Phil Shiver
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Greenville, SC, United States
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Major trucking company says it's done transporting firearms
Major trucking company Saia has announced it will no longer transport firearms amid a renewed national debate on gun control., Freight Waves reported on Monday.The Georgia-based logistics and shipping giant reportedly announced a new "rules tariff" last week in the wake of several recent mass shooti... → Read More
Olympic gymnasts, others sue FBI for $1 billion for allegedly mishandling Larry Nassar sexual assault claims
A group of more than 90 young women — including U.S. Olympic gymnastics stars Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, and McKayla Maroney — filed federal tort claims against the FBI on Wednesday seeking more than $1 billion in damages for the bureau's failure to act on sexual assault allegations against former U... → Read More
UK cinemas capitulate to Muslim demands, pull film about Muhammad's daughter following outcry
A popular U.K. cinema chain capitulated to demands from angry Muslim protesters over the weekend by announcing it would cancel all upcoming screenings of "The Lady of Heaven," a new film about the daughter of the prophet Muhammad.The stunning decision garnered immediate criticism online from free sp... → Read More
Leftist rioters who firebombed NYPD vehicle get significantly reduced plea deal
A pair of New York City lawyers arrested for firebombing an NYPD vehicle during Black Lives Matter riots in 2020 agreed to a significantly more lenient plea deal offered to them by federal prosecutors last week.Colinford Mattis, 34, and Urooj Rahman, 33, were originally hit with serious charges that... → Read More
Apple forced to change charging ports under new EU rule that lawmakers claim will save millions for consumers
Apple and other smartphone makers will soon be required to use USB-C charging ports under a new common charging standard for electronic devices announced by European Union officials on Tuesday. The new law, called the amended Radio Equipment Directive, establishes a "single charging solution" for mo... → Read More
Report: US has wasted more than 82 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines
A staggering number of COVID-19 vaccine doses distributed throughout the United States since the start of the pandemic have ultimately ended up in the trash, NBC News reported on Monday. What are the details?Citing new data from the U.S. the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the news outle... → Read More
'Satanic' attack on Nigerian church reportedly leaves more than 50 dead, including children
More than 50 people are reportedly dead and dozens more are injured following a "vile and satanic" attack on a Catholic church in Nigeria, according to multiple reports coming out of the West African country.The unprovoked massacre occurred at approximately 11:30 a.m. Sunday morning at St. Francis C... → Read More
Matthew McConaughey calls for 'gun responsibility' not gun control, goes on to demand gun control
Academy Award-winning actor Matthew McConaughey attempted to appeal to both sides of the gun control debate this week by issuing a call for nationwide "gun responsibility" rather than gun control in an op-ed for USA Today. Yet, while not going nearly as far as Democratic lawmakers and anti-gun advoc... → Read More
Gov. DeSantis vetoes funding for new Tampa Bay Rays practice facility
Florida's new state budget will not include $35 million for a Pasco County baseball practice facility slated to be used by the Tampa Bay Rays, in what many are calling the latest move by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) to punish organizations that push progressive causes.The maverick Republican governor vetoe... → Read More
Police shoot and kill escaped inmate accused of murdering family of five after prison breakout
A convicted murderer who escaped prison last month after stabbing a transport bus driver was shot and killed during a shootout with police in Jourdanton, Texas, late Thursday.The fugitive, 46-year-old Gonzalo Lopez, had been on the run since May 12 and is believed to have murdered a Houston family o... → Read More
Sacramento homeowner fined $573,000 for working on old cars in his backyard
A retired homeowner in Sacramento, California, has been ordered to pay a whopping $573,000 in city code violation fines stemming largely from his penchant for working on old cars in his backyard, the Sacramento Bee reported.Dan Altstatt, 83, recently lost his legal effort to challenge the fines when... → Read More
Lifeguards in Los Angeles raked in executive-level six-figure salaries last year, report shows
Southern California lifeguards are not your typical beach bums. Well, at least they're not paid like it.According to shocking new report from nonprofit watchdog Open the Books, lifeguards in Los Angeles County, California, raked in hundreds of thousands of dollars last year — with the top earner, li... → Read More
Drag queen pastor declares 'God is nothing' in blasphemous profanity-laced video
Isaac Simmons, a United Methodist Church candidate for ordination and associate pastor at Hope UMC in Bloomington, Illinois, recently spewed blasphemy in a new slam poem ode to the LGBTQ+ movement.The drag queen pastor and self-styled "drag-evangelist" who goes by the stage name, Ms. Penny Cost, dec... → Read More
BREAKING: Jury reaches verdict in Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial
A jury in Virginia on Wednesday found both actor Johnny Depp and his actress ex-wife Amber Heard guilty of defaming each other. However, the seven-member jury sided overwhelmingly in favor of Depp, awarding the "Pirates of the Caribbean" star $15 million in damages while only awarding $2 million in ... → Read More
Biden admin finally admits it was 'wrong' about historic inflation a year too late, then clarifies
President Biden's Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen admitted this week what has been plainly obvious to most Americans for the last 18 months: The Biden administration was wrong about seriousness of the nation's historic inflation crisis."I was wrong then about the path that inflation would take," Yel... → Read More
Radical socialist San Francisco DA poised to be ousted from his job in embarrassing fashion
San Francisco's far-left socialist district attorney Chesa Boudin promised a "new vision" and "radical change" to the Bay Area's criminal justice system. He was was supposed to usher in a utopian period of peace and safety by ending mass incarceration, the war on drugs, and the criminalization of po... → Read More
Mark Wahlberg congratulates his son and all the young people committing their lives to God
Academy Award-nominated actor and devout Catholic Mark Wahlberg recently took to social media to congratulate his son and all the young people who have committed their lives to God.In a video post on Instagram, Wahlberg, who is currently in Europe filming the Netflix movie "Our Man From Jersey," sha... → Read More
9-year-old girl survives vicious cougar attack in Washington state after witness recalls, 'I thought she was dead'
A brave 9-year-old girl is recovering in the hospital after being viciously attacked by a cougar in Stevens County, Washington.What are the details?The harrowing incident occurred Friday, May 27, at a Bible camp near Fruitland, about 60 miles northeast of Spokane. According to multiple local news re... → Read More
BBC altered alleged rape victim's quotes to avoid 'misgendering' her trans biological male attacker: Report
The British Broadcasting Company is under fire after staff complained that the news agency altered a rape victim's quotes to avoid "misgendering" her biological male transgender attacker's pronouns, according to the Times London.The paper reported that the BBC's diversity team made the "unethical an... → Read More
Dan Crenshaw rebuffs CNN's Dana Bash time and time again in back-and-forth interview about guns and gun control
Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R) sat down for a lengthy interview with CNN anchor Dana Bash over the weekend to discuss the nation's path forward following last week's atrocious school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 children and three adults dead.In the aftermath of the massacre, Democratic poli... → Read More