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"We’re seen as Nazis, racists. I think that’s lazy politics. They are causing the division because they are leading with fear ...

It is a day John Strait has to relive again and again. He was 18 and playing hockey in Canada when he got the call that his little sister Linda had been killed. A fisherman found her body in the ...

News Report, October 5, 2025. “All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies” – Dr John Arbuthnot, 1667-1735. Former President Jonathan is the toughest opponent President Tinubu can ...

Labor organizing can’t succeed at scale without a supportive legal and political environment, created by majoritarian ...

Berlin itself deserves mention as the perfect setting for this bakery gem. Named “America’s Coolest Small Town” by Budget Travel in 2014, this charming locale provides the ideal backdrop for a bakery ...

Related: The Mom-and-Pop Restaurant in Arkansas that Locals Swear has the World’s Best Homemade Pies The atmosphere at McClard’s matches the food – authentic, unpretentious, and deeply satisfying. The ...

In rural Texas, just 40 miles apart, a paramedic and a former small-town mayor got caught up on two sides of a digital “civil war.” ...

The week may not have started out the way Mat Williamson wanted, but it did finish the right way. During a practice session, engine trouble sidelined his small-block modified ride, forcing his team to ...

Ares' came in $10 million or so behind expectations domestically and likely ends hopes of ever rebooting the once storied sci ...

Learn about Valentina Petrillo, including details of how she managed to compete in the women's category, her competing record, and what others have said.

In addition to all of the challenges Bray faced leading Oregon State during this two-year interim period before the relaunch ...