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LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Gabrielle Okun A Pennsylvania man was sentenced Thursday after assuming the identity of a deceased infant who died back in 1972. Jon Vincent, 42, from Lansdale, was sentenced to more than two years in prison Thursday for stealing the identity of an infant from Texas, Nathan Laskowski, who died in…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Kevin Daley The official position of the U.S. government is that cake is a form of speech, according to a Thursday brief. The U.S. Department of Justice filed an amicus (or “friend-of-the-court”) brief Thursday in the marquee religious freedom case of the upcoming Supreme Court term. The case concerns a Christian baker…
By Kitty Testa Equifax, one of the country’s largest credit reporting agencies, which is in possession of millions of pieces of consumers’ personal data, announced Thursday that it suffered a cyber-attack in which information on 143 million consumers was breached. 143 million. That’s social security numbers, driver’s license numbers and dates of birth for almost…
Thomas Phippen on September 8, 2017 A major earthquake struck Mexico and Guatemala Thursday night, and it could be the biggest in Mexico in more than a century, according to the Associated Press. The epicenter of the earthquake was off Mexico’s southern coast, but was felt 650 miles north in Mexico City, and as…
Grace Carr Feminists are freaking out about Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s Thursday announcement that the Department of Education will move away from former President Barack Obama’s Title IX enforcement and embrace a new strategy based on public feedback. “One assault is one too many. One aggressive act of harassment is one too many,” DeVos said during…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Via the New York Times: “Parents often turn to books to help them navigate complicated, and sometimes uncomfortable, conversations with their children about puberty. This week one such book, ‘Growing Up for Boys,’ by Alex Frith, became the topic of the type of conversation it is supposed to help…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Thomas Phippen President Donald Trump will host Speaker Paul Ryan at the White House residence Thursday evening, according to the president’s daily schedule, the day after Trump took a deal that may favor the Democrats on debt ceiling negotiations. Trump met with congressional leaders of both parties Wednesday, and decided…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Jonah Bennett Authorities have busted 20 people in a prostitution sting conducted over a couple of weeks, 13 of whom are active-duty Fort Hood soldiers ranging in rank from private to major. Law enforcement from Bell County, Texas, coordinated with the McLennan County Sheriff’s Department to post online prostitution advertisements, in…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Antifa’s use of red and black flags is symbolism for anarchism and anarcho-communism, which seems strange given their actions, their words, and their disrespect for individuals and property. I’m not necessarily the best writer to speak on this for two reasons. For one, I’m not an anarchist, I’m a minarchist……
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Amber Randall A Texas woman arrested for shoplifting managed to escape from police custody and steal an officer’s car during an arrest, according to Tuesday body camera footage. The Lufkin Police Department arrested 33-year-old Toscha Sponsler Saturday after coming to an Ulta Beauty store to deal with a potential shoplifter, reports Fox 10….