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Heartbreak and questions abound as more details come to light about the time between police arriving at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde and the neutralizing of the shooter. During a Texas Senate hearing Tuesday, Col. Steven McCraw, the director of the state Department of Public Safety (DPS), revealed that an Uvalde officer, Ruben Ruiz, was…

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Actress Candace Cameron Bure was filled with emotion when she encouraged her fans to help push back against the current “state of the world.” In an Instagram video to her 5.5 million followers, Bure said, “Do you ever scroll through Instagram and just get sad at the state of the world? That’s me right now.”…

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After the mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, Academy Award-winning actor Matthew McConaughey made an appearance at the White House press briefing last Tuesday after visiting Capitol Hill and meeting briefly in private with President Joe Biden. In a passionate 22-minute speech, McConaughey, a gun owner, called upon a gridlocked Congress to…

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The mother of NBA superstar Steph Curry reveals she nearly aborted her son but God intervened. Sonja Curry details in her new book how she scheduled an abortion when she was pregnant with Steph but ultimately decided to cancel the appointment. She credits God for intervening after another unplanned pregnancy. “God had a plan for…

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During a recent study on the universe’s expansion rate, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, found that “something weird” is happening in outer space. In a statement, NASA said, “The cause of this discrepancy remains a mystery. But Hubble data, encompassing a variety of cosmic objects that serve as distance markers, support the…

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi broke her silence earlier this week after San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone banned her from taking communion due to the “grave evil she is perpetrating” on the abortion front. The curious, some might say bizarre, segment on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” opened Tuesday with host Joe Scarborough pondering how “disconcerting” it is…

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Generation Z may bring on a “fur-baby boom” since most of them don’t want to have kids. A new poll reveals that seven in 10 young adults in Gen Z would adopt a pet rather than have their own children. Gen Z adults aren’t the only ones choosing pets over people; millennials are also. In…

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For anyone wondering how prevalent occult practices are becoming in mainstream culture, look no further than McDonald’s most recent marketing tactic, which involved, among meal deals, the chance to win tarot card readings. A USA Today story covering McDonald’s plan reads, “McDonald’s is preparing for this week’s celestial and astrological change of Mercury retrograde with both…

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A document that appears to be from the Supreme Court was leaked, indicating that the court plans to overturn Roe v. Wade.

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Kevin Sorbo was mocked on Twitter after the actor made a joke about CNN+ that fell flat across the platform's liberal audience.

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