Accidental opioid overdoses are not only on the rise but now cause the most preventable injury-related deaths in the U.S. for the first time ever, according to a new report. The latest numbers from the National Safety Council, which analyzed 2017 data from the National Center for Health Statistics, place accidental opioid overdoses ahead of […]
A Florida airport is helping make sure hundreds of federal employees who work there will be able to put food on the table while they work without pay during the ongoing partial government shutdown. Tampa International Airport teamed up with Feeding Tampa Bay and United Way Suncoast to set up a food bank on Monday. […]
China has granted Ivanka Trump’s business preliminary approval of five new trademarks ahead of next week’s trade talks with the U.S., The Associated Press reported. Four of them, including wedding gowns, sunglasses and child care centers, got the green light on Sunday. The fifth, which involves charitable fundraising, art valuations and brokerage, was approved earlier […]
Jennifer Rubin, a conservative columnist for The Washington Post, offered up a savage critique of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night. Rubin claimed in her latest column — titled “The State of the Union is Boring” — that Trump’s speech was “shapeless and flabby” and his “delivery anemic.” “Non-memorable lines […]
Newly released video footage shows an Arizona police officer shooting a teen who’s sprinting away from him after allegedly committing a burglary. The dramatic video comes from a body camera worn by Tempe Police Officer Joseph Jaen on the afternoon of Jan. 15. Jaen, a 14-year veteran of the police force, was responding to a […]
The staff of the late-night TV show “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” called out the GOP during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday for its lack of diversity. The comedian’s crew also offered up their own takes on other moments from Trump’s speech: RELATED… George Conway Delivers Blistering Fact-Check Of Trump's […]
Nathan Phillips, the Native American man involved in last week’s widely covered standoff with Nick Sandmann, said Thursday that the MAGA-hat-wearing teen’s recent “Today” show interview was insincere and seemed “coached.” Footage showed Sandmann and his Covington Catholic High School peers ― a group of white, mostly male teens from Kentucky ― surrounding Phillips in […]
MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell on Thursday broke down why he believed President Donald Trump is now in “a hell of his own creation.” “The Last Word” host noted Trump likely thought the ongoing government shutdown over his demands for $5.7 billion to fund his promised U.S.-Mexico border wall “was going to make him look strong.” But instead, […]
Click:defoamers market Comedian Bill Maher lamented the lowering of the bar in the era of “political narcissist” President Donald Trump on Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Hardball with Chris Matthews.” “I mean, look where the bar is Chris, that we’re cheering the Republicans because they say we don’t believe in white supremacy,” Maher said in a discussion […]
All eyes will be on Chrissy Teigen and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-N.Y.) social media streams during the Grammy Awards this Sunday night. Maybe. Cookbook author and model Teigen sent Twitter into a mini-meltdown Friday after she invited the freshman lawmaker — who she dubbed “my hero” — over to her and husband John Legend’s home to […]