Kevin Daley Newly-released dashcam footage shows a tense traffic stop quickly devolving into a deadly shootout that nearly killed two Pennsylvania state troopers. Some 50 rounds were exchanged between the would-be killer, Daniel Clary, Trooper Ryan Seiple, and Cpl. Seth Kelly during the Nov. 7, 2017 encounter on Route 33 in Northampton County. WATCH: This…
Neetu Chandak U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) arrested an 81-year-old woman who allegedly smuggled heroin worth over $870,000 across the Tijuana-San Diego border Wednesday. A K-9 guided authorities to a 2011 Chrysler, which reportedly held 34 wrapped packages of heroin in the vehicle’s rocker panels. The unidentified woman was arrested around 11:30 a.m. and…
Neetu Chandak California has the largest death row population in the country, though the trend showed an opposite effect nationally, according to a study released Friday. Pew Research Center analyzed data from the Death Penalty Information Center and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, where it found California’s death row population in 2017 increased by almost 100 inmates…
Evie Fordham Seventy-two percent of U.S. adults say it is “essential” for the U.S. to lead the world in space exploration, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted from March 27 to April 9. Space exploration is on many Americans’ minds after President Donald Trump proposed creating a sixth branch of the military called the…
At Intellectual Takeout we write a great deal on logical fallacies, of which there are many. Of all fallacies, the ad hominem is king (and probably always will be). From the Latin “to the man” or “to the person,” it is a (fallacious) argumentative device that involves attacking one’s opponent instead of rebutting their argument….
As back-to-school time approaches, parents are bracing for school-related trauma. The threat of bullying, violence, school shootings, and mental health maladies looms large as a new school year emerges. A 2018 PDK poll found that one-third of parents are concerned about their child’s safety at school, a sharp jump in recent years. And it’s not just peer…
Virtually everyone has heard of the term social justice warrior by now. The term has become quite popular the past few years—so big in fact, that the Oxford Dictionary added it to their dictionary in 2015. Most people by now know that when someone is accused of being a social justice warrior, it is probably…
Uncertainty makes human beings uncomfortable. Not knowing what’s going to happen in the future creates a sense of unrest in many people. That’s why we sometimes draw on predictions made by leading experts in their respective fields to make decisions in our daily lives. Unfortunately, history has shown that experts aren’t often much better than…
The NBC show Friday Night Lights is about high school football in a small Texas community. High-school students are taking part in a class discussion when the brash star halfback, Brian “Smash” Williams crudely argues that monogamy is unnatural for a male. The teacher is puzzled by Smash’s statement. A female friend and classmate, Waverly,…
Evie Fordham News site Upworthy, known for its “You won’t believe what happened next” headlines, let go of more than 30 employees because of “an increasingly challenging media environment,” according to parent company Good Media Group. The layoffs come as Upworthy editor-in-chief Liz Heron resigned Thursday, and co-founder/board member Eli Pariser resigned in late July, reported…