Category: Nation

School Bans Unvaccinated Kids After Immunized Children Start Chickenpox Outbreak

Augora Hills, CA — Close to one-quarter of students at a California elementary school have been directed by school officials to stay home for three weeks due to a small onset of chickenpox cases that began in March. The chickenpox outbreak at Mariposa School of Global Education in Augora Hills, California is unique because the first case of chickenpox discovered at the

NYT: Support for Korea policy depends on … two hands and a flashlight?

Americans have a bad reputation for their grasp of world geography. According to a new survey conducted by Morning Consult on behalf of the New York Times, it’s well deserved, at least when it comes to the Korean crisis. Only a little over a third of Americans could identify the Korean peninsula on a map, and some of the guesses

Police searching for two men who robbed Brookside 7-Eleven

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two suspects are on the loose Tuesday morning after an overnight robbery at the 7-Eleven in Brookside. Police say around 12:30 a.m. someone called to report that two men wearing gray hoodies and gray sweatpants walked into the store near 63rd and Oak armed with guns and robbed the store. At one point one of the

The Resistance keeps fighting for attention

The Resistance is fighting for attention and hoping it can keep the discontent over Trump’s election riding high through the 2018 midterm elections. Over the weekend a group of 200 members of one Indivisible chapter spelled out the word “Resist!” at one of Trump’s golf courses in California: 200 members of Indivisible San Pedro form the word RESIST! Sat. at

Oregon man, drenched in blood, reportedly carries human head into store, stabs employee

A man is behind bars after allegedly walking into an Estacada, Oregon, grocery store on Mother’s Day, covered in blood and carrying what appeared to be a human head. KATU 2 reports that the incident occurred at the Estacada Thriftway store off of North Broadway Street. The suspect, whose name is unknown at this time, was drenched in blood as

How to ruin Mother’s Day with trigger warnings

First of all, let’s get the obligatory feel-good declarations out of the way. Happy Mother’s Day (and yes, it’s “Mother’s” in the singular, not Mothers’ as will be explained below ) to all of you mothers out there. I hope your families make you feel as special as you are. With that sincere recognition out of the way it’s time

Impeachable? Trump gets TWO scoops of ice cream while the peasants all get one

Crank up the outrage machine, but perhaps not at the wanton gluttony of President Trump. Still, according to CNN that’s where the story begins. I caught wind of this story from Mike Lachance at Legal Insurrection and it’s really less about the President’s dietary habits than how the media reacts to any tidbit of potentially damning news they can lay

Coulter: You know, the “Trump haters” could have been right

Has Donald Trump’s most prominent conservative-commentator supporter abandoned ship? Not quite yet, but as the Daily Caller’s Alex Pfeiffer discovered in his interview with Ann Coulter, she’s got a flotation vest on and has begun searching for a lifeboat. A lack of progress on the border wall and the rise of nepotism has Coulter despairing of the Trump presidency she

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