LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Written by Jacob Bojessonon The Eiffel Tower was evacuated shortly before closing Saturday night after a knife-wielding man tried to force his way into the Paris landmark. The incident took place around 11:30 p.m. local time and the suspect was “very quickly overpowered and arrested,” the company that runs the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Written by Will Ricciardellaon The Daily Caller News Foundation has compiled a weekly list of examples exposing bias in Politico’s daily emailed newsletter that briefs subscribers on the most important news of the day. This week, Politico Playbook’s writers, Anna Palmer, Jake Sherman, and Daniel Lippman highlighted quotes claiming Reince…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Written by Michael Bastaschon A Nevada-based mining company has been struggling to regain its footing after the Guatemalan Supreme Court suspended its license to operate one of the world’s largest silver mines over the company’s failure to consult indigenous peoples living in the area. Tahoe Resources faces a fundamental problem,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Written by Anders Hagstromon China has begun using 3-foot-tall “legal robots” in its criminal justice system to advise sentencing and review court documents. The country had a 99.93 percent conviction rate in 2014, and this number fell to just 99.92 percent in 2015. The small robots can generate arrest warrants, approve indictments, and review court documents for mistakes, The Telegraph reported Friday. They’ve…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Written by Tim Pearceon For the second consecutive year, the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) has donated meat harvested from geese caught in Washington, D.C. parks to organizations that feed the homeless. The NPS gathered 116 Canada geese from Anacostia Park in July to protect the park’s wetland habitat. Every goose caught…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: To many Americans, high school seems like a normal part of life. To not attend is unheard of; to fail to graduate is a death sentence for one’s future. But what we often forget is that the modern high school is a relatively new concept. As Paul Beston notes in…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by CHRIS WHITE Global warming contributed to the suicides of tens of thousands of Indian farmers during the last 30 years, according to a study published Tuesday. An increase of just 1 degrees Celsius on an average day during the growing season was associated with 67 more suicides, according to a…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: HOLMES LYBRAND Fact Check Editor at The Daily Caller News Foundation PolitiFact rated a claim that illegal immigrants commit fewer crimes than U.S. born citizens as “Mostly True,” by merging illegal and legal immigrants into one group. Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa claimed that “undocumented immigrants” commit fewer crimes than…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: JONAH BENNETT National Security/Politics Reporter More than 50 Democrats have written a letter urging Secretary of Defense James Mattis ignore President Donald Trump’s announcement banning transgenders from the military. The Democratic House members called the announcement “unconstitutional” and further argued Friday that transgenders do not harm combat readiness. “As…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Written by Rob Shimshockon North Carolina State University’s (NCSU) new multicultural director announced her plans to create a “women of color” exclusive housing option, according to a Thursday report. Nashia Whittenburg, the school’s director of multicultural student affairs, discussed her vision for the segregated housing in a Tuesday NC State…