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LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Amber Randall Some people have voiced frustration with the fact that the Museum of the Bible only represents a “Judeo-Christian” perspective and leaves out other religions Friday. These critics say the Museum of the Bible, within walking distance from the National Mall in Washington, D.C., doesn’t reflect other religious point…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Amber Randall The opioid crisis in 2015 cost almost half a trillion dollars, a number six times greater than latest analysis on the crisis’ cost, the White House said Sunday. The Council of Economic Advisers puts the true cost of America’s opioid epidemic in 2015 at $504 billion in a study…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Joshua Gill Florida pastors sent a clear warning to potential shooters, advertising a sign outside their church that says “this is not a gun free zone.” River of Tampa Bay Church has sported the sign, signed by “the pastors,” for a year, but senior pastor Rodney Howard Browne reiterated the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Rob Shimshock A North Carolina county will slash funding to a volunteer fire department because of the department’s flying of a Confederate flag, according to a Thursday report. While the fire department obtains $19,000 annually and $400,000 every 10 years for a new truck, Montgomery County, N.C. commissioners said they will only…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Rob Shimshock A university called the police on a student who used the word “tranny” on radio, kicking him and his co-host out of the studio, according to a Friday video. The unnamed manager of the student radio station at University of Minnesota-Morris told the student co-hosts to leave the station, asserting…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Just when you thought the Confederate Flag and Monument Controversy was over. A volunteer fire department is about to loose funding in Montgomery County, North Carolina for flying it over their fire house. From Fox 8 News: A volunteer fire department could lose some of its funding if they don’t take…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Gabrielle Okun A massive street mural painting in England of Kevin Spacey will soon be erased after sexual misconduct allegations arose against the House of Cards actor, the street artist announced Friday. Street mural artist known as “Akse P19” wrote on Facebook that due to the recent allegations against Spacey accusing him…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Gabrielle Okun A Republican Indianapolis city councilman resigned Friday following sexual misconduct allegations from underage girls. Jeffrey Miller, 50, a Republican city councilman, resigned from his position after being accused of molesting two young girls at his home, NY Daily News reported. Miller faces three felony counts of child molestation, according…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: We have all been there. We’ve been slighted by the person we are speaking with as they reach for their smartphone to check a social media notification. This practice of snubbing is so common that in 2012, the Macquarie Dictionary helped to create the new word “phubbing” (a combination of…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Professionally, Peter Gray is known for his prominent book on psychology and for his professorship at Boston College. To the general public, however, Gray is perhaps best known for his book Free to Learn, which argues that the institutional nature of schooling is killing the natural learning ability of our…