Author: Matthew Miller, Washington Examiner

Coffee prices are rising by the week, and small businesses and coffee consumers are taking the hit. “We’re not making any money on the drip coffees anymore because the cost of coffee has gone up so much,” said Andrea Parrish, owner of Victor’s Celtic Coffee in Redmond, Washington. “We’ve increased prices 6% over the last…

Czech folk singer Hana Horka, 57, died on Sunday of COVID-19 after she willingly contracted the virus in an attempt to self-immunize. Horka was attempting to make herself immune to COVID-19 by getting infected as an alternative to receiving the vaccine, the singer’s son Jan Rek told Prague Morning. Horka was the lead vocalist for…

A Philadelphia man shot and killed one of three men accused of attempting to steal his car on Tuesday morning, police say. The suspects tried to pull the man’s car away with straps near South 58th Street and Cobbs Creek Parkway, according to witnesses, but were soon confronted by the car’s owner, CBS 3 reports.…

ESPN host Stephen A. Smith, after enduring hospitalization with COVID-19, said he “wouldn’t be here” if he was not vaccinated. Smith returned to ESPN’s First Take on Monday, explaining he was hospitalized last month with COVID-19. WATCH: DESANTIS BLASTS ‘LOCKDOWN POLITICIANS’ FOR VACATIONING IN FLORIDA “For me personally, it hit me differently,” Smith said. “[Doctors]…

Rep. Jim Jordan said he will launch an investigation into Dr. Anthony Fauci if Republicans win the House in the 2022 elections. “Yes. Yes, we definitely are,” the Ohio Republican answered when asked by Fox News host Maria Bartiromo if he was going to investigate Fauci. “If the American people put us back in charge,…

An Auburn, Washington, man shot and killed an armed robber after he was shot in the arm himself, police said. Officers responded to a call at the 200 block of Auburn Way South at about 9 p.m. on Tuesday, finding the male robber shot dead and a man with a gunshot wound to the arm,…

A New York restaurant owner Stratis Morfogen says he will not be complying with the city’s vaccine mandate for private sector personnel. “I’m not doing the mandate, and I told Governor [Kathy] Hochul to come and arrest me,” Morfogen, owner of the Brooklyn Dumpling Shop, told Tucker Carlson on Thursday’s Tucker Carlson Tonight. “I’m not…

Seattle police shot and killed a machete-brandishing suspect who was wearing only a towel after he stabbed a police dog to death and injured an officer. Police responded to a 911 call on Jan. 5 at around 2 p.m. about a burglary suspect armed with a knife. TEXAS WOMAN ARRESTED AFTER TODDLERS FOUND ‘HOGTIED,’ ‘HEAVILY…

Pro-vaccine radio host Howard Stern criticized tennis star Novak Djokovic’s position against getting the COVID-19 vaccine, calling him a “f***ing a**hole” during his show. Djokovic, 34, faces being banned from the Australian Open after failing to disclose his vaccination status. The event requires all athletes to show proof of vaccination. Stern blasted the athlete on…