Josh Fatzick America’s population has gotten exponentially fatter over the past two decades, and a new study shows how far the country has gone. Mississippi took the prize as the fattest state, while Hawaii has the least amount of obese and overweight people, according to a study released Wednesday by the personal finance website WalletHub….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr A man in Ireland who got busted couriering heroin during a nearly $1 million deal told authorities he got involved to pay off golfing fees. Michael Smallhorn, a 57-year-old resident of Dublin, was arrested Feb. 4 2016 with more than 13 pounds of heroin found in a…
Jacob Bojesson Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau personally welcomed the first of 15,000 Syrian refugees that will be flown in on government-sponsored flights over the next three months. The military aircraft carrying 163 Syrian refugees arrived in Toronto Thursday night. Trudeau was eagerly waiting at the airport to welcome the “new Canadians.” “First of all, thank…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Diversity is a good thing. We have to say that today, but the truth is I actually believe it. My personal experiences confirm the cliché. I grew up in a tiny blue-collar town in Wisconsin, but I was a bit of a vagabond in my 20s. Some cities I lived…
Chuck Ross Disney CEO Bob Iger said Thursday the company dealt “privately” with scandals involving two ABC hosts who wore blackface. Iger was asked at a shareholder’s meeting in St. Louis about revelations that Jimmy Kimmel and Joy Behar have dressed in blackface in the past. Kimmel dressed as former NBA star Karl Malone for a segment…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Steve Birr Authorities arrested a nurse found stealing vials of fentanyl from a hospital in North Carolina Monday that nearly caused an officer to suffer an overdose. Police were investigating Hayley Lammon Brown, who worked as a nurse at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, since April after they discovered a number…
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