LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield A controversial high school assignment is getting some attention from parents, who are calling it inappropriate and say it promotes racism, says WBTV. One parent posted the assignment on Facebook, writing that it came from his son’s history class at Olympic High School, said WBTV. The assignment is called…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Attorney General Jeff Sessions is learning a lot about Hawaii after he referred to the 50th state as “an island in the Pacific,” reported KDVR. His statement came in a radio interview earlier this week as he criticized the Hawaiian judge blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order banning…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Think that diet soda is a good way around those calories? Well turns out, the extra weight of regular soda may be a fair tradeoff to avoid other, more deadly conditions. Study finds those who drink artificially-sweetened beverages such as Diet Coke or Pepsi Max are at three…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield The Associated Press is reporting that President Donald Trump says businesses and individuals will receive a “massive tax cut” under a tax reform package he plans to unveil next week. In an interview with the AP, Trump says the plan will result in tax cuts for both individuals and…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall A former Florida police officer allegedly threatened two teenage boys with a gun earlier in April because their car was too noisy. Police arrested Mario Lazaro Perez, a former Hialeah cop, after he allegedly struck one of the teens with a gun, threatened to kill them and punched…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock Student leaders at Western Kentucky University passed a resolution to grant black students free tuition as a form of reparations. WKU’s Student Government Association passed the resolution with a vote of 19-10-1 this week, according to the College Heights Herald. “This is something that I think is…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Will Racke A Silicon Valley man who provided logistical support and recruited for al-Qaida had his U.S. citizenship revoked by a federal judge Thursday. Egyptian-born Khaled Abu Dahab, 57, confessed to being a member of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, an al-Qaida affiliate, and said he had personal ties to Osama…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall An atheist organization celebrated after forcing a Wisconsin police department to remove a prayer card hanging from its wall this week. The Freedom From Religion Foundation called the decision of the Onalaksa Police Department to remove the “Police Officer’s Prayer” a “victory for the Constitution,” reports the Christian Broadcasting…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell A U.S. Navy fighter jet crashed Thursday while on final approach to an aircraft carrier, which was relocating to waters off Korea. A carrier strike group led by the USS Carl Vinson is heading north to provide “a persistent presence in the waters off the Korean peninsula,” according…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Follett The top lobbyist for crop-dusters is warning the proliferation of unmarked wind turbines in recent years pose a huge risk to thousands of pilots flying over farms every day. Crashing into wind turbines has killed at least four crop-duster pilots in the U.S. since 2003, including one…