Representative Jim Bridenstine screenshot

Republican mentions suffering of Jesus amid anti-abortion speech on House floor

Samantha Bee on LGBT bullying of Christians

Daily Show’s Samantha Bee explores the right’s ‘giant temper tantrum’ about LGBTs

CNN reporter Pamela Brown

CNN reports TV chef choked by millionaire husband looks ‘weak’ and ‘subservient’

Jessica Lynn Howell charged with murder and child abuse

Police: Infant died after mother invited pedophile boyfriend to rape child

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George Zimmerman’s dad lashes out at ‘racist’ Black community in e-book

George Zimmerman testifies

Robert Zimmerman Sr., the father of Florida murder suspect George Zimmerman, unleashed a host of accusations of racism at many segments of the African-American community in an e-book released on Friday, Think Progress reported. In the book, the older Zimmerman denounces the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peoples…

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White House urges Iran: ‘Heed the will of the people’ after election

A supporter of moderate cleric Hassan Rohani gestures with a picture of him as she celebrates his victory in Iran's presidential election on a street in Tehran June 15, 2013. [REUTERS/Fars News/Sina Shiri]

By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States urged Tehran on Saturday to “heed the will of the Iranian people” after Iranians elected moderate cleric Hassan Rohani to be their country’s next president. “We respect the vote of the Iranian people and congratulate them for their participation in the…

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Judge nixes Fort Hood shooting suspect’s defense strategy

Fort Hood shooting suspect Major Nidal Hasan. Image via KXAS-TV.

Fort Hood shooting: Judge nixes Nidal Hasan defense strategy. What now? (via The Christian Science Monitor) A military judge overseeing the court-martial of Maj. Nidal Hasan ruled Friday that the Army psychiatrist cannot argue in court that he killed 13 soldiers at Fort Hood in defense of Taliban leaders in…

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Chemical blasts spur questions about Southern petrochemical corridor

'Petrochemical plant in night' [Shutterstock]

Donaldsonville explosion: With Southern industrial boom come dangers (via The Christian Science Monitor) Back-to-back explosions at chemical plants only miles apart along the Mississippi River have given pause to those who live in the shadows of America’s dirtiest industries. On Thursday, an explosion at a chemical plant in Geismar, La.,…

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U.S. now has most Spanish speakers outside Mexico

A girl with Mexican and American flags rests after walking in a Cinco de Mayo parade on May 4, 2013 in Denver, Colorado. [AFP]

There was a time when Latino immigrants in the United States hushed up their Spanish, trying to blend in. Now you hear it all over, as Latinos flex their growing political and media muscle. Indeed, the trilled R’s and staccato bursts of the language of Quixote liven up city streets…

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‘Insolvent’ Detroit moves closer to filing for bankruptcy

Detroit's emergency financial manager Kevyn Orr talks to members of the media outside the Detroit Newspapers building about the report he delivered to the State of Michigan about Detroit's finances, in Detroit, Michigan May 13, 2013. [REUTERS/Rebecca Cook]

By Bernie Woodall and Steve Neavling DETROIT (Reuters) – Detroit said on Friday it would stop making payments on some of its about $18.5 billion debt, which would put it in default, and the “insolvent” city called on most of its creditors to accept pennies on the dollar to help…

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New England Patriots owner: Putin stole my Superbowl ring

A Russian opposition supporter holds a picture of Russian president Vladimir Putin at a rally in Moscow on May 5, 2013. (AFP)

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft said this week that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin stole his Superbowl ring in 2005 when Kraft and a group of American businessmen were visiting St. Petersburg, Russia. According to CBS Sports, what has been portrayed in the media as a “gift” of the $25,000…

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Georgia Republican: ‘People of color are being paid by the government’

Rich Thompson via 100 Dads official

A speaker at this week’s conservative Faith And Freedom Coalition Conference said on Friday that the Republican Party struggles to attract minority voters because they’re “being paid by the government” in benefits. According to Think Progress, Rich Thompson, founder of the “school choice” advocacy group “100 Dads” made the remarks…

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Al Gore says Obama must veto ‘atrocity’ of Keystone XL tar sands pipeline

Al Gore via Shutterstock

Former vice-president says oil pipeline is ‘really a losing proposition’ and demands climate plan promised at inauguration Al Gore has called on Barack Obama to veto the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, describing it as “an atrocity”. The former vice-president said in an interview on Friday that he hoped Obama…

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Bank of America lied to homeowners and rewarded foreclosures, former employees say

Bank of America customers at a Bank of America machine.

Bank of America employees regularly lied to homeowners seeking loan modifications, denied their applications for made-up reasons, and were rewarded for sending homeowners to foreclosure, according to sworn statements by former bank employees. The employee statements were filed late last week in federal court in Boston as part of a…

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