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President Obama announced on Monday a ban on solitary confinement for juvenile offenders in the federal prison system. He is also contemplating banning or severely restricting its use in general.
Instead of getting legislation passed through Congress, Obama will use his “phone and pen” to outline a series of executive actions against the practice.
The president…
Update (1:45 PM EST): Navy Capt. Curt Jones said that investigators have found "absolutely nothing" that would confirm a report that shots were fired in the basement of the Naval Medical Center in San Diego.
Update (12:15 PM EST): Naval Medical Center spokesman Mike Alvarez released this statement: "We're not taking any chances and are executing procedures we've been trained for in this kind…
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In a story that is just too funny not to write about, a Florida man who quit his job at Burger King decided to steal all of the chicken nuggets in the store.
After securely fastening the nuggets' seatbelt for the ride home, the man then posted photo proof of his exploits on Twitter under the name "Zealot."
TODAY WAS MY LAST DAY WORKING AT BURGER KING SO I…
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Iraq War veteran and wounded warrior Justin Anderson just wants to give back to his community.
An amputee with only one leg, the disabled vet fitted his all-terrain wheelchair with a sidewalk-sized snow plow on the front, and goes up and down his neighborhood in Omaha, Neb., whenever there is snowfall, clearing the sidewalk for his neighbors.
After numerous complaints…
In an attempt to cross the Antarctic unaided, British explorer Henry Worsley has died.
The 55-year-old called for help just 30 miles short of completing the trek. He had already traveled 913 miles across the South Pole, but struggled with a bacterial infection and dehydration.
With the expedition coming to an end, Worsley sent out one last message:
The 71 days alone on the Antarctic with…
(Sign reads: "Fortress Europe. Close The Borders")
Amid a wave of migrants -- and migrant-based assaults -- on their country and around Europe, a right-wing group called the Identitarian Movement has uploaded a video describing their disgust with the people in power.
In the video, which is a little under three minutes, young Identitarians clearly and succinctly describe their displeasure with…
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On a clip released Friday of the latest episode of BBC's The Graham Norton Show actor/hip-hop artist Ice Cube, producer of the film 'Straight Outta Compton,' explained, "We don't do movies for the industry. We do movies for the fans."
Amidst all of the celebrities crying "racism" for the apparent lack of black actors or actresses nominated for Oscars this…
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If elected, 2016 GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump might not need to deport anyone, as many Twitter users -- and a multitude of celebrities -- have stated they would leave the United States if Trump wins the presidential election.
According to analytics firm Luminoso, of the 4.5 million ‘Trump-related’ tweets from Aug. 6 through Sept. 9, roughly four…
In a story that will not be reported by the liberal media, Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) and Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) sent a letter Thursday to Attorney General (AG) Loretta Lynch requesting that the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigate whether the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) “knowingly and willfully violated and are continuing to knowingly and willfully violate 31 U.S.C. 1341(a) in its ‘…
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British journalist and conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos has started a scholarship for “white men only.”
The Yiannopoulos Privilege Grant is “a scholarship exclusively available to white men who wish to pursue their post-secondary education on equal footing with their female, queer and ethnic minority classmates.”
The plans for the grant are to disburse…
