm in 2017. The chairman of the House Oversight Committee has been looking into the family’s business affairs since his party took a...

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Fox News host Tucker Carlson torched GOP Sen. Lindsay Graham of South Carolina after he called for the U.S. to begin shooting down Russian planes in retaliation for the loss of unmanned aircraft, such as the drone lost over the Black Sea earlier this week. Graham stated that former President...

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Pete Buttigieg and Gavin Newsom are probably still laughing. When Vice President Kamala Harris made an appearance Wednesday on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," she had every chance in front of liberals in the studio and at home to make her case for why she can succeed President Joe...

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Kamala Harris is at it again -- offering Americans a lesson is using too many words to describe absolutely nothing. On Wednesday night, the vice president appeared on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," because obviously with a continued border crisis, tense international relations and a crumbling economy, making an...

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Not everyone is given a second chance at life after facing a disaster, but those who do often use that chance to reflect on their lives and the explanation for their survival. Uriel Lopez and Dominique Hernandez were reminded of the fragility of life on Saturday after a terrifying accident...

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The drama continues at CNN’s low-rated morning show as Don Lemon's co-host Kaitlan Collins has threatened to quit and move to Washington, according to a report. New York City-based “CNN This Morning” is the cable network's least-watched morning show in a decade. It was launched late last year by CNN...

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A Louisiana man has been ordered to undergo chemical castration at the end of a lengthy prison sentence for raping an individual younger than the age of 13. Ryan Clark, 34, was sentenced to up to 35 years in prison. For the first 25 years, he will not be eligible...

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“This isn’t going to stop. …  AI won. Humans lost.” This isn’t a quote from “The Matrix,” “The Terminator” or “Ex Machina,” three of the many films made to warn us that reckless reliance on artificial intelligence will result in robot overlords. It's Jason Allen’s response to claims that he cheated...

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Few American cities have seen a greater fall from grace than Chicago. Indeed, the Second City has long been a gleaming beacon of American exceptionalism since being rebuilt after the great fire of 1871 -- but you wouldn't be able to tell based on the way the city has looked...

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The wife of the late Hollywood actor Paul Sorvino believes he might have been left out of the "In Memoriam" segment during Sunday’s Academy Awards telecast because he was a conservative. Viewers argued Sorvino should have been included in the tribute to Hollywood figures who died over the past year...

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Listen, there are things about former President Donald Trump that are rife for criticism. To be clear, Trump would still be an exponentially better president than the current dolt occupying the White House, but facts are facts. Nobody's perfect. But even given that, there are certain things that should just...

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