A high school teacher in Iowa has been placed on leave for assigning students to “pretend you are a black slave.” The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that the assignment for an online freshman class at Liberty High School in Iowa City asked students to write four sentences about what they… Read More
Trump bans social media apps
Under orders from President Donald Trump, the U.S. will ban the downloads of the Chinese apps TikTok and WeChat on Sunday, with a total ban on the use of the latter, citing national security and data privacy concerns. A total ban on the use of TikTok will follow on Nov…. Read More
Biden surrogate arrested on child porn charges
Jerry Harris, the star of the Netflix documentary series “Cheer,” was arrested Thursday and charged with producing child pornography, three days after twin boys filed a lawsuit alleging he sent them sexually explicit photos of himself and cornered one of them in a bathroom and begged for oral sex. Harris… Read More
Pope saves Virgin Mary from Mafia
Pope Francis is giving his blessing to a new Vatican think tank that is seeking to prevent the Mafia and organized crime groups from exploiting the image of the Virgin Mary for their own illicit ends. The Vatican’s Pontifical Marian Academy launched the think tank Friday at a conference entitled… Read More
“Forrest Gump” author dies at 77
Winston Groom, the writer whose novel “Forrest Gump” was made into a six-Oscar winning 1994 movie that became a soaring pop cultural phenomenon, has died at age 77. Mayor Karin Wilson of Fairhope, Alabama, said in a message on social media that Groom had died in that south Alabama town…. Read More
Pennsylvania Supreme Court confirms big election change
Pennsylvania’s highest court gave the Democratic Party a series of breaks Thursday, including one allowing repairs to glitches and gray areas in the battleground state’s fledgling mail-in voting law and another that kicked the Green Party’s presidential candidate off the November ballot. Sponsored: Healthier Lungs in 42 Days? The state… Read More
[Video] Man captures two ghosts running in Gettysburg field
A man says he captured two ghosts on camera at the Civil War battleground of Gettysburg — and the footage quickly went viral. Greg Yuelling, 46, told The Sun that he and his family were touring the site “to learn more about the history of the Civil War and see… Read More
Judge sentences Taylor Swift’s stalker to prison
A federal judge has sentenced an Austin, Texas, man to 30 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to stalking and sending threatening letters and emails to pop star Taylor Swift’s former record label. Sponsored: #1 fruit for weight loss According to records filed in federal court, Eric Swarbrick was… Read More
This T rex could be yours for … (would you buy it?)
He weighed at least 7 tons and had eyes the size of baseballs. His bite could have crushed a car. He bore scars from fierce prehistoric battles. All this could be yours for as much as $8 million. In 1944, an experiment was done in this Nazi medical center… [sponsored]… Read More
“Melrose Place” star returns to prison for manslaughter
A former “Melrose Place” actress who has already served a prison sentence for a fatal 2010 drunken driving crash in New Jersey is headed back behind bars after a judge agreed with prosecutors Thursday that her initial sentence was too lenient. Sponsored: QQUIZ: Which Alcohol Is Better For Your Health?… Read More
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