NEW YORK CITY – Thousands flocked to the streets surrounding New York City ’s famous St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Friday to say their final goodbyes to fallen New York City Police Officer Jason Rivera. Police and law enforcement from throughout the country –

NASHVILLE — Police released a video late Thursday showing body camera footage of a standoff with a man on Interstate 65 who pulled out a "metal, cylindrical item" from his pocket before nine officers fired their guns, killing him. Landon Eastep, 37, was killed

Thousands of police officers lined the pews Friday at St. Patrick's Cathedral to honor fallen Officer Jason Rivera, who was gunned down with his partner last week in an ambush that left the New York Police Department in mourning and the city on edge. Mayor

Madrid (CNN) An off-duty police officer went into a supermarket near Barcelona, Spain to buy groceries and ended up tackling a suspected armed robber. The Catalan police, who patrol the region of Catalonia around Barcelona, in northeastern Spain, tweeted a

A juvenile rapper charged with shooting a police officer was able to leave jail after posting a $250,000 bond. Camrin Williams, a 16-year-old rapper from New York, was arrested on Jan. 18 and held on assault and juvenile weapons charges after allegedly shooting

A Milwaukee police officer was shot and wounded in an exchange of gunfire with a man who was initially found slumped over the wheel of a vehicle, the third shooting of a law enforcement officer in the city in two weeks MILWAUKEE -- A Milwaukee police officer

The chief of police in a small Alabama town has resigned after reports his department was overly aggressive with traffic patrols, including claims that police officers pulled over drivers who criticized them on Facebook. The traffic enforcement was so aggressive

A week after two New York City police officers were shot and killed while responding to a domestic disturbance in Harlem, thousands of fellow officers from across the region gathered for a funeral service in Manhattan on Friday morning, a solemn tradition of

Cop lives mattered outside St. Patrick’s Cathedral Friday. Perhaps not since America welcomed its victorious legions home from Europe in 1945 have New York’s streets seen a uniformed presence quite like the blue wall that stood tall in Fifth Avenue Friday.

(CNN) The widow of slain New York Police Department Officer Jason Rivera tearfully recalled her childhood love at his funeral Friday, and said she has been living in a "nightmare" since his killing a week ago. "I would say good morning to you all, but in fact,

(CNN) The bridge that collapsed Friday had an "overall condition" rating of "poor," according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation website that tracks bridges across the state. The bridge was built in 1970, was 447 feet long, and made of a steel

Two top Pennsylvania Democrats who are seeking higher office in 2022 planned to pass on President Biden’s Friday visit to the Keystone State due to scheduling conflicts as the administration struggles with poor polling numbers at the start of its second year

At least 10 people were injured after a bridge collapsed in Pittsburgh on Friday morning, according to officials, who said none of the injuries were life threatening. It was not immediately clear what caused the collapse, which happened at around 7 a.m. near

A bridge in Pittsburgh collapsed early Friday, hours before President Biden was scheduled to drop into town to talk about infrastructure. Pittsburgh Public Safety told the public to avoid the bridge, which carries vehicles along Forbes Avenue through Frick

Biden visits site of Pittsburgh's collapsed bridge President Joe Biden visited the collapsed bridge in Pittsburgh Friday that fell just hours before his previously scheduled trip to promote his infrastructure package - a new law that aims to prevent just such

President Biden planned to be in Pittsburgh to tout the progress of infrastructure legislation on Friday, just as a Pittsburgh bridge collapsed before seven o’clock the same morning. Ten people were injured and several taken to the hospital after a bridge

A bridge in Pittsburgh collapsed on the day of Biden's planned infrastructure visit Enlarge this image toggle caption Gene J. Puskar/AP Gene J. Puskar/AP At least 10 people were injured when a snow-covered bridge in Pittsburgh collapsed early Friday, just

Arriving just hours after a Pennsylvania bridge collapse, President Joe Biden stared into the cratered muddy earth where the aging span fell early Friday, striking evidence supporting the $1 trillion infrastructure law he already had planned to tout on his

Biden is going to Pittsburgh Friday to tout his Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. A bridge has collapsed in Pittsburgh Friday morning, sending three people to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, officials said. Three or four vehicles were on the bridge

President Biden stopped by the location of a bridge collapse in Pittsburgh Friday afternoon during an official trip to Pennsylvania. The bridge has become a symbol of worsening infrastructure in the city and the nation, and Biden has used the destruction

During an interview with West Virginia MetroNews’ “Talkline with Hoppy Kercheval” on Thursday, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said he wouldn’t be bothered if President Joe Biden’s nominee to replace Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer was more liberal or much more

(CNN) President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats are making plans to advance his history-making Supreme Court pick, selling the country on a Black female nominee they plan to argue is eminently qualified and barrier-breaking at the same time. Republicans are

Laura Ingraham criticized Democrats' attempts to exercise political control over the Supreme Court using "dark money" during Thursday's monologue. Democrats intend to rush through a nominee "because that's what the left's dark-money trolls want," Ingraham

Former Housing Secretary Ben Carson accused President Joe Biden of “identity politics” for his intent to pick a Black woman as the next Supreme Court justice. Biden called the appointment “long overdue” on Thursday as Justice Stephen Breyer announced he would

Sen. Joe Manchin III on Thursday said he was open to replacing retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer with a liberal jurist, provided the nominee was committed to the rule of law. Mr. Manchin, West Virginia Democrat and a key swing vote in the 50-50

“After White House press secretary Jen Psaki said yesterday that President Biden will stand by his commitment to appoint a Black woman to the Supreme Court, a Fox News panel criticized the administration’s selection process. I’ll take a wild guess and say they

As we reported earlier, liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer made his plan to retire official and he announced it in the company of Joe Biden from the White House on Thursday afternoon. During his comments, Joe Biden praised Breyer and reiterated his

Fatima Goss Graves is President and CEO of the National Women's Law Center. The views expressed in this commentary are her own. Read more opinion on CNN. (CNN) When Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer leaves the bench this summer, he'll likely be doing so

The man who had been largely credited with turning around President Joe Biden's struggling Democrat primary in the 2020 campaign with a pivotal victory in South Carolina said he has been pitching Judge Michelle Childs to Biden for "at least 13 months." "President

“The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah on Thursday pointed out the basic flaw in an argument that Fox News personalities are putting forward against President Joe Biden’s promise to nominate a Black woman to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme

“Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine” is a line you often hear from Western officials as they struggle to find a diplomatic offramp to Russia’s military buildup around Ukraine. But Ukraine, the country at the center of all this — the one that would actually

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia‘s top diplomat said Friday that Moscow will not start a war but warned that it wouldn’t allow the West to trample on its security interests amid fears it is planning to invade Ukraine. U.S. President Joe Biden warned Ukraine’s leader a

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (L) and Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff Army Gen. Mark Milley (R) hold a news briefing at the Pentagon on January 28, 2022 in Arlington, Virginia. WASHINGTON – The Pentagon's top officials warned Friday that a Russian

Residents in New York City’s Little Odessa neighborhood told Fox News they believe the U.S. should stay out of a conflict between Russia and Ukraine but acknowledged the possibility of war between the two neighboring countries. "We shouldn’t get involved into

Russia sees 'little ground for optimism' in the U.S.'s response on Ukraine crisis Enlarge this image toggle caption Efrem Lukatsky/AP Efrem Lukatsky/AP MOSCOW — The Kremlin said Thursday that there was "little ground for optimism" in resolving the crisis

U.S. military leaders on Friday urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to choose diplomacy over war as tensions continue to rise concerning Ukraine. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that Western defense officials reported Moscow was sending medical

The United States’ top military and defense commanders on Friday added their voices to stark warnings that Russia may be about to invade Ukraine, while the president of the former Soviet Republic separately worked to calm his citizens, who have weathered years

Russian officials signaled at least a token interest in diplomacy to resolve the ongoing crisis with the West over Ukraine on Friday, insisting that Moscow doesn’t “want wars.” “If it depends on Russia, then there will be no war,” Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov

The Biden administration and its allies are taking an unusually proactive approach to publicizing intelligence findings and trying to defuse influence campaigns by Russia as they raise alarms about a possible new Russian invasion of Ukraine WASHINGTON -- In

Many Ukrainians appear more concerned about the potential economic fallout of panic over a Russian invasion – including a decline in the value of the national currency and potentially soaring natural gas prices – than any military activity on its own, locals

President Joe Biden, over the last year, has been flying border crossers and illegal aliens to suburbs across the United States in a “down low” operation by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), federal contractors admit. Newly released footage, obtained

The Fox News host has been apoplectic since the president confirmed he would nominate a Black woman to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer. On Thursday, Biden said that his pick would be “of extraordinary qualifications, character and integrity” and that

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer announced Wednesday that he would retire, reigniting a debate on judicial philosophies like constitutional originalism as President Biden considers candidates to nominate to the nation's highest court. While Americans

(CNN) President Joe Biden has been in office for just over a year, but former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has seen enough: She wants him to resign. "Honestly, for the good of our country, if Biden loved our country, he would step down and take [Vice President]

When the dust settles from what is sure to be a hostile process to confirm a replacement for the retiring Justice Breyer, there will be no significant change in the Court. A left-leaning justice is leaving the Court and will be replaced by another left-leaning

U.S. President Joe Biden talks on the phone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky from the Oval Office at the White House on December 09, 2021 in Washington, DC. Doug Mills | Getty Images WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden spoke to Ukrainian President

Joe Biden was apparently not content with “simply” and purposely creating an energy crisis on Day One of his occupation of the Oval Office — in part by killing the Keystone XL pipeline — nor with recently pledging to block the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline

Image Members of the Ukrainian Army this month on the front line in Marinka, a small city damaged by years of war, in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. Credit... Tyler Hicks/The New York Times The urgent diplomatic drive to defuse the military standoff in Eastern

President Biden is set to travel to Pittsburgh on Friday and is expected to highlight the effects of the bipartisan infrastructure law, and tout the "remarkable economic progress" his administration has made during his first year as president, the White House

(CNN) When President Joe Biden visits Pittsburgh on Friday, it will amount to the unofficial launch of a new strategy the President devised to shore up his political fortunes by changing how he spends his time. Never mind that Biden has already held eight

WASHINGTON — The cat has landed. After keeping the nation on tenterhooks since even before taking office, the Biden White House announced on Friday that a gray cat named Willow had joined the first family, more than a year after the plucky farm feline from

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden have finally added the long-promised cat to their pet family. Her name is Willow, and she's a 2-year-old, green-eyed, gray and white farm cat from Pennsylvania. “Willow is settling into the White House with her

“Willow made quite an impression on Dr. Biden in 2020 when she jumped up on the stage and interrupted her remarks during a campaign stop,” Michael LaRosa, the first lady’s spokesman, said in a news release.

The White House has a purr-fect addition. “Meet Willow!” Jill Biden announced on Twitter early Friday, adding heart emojis along with photos of the 2-year-old, green-eyed, gray and white tabby. The first lady named Willow after her hometown of Willow Grove,

Meet Willow, the Bidens' new, very presidential-looking cat Enlarge this image toggle caption White House/Erin Scott White House/Erin Scott The Biden administration announced Friday that the first family has adopted a gray shorthair tabby cat named Willow. First

President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden on Friday welcomed their new cat, Willow, to the White House. "The Bidens are excited to welcome their new cat, Willow, to the White House!" the first lady’s press secretary, Michael LaRosa, said Friday. WHITE HOUSE

The Bidens welcome Willow the cat to White House President Joe Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden added a tabby cat to their family.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Biden and first lady Jill Biden have finally added the long-promised cat to their pet family. Her name is Willow, and she’s a 2-year-old, green-eyed, gray and white farm cat from Pennsylvania. “Willow is settling into the White

(CNN) First lady Jill Biden has revealed the long-awaited Biden family cat. She is a short-haired, two-year-old gray tabby named Willow. The name is inspired by the first lady's hometown of Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. Biden first met Willow at a campaign

Tesla CEO Elon Musk ripped into President Biden, saying he is “treating the American public like fools” after the president met with the heads of rivals General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. Mr. Biden held a roundtable this week with GM CEO Mary Barra, Ford

The semiautomatic rifle used by Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager acquitted of criminal charges in the fatal shooting of two men and the wounding of another during a street protest in Kenosha, Wis., in 2020, will be destroyed under an agreement approved by a judge

KENOSHA, Wis.— A Wisconsin judge on Friday approved an agreement by lawyers to destroy the assault-style rifle that Kyle Rittenhouse used to shoot three people during a 2020 street protest. Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger said the state crime lab

Kyle Rittenhouse is going to court to get his gun back Enlarge this image toggle caption Sean Krajacic/AP Sean Krajacic/AP MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin judge was set to hear arguments Friday on whether prosecutors should return to Kyle Rittenhouse the assault-style

A Wisconsin judge was set to hear arguments Friday on whether prosecutors should return to Kyle Rittenhouse the assault-style rifle he used to shoot three people during a street protest. Rittenhouse shot the men during the protest in Kenosha in 2020. He killed

KENOSHA — Kyle Rittenhouse's rifle will be dismantled at the Wisconsin state crime lab in April, and he will get to keep nearly $1 million of the crowd-funded bail that was posted to keep him out of jail during his homicide trial last year. At a short hearing

MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin judge was set to hear arguments Friday on whether prosecutors should return to Kyle Rittenhouse the assault-style rifle he used to shoot three people during a street protest. Rittenhouse shot the men during the protest in Kenosha

(CNN) The gun that Kyle Rittenhouse used in the Kenosha, Wisconsin, shootings will be destroyed, Kenosha County Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger said Friday. "The parties -- the defense, the state, and also Dominick Black, who purchased that firearm

A semiautomatic rifle used by Kyle Rittenhouse in the fatal shooting of two men during a 2020 protest will be destroyed by state police according to a Wisconsin judge's order issued on Friday, Newsweek reports. A spokesperson for Rittenhouse said that earlier

A Wisconsin judge is set to hear arguments on whether prosecutors should return to Kyle Rittenhouse the assault-style rifle he used to shoot three people during a street protest MADISON, Wis. -- A Wisconsin judge was set to hear arguments Friday on whether

A Wisconsin judge on Friday approved an agreement to destroy the rifle used by Kyle Rittenhouse in the incident in 2020 which resulted in the shooting deaths of two people and the injuring of a third. Judge Bruce Schroeder, who presided over Rittenhouse’s

(CNN) The Ukraine crisis is the classic case of a known unknown: We know that we don't know what Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to do as he amasses troops on the Ukrainian border. So how imminent is the threat of a full-scale war? Some fears appear

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky slammed concerns of the US and its NATO allies about a Russian invasion Friday, accusing them of creating a “panic” and insisting that he knows the situation in his own country. “Do we have tanks on the streets?” Zelensky

(CNN) A call between US President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday "did not go well," a senior Ukrainian official told CNN, amid disagreements over the "risk levels" of a Russian attack. The White House, however, disputed the

As I reported Thursday night, there were a lot of questions raised on Thursday about the call that Joe Biden had with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky. CNN reported that it did not go well and that Biden told Zelensky to brace for impact, the Russian

The White House National Security Council is disputing a ''completely false'' claim from a Ukrainian official to CNN that President Joe Biden has warned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of the inevitability of a Russian invasion. After an official asserted

The White House on Thursday contradicted CNN’s reporting about President Biden’s phone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The confusion regarding Thursday night’s conversation caused “#ReleaseTheTranscripts” to trend on Twitter, a hashtag

CNN's report Thursday that a phone call between President Biden and Ukrainian President Zelensky "did not go well" received swift pushback ass spokespeople for both leaders disputed the claim. "We have breaking news for you in our world lead, a senior Ukrainian

As RedState reported Thursday evening, Joe Biden’s phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky apparently didn’t go well. With Russia continuing to amass forces on the Eastern European nation’s border, the White House has publicly called an invasion

On Friday, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark “White Rage” Milley held a press conference about the “crisis” in Ukraine. If you’ve watched these two dips***s in action, you know that sending them our, separately

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told American counterpart Joe Biden to place emphasis on the “economic and financial stability” of the country during a phone call Thursday following multiple public statements urging the Ukrainian public not to fall prey

(CNN) The path of a weekend nor'easter is becoming clearer as 55 million Americans from the Mid-Atlantic states to New England potentially face a dangerous threat of heavy snow and howling winds, according to forecasts. The storm is expected to form Friday

A powerful Nor'easter storm is expected to hammer New England and the Middle Atlantic region this weekend with blizzard-like conditions and up to two feet of snow, making travel treacherous and bringing flooding to coastal areas. The National Weather Service

BOSTON (AP) — Residents and officials across the Northeast and mid-Atlantic regions of the U.S. were bracing for a powerful winter storm expected to produce blizzard conditions Friday and Saturday. Heavy snow and strong winds were forecasted to begin in parts

A powerful winter storm will bring significant impacts along the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic coast overnight tonight and all day Saturday. SCIENTISTS THINK 2020 LOCKDOWNS MAY HAVE CAUSED LESS LIGHTNING Moderate to heavy snow will pile up from the Delmarva

Officials said wind-blown snow could make travel “nearly impossible.” Over 40 million Americans were under some level of winter weather alert as of Friday morning. The blizzard could wind up as historic in Boston. A powerful nor'easter was forecast for the

More than 2,000 flights have been canceled as the Northeast braces for a winter storm Enlarge this image toggle caption National Weather Service National Weather Service More than 2,000 flights scheduled for Friday and Saturday have been canceled, as snow

Millions of Americans are bracing for a snow storm that's expected to hammer the East Coast with blizzard conditions this weekend. The National Weather Service issued blizzard warnings on Friday morning from coastal Virginia up to Maine, including several

New York (CNN Business) Airlines have canceled thousands of flights for Saturday as a powerful winter storm packing strong winds and many inches of snow is set to envelop major cities on the East Coast. Boston's Logan airport, which is a hub city for JetBlue

Over 75 million Americans were under some level of winter weather alert as of Friday morning. Officials said wind-blown snow could make travel “nearly impossible.” The blizzard could wind up as historic in Boston. A powerful nor'easter was forecast for the

A conservative court in Pennsylvania ruled Friday that a state law making it easier to vote by mail is unconstitutional, issuing a setback for progressive voting policies in the key battleground state. The state’s Commonwealth Court ruled 3-2 in favor of a

Three conservative judges on a five-court panel struck down Pennsylvania’s 2019 expanded mail-in voting law that reportedly permitted 2.5 million people, the majority of them Democrats, to cast votes in 2020. Basing their decisions on election laws passed

(CNN) A Pennsylvania appellate court on Friday struck down a law that allows no-excuse absentee voting, saying it violates the state constitution. The law, known as Act 77 , was enacted in late 2019 with strong bipartisan support. But in September , more than

A Pennsylvania court struck down the commonwealth’s mail-in voting law, saying that voters must amend the state constitution in order to enact the legislation. The 3-2 decision by a five-judge Commonwealth Court panel of three Republicans and two Democrats

A state court in Pennsylvania on Friday struck down the state’s landmark election law as unconstitutional, dealing a temporary blow to voting access in one of the nation’s most critical battleground states. The law, known as Act 77, was passed by the Republican-controlled

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A statewide court on Friday declared that Pennsylvania’s expansive two-year-old mail-in voting law is unconstitutional, agreeing with challenges by Republicans who soured on mail-in voting after then-President Donald Trump began baselessly

A statewide court on Friday declared that Pennsylvania's expansive two-year-old mail-in voting law is unconstitutional, agreeing with challenges by Republicans The decision, by a five-judge Commonwealth Court panel of three Republicans and two Democrats, could

This will be bittersweet news for a lot of people. A five-judge panel has ruled that Pennsylvania’s universal mail-in voting law violates the state’s constitution, an argument conservatives have been making since it was enacted in 2019. That election law went

A plurality of voters believe states should return to pre-pandemic voting laws, which includes limits on mail-in voting, an Echelon Insights survey released this week found. The survey noted that many states adopted voting rules in 2020, encouraging mail-in

Hamm v. Reeves, a death penalty order that the Supreme Court handed down Thursday night, is an epilogue to a longstanding tension between drug companies that do not wish their products to be used to kill people, and states that are willing to use unreliable

The Alabama killer who was executed Thursday by lethal injection for a 1996 murder remained silent during the procedure at Holman Prison. Matthew Reeves, 43, was convicted of capital murder for murdering a driver who gave him a ride in 1996. Willie Johnson,

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court considered Thursday whether to let Alabama execute a death row inmate who claims an intellectual disability combined with the state’s inattention cost him a chance to avoid lethal injection and choose a less “torturous,”

The Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday night for the state of Alabama to execute an inmate who contended that an intellectual disability combined with the state's inattention cost him a chance to avoid lethal injection and choose a new method. The nation's

(CNN) A 5-4 Supreme Court cleared the way for the execution of death row inmate Matthew Reeves by lethal injection, reversing a lower court opinion. The lower court had agreed to block the execution because Reeves sought to be executed by an alternate method:

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama executed an inmate by lethal injection for a 1996 murder on Thursday after a divided U.S. Supreme Court sided with the state and rejected defense claims the man had an intellectual disability that cost him a chance to choose a less

Supreme Court clears the way for the execution of an Alabama inmate Enlarge this image toggle caption Jay Reeves/AP Jay Reeves/AP ATMORE, Ala. — The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday night for the state of Alabama to execute an inmate who contended

Alabama on Thursday executed an inmate convicted of murdering a driver that gave him a ride in 1996. The Supreme Court sided with the state and rejected claims that his intellectual disability misled him to accept death by means of lethal injection rather

Alabama has executed an inmate for a 1996 murder after a divided U.S. Supreme Court sided with the state, clearing the way for the man to receive a lethal injection ATMORE, Ala. -- Alabama executed an inmate by lethal injection for a 1996 murder on Thursday

Gov. Jim Justice has a message for singer and actress Bette Midler, who called West Virginians "poor, illiterate and strung out" in a tweet after Sen. Joe Manchin refused to support President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better Act. The 70-year-old Republican governor

Gov tells Bette Midler to kiss dog's heinie, shows West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice holds up his dog Babydog's rear end as a message to people who've doubted the state as he comes to the end of his State of the State speech in the House chambers. (Jan. 28)

Republican West Virginia Governor Jim Justice told actress Bette Midler to "kiss" his dog, Babydog’s "hiney." Justice’s jab at Midler came at the end of his State of the State address, where he touted West Virginia’s wins and recently announced economic

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice holds up his dog Babydog's rear end as a message to people who've doubted the state as he comes to the end of his State of the State speech in the House chambers, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, in Charleston, W.Va. (Chris Dorst/Charleston

Count me among those who never thought “Miss ‘M'” was all that “divine” in the first place, but other than “drunk-tweeting Cher,” I’m hard-pressed to think of a more buffoonish character on Twitter than Bette Midler. Our story begins with Midler going full-metal

Washington (CNN) West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice had some back talk for his state's critics when he hoisted the posterior of his bulldog, Babydog, during his State of the State address and told them to "kiss her hiney." "Absolutely people doubted us. They never

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice has a message for singer and actress Bette Midler, who called West Virginians “poor, illiterate and strung out” in a tweet after Sen. Joe Manchin refused to support President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better Act. The 70-year-old

Gov. Jim Justice (R-WV) used his pet bulldog to fire back at critics during his annual State of the State speech - singling out Bette Midler's earlier criticism of Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV).

Kiss my dog’s heinie. That’s the message West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice had for Bette Midler Thursday night after the actress called his residents “poor, illiterate and strung out.” The 70-year-old Republican took aim at Midler — and other haters — at the

OKLAHOMA CITY — A federal judge resentenced “Tiger King” Joe Exotic to 21 years in prison on Friday, reducing his punishment by just a year despite pleas from the former zookeeper for leniency as he begins treatment for early-stage cancer. “Please don’t make

Joe Exotic was expected to attend Friday’s sentencing in Oklahoma City. via Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal judge is set to decide a new sentence Friday for “Tiger King” Joe Exotic after an appeals court ruled last year that the prison term

A federal judge is set to decide a new sentence Friday for "Tiger King" Joe Exotic after an appeals court ruled last year that the prison term he's serving on a murder-for-hire conviction should be shortened. Although supporters of Joe Exotic — whose real

OKLAHOMA CITY -- A federal judge resentenced “Tiger King” Joe Exotic to 21 years in prison on Friday, reducing his punishment by just a year despite pleas from the former zookeeper for leniency as he begins treatment for early-stage cancer. “Please don’t make

"Tiger King" star Joe Exotic was resentenced to 21 years in prison Friday after a federal judge rejected his pleas to free him from prison, where he is serving time in a murder-for-hire case to kill his nemesis, animal welfare activist Carole Baskin. The former

(CNN) Joe Exotic, of Netflix's "Tiger King" fame, aka Joseph Maldonado-Passage, has had his sentence in the murder-for-hire plot reduced by one year to 21 years, according to the courtroom sentencing sheet from the United States District Court for the Western

Joe Exotic was handed a new prison sentence on Friday. A federal judge resentenced the "Tiger King" star, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, to 21 years in prison on Friday, rejecting pleas from the former zookeeper to free him from prison. He was

The former zookeeper was sentenced in January 2020 to 22 years in prison after he was convicted of trying to hire two different men to kill animal welfare activist Carole Baskin. A three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with Maldonado-Passage

BEIJING (AP) — Human rights activists issued a call to action against the Beijing Olympics on Friday, imploring athletes and sponsors to speak out against what they call the “genocide games.” Speaking at an online press conference organized by the rights group

(CNN) Former Olympic cross-country skier Noah Hoffman says he is "scared" for the safety of athletes who might be contemplating speaking out about human rights issues during Beijing 2022. Hoffman, who retired from competitive skiing after the PyeongChang Games

Human rights activists issued a call to action against the Beijing Olympics on Friday, imploring athletes and sponsors to speak out against what they call the "genocide games." Speaking at an online press conference organized by the rights group Human Rights

BEIJING (AP) — Human rights activists issued a call to action against the Beijing Olympics on Friday, imploring athletes and sponsors to speak out against what they call the “genocide games.” Speaking at an online press conference organized by the rights group

Human rights activists issued a call to action against the Beijing Olympics on Friday, imploring athletes and sponsors to speak out against what they call the “genocide games.” Speaking at an online press conference organized by the rights group Human Rights

Human rights activists have issued a call to action against the Beijing Olympics, imploring athletes and sponsors to speak out against what they call the “genocide games.” BEIJING -- Human rights activists issued a call to action against the Beijing Olympics

Several human rights groups have expressed their shock at the total silence from Olympic athletes about the genocide games being held in Beijing, China, this year and are calling for athletes to speak up for the oppressed. For decades left-wing Olympics athletes

House Foreign Affairs Committee Republicans are raising alarms about the safety of U.S. athletes at the Winter Olympics in Beijing next week and calling on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to brief the athletes on China’s human rights abuses. In a letter

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) commented on significant revelations regarding Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) relationship with Communist China from Peter Schweizer’s new bestselling book. “More and more Democrats are being connected to Russian oligarchs

For those wondering why Joe Biden is soft on China, consider this never-before-reported revelation: the Biden family has done five deals in China totaling some $31 million arranged by individuals with direct ties to Chinese intelligence — some reaching the

Breitbart News senior contributor Peter Schweizer said Tuesday on Newsmax TV’s “Stinchfield” that “every single deal” the family of President Joe Biden got in China was made with officials who were linked to the highest levels of Chinese intelligence. Host

Dennis Prager lauded Peter Schweizer, author of Red-Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win, as “one of the most remarkable investigative reporters of our time” on Wednesday’s edition of the Dennis Prager Show. Prager spoke with Schweizer about

Glenn Beck said on Wednesday’s edition of his eponymous radio program that Peter Schweizer’s latest book, Red-Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win, reveals how President Joe Biden “is compromised on almost every front” with respect to his

Left-wing billionaire George Soros is one of the few supervillains largely absent from my college Peter Schweizer’s book, Red-Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win. Schweizer exposes the way in which China has bought off much of America’s

In a surprising glowing review, CNN lauded Peter Schweizer’s new bestselling book Red-Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win as “red hot” and asserted it “has all the makings of a huge hit.” In CNN’s January 27 edition of the nightly newsletter

The Bush family has cashed in on friendship with former Chinese President Jiang Zemin, the architect of the Tiananmen Square massacre, for generations, Peter Schweizer documents in his new book Red-Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win. Schweizer,

The House Jan. 6 committee on Friday issued subpoenas for 14 people who the panel said posed as the “alternate electors” in a 2020 scheme to submit false Electoral College certificates in favor of former President Donald Trump. The panel is focused on people

The committee said the "false" electors can say who was behind the scheme. The chairman of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and surrounding circumstances announced on Friday that it had issued subpoenas to "14

The U.S. congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol has issued subpoenas to several individuals involved in an unsuccessful "alternate electors" scheme to keep former President Donald Trump in office, the panel's chairman

WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol on Friday issued 14 subpoenas to people who were part of fake slates of electors for President Donald J. Trump in the 2020 election, digging deeper into his efforts to overturn

The Jan. 6 panel subpoenas 14 people in fake electors scheme tied to Trump Enlarge this image toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images Scott Olson/Getty Images The Democratic-led House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has

Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., addresses the media after the House Jan. 6 select committee hearing in Cannon Building to examine the January 2021 attack on the Capitol, on Tuesday, July 27, 2021. The select House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot

The committee said the "false" electors can say who was behind the scheme. The chairman of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and surrounding circumstances announced on Friday that it had issued subpoenas to "14

The Employment Cost Index, a measure of pay and benefits the Fed watches closely, picked up by 1 percent in the final quarter of 2021 from the prior year. While that was less of a gain than the 1.2 percent economists in a Bloomberg survey had forecast, it capped

The Federal Reserve’s favored gauge of inflation jumped 5.8 percent last year, the biggest increase since 1982, according to data released by the Commerce Department on Friday. Consumer spending actually dipped in December, falling 0.6 percent compared with

New York (CNN Business) A key measure of inflation rose 5.8% between December 2020 and December 2021, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported Friday. It was the biggest advance since 1982. Energy prices alone rose nearly 30% over the course of 2021, while

The Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C., January 26, 2022. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) A key measure of inflation jumped 5.8 percent in December compared to one year earlier, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said Friday. The Federal Reserve’s preferred

A key inflation gauge reached its highest level since 1983, the Commerce Department reported Friday. The core Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index, which excludes food and energy prices, grew 4.9% on a year-over-year basis as of December 2021,

Over one-third of voters give President Biden an “F” rating on his first year in office, and a majority give him a “C” or lower, an Echelon Insights survey released this week found. The survey asked respondents to offer a grade level to Biden’s first year

Most Americans do not want sitting president Joe Biden to run for reelection in 2024, an Echelon Insights survey released this week found. The survey, taken January 21-23, 2022, among 1,029 national registered voters, asked voters if they would “like to see

(CNN) A federal judge on Thursday invalidated oil and gas leases for 80 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico after a coalition of environmental groups sued the Biden administration to stop it. Rudolph Contreras, a US District Court judge for the District of

A federal court has rejected a plan to lease millions of acres in the Gulf of Mexico for offshore oil drilling, saying the Biden administration failed to conduct a proper environmental review. The decision Thursday by U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras

A federal court has rejected a plan to lease millions of acres in the Gulf of Mexico for offshore oil drilling, saying the Biden administration did not adequately take into account its effect ongreenhouse gas emissions WASHINGTON -- A federal court has rejected

WASHINGTON — A federal court has rejected a plan to lease millions of acres in the Gulf of Mexico for offshore oil drilling, saying the Biden administration failed to conduct a proper environmental review. The decision Thursday by U.S. District Judge Rudolph

A federal judge canceled major oil and gas leases over climate change Enlarge this image toggle caption Eric Gay/AP Eric Gay/AP Late last year, just days after pledging to cut fossil fuels at international climate talks in Glasgow, the Biden administration

The auction had offered more than 80 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico, and companies ended up bidding more than $191 million for rights to drill across more than 1.7 million acres. Mary Altaffer/Associated Press A federal judge on Thursday vacated dozens

WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday canceled oil and gas leases of more than 80 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico, ruling that the Biden administration did not sufficiently take climate change into account when it auctioned the leases late last year. The

Rafael Nadal is within one victory of a men's record 21st Grand Slam singles title. He’ll have to beat second-seedeed Daniil Medvedev in the Australian Open final on Sunday to make history. And Medvedev is chasing a piece of history of his own after beating

MELBOURNE, Australia —Rafael Nadal moved within one match of a record-breaking 21st Grand Slam men’s singles title by defeating Matteo Berrettini of Italy, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, in the semifinals of the Australian Open. Nadal, the 35-year-old Spanish star, is

Rafael Nadal needs one more win to break the record he shares with Djokovic Enlarge this image toggle caption Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Rafael Nadal will play in the Australian Open final Sunday, with a chance to win his 21st

(CNN) Rafael Nadal is just one win away from winning a record-breaking 21st grand slam title after the Spaniard reached the Australian Open final on Friday. Nadal won his semifinal in impressive fashion after beating Matteo Berrettini of Italy in four sets

MELBOURNE, Australia —Rafael Nadal moved within one match of a record-breaking 21st Grand Slam men’s singles title by defeating Matteo Berrettini of Italy, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, in the semifinals of the Australian Open. The No. 6 seed Nadal will face No. 2 seed

The skirt-wearing Virginia schoolboy who avoided jail after sexually assaulting two classmates has now won a legal battle to stay off the sex offenders registry — a move slammed as “horrific” by the father of one of his young victims. The 15-year-old boy,

A Virginia judge has reversed her decision to place the skirt-wearing schoolboy who was found guilty of “forcible sodomy” in a girls’ bathroom in a Loudoun County school on the sex offender registry. The 15-year-old boy who was convicted of sexually assaulting

The parents of a Loudoun County school sexual assault victim worked to keep their teen attacker from jail time under the premise of official sex offender status, but a Virginia judge Thursday ruled the juvenile offender will no longer have to register as a

(Kuzma/iStock/Getty Images Plus) A teenager found guilty of committing multiple sexual assaults in multiple Loudoun County, Va. schools will not have to register as a sex offender after Judge Pamela Brooks reversed an earlier ruling on Friday. The teenager,

WASHINGTON (AP) — A measure of prices that is closely tracked by the Federal Reserve rose 5.8% last year, the sharpest increase since 1982, as brisk consumer spending collided with snarled supply chains to raise the costs of food, furniture, appliances and

WASHINGTON (AP) — A measure of prices that is closely tracked by the Federal Reserve rose 5.8% last year, the sharpest increase since 1982, as brisk consumer spending collided with snarled supply chains to raise the costs of food, furniture, appliances and

A measure of prices that is closely tracked by the Federal Reserve rose 5.8% last year, the sharpest increase since 1982, as brisk consumer spending collided with snarled supply chains to raise the costs of food, furniture, appliances and other goods. The

A measure of prices that is closely tracked by the Federal Reserve rose 5.8% last year, the sharpest increase since 1982, as brisk consumer spending collided with snarled supply chains to raise the costs of food, furniture, appliances and other goods WASHINGTON

She helped fight for Ukraine's democracy. She hopes it survives NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Hanna Hopko, an original leader of Ukraine's EuroMaidan protests in 2014 about whether Ukrainians can stand up to the threat of Russian aggression. Europe She

The top U.S. Diplomat in Ukraine still hopes Putin chooses diplomacy NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Kristina Kvien who, as the Charge d'Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, is the top American official on the ground in Kyiv. World The top U.S. Diplomat

Pentagon hopes diplomacy will work as concern over an invasion of Ukraine grows Pentagon leaders said they hoped diplomacy could end the possibility of an invasion of Ukraine. But they cautioned if an invasion occurs, it could be horrific. National Security

A congressional delegation visits Kyiv to pledge solidarity with Ukraine NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Congressmen Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., and Congressman Mark Green, R-Tenn., about their trip to Ukraine as the country faces the threat of a Russian invasion. Politics

Documenting left-wing media bias is no longer productive… But, boy, this beauty from the far-left New York Times is really something. What we have here is a full-blown piece of kiss-ass propaganda, a stunningly transparent Pravda moment. And if you think the

Newly obtained video shows migrants landing in Westchester, New York, on a secret charter flight. Rob Astorino, a former Westchester executive, obtained the footage via a Freedom of Information Act request. The video, recorded on a police officer's body camera,

The White House responded Friday to leaked video footage that shows migrants being transported on charter flights under the cover of night from southern border states to Westchester, New York, claiming the footage is "not new or news." "There are no such

Sen, Rick Scott, R-Fla., saying Joe Biden is unfit to lead, blasted the president for secretly flying migrants to American cities. Scott made his remarks in a Thursday tweet. He wrote: "Joe Biden doesn’t give a flip about our laws or the border & he's willing

Prince Andrew tees off at the 18th hole at St. Andrews in Scotland, October, 1994. Prince Andrew has said goodbye to St. Andrews. Prince Andrew has given up an honorary membership in Britain's most renowned golf club in the latest blow to what is left of

Britain’s Prince Andrew has given up his honorary membership of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, one of the world’s most prestigious golf clubs, as he fights allegations of sexual abuse that have forced him to retreat from public life. The club

(CNN) As Prince Andrew faces the prospect of a trial in a very public civil lawsuit for sexual abuse later this year, the British royal has given up his membership at the historic Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews in Scotland. "I can confirm that The

WINDSOR, ENGLAND - APRIL 11: Prince Andrew, Duke of York, attends the Sunday Service at the Royal Chapel of All Saints, Windsor, following the announcement on Friday April 9th of the death of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, at the age of 99, on April 11,

Former Vice President Mike Pence said Thursday it is clear that his successors, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are picking up where Barack Obama left off in fundamentally transforming the American system into one that is hard-left. Pence

Vice President Kamala Harris spoke repeatedly about battling the “root causes” of record-breaking illegal immigration during a Thursday trip to Honduras — but Harris said that her efforts are unlikely to alleviate the US-Mexico border crisis “overnight.” Harris

During the interview that aired on Friday’s broadcast of FBN’s “Mornings with Maria,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) slammed President Joe Biden for not caring about the ongoing border crisis. Abbott said that Biden has never called him about solving it. “One

Thursday on FNC’s “Jesse Watters Primetime,” former Vice President Mike Pence offered his assessment of the current administration led by President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Pence called his successors a failure, especially on the border

New York Mayor Eric Adams' office is telling residents of the city to be on the lookout if they see former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as they move about town — they might want to be tested for COVID-19. The GOP politician, who has said she won't be vaccinated

A northern Alabama city’s new logo is sparking a visceral reaction among residents. Florence Albama FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) — A northern Alabama city’s new logo is sparking a visceral reaction among residents. When Florence unveiled its new logo this week, it

A particularly troubling economic indicator is the city’s labor market, which has consistently lagged the recovery nationwide. New York City had an 8.8 percent unemployment rate in December, according to a jobs report released last week, compared with 3.9 percent

Two days after Sarah Palin tested positive for the coronavirus, the former Alaska governor and vice presidential nominee dined outdoors in New York City on Wednesday evening, defying federal guidance that infected people isolate from others for at least five

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — State colleges and universities in Virginia cannot require students to get vaccinated against COVID-19, under a legal opinion issued Friday by Virginia’s new Republican attorney general. Attorney General Jason Miyares found that because

Washington (CNN) Virginia's newly sworn-in Attorney General Jason Miyares says that state universities cannot require the Covid-19 vaccine for students to attend in-person or enroll, unless the commonwealth's legislature includes it among required immunizations

Virginia's new attorney general says state colleges and universities cannot require students to get vaccinated against COVID-19 RICHMOND, Va. -- State colleges and universities in Virginia cannot require students to get vaccinated against COVID-19, under a

I asked Dr. Marr for additional tips on how to take care of a respirator mask to maximize its use. Here’s her advice. Q: How can we make sure our masks keep filtering particles? Dr. Marr: This ability can be compromised if any part of the mask is physically

NEW YORK (AP) — How many times can I reuse my N95 mask? It depends, but you should be able to use N95s and KN95s a few times. The U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention says health care workers can wear an N95 mask up to five times. But experts say

How many times can I reuse my N95 mask? It depends, but you should be able to use N95s and KN95s a few times. 400M FREE N95 MASKS TO BE DISTRIBUTED BY BIDEN ADMINISTRATION The U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention says health care workers can wear

The liberal co-hosts of ABC's "The View" displayed their continued fixation with Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Friday as they criticized him for referring to his 1991 confirmation hearing as a "high-tech lynching." During a segment discussing the criticism

ABC legal analyst Sunny Hostin said Thursday on ABC’s “The View” that it was “terribly disrespectful to appoint” Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas to replace Thurgood Marshall, the high court’s first African-American justice and civil rights activist. Co-host

Dana Perino and the panel on "The Five" rebuked the ladies of "The View" for attacking Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, in a discussion about President Biden now being able to pick a candidate to succeed retiring Justice Stephen Breyer. Biden himself

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) plans to hold its first face-to-face meeting with Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai since she disappeared for two weeks in November. An IOC spokesperson told the AFP that the governing body has "kept in touch with (Peng)"

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Even as he was being ejected from the Australian Open for wearing a white T-shirt with a “Where is Peng Shuai?” slogan in black letters, Max Mok saw an opportunity to amplify the message of concern for the Grand Slam doubles champion

Even as he was being ejected from the Australian Open for wearing a white T-shirt with a "Where is Peng Shuai?" slogan in black letters, Max Mok saw an opportunity to amplify the message of concern for the Grand Slam doubles champion and Olympian from China

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The only Louisville Metro Police officer to face criminal charges for his role in the shooting that left Breonna Taylor dead will soon stand trial in Jefferson County Circuit Court. Brett Hankison faces three counts of wanton endangerment

Hundreds of potential jurors gathering at a Louisville courthouse on Friday will learn whether they could be chosen for the only criminal trial over the botched police raid that left Breonna Taylor dead LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- When hundreds of potential jurors

Despite the lack of charges over Taylor’s death, her death has led to major changes. Louisville banned the use of so-called no-knock warrants like the one used in the deadly raid, and the governor signed a law limiting the use of such warrants throughout the

New York (CNN) Stormy Daniels, an adult-film actress who was allegedly defrauded by Michael Avenatti, testified Thursday in federal court as part of the criminal trial against the celebrity attorney. Daniels testified that Avenatti said he was going to get

Michael Avenatti grilled his former client, porn star Stormy Daniels, about comments she made about him being sexually assaulted in prison and her claims that she’s able to speak to the dead at his criminal trial in Manhattan federal court Friday morning. The

Early in Michael Avenatti’s cross-examination on Friday of his former client Stormy Daniels, he asked her whether, a few years earlier, a “dark entity” had entered her home through a “portal.” “That’s what I was told by a medium,” Ms. Daniels replied. It

A gun rights group has filed a lawsuit against the City of San Jose, California, after the city passed a gun bill it argues will reduce firearms- related incidents. "The City of San Jose has taken the unprecedented step of requiring virtually all gun owners

(CNN) A firearms rights group has sued the California city of San Jose over a proposal that would require many of the city's gun owners to carry liability insurance for accidents and negligence -- which would be a first in the nation -- as well as pay a new

Gun sales surged to a record high in 2021, fueled by first-time gun owners, according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF). At least 5.4 million people purchased firearms for the first time in 2021, with roughly 30% of all gun purchases going

When the coronavirus began spreading around the world, Kiribati closed its borders, ensuring the disease didn’t reach its shores for nearly two full years. via Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — When the coronavirus began spreading around the

When the coronavirus began spreading around the world, the remote Pacific archipelago of Kiribati closed its borders, ensuring the disease didn’t reach its shores for nearly two full years. Kiribati finally began reopening this month, allowing the Church of

Kiribati and several other small Pacific nations were among the last on the planet to have avoided any virus outbreaks, thanks to their remote locations and strict border controls WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- When the coronavirus began spreading around the world,

Left: Kid Rock at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 2016. Right: Neil Young performs at a tribute to Bob Dylan in Los Angeles, Calif., in 2015. (Eduardo Munoz, Mario Anzuoni/Reuterd) A salvo that is American pop music’s

A version of this story appeared in CNN's What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here Parents are being asked to inform on teachers who teach "objectionable" material. This might be the information age, but there have never been

(CNN Business) Just a day after Spotify agreed to remove Neil Young's music from its service, Apple Music trolled its streaming rival by giving the musician some rock star treatment. In a tweet sent late Thursday, and later pinned to the top of the official

A new study out of Israel found that unvaccinated children may get indirect protection from COVID-19 through their vaccinated parents. Researchers studied households made up of two parents and unvaccinated children, estimating the effect of parental vaccination

(CNN) When parents ask pediatric infectious disease specialist Dr. Amy Edwards how they can keep their littlest ones safe from Covid-19, she says it's simple. "Get everyone around them vaccinated, and that will protect your kid pretty well," said Edwards,

A new study out of Israel found that unvaccinated children may get indirect protection from COVID-19 through their vaccinated parents. Researchers studied households made up of two parents and unvaccinated children, estimating the effect of parental vaccination

The grieving widow of slain New York Police Department (NYPD) Officer Jason Rivera called out Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Friday for not keeping the city safe, the Daily Caller reported. Visibly distraught, Dominique Luzuriaga spoke to her husband,

NEW YORK CITY – The grieving widow of slain NYPD Det. Jason Rivera called out New York City ’s newly elected district attorney and a system that "continues to fail us" during her heartbreaking speech at her fallen husband’s Friday funeral. Dominique Luzuriaga

The grieving widow of slain NYPD Det. Jason Rivera on Friday ripped into Manhattan’s newly-elected District Attorney Alvin Bragg in a tearful eulogy at her husband’s funeral. “The system continues to fail us. We are not safe anymore, not even the members of

OPINION: ROME — Pope Francis denounced fake news about COVID-19 and vaccines Friday, blasting the “distortion of reality based on fear” but also urging that people who believe such lies are helped to understand true scientific facts. Francis met with Catholic

ROME, Italy — Pope Francis praised Catholic communicators in the Vatican on Friday for their efforts at unmasking “fake news and partial or misleading information about Covid-19 vaccines.” “We can hardly fail to see that these days, in addition to the pandemic,

Pope Francis said on Friday that spreading fake news and disinformation on COVID-19 and vaccines, including by Catholic media, is a violation of human rights. It was the second time in less than month that the 85-year-old pope has spoken out on the subject.

The Maryland congressional map that could wipe out the state's last GOP House member gained a new legal defender recently in the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee – which on Thursday added that Republican to its list of 2022 targets. The Democratic

The House Democrats’ campaign arm expanded its list of vulnerable House lawmakers Thursday, adding some members from districts that could President Biden easily carried in 2020. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee added seven lawmakers to its “Frontline”

The campaign arm for the House Democrats, the Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), expanded their list of vulnerable Democrats by seven as they are headed into the midterm elections. The DCCC expanded its list of vulnerable House Democrats by

Seoul, South Korea (CNN) Images have emerged of a US Navy F-35C stealth fighter crashing into the South China Sea earlier this week. The F-35C, a single-engine stealth fighter and the newest jet in the US Navy fleet, crash-landed on the aircraft carrier USS

The U.S. Navy is attempting to find a downed fighter jet in the South China Sea before Beijing does, BBC News reported. The $100 million F-35C plane, which is the Navy’s newest and contains classified equipment, went down on Monday after what was described

A photo and video of a U.S. Navy F-35C stealth fighter crashing into the South China Sea earlier this week have surfaced on social media. The Navy said the $100 million warplane sank Monday after a "landing mishap" aboard the USS Carl Vinson left seven military

(CNN) The Denver Broncos announced Nathaniel Hackett as the team's new head coach on Thursday, sparking speculation over a swift reunion with Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers . Hackett served as the Packers' offensive coordinator for the past three

A former New York Giants kicker made a bold statement about Aaron Rodgers following the Green Bay Packers’ loss to the San Francisco 49ers in the divisional round. Lawrence Tynes, who added to Packers and the 49ers’ miseries during his career as Giants kicker,

The Broncos announced Thursday that Packers offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett will be their next head coach. So, naturally, there's speculation quarterback Aaron Rodgers could be on the move to the Mile High City. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE

(CNN) Bob Saget's daughter wrote a touching tribute to honor her late father, who died earlier this month at age 65. Lara Saget, the second of Saget's three daughters, shared her thoughts on Instagram Thursday, writing that she felt so loved by her father

Lara Saget is opening up about her late father Bob Saget and the life lessons he taught her. The "Full House" actor and stand-up comedian was found deceased in a Ritz-Carlton Orlando hotel room on Jan. 9 after gracing the stage in front of a sold - out crowd

Lara Saget said her late father, comedian Bob Saget, “loved with everything he had” in a beautiful tribute she shared Thursday. “To anyone afraid to love, Unconditional love is the greatest of gifts. My dad loved with everything he had,” Lara wrote on Instagram,

BOSTON (AP) — Boston's vaccination mandate won't go into effect on Monday for some city workers, following a judge's order Thursday. A Massachusetts Appeals Court judge issued a temporary stay on the mandate for unionized firefighters and certain unionized

There's growing concern among union leaders in Boston that a "disproportionate" number of educators of color may leave their jobs because of a vaccine mandate for city employees. "We are very concerned about the possibility of losing a disproportionate number

Concern about new high-speed wireless service interfering with airplanes appears to be easing Federal safety regulators say they have cleared the way for Verizon and AT&T to power up more towers for new 5G service without causing radio interference with airplanes. The

Federal regulators will allow telecom giants AT&T and Verizon to station more 5G towers closer to airports after additional safety tests found that they do not interfere with sensitive aircraft instruments. In recent months, AT&T and Verizon had bowed to pressure

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Coast Guard said it suspended its rescue operations at sunset Thursday after announcing earlier that afternoon that it had found four additional bodies in its search for dozens of migrants lost at sea off Florida. Homeland Security

The Coast Guard said Thursday that it was calling off a search off Florida's Atlantic coast for dozens of boat passengers who were still missing after the vessel capsized Saturday in what authorities suspect was "a case of human smuggling." Forty people were

A pizza deliveryman shot a would-be carjacker six times in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood on Thursday night, cops said. The 39-year-old pizza guy was delivering food on H Street just before 7:40 p.m. when an armed man approached him and tried to steal

A Pennsylvania delivery driver outwitted a suspect Thursday night while delivering a pizza, drawing his own gun on the armed would-be carjacker, according to a report. The carjacker, 35, allegedly approached the driver, 39, while he was making a delivery in

A Tennessee school board voted to remove the graphic novel "Maus" from an eighth grade language arts curriculum due to concerns that the book's profanity, nudity, violence and suicide make the book "too adult-oriented" for school. The book's author has condemned

In this article AMZN This illustration photo taken in Los Angeles, California on January 27, 2022 shows a person holding the graphic novel "Maus" by Art Spiegelman. Maro Siranosian | AFP | Getty Images "Maus," the decades-old graphic novel about the effects

An adult biological male child molester will be housed in a juvenile detention facility for girls because he began identifying as a woman after being taken into custody, according to Fox News. William Tubbs, a 26-year old who now goes by “Hannah,” pled guilty

A Los Angeles County judge on Thursday ordered Hannah Tubbs, a transgender California woman, to serve two years in a juvenile facility after she pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl in 2014 — but not before excoriating far-left District

Members of the University of Pennsylvania women’s swim team are reportedly uncomfortable changing and showering with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas in the locker room, according to the latest reports on this controversial college athlete. Thomas, who has claimed

EXCLUSIVE: A swimmer on the University of Pennsylvania women’s team says she feels the school’s decision to allow transgender swimmer Lia Thomas to compete has created an unfair balance within the sport that prioritizes Thomas' rights over that of biological

The United States government has procured more than 100 million additional COVID-19 tests from testmaker iHealth Lab Inc. as part of the White House's plan to distribute 500 million free at-home tests across the country, the Department of Defense said Friday. Starting

(CNN) The White House said on Friday some 60 million households have requested free Covid-19 rapid tests so far, with tens of millions tests having "gone out the door" as part of the Biden administration's program to mail more than half a billion rapid tests

A black Georgia teenager found dead inside a rolled-up gym mat at his high school nine years ago was killed in a bizarre accident, a new report concluded. Lowndes County Sheriff Ashley Paulk ruled out any crime related to the 2013 death of 17-year-old Kendrick

Sheriff Paulk said he had examined 17 boxes of evidence provided by prosecutors and investigators, including grand jury testimony. The evidence “does not produce anything to prove any criminal act by anyone that would have resulted in the death of Kendrick

Halyna Hutchins’ family is one step closer to filing a wrongful death lawsuit after the cinematographer was shot and killed by Alec Baldwin on the set of “Rust” last October, court records show. A Sante Fe, New Mexico, attorney filed a petition Wednesday asking

A petition has been filed by a woman seeking personal representation of the estate of Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer who was killed on the set of Alec Baldwin's film " Rust ." On Wednesday, a woman named Kristina Martinez filed the petition through her

Joy Behar told her co-host Thursday on ABC’s “The View” that Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Amy Coney Barrett were deliberately placed on the highest court to oppose women’s rights and black people’s rights. Behar said, “The Supreme Court is like

Comedian Joy Behar arrives for “A Celebration of Barbara Walters Cocktail Reception” in New York in 2014. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters) Joy Behar, co-host of the show The View, compared the Supreme Court to a “dictatorial branch of government” because of the unique

A career criminal, with a rap sheet dating back to the 1980s, has been freed from jail for the fourth time in six months after he stole a $750 70-inch television at a Target store in Seattle, Washington. Surveillance footage, obtained by talk radio host Jason

A homeless man was released after being charged with burglary for attempting to walk away with a flat-screen television he saw in a downtown Seattle Target store. Staff members told KTTH the incident was the 22nd time the man reportedly stole from the business

Guns are among the items stolen by thieves targeting railroad cargo containers, Los Angeles police said. Robbers have been looting cargo containers on a section of the Union Pacific train tracks in downtown Los Angeles for months, taking packages and leaving

Los Angles Police Department (LAPD) chief Michael Moore indicates numerous firearms have recently been stolen during freight train robberies near downtown Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Times quoted Moore saying, “People were … breaking into these containers

House Republicans are demanding that Attorney General Merrick Garland provide information on how the Justice Department is confronting states with policies that use race as a factor in distributing scarce COVID-19 treatments. In a letter sent Friday, 16 Republican

A group of House Republicans has demanded the Justice Department tackle what the lawmakers call “shocking displays of racial discrimination” in states like New York that encourage hospitals to consider a patient’s race when deciding if they should receive COVID-19

Anyone cheering Dan Bongino’s channel getting canceled supports the silencing of voices – and inept business practices. While much reporting this week centered on Neil Young’s impotent threats leveled at Spotify, over at YouTube, another content controversy

Google temporarily suspended conservative talk show host Dan Bongino’s website, Bongino.com, from its ads service, a company spokesperson confirmed to the Daily Caller News Foundation on Friday. “We have strict publisher policies in place that explicitly prohibit

Somewhere, a man named Leonardo Silva Oliveira is on the run from the South Florida law. Somewhere else in South Florida, another man named Leonardo Silva Oliveira just spent five days in jail because, according to his lawyer, the police saw the same name,

A Florida man spent five days in county jail after he was mistaken for a wanted fugitive with the same name, age and similar appearance. Twenty-six-year-old Leonardo Silva Oliveira, a cook, was arrested on Jan. 20 outside of the Broward County restaurant where

If you have not heard or read about the Truckers for Freedom Convoy that is currently rolling across Canada, where have you been? Lucky for you, the media blackout in Canada has not reached us here at RedState, where these articles have covered this amazing

“God Keep Our Land Glorious And Free” Sign seen by truckers heading to Ottawa. The longest truck convoy in the history of the world continues to wind its way through the enormous country of Canada to the capital of Ottawa. According to Canadian journalist

The second effort to recall embattled Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon was officially approved by the Los Angeles County Registrar on Thursday. Gascon has faced criticism from conservatives and victims’ advocates over his liberal justice policies

Fed-up Los Angelenos got the green light to launch a second recall effort against their district attorney over his controversial, soft-on-crime policies. The Los Angeles County Registrar of Voters’ Office said it approved the petition drive on Thursday, giving

The largest group of government workers to demand that President Joe Biden rescind his COVID-19 vaccine mandate has gotten behind the effort of a State Department employee, the Washington Examiner reported Friday. More than 6,000 federal workers have joined

Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, announced Thursday he is joining a lawsuit Gov. Gregg Abbott, R-Texas, filed earlier this month against the Biden administration challenging vaccine mandates for the National Guard. The complaint, filed in Texas federal court,

(Reuters) Japan's SoftBank Group on Friday said its chief operating officer, Marcelo Claure, is leaving the technology investor, in the latest blow after a string of high-profile departures. The exit comes after a fallout with founder and Chief Executive Masayoshi

SoftBank announced on Friday that Marcelo Claure, a top deputy to the company’s founder, Masayoshi Son, will step down as its chief operating officer. The exit comes after a dispute over roughly $2 billion in possible compensation. The Japanese conglomerate

(CNN) New signs of a fracture between the US and Ukraine over the imminence of a possible Russian invasion could seriously undermine President Joe Biden's muscular front against Vladimir Putin in their escalating standoff. Frustration in Kyiv has mounted in

New signs of a fracture between the US and Ukraine over the imminence of a possible Russian invasion could seriously undermine President Joe Biden's muscular front against Vladimir Putin in their escalating standoff. Frustration in Kyiv has mounted in recent

Florida weather forecasters are warning iguanas may be falling out of trees this weekend as the Sunshine State goes through a cold snap. Temperatures in the usually balmy state are expected to plunge this weekend, hitting below freezing in some areas, meaning

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s an iguana falling out of a tree? The forecast for parts of Florida is looking colder in the coming days, with temperatures Sunday morning expected to range from 32 degrees or below in inland portions of South Florida. Near the

NEW YORK (AP) — A Virginia man has been arrested for drunkenly crashing a car into Taylor Swift’s New York City apartment building and trying to gain entry, police said. Morgan Mank, 31, was arrested shortly after 3 a.m. Thursday after driving the wrong way

A Virginia man has been arrested for drunkenly crashing a car into Taylor Swift's New York City apartment building and trying to gain entry, police said. Morgan Mank, 31, was arrested shortly after 3 a.m. Thursday after driving the wrong way on Franklin Street

Florida parents have filed a lawsuit against Clay County Schools, claiming their 12-year-old daughter attempted suicide after having weekly meetings for months with a school counselor who affirmed her identity as a boy without the parents’ knowledge. In a

[Editor's note: This story discusses suicide. If you or someone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255)] A Florida father said Thursday his daughter attempted suicide twice after

A three-judge panel on Thursday refused to stay its decision that effectively orders Alabama to draw new congressional districts before the 2022 elections and to create a second district of which Black voters are a sizeable portion of the population. The panel

Washington (CNN) Alabama's bid to pause a court order requiring the state to redraw its congressional map was denied Thursday evening, setting the potential for the Supreme Court to quickly intervene in case. "We discern no basis for a finding that this case

A New York City native was executed by lethal injection in Oklahoma on Thursday morning for killing two hotel workers during a 2001 robbery. Donald Grant, 46, who grew up in a city public housing complex during the 1980s, was put to death at the Oklahoma State

Oklahoma has executed a man for the brutal slayings of two hotel workers during a robbery in 2001 McALESTER, Okla. -- Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for the brutal slayings of two hotel workers during a robbery in 2001. Donald Grant, 46, received a lethal

(CNN) In the wake of the 2020 election, a number of Republican-controlled state legislatures have made moves to make it harder to vote. But even amid this cavalcade of voter restrictions, a new bill proposed by a GOP legislator in Arizona stands out -- and

(CNN) Republican lawmakers in Arizona are pushing a raft of major changes to the state's voting laws, including a controversial bill that would empower legislators to reject election results. The bill would "create a system where losers can set aside the will

Left-wing billionaire and Democrat donor George Soros has reportedly fueled Democrats with $125 million through a super PAC heading into the November midterms. Dubbed as a “long-term investment,” the money is one of the largest political donations in recent

Mega-donor George Soros is pouring $125 million into the Democracy PAC, a group that channeled more than $80 million to pro-democracy groups and candidates during the 2020 election. The billionaire said in a statement to Politico that the nine-figure investment

Brandon Dahl, 2, alerted his sleeping parents to the flames in their house. A Texas toddler is being credited by his family with saving their lives from a fire that destroyed the family's home. Brandon Dahl, 2, walked into the bedroom of his sleeping parents,

A 2-year-old is being called a hero after alerting his parents – who couldn't smell smoke due to recovering from COVID-19 – that their house in Texas was on fire. Nathan and Kayla Dahl were asleep in their bedroom earlier this month when their toddler, Brandon,

Oscar Rosales is accused of capital murder in the killing of Charles Galloway. A suspect charged in the murder of a Houston police officer will be held without bond, according to court documents. Oscar Rosales, 51, faces a capitol murder charge in the death

The man accused of killing a Texas cop with a rifle during a weekend traffic stop was an international fugitive for 25 years, prosecutors said Thursday. Oscar Rosales, 51, was arrested by Mexican authorities Wednesday in the border town of Ciudad Acuña and

DENVER (AP) — A Colorado children’s museum is the latest casualty of harassment by people angry over mask mandates designed to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The Children’s Museum of Denver at Marsico Campus, for decades a popular downtown attraction

DENVER — A Colorado children’s museum is the latest casualty of harassment by people angry over mask mandates designed to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The Children’s Museum of Denver at Marsico Campus, for decades a popular downtown attraction primarily

Appearing Wednesday on MNSBC’s 11th Hour, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said she would support a primary challenge to Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), citing the senator’s opposition to President Joe Biden’s leftwing agenda. A transcript is as follows: MEHDI

The progressive wing of the Democratic Party continued its attack on the dwindling few moderates they have left in Washington this week, with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., saying she has not seen a "compelling case" for why Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz.,

Evangeline Lilly, best known for playing Kate Austen in ABC's drama series "Lost" and for her role as Hope van Dyne/Wasp in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, took to social media to confirm her attendance at a Washington, D.C., protest over the weekend in support

Evangeline Lilly is speaking out against vaccine mandates. Requiring vaccinations has become a hot-button topic as the coronavirus pandemic rages on, with many pushing back against such mandates in favor of medical freedom. On Thursday, Lilly took to Instagram

520 VIEWS Share Tweet Whatsapp Reddit Print Mail After being asked by MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski about the alleged misinformation spread by the popular “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast and Facebook users, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy responded with a homily

The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of Townhall.com. After being asked by MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski about the alleged misinformation spread by the popular "Joe Rogan Experience" podcast and Facebook users,