NEW YORK (AP) — Jimmy Kimmel is returning as host of the Academy Awards for the second straight year and fourth time overall, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday. ABC is turning again to its late-night host a year after bringing Kimmel back for a 2023 ceremony that drew 18.7 million
Watch: Missouri Republican Advocates for 2A with Fourth of July Flamethrower Vid
Eric Burlison for Congress Rep. Eric Burlison’s (R-MO) affinity for flamethrowing resurfaced for the Fourth of July after the Missouri Republican and vocal Second Amendment advocate first made an impression during his campaign last year for using the fire-breathing device. Burlison shared the new video to his social media, which showed the lawmaker rolling into
‘IT MEANS FREEDOM’: Americans share what the Fourth of July means to them
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ahead of July Fourth, visitors to the nation’s capital shared what it means to be an American as they passed the Washington monument, honoring one of the nation’s Founding Fathers. “To me, it means freedom,” Rosemary, of Colorado, told Fox News. WHAT DOES THE FOURTH OF JULY MEAN TO YOU? AMERICANS RESPOND. […]
PHOTOS: GOP Presidential Hopefuls March in Fourth of July Parades
Many Republican presidential candidates spent their Fourth of July campaigning in early voting states with six months to go until the Iowa Caucuses. Former Vice President Mike Pence marched in an Independence Day Parade in Urbandale, Iowa, alongside his wife, former Second Lady Karen Pence. The Des Moines Register noted Iowans greeted Pence with a
TX School District Confirms Fourth Student Killed by Fentanyl: ‘A Precious Child’
Officials with Hays Consolidated Independent School District (CISD) in Texas said Wednesday they lost another student to a fentanyl overdose. Four students have now died of fentanyl or suspected fentanyl overdoses in the past few months, according to the school district, KVUE reported. In a letter to the CISD family posted Wednesday, school officials said an
Vanessa Williams to Sing ‘Black National Anthem’ for PBS’ Capitol Fourth Celebration
NEW YORK (AP) — When Vanessa Williams hosts this year’s televised Capitol Fourth celebration, she will not only honor the nation’s traditional independence day, but also the country’s newly designated holiday — Juneteenth. Williams, who was the first Black woman to be crowned Miss America, will sing “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” which has served…
On the Fourth of July, teach your kids about what made America great in the first place.
I have vivid memories of celebrating Independence Day in my hometown of Pawleys Island, South Carolina. Each Fourth of July I rode on a parade float down Myrtle Avenue, competed in watermelon seed-spitting contests with my cousins and watched colorful fireworks burst over the beach. But even in my grade school years, I understood that […]
I am a legal immigrant and proud to celebrate the Fourth of July in the greatest country on Earth.
Fireworks light up the sky over the Philadelphia Museum of Art during an Independence Day celebration, Wednesday, July 4, 2012, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) (AP) I am an Australian by birth, an American by choice and a Texan by the grace of God. I live in the greatest country in the world. I run […]
MERRY ECONOMY TO ONE AND ALL: New York Fed Nowcast Up To 4.0% Growth For Fourth Quarter.
There’s more good news on the economy under President Trump, and it comes from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. On Friday, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported that the New York Fed Staff Nowcast stood at 4.0% for the fourth quarter of 2017, the highest level since the Nowcast was created […]
Universal Coverage? My Fourth Health Care Plan Just Died Thanks to Obamacare
Cue the funeral bagpipes. My fourth health insurance plan is dead. Two weeks ago, my husband and I received yet another cancellation notice for our private, individual health insurance coverage. It’s our fourth Obamacare-induced obituary in four years. Our first death notice, from Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, arrived in the fall of 2013. […]
Fourth DEADLY Jihad Attack in Germany in a Week
This was the fourth violent attack in Germany in the past week. Ansbach is home to a whole lot of American families whose US Army soldiers are stationed at Ansbach, Katterbach, Oberreichenbach, et al. The jihad bomber’s backpack was filled with explosives. One dead and dozens injured. 2500 were attending the music festival the Muslim […]
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For the Fourth Time in Less Than a Year, an NYPD Officer is Killed
For the fourth time in less than a year, an NYPD officer has been killed. Late Tuesday night in East Harlem, Officer Randolph Holder lost his life at the hands of a gun-wielding thief: Officer Randolph Holder, 33, was shot in the forehead by the callous gunman, who had stolen a bike and was being […]
FBI: We Stopped ISIS-linked Fourth of July Terror Plots
As Katie reported in June, House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes said, We face the highest threat level we have ever faced in this country, today…even after 9/11.” Before the Fourth of July weekend, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security issued warnings to law enforcement about the possibility of terror attacks over the holiday. […]