NASHVILLE, Tenn. — History was made in Bridgestone Arena on Sunday. Ryan Johansen’s tie-breaking goal at 3:15 of the third period lifted the Nashville Predators to a 3-1 win over the St. Louis Blues and a 4-2 series victory, advancing them to the Western Conference finals for the first time…
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BREAKING: Macron Wins France’s Presidential Election
“Emmanuel Macron won France’s presidential election Sunday after his opponent Marine Le Pen conceded shortly after polls closed at 8 pm,” the Daily Caller is reporting. His opponent, right wing candidate Marine Le Pen, has conceded. “Le Pen called Macron to concede the election after the centrist candidate was projected…
Read MoreLeftist Macron Ahead of Le Pen in Exit Polls of Presidential Election in France, Says Belgian Broadcaster
Brussels (dpa) – According to exit polls taken before the end of voting, centrist Emmanuel Macron is ahead of far-right leader Marine Le Pen in the second round of the French presidential election, Belgian broadcaster RTBF reports. According to RTBF, Macron is ahead with more than 60 per cent of…
Read MorePolls Open in Bitter, Key French Election
Polls have opened in France, culminating a presidential election campaign that many French say is the country’s most acrimonious and contentious in its modern history, one that could decide whether it stays the course of globalization or adopts a new, separate path outside of the European Union. In a race…
Read MoreStephen Colbert’s Vulgar Quip About Donald Trump and Putin Prompts FCC Probe
Regulators are reviewing a lewd joke made by “The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert this week involving President Trump and his Russian counterpart, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission confirmed Thursday. The FCC has received several complaints concerning Mr. Colbert’s recent quip and will considered whether it violated any…
Read MoreFour Cases of Mumps Diagnosed in Shelby County
“Four cases of mumps have been identified in Shelby County since March 2017, according to the Shelby County Health Department,” WMC Action News reported on Thursday. “With outbreaks in our neighboring states, it is not unexpected to see cases here in Shelby County,” said Alisa Haushalter, DNP, RN, director…
Read MoreCommentary: Finance Chair State Rep. Charles Sargent Misrepresented Copeland Cap on House Floor in Budget Debate
During his presentation of the budget bills during the House floor session Friday State Representative and Chairman of the House Finance, Ways & Means Committee, Charles Sargent (R-Franklin) misrepresented the Copeland Cap constitutional amendment several times. Charles Sargent has served in the Tennessee House since 1997, became a member…
Read MoreBernie Sanders Claim: ‘Thousands’ Will Die Because of GOP Health Care Bill
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) doesn’t just think that millions of Americans will lose their insurance if the American Health Care Act makes it through the Senate. He thinks thousands of them will die. Sanders made the hyperbolic claim Thursday in an interview with Anderson Cooper on CNN hours after the…
Read MoreAlways Dreaming Roars to Victory in 143rd Kentucky Derby
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Todd Pletcher knows the narrative all too well, even if he rarely bothers to refute it. Despite winning a record seven Eclipse Awards for Top Trainer and ranking as the leading purse winner in history at age 49, Pletcher is the guy who’s saddled almost 50 horses…
Read MoreIndonesia Official: US Speaker Ryan Does Not Link Islam, Terrorism
Indonesia’s foreign minister expressed satisfaction after a meeting Thursday with the leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, saying that Speaker Paul Ryan had affirmed he does not see the Muslim faith as the source of Islamist radicalism. “There is a strong message that Paul Ryan delivered at the meeting,…
Read MoreNashville Predators Try to Finish Off St. Louis Blues at Home Today
For the first time in the Stanley Cup playoffs, there is a little pressure on the Nashville Predators. As the Predators enter Sunday’s game against the St. Louis Blues at Bridgestone Arena, they own a 3-2 series lead in their best-of-seven Western Conference semifinal. A victory in front of what’s…
Read MoreGOP Speaker Beth Harwell, Democrats Karl Dean and Craig Fitzhugh Called ‘Gubernatorial Candidates’ in Saturday Speeches to Tennessee Education Associaton
Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives Beth Harwell (R-Nashville), former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean, and House Minority Leader Craig Fitzhugh (D-Ripley) were all called Gubernatorial candidates by attendees who listened to their speeches to the Tennessee Education Association at its gathering in Murfreesboro on Saturday. “Clearly a campaign…
Read MoreFaith: Verse of the Day for Sunday, May 07
VERSE OF THE DAY Be blessed and be a blessing May 7, Sunday John 3:19-21 19 “And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. 20 For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does…
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