German automaker Audi chose to get political in its Super Bowl ad, advocating equal pay for women. It backfired. The spot featured a young girl competing against her male counterparts in a downhill soapbox car derby, with her father’s voice-over: “What do I tell my daughter? Do I tell her…
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The United States had falsified evidence about climate change in order to get politicians to sign an agreement lowering carbon emissions last year, according to an article published Saturday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration broke its own rules and submitted “misleading, unverified” data in a paper which the Paris…
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As controversy heats up over sanctuary cities across the U.S., many Mt. Juliet residents are backing the city’s promise that Mt. Juliet will never be one. Frustrated by burdens illegal immigrants place on police and public services and grieved over the loss of a couple killed by an illegal immigrant…
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Tel Aviv University Team will excavate rebel dwellings, Herod’s gardens in month-long expedition at UNESCO heritage site By Ilan Ben Zion Aerial view of Masada (Andrew Shiva/Wikipedia/CC BY-SA) For the first time in over a decade, archaeologists are commencing new excavations atop Masada, studying previously untouched areas of the legendary…
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HOUSTON — Tom Brady and Roger Goodell posed together with the Super Bowl MVP trophy to cap yet another comeback for the New England Patriots quarterback Monday at the George Brown Convention Center. “I think James White deserves it, would have been pretty nice for him,” Brady said of the…
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Metro Nashville Director of Schools Shawn Joseph says President Trump’s executive orders on immigrants and refugees are causing concern for foreign-born families and staff. In his two orders on border security and interior enforcement, President Trump called for allowing state and local law enforcement agencies to cooperate with federal immigration officials. However, schools…
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President Trump said Sunday that he’s considering withholding federal funds to California if state officials proceed with a proposal to create a “sanctuary state” for illegal immigrants. “If we have to, we’ll defund,” Mr. Trump said in an interview with Bill O’Reilly broadcast Sunday on Fox News. “We give tremendous…
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HOUSTON — On the goal line, James White dragged three Atlanta Falcons into the end zone. Ten yards back, Tom Brady tore off his helmet and stepped into history. It was as breathtaking as the roar that filled NRG Stadium, as glittering as the red, white and blue confetti that…
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Activists want federal immigration enforcers out of Nashville, but a bill sponsored by state Senator Mark Green would impose penalties on Nashville or any other Tennessee locality that becomes a sanctuary city. At a rally Wednesday in Nashville, the Tennessee Immigration and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC) slammed President Trump’s executive…
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