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Will There Be A 'Super Blue Blood Moon' This Week?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Jan. 29, 2018

NASA has called the astronomical event in late January 2018 a "supermoon trilogy."

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Is a New York Lawmaker Accused of Sexual Misconduct Negotiating Anti-Harassment Laws?

Written by: Arturo Garcia

Jan. 25, 2018

A former staffer said the senator forced himself on her outside a bar in April 2015.

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Did a Vermont Woman Post a Joke About Trump 'Bringing Back Slavery'?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 25, 2018

Heather Wick faced an online backlash after a racially insensitive Facebook post in 2017, and ag ...

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United States Senate Candidate Favors a Woman's Right to Cook Him Dinner?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Jan. 25, 2018

Decrying a "non-stop feminization campaign against manhood," a GOP Senate candidate said he supp ...

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Did Customs Agents Board a Bus in Florida Asking for Proof of Citizenship?

Written by: Arturo Garcia

Jan. 22, 2018

An encounter captured on video in January 2018 depicts a longstanding practice by immigration of ...

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Does Congress Get Paid While Military Personnel Do Not During a Government Shutdown?

Written by: David Emery

Jan. 22, 2018

Unlike military pay, which is appropriated annually, paychecks for House and Senate members are ...

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Exterior shot of White House in Washington, D.C., under a cloudy sky.

Did the White House Change Outgoing Message on Comment Line to Blame Democrats?

Written by: Brooke Binkowski

Jan. 20, 2018

The unprecedented finger-pointing took place amid a government shutdown and looming government w ...

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Did Trump Criticize Obama for a Lack of Leadership During the 2013 Government Shutdown?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Jan. 20, 2018

Who's most to blame for failing to "get everyone in a room" to "make a deal" when a government s ...

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Did President Trump Decry Babies Being 'Born in the Ninth Month'?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Jan. 20, 2018

The president apparently misspoke while delivering remarks to the 45th March for Life in Washington.

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Sushi Fanatic Pulls 5-Foot-Long Tapeworm Out of His Body

Written by: David Emery

Jan. 19, 2018

The attending physician confirmed that a patient walked into the emergency room with the giant p ...

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A group of Vikings floating on the sea on Drakkar with mountains on the background.

Is 'Bluetooth' Technology Named After a Viking King?

Written by: Brooke Binkowski

Jan. 19, 2018

The name of the wireless technology standard apparently originated during a Toronto pub crawl on ...

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Will Health and Human Services Allow Doctors to Refuse to Treat LGBTQ Patients?

Written by: Arturo Garcia

Jan. 18, 2018

The department cited a judge's December 2016 ruling that does not extend patient protections to ...

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"Baby Doc" Duvalier.

Donald Trump Sold an Apartment to a Brutal Haitian Dictator?

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Jan. 16, 2018

He sold the Trump Tower apartment to Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier through a Panamanian shell ...

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Did San Diego Hire a 'Rainmaker' to End a Drought in 1916?

Written by: David Emery

Jan. 15, 2018

Self-styled "moisture accelerator" Charles Hatfield promised to fill the city's depleted reservo ...

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Emmanuel Mensah's Final Act of Heroism

Written by: Alex Kasprak

Jan. 12, 2018

Emmanuel Mensah was a United States Army soldier and immigrant from Ghana who died saving his ne ...

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Is 'Trumpy Bear' a Real Product?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 11, 2018

As seen on TV: "The fearless, super-plush American grizzly"

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Did IKEA Release an Advertisement Containing a Pregnancy Test?

Written by: Arturo Garcia

Jan. 11, 2018

The ad allows expectant mothers to use their urine to reveal a coupon for a crib.

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Another 'Amazing' 2018 Calendar Quirk?

Written by: David Mikkelson

Jan. 11, 2018

Two important Christian observances fall on dates that are also secular holidays in 2018.

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Did 'The Boondocks' Forecast Oprah Winfrey's Becoming President?

Written by: Arturo Garcia

Jan. 10, 2018

A 2006 episode of the Cartoon Network series received a surge in attention after the talk show h ...

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Was 'Dixie' Taken Out of Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede Dinner Attraction?

Written by: Bethania Palma

Jan. 10, 2018

Critics said that the show romanticized the pre-Civil War South; supporters, in turn decried the ...

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