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Justice, mercy, and the opportunity for redemption still do exist, and one man in the United Kingdom has the video to prove it. Winston Davis — a heating “engineer” and the chairman of Southside Young Leaders Academy, a charity helping young African and Afro-Caribbean boys become leaders — spent six weeks this summer tracking down
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Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) had her own embarrassing “please clap” moment while trying to get an audience to praise the president’s leadership on Tuesday. Pelosi was speaking at an event on the White House lawn to celebrate the passage of President Joe Biden’s “Inflation Reduction Bill,” when she scolded the audience for not
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Ohio’s House Bill 99 went into effect on Monday, enabling authorized teachers, principals, and other staff to carry firearms in the classroom. Previously, carrying firearms in a school safety zone was prohibited with the exception of persons employed as security officers or others with written authorization from a board of education. A 2021 Ohio Supreme
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This isn’t the first time we’ve heard allegations of foreign governments meddling in U.S. industry.  Twitter may have employed at least three foreign intelligence agents and kept Chinese Communist Party-linked advertising accounts on the platform despite employee objections, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said during a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday that featured Twitter
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Ukraine’s current offensive, which is still gaining ground and capturing formerly occupied towns, has come as an unpleasant shock to the Russian military and civilian leadership. The Russian propaganda machine has spent the last several months claiming the operation to overthrow the “neo-Nazi” regime in Ukraine and install a government more friendly to Moscow was
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A Connecticut high school English teacher is under investigation by the Southington school board for providing students with a controversial vocabulary list the first week of class. Parents confronted the school board regarding the three-page packet that addressed divisive political, gender, and racial topics. Connecticut’s WFSB-TV reported that school board members claimed they were previously
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Chick-fil-A fumbled for an apology over the weekend after the fast-food chicken franchise was accused of making a racist comment in response to a customer on social media. A Twitter user on Friday tweeted at the company: “grilled spicy deluxe but still noooo spicy nuggets…………@ChickfilA…..” In a reply, the verified Twitter account for Chick-fil-A wrote,
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Celebrity Valerie Bertinelli has claimed that the U.S. Supreme Court nixed women’s rights to bodily autonomy. “I know we’re all wondering why Trump is in DC, but did you know that a woman’s right to her own body autonomy has been eliminated by the Supreme Court? #VoteBlueToSaveDemocracy” Bertinelli tweeted. Earlier this year, the Supreme Court
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An emotional viral video showing actor Brendan Fraser getting a standing ovation for his film “The Whale” was marred by activists who said the movie was full of “dehumanizing” fatphobia and “anti-fat hate.” The movie directed by Darren Aronofsky features Fraser as an overweight teacher who is trying to fix this fractured relationship with his
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Marvel announced plans to bring an Israeli superhero to the cinematic universe and many on social media responded with hatred against the company. The decision was revealed during Disney’s D23 Expo where Disney, the parent company of Marvel, said the actress Shira Haas would portray Sabra in the upcoming movie “Captain America: New World Order.”
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Several students at a Florida high school may face criminal charges and possible expulsion after causing a shooting scare in what police say was a “cruel prank.” Misinformation, false rumors, and conspiracy theories abounded on social media after two groups of students at Mainland High School in Daytona Beach caused a panic Friday by making
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Mortuaries and funeral homes in the small Texas border town of Eagle Pass reported being “overwhelmed” by the spike in migrant drownings. As a result, the town’s fire department requested additional refrigerators to store the bodies temporarily. Eagle Pass Fire Department Chief Manuel Mello III told Fox News, “There are so many bodies being recovered
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A mother chased and allegedly threatened to slap a 12-year-old youth football player who tackled her son during a recent game, KTRK-TV reported. Video caught the moment the incident occurred during the first game of the season earlier this month between the Southside Ravens and the Northwest Gorillas of the Youth Football and Cheerleading Federation
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There were 160 people arrested during an undercover sting targeting human trafficking. A Disney employee, corrections officer, a former deputy police chief, and teachers were among those arrested. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office led several law enforcement agencies in an undercover investigation called “Operation Fall Haul 2.” The seven-day sting operation focused on cracking down
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