Retailer Target found itself in hot water over a Halloween costume for children after receiving complaints that it closely resembled outfits worn by performers using blackface during minstrel shows from the Jim Crow era. With Halloween just two months away, we're going to start seeing a lot more of this....

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In what could be a key first step in assuaging hostilities in Eastern Europe, it appears a top official in President Donald Trump's administration is taking a little trip to Russia amid the ongoing Ukrainian conflict. And it appears nobody was supposed to know about it. Multiple reports said that...

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It's something of an unspoken rule that when you're a reporter covering any story -- let alone one involving three dead children -- that the reporter should present oneself with an air of decorum, respect, and impartiality. For one now-former Vanity Fair contributor, perhaps that rule should've actually been vocalized...

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Six migrants deported from the United States refused to leave a plane in Liberia last week and were instead flown to Equatorial Guinea. The group included four Cuban men, one Brazilian man and one Cameroonian woman, according to accounts from a person on the flight and a lawyer in contact...

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It's one of the most obnoxious tactics in all of politics. It's so obvious that it turns people off, with many checking out of small donations to political candidates for good. And yet, it works. According to a political scientist, it works so well that it got his piece rejected...

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Country music icon Dolly Parton died after a "brief battle with cancer," her publicity team confirmed Tuesday evening. Parton died Tuesday at the age of 80 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TMZ reported. She had been admitted to the hospital on Friday with what were described by the...

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As the trial of Lindsay Clancy appears to be winding down, the alleged murderer's defense team's latest legal gambit appears to have come up rather short. According to multiple reports, the judge presiding over this case of great national curiosity denied that gambit, effectively ending the mistrial play that Clancy's...

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Like many homeschool parents, Brannon Hollingsworth found himself asking, "Why does quality educational content for kids have to be boring?" Unlike most homeschool parents, Hollingsworth was in a position to do something about it -- so he did. Hollingsworth spent years as an award-winning animation director, screenwriter, and game designer....

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Sen. Darline Graham, the sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, has won the runoff to replace him as the Republican candidate on the November ballot. Graham, 62, was appointed to temporarily fill the position by South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, a Republican, in July after her...

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An IndyCar driver just gave a masterclass in responding to today's hostile and toxic political climate. California Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff recently took to social media to lambaste President Donald Trump's latest America 250 celebration, which was an epic IndyCar race through the nation's capital. Schiff took to X to...

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With the endorsement of President Donald Trump, candidate Mike Mazzei narrowly won Oklahoma’s Republican gubernatorial runoff on Tuesday, defeating the state's Attorney General Gentner Drummond by 2,020 votes. Mazzei received 186,604 votes, or 50.27 percent, while Drummond received 184,584 votes, or 49.73 percent, according to Tulsa’s KOTV. Drummond conceded the...

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The Trump administration has proposed a $103,265 fee for most new H-1B visa applications that replaces a prior $100,000 fee -- imposed by presidential proclamation -- that was shut down by federal judge Leo Sorokin, an Obama appointee. On Monday, the Department of Homeland Security filed a notice of proposed...

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Dolly Parton was one of us, whether we are from the South, fans of country music, or rich or poor. In fact, the tributes to her after her passing show us that she was the best of America and one of our last truly unifying figures. She came from a...

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Imagine this: a man knocks on your door, and you make your way through your small apartment to answer it. He introduces himself as an investigator and asks if you’ve donated over $90,000 to ActBlue, a leading nonprofit fundraising platform used by the Democratic Party, in the last seven years....

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Well, at least you can't accuse politicians or law enforcement officials in Charlotte, North Carolina, of learning anything from past mistakes. Almost one year to the day after the killing of Iryna Zarutska on board a Charlotte light rail train, allegedly by a serial offender who was repeatedly released on...

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Meta agreed Wednesday to pay approximately $18 billion and impose new default limits on teenage users of Facebook and Instagram. The deal would end a high-profile trial in which state attorneys general from 29 different states accused the company of designing its platforms to keep young people scrolling. It still...

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Tim Curry, the actor best known for playing Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the cult classic "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," has died at the age of 80. Sources told TMZ the actor, who had been suffering from health issues for years, died late Tuesday night at his Los Angeles home. Law...

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Do Democrats even bother to vet their candidates for sexual depravity in their past, or do they just wing it? This has been an open question since the Graham Platner disaster, but at least the man who won the Maine Democratic senatorial nomination and then was forced to give it...

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Barack Obama Elementary School in Richmond, Virginia, was forced to close its doors this week after a serious mold issue was detected inside the building. Richmond Public Schools is hoping to have teachers back by Monday, but students will likely have to wait until later this week to return, according...

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A United States Army Black Hawk helicopter with four soldiers on board crashed in Colorado on Tuesday morning, following an "aviation mishap" that occurred during a training exercise. A U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command representative confirmed to KMGH-TV that no one was injured in the accident. The incident was...

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The world hasn't heard the last of Dolly Parton -- and won't for a good, long time. The national icon, who died Tuesday in Nashville, forged a musical career spanning seven decades and making untold millions of fans in the country and around the globe. And she once said her...

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