Las Vegas police have identified Stephen Paddock, 64, from Mesquite, Nevada, as the gunman in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. Authorities believe Paddock shot into a crowd of 22,000 people attending an outdoor concert, killing 58 and wounded hundreds more before before he killed himself in a…
Read MoreDay: October 2, 2017
Tanya Tucker the Voice of Third Annual Tennessee Craft Week
Country music icon Tanya Tucker is the honorary chairman of the third annual Tennessee Craft Week, which kicks off Friday and runs through Oct. 15. The event coincides with American Craft Week and highlights handmade artwork. “The art of handmade crafts is a Tennessee legacy that intensifies each year,” reads…
Read MoreKyle Busch Wins at Dover with Last-Lap Pass
DOVER, Del. — Kyle Busch denied Chase Elliott a first career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series win at Dover International Speedway on Sunday, passing Elliott on the final lap of the Apache Warrior 400 for his fourth victory of the season and second in the three-race first round of the…
Read MoreREPORT: Singer Tom Petty On Life Support, Clinging to Life
LATEST UPDATE: 10:29 pm central time, Monday October 2. “But the 66-year-old entertainer is still alive, and news outlets that announced his death Monday retracted their stories later Monday. The Walk of Fame tribute was canceled,” AP reported late Monday: The confusion started with CBS News and the Los…
Read MoreMore Than 50 Killed in Mass Shooting at Las Vegas Country Music Festival at Mandalay Bay
A gunman opened fire with what witnesses describe as a fully automatic firearm at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas late Sunday night. The numbers of dead and injured are climbing rapidly as FBI and local police assess the scene. Press reports indicated more…
Read MoreFans Blast Tennessee Coach Butch Jones and Team After Its Historic Shutout Loss to Georgia
Tennessee was shutout 41-0 by Georgia on Saturday at Neyland Stadium. The loss marked the first time the Vols had been shutout since 1994. Naturally, many Tennessee fans and critics alike torched the team’s performance on social media. Here’s how Twitter reacted to Tennessee’s shutout loss to Georgia in Week…
Read MoreTrump Will Announce New Steps to Cut Red Tape in Monday Speech
President Trump will kick off the new fiscal year Monday by redoubling his administration’s efforts to cut red tape, a move he views as a key driver of economic resurgence. In a speech in the East Room of the White House, Mr. Trump will call attention to “the benefit that…
Read MoreProtesters March Through Washington Streets for Racial Justice
Activists with the March for Racial Justice and the March for Black Women took to the streets Saturday in Washington to protest what they called “racist policing practices” in America. The two groups held individual rallies in the nation’s capital and then converged before marching together to the Justice Department…
Read MoreCommentary: Mueller’s Special Prosecutor Team Torments Paul Manafort to Snare Big Targets
Facing indictment and millions of dollars in legal debts, President Trump’s onetime campaign manager maintains his innocence and has nothing incriminating to offer Special Counsel Robert Mueller, associates say. But Paul Manafort, who once advised Ronald Reagan and went on to build a lucrative political consulting business overseas, knows he…
Read MoreTrump Presents President’s Cup to Thrilled US Team’s Captain Stricker
Steve Stricker, captain of the victorious US Presidents Cup team, Sunday called it “a thrill” to receive the trophy from President Donald Trump. After another lopsided American win in the lopsided rivalry with the International team, Trump was on hand at Liberty National Golf Club to present the hardware. “I…
Read MoreAIG Stripped of ‘Too Big to Fail’ Label by U.S. Regulators
Insurer AIG will no longer face the stricter federal oversight of a “too big to fail” institution following a vote Friday by a panel of top US financial regulators. The Financial Stability Oversight Council voted 6-3 to strip AIG of the designation that its failure could “pose a threat to…
Read MoreGOP Governor Sides with Democrats for Second Time in One Month
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) bucked his Party’s conservative base for the second time in a one-month period by signing a bill into law Thursday that both requires taxpayers’ money to fund abortions through Illinois’ Medicaid program and prevents abortions from becoming illegal if the Supreme Court ever overturns Roe…
Read MoreThinking the Unthinkable in China: Abandoning North Korea
North Korea’s nuclear antics have rattled its alliance with China to the point that Beijing is allowing the previously unthinkable to be discussed: Is it time to prepare for the renegade regime’s collapse? While China’s official goal is to bring Washington and Pyongyang to the negotiating table, it is also…
Read MoreBob Corker Contradicts Paul Ryan, Says He Will Not Support Tax Reform Unless Deficit Neutral
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan thinks the Republican tax plan will make it through the U.S. Senate, saying the framework was negotiated on the front end unlike the failed attempts at repealing and replacing Obamacare. “We have more consensus on tax reform as Republicans, and we have less consensus…
Read MoreFaith: Verse of the Day for Monday, October 02
VERSE OF THE DAY Be blessed and be a blessing October 2, Monday Psalm 147:3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds
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