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Study: 1 in 6 Americans smoke weed; cigarettes, alcohol consumption downA record number of U.S. adults smoke marijuana, a new report found, while cigarette use and alcohol consumption have fallen to record lows. According to Gallup’s annual… Read More
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Taxpayer-funded study finds puberty blockers do not improve youth mental health(The Daily Signal) – A taxpayer-funded study of children and young adults taking puberty blockers and hormone treatments found no improvement in youth mental health. The Oversight Project,… Read More
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Sen. Cassidy exposes abortion drug companies endangering mothers in new report(The Daily Signal) – Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., released a new report Wednesday claiming federal regulators and abortion pill manufacturers are putting mothers at risk. Read More
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Americans who support transgender interventions more likely to justify political violence: HHS study(The Daily Signal) – A new study commissioned by the Department of Health and Human Services has found a correlation between people who believe in… Read More
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Dolly Parton remembered for Christian faith: ‘That’s who I am – that’s what keeps me going’Dolly Parton was never one to shy away – from performing on stage in front of millions, from speaking her mind or even, when a performance went sideways, from… Read More
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Two more women injured at Illinois abortion facilitiesA woman and a 16-year-old girl suffered medical problems at two Illinois abortion facilities last month, requiring both to go to the hospital. The first incident happened at… Read More
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Dolly Parton dies at 80Country music super star Dolly Parton has died, according to a video posted Tuesday to her social media account by a family representative. She was 80 years old. Read More
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Top AI chipmaker looks to make its own AI models(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Nvidia reportedly plans to spend billions of dollars to compete against China’s most advanced open-source artificial intelligence models and its own American customers. Read More
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Analysis: The Renaissance of American literacy education required going back to the basicsMississippi fourth graders are top in the nation for improving their reading and math scores, jumping from 49th and 50th in 2012 to 9th and 16th in 2024 for reading and math, respectively – a growth many have termed… Read More
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‘The child pays’: Website markets American surrogate mothers to Chinese clientsA website now lets Chinese clients search through profiles of American women willing to carry pregnancies for them in what critics call womb rental where the children end up suffering. Read More
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‘The Chosen’ teases Season 6 with dramatic 5-minute clip of disciples in hidingFans anticipating Season 6 of The Chosen got a sneak peek Sunday night during a livestream when creator and director Dallas Jenkins gave them a taste of what’s ahead with a five-minute clip. The… Read More
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Church founder, pastor released from Chinese prison, says CCP ‘controls everything’After nearly ten months in a “totalitarian” prison in China, Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri, 57, was released and reunited with his daughter to meet his newest baby grandson, named… Read More
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Records reveal Planned Parenthood’s 14-point post-Dobbs strategy for state AGs to target pro-lifers(The Daily Signal) – A month after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Planned Parenthood issued marching orders for state attorneys general to target crisis pregnancy centers and… Read More
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Red, white and vroom?: Racing fans, legends take over DC as America 250 goes out with an engine’s roar(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Crowds of spectators packed recently erected bleachers and stands Aug. 22-23 to watch as auto racing legends old and new sped through a course… Read More
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Pro-gay Republican group drops the ‘T’ in LGBTTransgender advocacy is no longer part of the Log Cabin Republicans’ political agenda. The group will only focus on gay, lesbian and bisexual issues. Its national board made the change after… Read More
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New Kansas City Royals stadium moves ahead, passes City CouncilThe Kansas City Council ushered along the developing plan to build a new Royals baseball stadium at Crown Center in an 11-2 vote Thursday. The council’s finance committee voted unanimously in favor of the multi-billion-dollar plan Tuesday, which… Read More
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As hacking incidents pile up, top AI lab pumps the brakes(Daily Caller News Foundation) – OpenAI said it would pause its frontier artificial intelligence development to alleviate safety concerns as labs have breached containment. The ChatGPT parent company… Read More
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Ohio BMV changes policy for gender markers(The Daily Signal) – The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles has changed how transgender individuals can update their identification. In doing so, the BMV is… Read More
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Chinese robot maker predicts chores will be able to do themselves in just a few years(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The head of a Chinese company that makes humanoid robots speculated that machines may soon walk into a stranger’s house to handle their chores… Read More
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John Oliver attacks fetal personhood laws, says they treat women as ‘incubators’HBO host John Oliver recently attacked laws giving unborn children legal rights, discussing fetal personhood during the Aug. 16 episode of “Last Week Tonight.” Fetal personhood laws… Read More