Lemonade stands, paper routes, and bake sales seem yet destined for the dustbin of history, thanks to an imperious State, which — to its sanctimonious detriment — manages to pull off seemingly impossible PR predicaments of its own making, like the handcuffing of teenagers for selling bottled water on the National Mall without a permit Thursday evening.

Yes. Seriously.

Perched atop chains interlinking fence posts lining the walk near Smithsonian Castle, three…

 A bill allowing the starvation and dehydration of dementia and mentally ill patients against their will passed the Oregon Senate 17-13 on June 8.

Oregon Right to Life has been battling SB494 since it was introduced, warning it’s a “devious” bill that’s “craftily written so as…

Quetzalcoatl, Codex Telleriano-Remensis, Aztec, ca. 1562

The five Cleveland cops who took part in the 137-shot, execution-style fusillade that killed an unarmed couple over a traffic violation will all get their jobs back.

In what can only be referred to as a travesty of justice and a disgrace to the integrity of police departments nationwide, five…

A fake carjacking scene for a rap music video nearly came to a tragic end over the weekend when police mistook the scene for an actual crime and opened fire.

Failure to obtain a permit to shoot a rap video can and will be met with deadly force, especially if that video contains a fake crime scene. Just ask Dushon Shepherd, 26, and Keenan Black, 39, both of Detroit, what happens when you film a rap video without first getting…

(Rick Tyler for Congress)

An independent candidate for Congress from Tennessee has been swept up in a wave of criticism for his campaign billboard vowing to "Make American White Again."

Rick Tyler, who is running for the 3rd Congressional…

An American flag and Puerto Rican flag fly next to each other in Old San Juan. 

Puerto Rico could become the 51st state — what do you really know about it?

When outsiders think of Puerto Rico, a couple of things probably come to mind: It’s a small island in the Caribbean. People mostly speak Spanish there. It’s not a US state but has American…

Longmont Housing Authority says it was using homes of low-income residents to train police dogs, allowing them to search apartments without a warrant

LONGMONT, COLO. - Some powerful people in Longmont appear to have forgotten that the Constitution still exists.

The Longmont Housing Authority says it was using the homes of low-income residents to train police drug dogs. There weren’t warrants, but simply a…