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Local complaints have prompted a child-focused charity in New York to ditch a drag event for kids set for next Sunday – and its cancelled drag queen host is not happy.

New Jersey’s Gloucester Township enacted an ordinance on July 28 that holds parents accountable for their children’s lawbreaking activities.

A black bear in Vancouver, Canada, recently met its match when a tiny creature decided to defend its family.

Residents in yet another U.S. city are rebelling against “harm reduction” drug use policies favored by progressive mayors and local lawmakers.

James A. Lovell, also known as “Jim,” who served as the Mission Commander for the Apollo 13 mission to the moon, has died. He was 97.

Nearly ten months after a 56-year-old woman was assaulted in front of horrified families at Disney World it was revealed this week that the victim and perpetrator in the incident were mother and son.

Passengers on the world’s largest cruise ship were shocked when a water slide malfunctioned and left one person injured.

The viral video of a violent attack in Cincinnati two weeks ago continues to make waves both nationally and locally as a candidate for mayor is blaming lenient law enforcement policies and mismanagement of police resources for creating an unsafe downtown.

Democrat Socialist Zohran Mamdani, who is running for New York City mayor, zeroed in on President Donald Trump while speaking to reporters on Thursday.

California State Assemblyman Carl DeMaio (R-San Diego) was vindicated Thursday when the state agreed that Gov. Gavin Newsom’s special election to approve a gerrymandered congressional map would cost over $200 million.

Community members in Montville, Maine, are working on restoration efforts after the Halldale Cemetery, where many veterans are buried, was targeted by vandals.

Two people were found dead inside a car parked at a scenic spot on the Pacific Coast Highway in California on Wednesday.

Firefighters are battling a massive fire in the Olympic National Forest in Washington State.

In a win for free speech, a federal judge on Tuesday struck down California’s law on AI-generated election parody videos. The lawsuit was filed from Elon Musk, his X platform, the Babylon Bee, and video platform Rumble.

A dog put herself in extreme danger to rescue her canine companion when two bears approached her home recently in Florida.

A homeless man intervened and rescued a 6-year-old girl with autism from a busy road in Green Bay, Wisconsin. 

An 18-year-old in Woodville, Texas, is already successful in the work world thanks to his intelligence and dedication.

A whale died after boaters saw it make contact with at least two boats in New Jersey’s Barnegat Bay on Saturday.

A dog may have saved the lives of a couple, who apparently had overdosed, when it showed up at nearby dog park and convinced — of all people — a recovering drug addict to follow it back to an encampment where its owners lay unconscious.

A 3.0 magnitude earthquake was confirmed to have occurred in New Jersey on Saturday night, with people in the surrounding areas and New York City (NYC) reporting they felt the tremor from the earthquake. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) revealed the

Four people were hurt in a crash on Interstate 83 in Pennsylvania on Friday that also resulted in thousands of hot dogs being spilled onto the pavement.

A traveler is accused of driving a golf cart while drunk through New York’s Buffalo Niagara International Airport on Monday and leaving a trail of destruction behind him.

The heat from wildfires burning in Arizona and Utah are creating intense “fire clouds.”

A baby was surrendered to a Safe Haven Baby Box in Hendersonville, Tennessee, last week.

A man who killed his wife and two children became the ninth person to be executed in Florida this year after officials administered lethal drugs on Thursday.

A Democrat city council member in Cincinnati, Ohio, is facing backlash after a comment she posted about the victims in the downtown street brawl that happened on Friday.

The Department of Defense (DoD) announced the identification of a World War II soldier who was killed during the D-Day invasion on Omaha Beach, France. A landing craft carrying approximately 200 soldiers struck an underwater mine and was hit by artillery rounds, causing it to burst into flames.

Law enforcement arrested a suspect on Wednesday in the killings of a couple at a state park in Arkansas.

A technical issue briefly caused flight delays in Britain on Wednesday before engineers were able to restore the system, the air traffic control operator said.

Health officials in New York City are warning about a lung infection outbreak in certain Harlem zip codes. 

California Governor Gavin Newsom’s effort to call a special election to allow for gerrymandering to create more Democratic Party-held congressional districts could cost the state’s taxpayers up to $250 million.

A violent brawl broke out on the streets of downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, on Friday, and officials are denouncing the unruly behavior.

A baby has been surrendered to a Safe Haven Baby Box in Covington County, Mississippi, the organization confirmed on Monday. 

Federal agents on a plane Saturday reportedly arrested a copilot after the flight landed on charges of child pornography.

Police are still looking for a man suspected of killing the parents of two children at Devil’s Den State Park in Arkansas on Saturday.

Video emerged over the weekend of a redistricting hearing in the Texas Capitol that resulted in a Democrat congressional candidate being forcibly removed and arrested after he refused to stop talking when his time was up.