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A judge has ruled that a historic Columbus monument in Syracuse, New York, can remain in its current location after Mayor Ben Walsh tried...

Officials in California have placed additional hate crime allegations on top of charges filed against a suspect who carried out a shooting at a...

San Francisco public education officials changed course Tuesday by announcing the district would implement a new mandate requiring teachers and staffers to be fully vaccinated against coronavirus or be subject to regular testing. The San Francisco Chronicle described the decision as “a surprise announcement,” noting it “came less than a week before the first day […]

“I’m going to shut down the virus, not the country,” said President Joe Biden during his presidential campaign in October 2020. But now, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Biden administration is admitting that it’s “probably true” that COVID-19 is here to stay. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky appeared ...

Olympic gold medalist Tamrya Mensah-Stock said that her post-win display of patriotism, which went viral almost immediately, was divinely inspired, and that she “definitely” would not want to live anywhere other than the United States. Mensah-Stock won a gold medal in women’s wrestling — the second-ever wrestling gold awarded to a woman from the United […]

A new national memorial honoring those who fought in the Global War on Terrorism will be constructed in Washington, D.C. as President Biden signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on Monday, which contained the measure. The bipartisan effort was in part led by Iowa Republican Senator Joni Ernst and New Hampshire Democrat Maggie Hassan. ...

Actor Matthew McConaughey says he is still “measuring” a potential gubernatorial run in Texas next year, according to new reports. “Look, it’s going to be in some capacity. …I just — I’m more of a folksy and philosopher-poet statesman than I am a, per se, definitive politician,” McConaughey said on the “Set‌ ‌it‌ ‌Straight:‌ ‌Myths‌ ‌and‌ ‌Legends” podcast Tuesday, […]

While billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are busy battling in space, another has a bigger plan: To make Earth a better place to live. Marc Lore, who made his fortune as a top executive at Walmart, wants to build a new city in America that would be home to 5 million inhabitants. And […]

Popular podcast host Joe Rogan took to Instagram this weekend to post a video clip of UFC fighter Israel Adesanya offering a fierce defense of Rogan, who has become the target of a left-wing censorship campaign. “Much love and respect to the great and powerful @stylebender,” Rogan captioned the clip of Adesanya, tagging the fighter. The ...

The agency supervising public utilities in Pennsylvania warned that many energy companies will raise their prices on December 1.  In a statement, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission said that there will be “potentially large winter energy cost increases” in many areas: Most Pennsylvania regulated electric utilities are adjusting the price they charge for the generation […]