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Donald Trump signs executive order to cut federal funding for PBS, NPR

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged “bias” in the broadcasters’ reporting. The order instructs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other federal agencies “to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS” and further requires that… Read More

Award-winning singer-songwriter Jill Sobule dies at 66

Jill Sobule, the award-winning singer-songwriter whose witty and poignant writing first attracted widespread attention with the gay-themed song “I Kissed a Girl,” died in a house fire Thursday. She was 66. Her death was confirmed by her publicist, David Elkin, in an email Thursday afternoon. It was not immediately clear… Read More

Brazilian nun, the world’s oldest person, has died at 116

Sister Inah Canabarro, a Brazilian nun and teacher who was the world’s oldest person, died on Wednesday just weeks short of turning 117, her religious congregation said. Canabarro died at home of natural causes, said her Teresian nun congregation, the Company of Saint Teresa of Jesus. She was confirmed in… Read More

Runaway kangaroo shuts down stretch of major U.S. highway

A runaway kangaroo named Sheila shut down a stretch of interstate in Alabama on Tuesday before state troopers and the animal’s owner wrangled the wayward marsupial. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said the kangaroo was spotted Tuesday hopping along the side of Interstate 85 in Macon County, which is between… Read More

Huge Fox News star just suddenly quit on-air

Longtime “Fox & Friends” star Steve Doocy fought back tears Thursday morning as he announced he was quitting his position from the show’s iconic “curvy couch” in Manhattan, trading his New York studio job for a new job as the program’s “coast-to-coast host” based in Florida. “After decades of getting… Read More

[VIDEO] Golfer Phil Mickelson destroys Chuck Schumer

On the short list of athletes who aren’t afraid to speak their mind or take risks, golfer Phil Mickelson has to be at the top of that list. The former PGA Tour star (now LIV Golf) is still known for taking big risks and dazzling on the golf course. And,… Read More

[Video] MLB fan in critical condition after fall from outfield wall

A baseball fan remains in critical condition at a Pittsburgh hospital after falling over 20 feet from the right field wall onto the warning track during Wednesday night’s Pirates-Cubs game at PNC Park. The terrifying incident occurred in the seventh inning just after Pirates’ Andrew McCutchen hit a two-run double… Read More

Martin Scorsese to release documentary made with late Pope Francis

Martin Scorsese is a producing a documentary made with Pope Francis that will chronicle the late pontiff’s work with cinema in the global educational movement he founded before his death. “Aldeas — A New Story” will feature conversations between Pope Francis and Scorsese, including what the filmmakers say are the… Read More

180-year-old university closing after a $6M fundraising drive fails

A 180-year-old private Christian university in South Carolina is closing at the end of the semester after failing to raise $6 million to keep its doors open. Limestone University officials said that after two weeks of furious fundraising and other actions, they collected just a little over $2 million and… Read More