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Interstate 95 in northeast Philadelphia has been shut down in both directions after a commercial truck burning beneath an overpass caused a portion of the roadway to collapse, officials say. “With regards to the complete rebuild of the I-95 roadway, we expect that to take some number of months,” Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro (D) said
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A video has been circulating on social media showing students in a classroom reacting negatively to a Pride video being shown to them. Amid numerous students jeering and booing, a teacher is heard threatening students with “Saturday school” if they don’t “knock it off.” What are the details? The clip purportedly was shown in a
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The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection announced that it will implement a minimum wage for food application delivery workers such as Uber Eats and Door Dash and promised an hourly wage of about $20 within the next two years. With approximately 60,000 food delivery workers in the city, the average wage
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Donald Trump may have a substantial lead in the 2024 Republican presidential primary, but the race is actually shaping up to be a two-man race between Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. While a number of other Republicans have announced their candidacy, none of them have been able to generate much excitement or momentum. Trump
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An ESPN director died Saturday after suffering a medical emergency while working the NCAA Baseball Super Regional tournament in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the outlet announced Sunday. Kyle Brown, 42, was a 16-year employee at the network. ESPN’s statement described the father of four as a “deeply admired” and “highly accomplished” member of their production team
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The apparent death by suicide of “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski might come as a “who’s that” from younger citizens. Between 1978 and 1995, Kaczynski mailed or hand-delivered a series of increasingly sophisticated bombs that killed three people and maimed or injured 23 others. Nevertheless, our Best of Notable Quotables 1996 edition included several sickening examples of journalists
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Two days after the unsealing of the 37-count indictment against former President Donald Trump for allegedly mishandling classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago home, ABC’s This Week co-moderator George Stephanopoulos was full of partisan sanctimony. After a highly-partisan opening monologue and subsequent panel discussion of Trump’s legal woes, the former Clinton administration official turned to Republican South
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The long-promised Ukrainian counteroffensive against the Russian invaders has begun, according to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. “Counteroffensive and defensive actions are taking place in Ukraine. At what stage, I will not say in detail,” Zelenskyy said in a news conference. News about progress — or a lack thereof — by Ukrainian forces is scarce. Zelenskyy
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Is Cornel West, the academic and philosopher who recently announced his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election via the People’s Party, a “spoiler candidate”? Joan Walsh, neoliberal darling, now of The Nation, thinks so. She has been dispatched to assassinate his character — perhaps the first attempt of the season but certainly not the last.
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A superstar video game player has been punished for a tweet suggesting that Pride month shouldn’t be celebrated in public schools and influencing young children. There have been calls to boycott the “Call of Duty” video game following the controversy. Nick Kolcheff – who goes by the gamer name of “Nickmercs” – is one of
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New York Times columnist and the supposedly conservative half of PBS NewsHour’s weekly Friday Brooks and Capehart panel was dismayed that even “supposedly mature and moderate” Republicans were decrying President Trump’s latest indictment as “selective prosecution.” Washington Post columnist and pinch hitter Ruth Marcus went even further, labelling it “sickening.” Host Geoff Bennett led Brooks
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Colorado’s governor and several Colorado officials are facing a lawsuit over content-based free speech restrictions around abortion clinics, the Center Square and other outlets reported. “The government may not target life-affirming speech simply because it disagrees with the message. That is unlawful viewpoint discrimination. It should not be a crime to lovingly and compassionately approach
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People use to reverse Associated Press as the gold standard for just-the-facts news. Today, it’s nowhere close to that. On Tuesday, they issued a barely disguised press release for the radical left, under the headline “LGBTQ+ Americans are under attack, Human Rights Campaign declares in state of emergency warning.“ Reporter Hannah Schoenbaum — who touts
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As America began to reel from the political firestorm caused by the Justice Department’s indictment of former President Donald Trump, resident MSNBC bloviator Joe Scarborough took to his Friday morning show along with former Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill (MO) to promote a wild and baseless conspiracy theory that Trump tried to sell classified documents to
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Smokey haze from the Canadian wildfires continued to cover the East Coast of the United States on Friday, and PBS’s Amanpour and Company used the air pollution to portray Republicans as opposed to a healthy environment. Ironically, Amanpour’s guest, Democratic Senator Chris Coons (DE) spent his air time promoting a bipartisan bill for a carbon border tax. Christiane Amanpour commenced the segment by
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America has given fallen soldiers one day, Memorial Day, to be remembered and thanked for their incredible sacrifice. A couple of days later, America gives the LGBTQ+ community an entire month to celebrate not being straight. Lauren Chen of “Pseudo-Intellectual” notes that it’s “an entire month dedicated to celebrating, well, frankly, debauchery and degenerate lifestyles.”
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Between Wednesday’s Morning Joe on MSNBC and NBC’s Today from Thursday, NBC correspondent Jacob Soboroff played footsie with fellow California leftist and Governor Gavin Newsom (D), serving as a welcome mat for Newsom to promote a massive gun grab and hint at arresting 2024 Republican presidential candidate and Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) if he set
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Given the recent indictment of former President Donald Trump on federal charges related to his alleged mishandling of classified documents, now is a good time to raise the issue of cameras being barred from federal court. Via Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts: Electronic media coverage of criminal proceedings in federal courts has been expressly
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A strange and dangerous trend in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has seen multiple parents charged after their 2-year-olds have overdosed on fentanyl. Jessica Garcia, a 36-year-old mother, was charged in early June 2023 after her 2-year-old son overdosed on fentanyl and needed CPR to be brought back to life, according to KOAT 7. Investigators found a
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A South Carolina police officer rescued a woman from a kidnapping and shooting suspect after she mouthed “help me” during a traffic stop, WMBF reported. In a post on Facebook this week, North Myrtle Beach Police Department commended Officer Wallace for her quick thinking when she noticed a female driver who appeared distressed. Around 5:30
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