Author: Elizabeth Faddis, Washington Examiner
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Margaret Thatcher statue pelted with eggs hours after installation
A statue of former United Kingdom Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was pelted with eggs two hours after it was placed in its new home on Sunday morning. The statue of Thatcher was met with verbal and physical attacks such as egg throwing and booing after it was placed onto a 10-foot granite platform in Thatcher’s…
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Buffalo gunman suspect previously threatened school shooting, official says
The gunman suspected of killing 10 and wounding three in a Saturday shooting at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, previously threatened a shooting at his high school, according to a law enforcement official. Payton Gendron, 18, was investigated by police after making a threat in June 2021 to conduct a shooting at his…
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Twitch says broadcast of Buffalo mass shooting removed
A popular streaming platform says it removed a broadcast of the mass shooting at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, Saturday in which 10 people were killed and three more wounded. Officials said the gunman livestreamed the shooting on Twitch, a site owned by Amazon and popular among video gamers, and the platform said…
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‘Whose dog is this?’: Tennessee couple wakes up to surprise pet in their bed
A Tennessee couple woke up to find that an unexpected guest had made its way into their bed one night this month. Julie Johnson, 42, thought the 90-pound bulldog-labrador mix named Nala was one of her three dogs until she asked her husband, 34-year-old Jimmy Johnson, about the surprise guest on May 1, and he…
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Randy Weaver from Ruby Ridge standoff dies at 74
Randy Weaver, the man infamous for his 11-day Ruby Ridge standoff with federal agents in Idaho in 1992, has died at the age of 74 on Wednesday, his daughter revealed. No cause of death was revealed, but a post from April suggests he had been dealing with health problems. “Love you always Dad,” Sara Weaver…
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Florida secretary of state resigns ahead of midterm elections
Florida‘s secretary of state is resigning from her position after three years, a move that comes months ahead of the midterm elections in November. Laurel Lee, who oversees the Division of Elections, submitted her letter of resignation to Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday, vowing to “continue” to do what is best for the people of…
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North Korea acknowledges COVID-19 case for first time
North Korea acknowledged for the first time a COVID-19 infection within the hermit nation’s borders. State media reported Thursday that a case of the omicron variant was detected after authorities tested samples from patients in the capital of Pyongyang, leading the country to implement a “maximum emergency” system to fight the virus, according to South…
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New internet browser launches with focus on free speech
A new internet browser with a focus on making right-leaning searches more widely available to users was made publicly available Tuesday. TUSK, a web browser that seeks to be censorship-free, was created in an attempt to allow conservatives to search what other like-minded people were saying or searching for in a sea of “inherently left-leaning…
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Protesters descend on Samuel Alito’s house one week after abortion opinion leak
Protesters marched to Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s house Monday evening to voice opposition to an leaked opinion that would overturn of Roe v. Wade. Masses of people, rallied by shutdowndc.org, gathered at 7:30 p.m. in Alexandria, Virginia, for a “vigil for abortion rights,” according to the group’s website. “Justice Alito’s draft opinion that would…
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Predominantly black college in Illinois closing after pandemic woes and ransomware attack
A college in Illinois announced that it is closing after more than 100 years of operation after setbacks associated with the coronavirus pandemic and a ransomware attack. Lincoln College, a predominantly black college established in 1865 that has endured such events as a campus fire and the Great Depression, said that it would be permanently…




