Новости за 08.12.2019

(STUDY FINDS) -- MONTREAL — Everybody spends a bit more money over the holidays, but often times those spending sprees lead to feelings of guilt, irresponsibility, and worry afterwards. So, if you’re looking for a way to feel better about your shopping this year, a new study has a suggestion: go green. Dubbed the “greenconsumption…

  The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education is asking administrators of the University of Scranton to explain why student government leaders blocked the registration of a conservative organization. The private school is not subject, like public universities, to the constraints of the First Amendment. But FIRE argued the university is "morally and contractually bound…

(STUDY FINDS) -- ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Stress is hardly ever considered a good thing, but a surprising new study finds that experiencing a little bit of stress and adversity early on in life may just extend one’s lifespan. By studying a type of roundworm called C. elegans, researchers at the University of Michigan have…

At a time of the year when star decorations are everywhere, the mayor of a town in Norway is objecting to one star sponsored by a church. Because it's a six-pointed Star of David, and that makes it "too closely associated with Israel and the Jews," complained the mayor, reports Breaking Israel News. The mayor…

(STUDY FINDS) -- NEW YORK — Snacking in the United States is big business. So much so that a new survey finds a sixth of Americans would completely shave their head in exchange for a lifetime supply of snacks. So, just how much money would that lifetime snack supply save us? According to the survey…

(STUDY FINDS) -- ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The 2020 presidential election is less than a year away, and pollsters are already out in full force attempting to gauge voters’ preferences heading into next fall. The legitimacy of pre-election polling is often questioned by voters and pundits alike, and a new study finds that most people’s…

When we think of a clerical error, we think of some niggling problem that messes up an account by a few cents here or a few dollars there. Not so in Wasatch County, Utah, where a mammoth error recording the value of a home led the county to value the property at nearly $1 billion,…

A man from Kansas was arrested on Nov. 29 for driving a stolen car to bail out his older brother who had been jailed for stealing a car only a few hours earlier. Eric Dean McCracken of Topeka, 36, was pulled over at around 1:30 a.m. on Nov. 29 for a traffic infraction, according to…

Forces backed by Russia are behind the downing of a U.S. drone that was shot down over the Libyan capital of Tripoli last month, a top U.S. general says. Gen. Stephen Townsend, who leads U.S. Africa Command, said that the ground forces around Tripoli that downed the drone “didn’t know it was a U.S. remotely…

A hot mic moment Tuesday at the NATO summit in England showed that some western leaders are not fans of President Donald Trump. However, recent disheartening economic news from these countries proves they have a lot to learn from Trump, who's leading an economy that added a whopping 266,000 jobs last month, according to the…

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emphatic declaration of her lack of interest in dating other women has cost her some points with the LGBT community. The 2016 Democratic presidential nominee appeared Wednesday on Howard Stern's show. Clinton was on the show to promote "The Book of Gutsy Women," which she co-authored with her daughter,…

The always volatile Kid Rock is telling the city of Detroit to buzz off amid a dustup between himself and the National Action Network, an organization founded in 1991 by notorious race hustler Rev. Al Sharpton. Rock, whose real name is Robert James Ritchie, made headlines late last month for going on a nasty drunken…

House Democrats have grown increasingly transparent in recent weeks with regard to their unwillingness to pump the brakes on impeachment and employ a more scrutinizing approach. But Democratic Rep. Veronica Escobar of Texas took things a step further in a Thursday interview with CNN, warning against allowing the American people to review the facts of…

The polar bear, swimming from ice floe to ice floe in search of food, has become the symbol of climate change. They’re all going to die and it’s all your fault! Now, sit down for a spell and listen to Greta tell you how you’re not supposed to take a plane. It may surprise you…

The weather outside in Washington isn’t particularly frightful right now. As I sit down to write this, it’s going to maybe hit 44 degrees Fahrenheit on Saturday and the forecast is for sunny weather. The night might be a little bit chilly -- going down to about 27 -- but given that most of D.C.…

An Australian rugby star who was fired for posting Bible verses on social media now has reached a cash settlement in a lawsuit over his dismissal. The BBC reported Israel Folau, a former Wallabies star, was dismissed from the Rugby Australia team after he posted teachings from the Bible on homosexuality. He sought more than…

U.S. Army officials have been warned that their "hostility" to a Christian company making replica dog tags is unconstitutional. The Army's Trademark Licensing Program, and its director, Paul Jensen, have received a letter from First Liberty Institute on behalf of the private company that makes replica dog tags, jewelry and more. The products from Shields…

An engineer is suing Arizona for barring him from doing business without the approval of bureaucrats. The Institute for Justice is in court on behalf of Greg Mills, who has "spent his entire career working as an engineer designing and building electronics." Until this year, when "a group of industry insiders sitting on a government…

(NEWSWEEK) An evangelical website has allegedly faked an online petition against a hypothetical gay Hallmark Christmas movie. Out reported Friday that evangelical website LifeSiteNews started a petition asking the Hallmark Channel not to produce a potential "gay Christmas movie." Though LifeSiteNews claims "viral" numbers of 30,000 signatures, Out claims the numbers have likely been artificially…

(NEW AMERICAN) Pope Francis compared President Donald Trump to Herod, the wicked king in the Bible who tried to kill the newborn Jesus and who was responsible for the massacre of male infants in the vicinity of Bethlehem, as revealed in a Jesuit journal on Thursday. The pontiff made the remark to a group of…

(SPUTNIK NEWS) At the end of November, the artist premiered his first brainchild Nebuchadnezzar, an opera based on the biblical tale of the Babylonian King’s transition from a wicked, imperious ruler to a true believer who finds salvation in Christianity. It seems that Kanye West really intends to follow in the footsteps of Verdi, Bizet,…

A police department in the United Kingdom has written a big check to a street preacher for wrongfully arresting and detaining him. For the second time. The U.K.'s Christian Institute said Dale Mcalpine has been paid 4,000 British pounds, or about $5,300, by the Cumbria police in a settlement of his claim for wrongful arrest…

During a protest in London on Thursday, actress Emma Thompson cited the possibility of eating pets due to the impacts of climate change. While participating in an Extinction Rebellion protest outside the headquarters of the British Broadcasting Corporation, Thompson read what was supposed to be a forecast of the future, according to the London Evening…

(FOX NEWS) A New York man who tweeted an offer of $500 to anyone willing to kill a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer was acquitted Friday. The case against Brandon Ziobrowski, 35, centered on whether a threatening social media post is protected speech under the First Amendment. A federal jury in Boston cleared…

The secretary general of INTERPOL, the international police organization, has warned that Europe is being threatened by what he called ISIS 2.0, a new wave of Islamic jihadists. "We could soon be facing a second wave of other Islamic State linked or radicalized individuals that you might call ISIS 2.0," said Jurgen Stock. "A lot…