Category: National News
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Texas Firefighter Sentenced For Child Porn, Ordered to Pay $79,000 in Restitution to Victims
A volunteer firefighter who stored child pornography on his fire department tablet was sentenced on Thursday to more than 12 ½ years in federal priso [...]
University Of Texas Students File Lawsuit Claiming Alma Mater Song Is ‘Racially Offensive’
Kendall Tietz
Students at the University of Texas at Austin filed a lawsuit alleging a “hostile environment” for black students because of the sc [...]
Newly Released Documents Show Fauci Was ‘Untruthful’ About Wuhan Coronavirus Research, Infectious Disease Expert Says
Andrew Kerr
A trove of newly released documents detailing U.S.-funded coronavirus research in China prior to the COVID-19 pandemic shows that Dr. [...]
Mom Accuses Teacher Of Taping Masks To 9-Year-Old Boy’s Face: REPORT
Kendall Tietz
A student’s mother said a substitute teacher taped masks to school children’s faces in a Clark County, Nevada, fourth-grade classro [...]
4-Year-Old Boy Among 48 Shot In Chicago Over Holiday Weekend
Kendall Tietz
A 4-year-old boy shot on Friday died two days later during a violent Labor Day weekend in Chicago, Fox 32 reported.
Mychal Moultr [...]
Texas Man Admits To Sending Obscene Material To A West Virginia Minor
Marcus Moreno, of LaVilla, Texas, has admitted to sending inappropriate pictures to a minor, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J. Bernard announced.
M [...]
Pennsylvania Man Sentenced To More Than Eight Years In Prison For Sex Offense Against Minor
A Pennsylvania man was sentenced Friday to 97 months in prison for a sex offense against a minor. Gregory Thomas O’Connor, 48, of Stahlstown, Pennsy [...]
Alligator Drags Woman Into Lagoon, Gets Hit With Shovel Before Releasing Grip
Harry Wilmerding
An alligator attacked a woman in Hilton Head, South Carolina, but a neighbor saved her by hitting the 8-foot animal with a sh [...]
New Zealand Police Kill ‘ISIS-Inspired’ Terrorist After He Stabs 6 People
Ailan Evans
New Zealand police shot and killed a terrorist inspired by ISIS after he stabbed and wounded six people in a grocery store Friday. [...]
Weekly Jobless Claims Sink To 340,000, Hit New Pandemic Low
Thomas Catenacci
The number of Americans filing new unemployment claims decreased to 340,000 in the week ending Aug. 28, as the economy continues [...]