Sports and Culture
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Law enforcement placed on high alert in re 9/11 threats by ‘Black Lives Matter’
The nation has grown accustomed to threats from terrorist groups each year on the anniversary of 9/11. This year, an…
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Outrageous ad uses angry Trump to hype U.S.-Mexican showdown
A Mexican broadcaster is promoting a soccer match between the U.S. and Mexico with clips of Donald Trump, including the…
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Quelle surprise: U.S. college students don’t know squat about the Constitution
Students enrolled in colleges in the U.S. may not know much about history or what a slide rule is for, but at…
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#WeGotYourBack: Is a national pro-police movement taking shape in response to ambush killings?
In Indianapolis on Sunday, a young girl approached a police officer as he pumped gas into his cruiser and told…
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Happy Labor Day: 9 facts about the history of the holiday and labor unions
The first Labor Day took place in New York City Sept. 5, 1882. It consisted of unions marching in a…
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Watch HS football players’ outrageous actions during Friday night game
If you follow professional football and wonder about the many players who act out on or off the field, a…
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U. of Tennessee rethinks gender-neutral pronoun policy
Now xe see it, now xe don’t. A week ago the University of Tennessee Knoxville’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion announced its…
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McDonald’s employee hauled through drive-thru window, beaten
There is something about McDonald’s that seems to bring out the worst in people. In March of this year, a…
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Obama Surgeon General says banning guns part of medicine
Following yesterday’s late afternoon announcement that outgoing Maryland Democrat Barbara Mikulski would back Barack Obama’s nuclear Iran deal, a wave of liberal headlines this…
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Police officer, 20-year vet, shot and killed: Manhunt for 3 suspects underway
Another day, another fatal shooting of a member of law enforcement. This time the location is Fox Lake, Ill., 60 miles…
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That’s racist: James Bond writer comes under fire for saying Idris Elba ‘too THIS’ to play 007
James Bond has been depicted on screen by a number of different actors, who have brought their own sensibilities and,…
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More word association: What word does Hillary most associate with pro-lifers?
As was noted yesterday, a Quinnipiac poll asked voters to play word association, telling what word came most to mind in connection…
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Tweet of the Day: Did New York Daily News cover on Virginia shooting cross the line?
New York’s Daily News caused a major stir on Twitter after it published its Thursday cover showing screenshots of Wednesday’s…
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Which recent name in the news has become focus of course at prominent law school?
There is much that can be learned from the life of Freddie Gray. One conclusion that might be adduced from his…
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College administrator’s fix for over-policing: Stop treating shoplifting as crime
An administrator at the University of Wisconsin-Madison suggested at a recent roundtable conversation that, in order to combat “overpolicing” in…
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At-risk teen slashed with machete, buried alive by fellow students
It is still unclear whether the unspeakably gruesome murder of a student in the Homestead, Fla., chapter of the Job Corps — a live-in…
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Rider on NYC subway attacked for asking a seated passenger to do THIS
If you were looking for proof that road rage doesn’t have to involve drivers or even occur above ground, a…
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University ban on saggy pants assailed as racist
A college’s attempt to crack down on the wearing of saggy pants is being attacked as racist against black people. Henderson State…
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Feel good story for a Monday: NFL player returns sons’ ‘participation’ trophies
Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison doesn’t know the meaning of “quit.” Harrison said in May, the month he turned 37, that…
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New York pizzeria accused of racism for ingredients, name of pizza slice
One man’s rations is another’s racism. That’s what a Manhattan pizzeria named Pizza by Certé discovered when passersby noticed the sign…
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D.C. mayor searching for answers to recent spike in violence
District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser convened her Public Safety Team Thursday to discuss recent violent episodes in the nation’s…
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Ferguson police chief’s call for ‘patience’ interrupted by gun shots on live TV
Video captured Sunday night shows acting Ferguson Police Chief Andre Anderson telling reporters that police “just want to be as…
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Unbelievable comments on social media after police officer left bloody and unconscious
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. And sometimes that reaction is over the top. Last Friday,…
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Tweet of the Day: #BlackLivesMatter honors Michael Brown’s memory … with pig roast
It was exactly one year ago today that Ferguson, Mo., teen Michael Brown died of gunshot wounds following a run-in…
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Retailer Target knuckles under to pressure from the left, drops gender labels
Cleanup in Aisle 6. On Friday, Target, the Minneapolis-based budget retail chain, announced on its website that it will dispense with its…
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College students today are unable to laugh about anything
A new article for the Atlantic magazine delves into the antiseptic world of college stand-up comedy, where the humor of a joke…
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‘Color-coding’ police: An idea whose time has yet to come
It’s a “fix … so simple that we’re kicking ourselves for not having thought of it before,” writes Eugene S. Robinson at Yahoo.com. When…
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