by Jim Heath | Oct 17, 2021 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
A Virginia couple in their 40s who refused pleas from their family to get the COVID-19 vaccine because they read misinformation online passed away from the disease within two weeks of each other, leaving behind five children and an infant grandson. High school...
by Jim Heath | Oct 12, 2021 | GOP, Headlines
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is calling for civil war with her latest provocative tweet. The conspiracy-peddling lawmaker polled her 448,300 Twitter followers Monday on whether they thought America should “have a national divorce.” She offered them three...
by Jim Heath | Oct 12, 2021 | Headlines, NFL, Race
Former Las Vegas Raiders coach and NFL broadcaster Jon Gruden mocked President Biden in 2011, calling him a “clueless pussy,” according to new leaked emails. Gruden’s emails were obtained and reviewed by The New York Times, which published details of...
by Jim Heath | Oct 12, 2021 | Headlines, Religion
A controversial celebrity pastor worth an estimated $50 million has returned $4.4 million in federal COVID relief loans his megachurch received from the government. According to the Houston Chronicle, Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church has repaid the money after the...
by Jim Heath | Oct 9, 2021 | Headlines, History
Each year, the United States honors the explorer Christopher Columbus with a federal holiday, and many Americans incorrectly believe it’s because he discovered our country. He didn’t. Columbus made four trips across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain: in 1492,...
by Jim Heath | Oct 9, 2021 | Headlines
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis adopted the slogan “Make the Czech Republic great again” in his reelection effort. But he lost the Czech Republic’s parliamentary election, a surprise development that could mean the end of the populist billionaire’s reign in power....