Here's a sentence most of us wish didn't have to be written to reflect reality: A mentally ill man who thinks he's a woman demands the ability to practice the occult naked in prison, where he was sent after sexually abusing his own child. Reduxx reported May 9 that Matthew...

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer refused to discuss Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner’s controversies during a Tuesday press gaggle. Platner has been embroiled in controversies, including his Nazi-themed tattoo and his alleged sexually explicit text message with several women. During a press gaggle attended by the Daily Caller News...

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In earlier essays, I argued that America’s political division has grown so deep that a peaceful “American Union” of two sovereign nations -- one broadly red, one broadly blue -- is worth considering. I also argued that relocation fears are overstated, that cooperation could increase economic prosperity, and that separation...

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MILAN (AP) — Italian authorities have seized more than 200 million euros ($232 million) in assets linked to the late mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro’s drug trafficking network, in what anti-mafia prosecutors described Thursday as a blow to the Sicilian Mafia’s attempts to rebuild its financial power. The seizures included...

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The Environmental Protection Agency is on a fast track toward eliminating animal testing, according to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin. “The Trump EPA is eliminating animal testing by accelerating the shift to modern, gold standard science,” Zeldin posted on X. “Today, we are announcing 13 new high-quality alternatives to animal testing that...

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In political debates about government assistance, fraud is too often treated as an abstraction -- a budget line item, a policy problem, an election-year talking point. It is much more than that. It is a moral failure with real victims. Kansans deserve an honest conversation about who those victims are....

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A first-of-its-kind drug for hepatitis B is letting some patients stop treatment without showing signs of the dangerous liver virus, what’s called a “functional cure,” researchers reported Thursday.In two international studies, about 1 in 5 patients given the experimental drug saw their virus reduced to levels low...

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Artificial intelligence can now write essays, diagnose diseases, generate software code, and produce realistic videos in seconds. A smartphone gives the average person access to more information than presidents, scientists, and world leaders possessed just a few generations ago. Every day, humanity creates and consumes staggering amounts of new information....

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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia is suing U.S. conglomerate 3M for more than 2 billion Australian dollars ($1.4 billion) over so-called “forever chemical” contamination from firefighting foam at defense bases, the government said on Thursday.The government’s largest-ever claim for compensation relates to contamination with per- and polyfluoroaklyl substances, known as...

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The now-former manager of a McDonald's restaurant in Southbridge, Massachusetts, was dismissed after allegedly putting a customer's French fries in her mouth. Kaylie Santos, 22, now faces charges for "containing a foreign substance, which was intended or might reasonably be expected, to cause injury," per a criminal complaint. CBS News...

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President Donald Trump made a multimillion-dollar investment in a Japan-based restaurant chain specializing in sushi delivered on a conveyor belt. Kura Sushi, which operates in 22 states and the District of Columbia, received an investment between $2 million and $5 million from Trump on Feb. 2, per a financial disclosure...

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Just as her late husband could rise above heckling as he spread the message of Turning Point USA across America’s college campuses, Erika Kirk refused to allow a heckler to stop her delivering her own message on Friday. Kirk, the widow of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, spoke at...

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Iran lashed out at its neighbors Saturday after U.S. forces downed missiles Iran launched at targets in the Strait of Hormuz. “U.S. forces intercepted multiple Iranian ballistic missiles and drones launched by Iran toward the Strait of Hormuz and Gulf neighbors," U.S. Central Command posted on X. “Iran fired seven...

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An illegal alien in Florida got into a car crash near federal and state law enforcement officers who were in the middle of apprehending another illegal alien. Ben Bergquam of Real America’s Voice, who was embedded with personnel from the Florida Highway Patrol and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,...

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Seattle Democratic Mayor Katie Wilson criticized the presence of Starbucks in her city last year, but after the major coffee chain started moving operations to Nashville, Tennessee, she walked back some of her comments. Wilson said shortly after being elected in November 2025 that residents should boycott Starbucks, even though...

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Two anti-abortion groups obtained the unredacted autopsy of Lexi Arguello, an 18-year-old who died in a Planned Parenthood facility in Colorado. The teenager perished in 2006, just hours after obtaining a second-trimester abortion at the Planned Parenthood in Fort Collins, Colorado, according to a May 18 release from Life Legal...

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Residents of Frisco, Texas, pleaded desperately with local officials to pause the planned construction of a mosque, as well as Hindu and Jain temples. The meeting of the Frisco City Council on May 19 saw challenges to approved plans for the three houses of worship. Larry Brock, a retired Air...

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BBC "Newsnight" host Matt Chorley has somewhat apologized to conservative Reform U.K. party leader Nigel Farage for smearing him over what the politician said following the sentencing of Henry Novak's murderer. "I owe Nigel Farage an apology," Chorley wrote on the social media platform X early Wednesday morning. "During last...

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A popular electric kettle sold at stores like Costco is being recalled because of the risk of burns. ZWILLING J. A. Henckels Aktiengesellschaft, the makers of the kettles, received five reports of "incidents in connection with the kettle’s handle separating, including one reported second-degree burn," per a May 14 recall...

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Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet unveiled a new system powered by artificial intelligence that is meant to stop drone swarms. The defense contractor's Sanctum system uses AI to detect drones, forecast where they are headed, and then intercept or disable them, according to a May 21 report from Fox Business....

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Revenge roared to life in the Middle East Monday as Israel fired back at Iran after the latter attacked northern Israel with multiple missiles. Although President Donald Trump had urged restraint, Israel struck military targets and a petrochemical plant, according to the Times of Israel. According to the Israel Defense...

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