'Highly Venomous' 10-Foot King Cobra Found Hiding Inside Home A family was forced to call in reinforcements when they stumbled on a 10-foot king cobra coiled in their home in Panijuri village, India. King cobras have enough venom in a single bite to kill an ... 04/16/2024 - 3:35 am | View Link
Bridges reopen after 26 barges broke loose and floated down Ohio River, damaging a marina A pair of Pittsburgh-area bridges reopened Saturday morning after 26 barges broke loose the previous night and floated uncontrolled down the Ohio River, damaging a marina, authorities said. The ... 04/13/2024 - 9:43 am | View Link
Man chasing his loose dogs on highway is hit and killed by truck, Texas officials say A man pulled over on the side of the highway and chased his loose dogs across the road ... The organization said it is working to home the dogs with the victim’s family. Police did not mention ... 04/8/2024 - 12:13 am | View Link
Man allegedly held panhandler captive for months until she escaped, Florida officials say Deputies were dispatched to help her on Monday after a caller reported that an injured woman had just escaped from a van and needed help. Officers took Medina into custody on Tuesday after a chase. 04/2/2024 - 1:59 pm | View Link
Cowboys wrangle escaped cows on the loose for 2 years BERRYHILL, Okla. (KJRH) - Two escaped cows have been causing big problems on an Oklahoma woman’s property and it’s been going on for two years now. The cows first got loose after a trailer accident ... 03/30/2024 - 3:48 am | View Link
Enthusiastic treason enabler Bill Barr said yesterday he will vote for the “Republican ticket” in the November presidential election. He said on Fox that it was his duty to pick the person "I think would do the least harm to the country." Ha, ha! What a lying weasel he is.
While Republicans once again blocked repeal of an ancient abortion statute, Democrats in the Arizona Senate worked on clearing a procedural path to bring a proposed repeal to a vote. Via HuffPost:
Although no vote was taken on the repeal itself, Republican Sens. T. J. Shope and Shawnna Bolick sided with 14 Democrats in the Senate on Wednesday in changing rules to let a repeal proposal advance after the deadline for hearing bills had passed.
The Kennedy family will come out in force to endorse Joe Biden at a campaign event in Philadelphia today, since Biden is likely more at risk from Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s third-party challenge than Trump is. Via Axios:
RFK Jr.'s sister, Kerry Kennedy, will invoke the legacy of her slain father, former Attorney General Robert F.
Rep. Jamie Raskin laid into James Comer after the two got into a heated argument that lasted almost five minutes over the fact that Comer has not found any crime President Biden actually committed, but continually lies about it.
Since Republicans began investigating President Biden to aid Trump in his 2024 election bid, Reps.
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The Washington Post reported that the charges against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas were dismissed after Republicans quashed their opportunity for limited debate and the creation of an impeachment committee. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s dreams of being the MAGA star of the day must have been so crushed once she learned she and the other House impeachment managers would never have the opportunity to perform make their case.
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Some senators appeared bored at their small desks as Republicans made procedural point after procedural point, forcing a series of failed votes to delay the trial and other matters.