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Utah Firefighter Dies in 700-Foot BASE Jump
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— Sep 28, 2026
Gabe Reilly, a 27-year-old Salt Lake City firefighter, died during a BASE jump in northern Utah after his wingsuit failed to generate enough lift, causing him to hit the ground at high speed. The fatal accident occurred at a popular jumping site and follows other recent BASE-jumping deaths in Utah.
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Lawyer seeks details on NC teen's alleged ties to San Diego shooters
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— Sep 21, 2026
A 17-year-old North Carolina girl, Sarah Santiago, is charged as an adult with three counts of murder by aiding and abetting and one count of conspiracy for allegedly helping two California teens who killed three people at the Islamic Center of San Diego. Her attorney says prosecutors have not provided enough detail — including dates and communications — and a bill of particulars is being sought as a court hearing is scheduled.
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Country Songs Penned by Helicopter Pilot and 13-Year-Old Became Chart Hits
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— Sep 12, 2026
A set of origin stories highlights how iconic songs and careers were shaped by quick inspiration, youthful breakthroughs, and unlikely paths—from Loretta Lynn writing You Ain’t Woman Enough in 10 minutes after a backstage confrontation, to Tanya Tucker recording The Jamestown Ferry at 13, and Barry White turning a country tune into a soul classic with You’re The First, The Last, My Everything. The articles also recount Kris Kristofferson’s Me and Bobby McGee written during Gulf of Mexico helicopter work, and Tucker’s hit Love’s the Answer marking an early peak in a long, Hall of Fame career.
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Rachel Meyers
Kris writing Me and Bobby McGee between helicopter flights is the kind of detail that makes you appreciate how songs really get made.
Actor Makes Argument About What Is Considered ‘Mature Enough’ — Includes Firearms and Gender Change
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— Jun 8, 2022
Actor Kevin Sorbo invoked gender change and firearms into an argument about what is considered “mature enough.” He tweeted, “If an 18-year-old isn’t ‘mature enough’ to own a firearm, then maybe 5-year-olds aren’t mature…
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EPA Shelves Biden’s Chemical Spill Rule Until 2030 And Strips Its Climate Mandates
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Teen Charged After Assault on Elderly Man at Concert
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— Oct 1, 2025
A 66-year-old grandfather was left bloodied, bruised, and flat on his back — all because he asked a teenager to move to the right seat at a rap concert. You read that right. A 14-year-old boy — not even old enough to…
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Most Influential Women in World History
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— Ranking
From ancient queens who ruled empires to modern activists who changed laws, these women left indelible marks on politics, science, and culture. Vote for who you think shaped history most profoundly.
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School Removes Impressive and Rare Geological Formation, Blames Ancient Rock’s ‘Racist’ History
Opinion
— Aug 10, 2021
It’s bad enough when public figures get canceled for a stupid tweet they posted when they were in their teens. The Chamberlin Rock has them beat; it is said to be 2 billion years old, and it’s been removed from the…
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'A Complete Shock': Mom Turns from Grief to Giving Back after the Unexpected Loss of Her Son
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— May 25, 2022
For Jenna Fournel of Alexandria, Virginia, gardening is a way of life, a way to bond as a family and a means of giving back to the community. “It was probably 2018 when the boys were really old enough to start doing…
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Lifeguard Volunteers to Carry 95-Year-Old to Beach Each Day After Finding Out About Her Vacation Plans
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— Oct 29, 2021
It’s impressive enough that Dottie Schneider from Indiana has made it to age 95, but she’s anything but your average grandma. She’s got an adventurous spirit, going parasailing at age 89. While she suffered a stroke…
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STEPHEN MOORE: Another Proposition 13 Tax Revolt May Be Right Around The Corner
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— Sep 17, 2025
Anyone old enough to have lived through the mayhem and economic decline of the 1970s probably will recall the Tax Cut Heard Round the World. That was the famous California ballot initiative Proposition 13 that slashed…
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Most daily behavior runs on loops you can rewire
Cue-routine-reward loops—not grit—drive action, and Alcoa’s safety keystone showed one redesign can lift results about fivefold.
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Biden Mocked As He Breaks ‘Funny Hats Rule’ That Obama Called ‘Politics 101’
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— Jan 26, 2024
I’m old enough to remember the image of Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, then the Democratic presidential nominee in 1988, wearing a helmet while taking a ride in an M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank. It was an image that…
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Discovery of A Lifetime: Man Buys Drawing For $30, Then Figures Out True Origin
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— Dec 18, 2021
Everyone who scours estate sales, frequents thrift stores and buys the contents of old storage units hopes to land it big: To beat the system, to find a treasure worth far more than its price tag. And there are enough…
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Madonna vs Lady Gaga
Yourlist
— VS Battle
The Queen of Pop versus the artist who studied at her throne.
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Trump-Endorsed Senate Candidate Called Out for Donating to Democrats Trying to Jail the Former President
Opinion
— Mar 3, 2024
There’s an old Aesop fable that warns readers not to “nourish a viper in one’s bosom.” According to the story, the viper will always turn around and bite its benefactor once it is strong enough. It’s a lesson the New…
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‘Saturday Night Live’ Surprises by Skewering Pelosi and Schumer in Jan. 6 Sketch, and Leftists Can’t Handle It
Opinion
— Oct 18, 2022
Many of us are old enough to remember when “Saturday Night Live” was belly-laugh funny. Over the years, as the show drifted further to the left, and as iconic stars who could never be replaced moved on with their…
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Days After Twitter Banned Babylon Bee, The Onion Calls Sen. Hawley a Pedophile and Faces No Consequences
Opinion
— Mar 23, 2022
If you’re old enough to remember the days when satire site The Onion wasn’t a clanging mess of wokeness that’s become a satire of a satirical site, one can assume you associate that era with the startup chimes of…
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America’s War On Cartels Gets A War On Terror Makeover
Jillian Butler · 4 min · 2h
Watch: Detransitioner’s Desperate Plea to Congress: ‘Enough Children Already Victimized by This Barbaric Pseudoscience’
Reporting
— Jul 29, 2023
The ability of the transgender craze to destroy a life was laid before Congress Thursday as 19-year-old Chloe Cole told the story of her transitioning nightmare. “I used to believe that I was born in the wrong body and…
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What were you actually built to do?
Quizie
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Not the job you have — the one your wiring has been begging for. Twelve questions and the AI writes the job description.
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Biden Refers to Rapper LL Cool J as ‘Boy’ to Congressional Black Caucus
Opinion
— Sep 25, 2023
I cannot imagine a white American adult who would be ignorant enough to call a 55-year-old black man — a spectacularly wealthy and famous one, to boot — a “boy” in 2023. But then, I couldn’t imagine a president like…
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Watch: Fed-Up Mom Begs Cops to Stop Sending Son Home After She Turns Him for Car Theft: ‘Lock Him Up, Do Something’
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— Sep 30, 2023
A mom in Columbus, Ohio, is frustrated with how the criminal justice system is treating her teenage son — because it’s not being harsh enough with him. Tiffany Hammons said her 17-year-old son has stolen multiple cars…
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'Worst Cook in America' Allegedly Beat 3-Year-Old Foster Child to Death for Not Eating Her Cooking
Reporting
— Apr 24, 2022
A South Carolina woman who won season 20 of Food Network’s “Worst Cooks in America” beat the child she is accused of killing because the child did not eat her food fast enough, the woman’s husband said at his trial…
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Coroner Confirms COVID Vaccine Complications Were Behind BBC News Presenter's Death
Opinion
— Aug 28, 2021
Forty-four-year-old BBC Radio Newcastle host Lisa Shaw trusted science enough to get her first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID vaccine in late April. Headaches started shortly afterward. In late May, she was dead…
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EPA Shelves Biden’s Chemical Spill Rule Until 2030 And Strips Its Climate Mandates
The Trump administration is giving thousands of facilities that store hazardous chemicals near waterways three more years to plan for worst-case spills.
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Tim Walz Diagnoses His Party’s Sad State: We Aren’t Selling Policies Voters Hate Hard Enough
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— Mar 28, 2025
Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said the Democratic Party has gotten into a “mess” because they were not “bold enough” to double down on issues such as diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and immigration. The…
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