Democrats in Colorado have passed a law that bans pet stores from selling dogs and cats outright. Democratic Gov. Jared Polis signed the measure on Wednesday, according to KUSA-TV. The legislation, House Bill 26-1011, eliminates retail sales of dogs and cats across the state. The new law will take effect...

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A 16-year-old former student armed with a handgun was stopped before he entered a Daytona Beach high school, local media reported. A school resource officer (SRO) and an “armed guardian” at Mainland High School confronted the former student, who had fled from a SRO when trying to re-register at the...

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A former Georgia nurse will spend the rest of his life behind bars after killing his wife less than two months into their marriage. Benjamin Whitaker was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without parole following his conviction in the 2021 killing of his wife, Tiffani Scarborough, according to WMAZ-TV....

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The U.S. national debt exceeded the total amount of output from the entire economy as of March 31, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The country’s publicly held debt was $31.265 trillion, while the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the total value of goods and services in the economy, was...

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A Michigan city has removed hundreds of neighborhood watch signs, arguing that the move will make the community more "inclusive." Ann Arbor officials said the decision is part of a shift in how the city will approach messaging around public safety. The removal of the signs was adopted by a...

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Southerners have a lower life expectancy than people living in other U.S. states, which experts attribute to several possible factors. Several studies have shown that Americans in some areas of the Southern U.S. often have lower life expectancy and poorer overall health than those who live in other regions of...

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An employee at a Steak n' Shake location in St. Louis, Missouri, was allegedly murdered by a customer over an argument about onion rings. Chauncia Meekins, 32, lost her life while working the drive-thru on April 8 when Jada Bell, 20, fatally shot her, according to a report from KMOV-TV....

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Democratic Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow wiped thousands of posts Wednesday after her social media history of trashing “Middle America” gained national attention. McMorrow and former Wayne County health director Abdul El-Sayed were virtually tied in an Emerson College poll taken in early April before CNN reporter Andrew Kaczynski noted...

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New York City police are searching for a suspect accused of a violent subway attack in the Bronx this week. The incident left a 39-year-old man hospitalized after being thrown onto the tracks, according to WPIX. It happened on Tuesday evening, just after 8:30 p.m. at the East 149th Street...

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A cruise ship pulled five dead bodies from the water while taking passengers to Spain. The Sapphire Princess, a Princess Cruises vessel, was on the way to Cartagena when it spotted "an orange inflatable lifejacket in the water” on April 21, according to a statement from the company provided to...

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Mid Vermont Christian School forfeited a girls' basketball game against a team with a self-proclaimed transgender player back in 2023. The school was then kicked out of the state's sports league. But the school won a $566,000 settlement after they and an impacted family filed suit, according to an April...

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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives is moving to overhaul how it handles a key question on federal gun forms. Buried within a broader slate of regulatory changes is a proposal that would require applicants to list their "biological sex" -- and not a gender with which they...

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French Bread Chocolates is recalling its bonbons sold across the nation due to a failure to disclose the presence of walnuts. A recall announced by the Food and Drug Administration on April 24 confirmed that the move was driven by "Undeclared Tree Nuts." "People who have an allergy or severe...

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The Supreme Court has declined to hear the case of Florida parents whose daughter was "socially transitioned" without their knowledge. The court released an orders list on Monday which showed they had declined to consider Littlejohn v. School Board of Leon County. There was no comment accompanying the denial. As...

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President Donald Trump announced Sunday the launch of "Project Freedom," which will involved the U.S.-led facilitation of foreign ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz. The strait, a key oil chokepoint in the Middle East that supplies much of the world's oil, has become a key point of focus in...

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Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been hospitalized and is now in "critical condition" late Sunday. A statement released by a spokesman of Giuliani's, Ted Goodman, shared the announcement on X. Mayor Rudy Giuliani is currently in the hospital, where he remains in critical but stable condition. Mayor...

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An ancient baptismal font was unearthed near the Sea of Galilee, providing new insights into how early Christians practiced baptism in the region. The marble block, found in an ancient baptismal hall, had a cross engraved on the side as well as three bowl-shaped basins, according to a report from...

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Less than a month after former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and his family died in a plane crash last year, investigators say two of their “friends” conspired to break into the empty home and took cash, guns and financial information in an attempt to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars....

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A team of researchers successfully pieced together 42 pages of a manuscript from a document containing copies of the apostle Paul's letters. Professor Garrick Allen from the University of Glasgow led a team of international academics to recovering the pages from Codex H, an anthology of Paul's letters dating to...

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The federal government spent a shocking $186 billion on "improper payments" in the last fiscal year, marking an increase in reported levels. The Government Accountability Office said in an April 27 release that the $186 billion was a result of "overpayments, fraud, or other causes." Overpayments accounted for $153 billion...

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Even as U.S. gasoline prices rise again amid ongoing Strait of Hormuz tensions, American drivers are still paying less than half what many Europeans and Asians endure at the pump. The reason is simple: America chose lower taxes and genuine energy security. Europe and California deliberately chose the opposite —...

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