Kelly Clarkson Whenever Kelly Clarkson belts out a powerful song, she nails it. She just did it again in a performance of her emotional new album track, “Move You.” The 35-year-old pop star, who signed with Atlantic Records after spending 14 years with RCA Records, shared a live video on…
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Sends Note to All Teams Following Last Week’s Widespread Protests
Widespread protests involving the national anthem continue to dominate the news cycle when it comes to the NFL and, on Sunday morning, players from the Miami Dolphins took a knee during “The Star-Spangled Banner.” However, in advance of Week 4, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell reached out to NFL staff from…
Read MoreNo. 2 Clemson rolls over No. 12 Virginia Tech 31-17
BLACKSBURG, Va. — No. 2 Clemson crashed No. 12 Virginia Tech’s house party Saturday night and came away with yet another big victory over a ranked opponent. The Tigers toppled the Hokies 31-17 in front of an electric crowd at Lane Stadium. Junior quarterback Kelly Bryant passed for 186 yards…
Read MoreTeam USA Continues Dominant Run in Presidents Cup
The United States Team continued to plow forward to victory with all the subtlety of a freight train, winning of three of the four foursome (alternate shot) matches Saturday over the International Team during the morning session of Day 3 at the 12th Presidents Cup, being contested at Liberty National…
Read MoreNo. 21 Florida Loses QB Del Rio, Beats Vanderbilt 38-24
True freshman Malik Davis rushed for 124 yards and two touchdowns, Lamical Perine rushed for three touchdowns and No. 21 Florida overcame the loss of quarterback Luke Del Rio to record a 38-24 victory over Vanderbilt on Saturday in SEC play at Gainesville, Fla. Redshirt freshman quarterback Feleipe Franks was…
Read MoreMarilyn Manson Seriously Injured Onstage in New York
Rock star Marilyn Manson was crushed and reportedly seriously injured by a falling gun prop at a New York City concert Saturday night. During a concert at the Manhattan Center Hammerstein Ballroom, Manson was midway through singing “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” by the Eurythmics when a giant gun…
Read MoreDonald Trump Will Attend Presidents Cup on Sunday at Liberty National in Jersey City
JERSEY CITY – The Presidents Cup will have its namesake in attendance for the final day at Liberty National Golf Club. The White House announced on Sunday that President Donald Trump will travel from his golf club in Bedminster to the tournament in Jersey City. He is expected to arrive…
Read More20 Essential Windows Keyboard Shortcuts to Save You a Click
Let your fingertips fly. Know your way around one of these? Peignault Laurent/Unsplash Compared to reaching for the mouse or navigating a menu, a single keyboard shortcut shaves a moment off your task. This might not seem like much, but add up all those saved moments over a week or…
Read MoreO.J. Simpson Released from Nevada Prison
LAS VEGAS — Former football star O.J. Simpson was released from a Nevada prison early Sunday after serving nine years in prison for a 2007 armed robbery and kidnapping in Las Vegas. The onetime football legend whose earlier murder trial in Los Angeles inspired years of debate over race and…
Read MoreMonty Hall of Game Show ‘Let’s Make a Deal’ Fame Dies at 96
LOS ANGELES—Monty Hall, the original host and co-creator of “Let’s Make a Deal,” the long-running game show that debuted in 1963, making kooky audience costumes and carnival-style bartering an institution on daytime television, has died, according to Associated Press. He was 96. Hall, who was also a dedicated philanthropist, died…
Read MoreUniversity Approves Policy to Allow Expulsion or Suspension of Protesting Students
A major national university has approved a policy to suspend and expel students who protest “campus speeches and presentations.” The University of Wisconsin system Board of Regents voted on the new punishments for students who have already been charged with “disrupting others’ free expression.” Now, students who offend a second…
Read MoreSmall Businesses Carry Burden of High Taxes in Tennessee
Small business owners in Tennessee are paying the price — literally — for large corporations raking in tax breaks. “What we keep seeing is that small business owners are taking on the burden of higher taxes for governments to give their tax dollars to big businesses,” said Mark Cunningham, a…
Read More‘On Eagles Wings’ State Conference in Cool Springs Saturday to Feature William Federer and All-Star Speaker Lineup
The annual state conference of the Eagle Forum, the powerful national grassroots organization founded by Phyllis Schafly in 1972, will be held this Saturday, October 7, at the Embassy Suites in the Cool Springs area of Franklin, Tennessee. The all day conference begins at 8:30 am and will continue until…
Read MoreRetired NFL Star Herschel Walker Sides with Donald Trump: ‘If You Want to Protest, Protest Off the Job’
Former NFL running back Herschel Walker agrees with President Trump on the national anthem protests, saying athletes should set aside their political differences when they’re at work and save the protesting for their own time. Mr. Walker, who supported Mr. Trump’s presidential campaign, said he agrees with the president that…
Read MorePeople Are Not Enrolling In Obamacare Because They’re Convinced It Was Repealed
Groups that help enroll people on the Obamacare exchanges are struggling to encourage enrollment because, at least in part, to a lack of awareness about the program’s continued existence, the Daily Beast reports. The Trump administration has drastically cut the funding used to market Obamacare and to assist people in…
Read MoreCommentary: Fans Fed Up with the NFL Anthem Protests
Millions of fans are unhappy with the current trend of national-anthem kneeling by NFL players — and they’ve expressed their anger and disgust over the last few days in a number of “we’re-not-taking-it-anymore” moves. Here is a look at five of the biggest backlashes against the NFL’s kneelers this week.…
Read MoreDOJ Sues Company For Allegedly Hiring Foreign Workers Over Qualified Americans
The Justice Department announced Thursday that it has filed a lawsuit against an agricultural services company for allegedly rejecting American citizen applicants in favor of foreign guest workers. Colorado-based Crop Production Services Inc. discriminated against at least three U.S. citizens by refusing to employ them as seasonal technicians in Texas,…
Read MoreAlaska Will Be The Centerpiece Of Trump’s Plan For US ‘Energy Dominance’
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke made it very clear that boosting energy production in Alaska would be a major part of the Trump administration’s plan for U.S. “energy dominance.” “The road to energy dominance goes through the great state of Alaska,” Zinke said in a speech at the conservative Heritage Foundation…
Read MoreACLU Sues Maine Because It Won’t Pay For Abortions
A pro-abortion group testified Thursday that the rights of Maine women are violated because the state won’t fund abortion services. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said in a hearing that Maine law is discriminatory because it prohibits state Medicaid from paying for abortion services, while it allows those funds…
Read MoreGov. Haslam Has Not Kept Campaign Promises to Curb Illegal Immigration in Tennessee
Broken promises from Bill Haslam’s 2010 campaign could figure prominently in any run for Bob Corker’s Senate seat. While campaigning for governor, Haslam repeatedly raised the issue of illegal immigration and how he, as governor, would work to insulate Tennessee from the negative fiscal effects of illegal immigration and from…
Read MoreFaith: Verse of the Day for Sunday, October 1
VERSE OF THE DAY Be blessed and be a blessing October 1, Sunday Isaiah 58:11-12 11 The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never…
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