Part-time Donald Trump critic and actor Robert De Niro went off on the president again on Thursday during a speech at a charity function, the New York Daily News reported. RELATED: Robert De Niro used his commencement speech as another opportunity to rip President Trump De Niro, who has, in the past, said Trump has…
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Nothing brightens a day as much as a baby, especially when that baby just might be the next NASCAR driver in the family. RELATED: This impromptu pregnancy shoot just might be this NASCAR mama-to-be’s most beautiful yet “Healthy baby boy,” former NASCAR racer and current broadcaster Kenny Wallace tweeted out on the occasion of…
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After his 12-game winning streak on “Jeopardy!” came to an end, New York City bartender Austin Rogers collected his $411,000 winnings and stopped by “The Tonight Show” to tell host Jimmy Fallon why he thinks Alex Trebek is actually a hologram. “We got along fairly well. I still have a theory he’s…
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If you like happy endings, then you could be in for a treat today. Dale Earnhardt Jr., his career winding down, took the pole at Talladega for the first time in his career, running NASCAR’s longest closed course at 190.544 mph “We’ve been fighting our teammate Chase and his group for poles at these tracks for…
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Just prior to halftime against Syracuse on Friday night, Clemson starting quarterback Kelly Bryant appeared to suffer an injury after a horrifying hit on third down. Bryant laid motionless on the field for a few minutes before finally being helped off the field. Bryant was already dealing with an ankle injury prior to this hit. Clemson…
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ATHENS, Ga. — On a weekend with its share of upsets, Georgia’s offense made sure the No. 4 Bulldogs didn’t suffer a similar fate, rolling up 696 total yards to rout Missouri 53-28 on Saturday night. The victory will likely push Georgia (7-0, 4-0 SEC) into the No. 3 spot in the poll following Clemson’s loss…
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Supporters of a beloved rural West Tennessee doctor they say is falsely accused of Medicare fraud are frustrated with the lack of response they are getting from U.S. Rep. David Kustoff (R-TN-8), whom they have turned to for help. Dr. Bryan Merrick of the McKenzie Medical Center lost his Medicare reimbursement privileges in April for three years over $670 in billing errors. Only 30 billings for 10 patients, less than one-tenth of 1 percent of 30,000 claims submitted, were identified as being incorrect in a review by the federal government. Merrick, who has been practicing for more than three decades, has maintained they were clerical errors. Jill Mayo, a registered nurse and the practice manager at McKenzie Medical Center, told The Tennessee Star on Friday that the practice reached out to Rep. Kustoff’s office in May. While his office has said Kustoff has been looking into the matter, he has not offered Merrick any concrete help or insight, according to Mayo. “Nothing has changed,” Mayo said. Kustoff’s office released a statement to The Star late Friday saying, “Congressman Kustoff is aware of Dr. Merrick’s situation, and our office has been in contact with CMS [Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services] regarding the…
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If you’ve been paying attention to outgoing Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and President Donald Trump’s heated back and forth, you would know that Corker threw Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s name into the discussion. RELATED: Trump disputes Tillerson on North Korea: “Wasting his time trying to negotiate with Little Rocket Man” In an interview with…
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MURFREESBORO, Tennessee — Martin Luther didn’t set out to start a new church, much less change the course of the Western world. But his actions in 16th century Germany had profound effects on religion and politics in the years to come. Well-known Christian writer and speaker Eric Metaxas recounted Luther’s life story Saturday at World Outreach Church in Murfreesboro. Around 2,000 people turned out to listen to Metaxas, author of the new book, Martin Luther: The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World. “He opened the door, folks, to this thing we call freedom,” Metaxas said, describing how Luther stood against the powers that be and showed that truth was independent of power. “Sometimes power was the enemy of truth,” Metaxas said. Oct. 31 marks the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, which Luther inadvertently led, causing a break with the Catholic Church and the creation of new Protestant denominations. Luther was born into a world in which the gospel had been obscured, Metaxas said. The church was focused on institutional power and building projects and ordinary people believed they had to earn their way to heaven. “There was a lot of fear,” Metaxas said. Luther’s father wanted him to practice…
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President Trump told a group of social conservative activists Friday that he’s keeping his pledge to stop Washington from meddling in people’s faiths. “In America, we don’t worship government, we worship God,” Mr. Trump told the Value Voters Summit in Washington. He pointed to the revocation of the Johnson Amendment that prohibited nonprofit organizations, including churches,…
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South Carolina scored nine second-half points and the defense came up with three stops inside the 2-yard line in the final 10 seconds as the Gamecocks held on for a 15-9 win over the Volunteers on Saturday at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn. Tennessee redshirt freshman Jarrett Guarantano, making the first start of his career, drove…
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Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird” was removed from the 8th-grade curriculum Thursday at a Biloxi, Mississippi, school. Administrators from the Biloxi School District worked in conjunction with the Biloxi Junior High School’s English department to remove the classic novel because it “makes people uncomfortable,” according to reports. Several complaints emerged about the book’s content, citing…
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Wildfires raging in California’s wine country are “all combining into one,” Napa County’s fire chief said Friday as firefighters faced more dry, windy conditions. Fire Chief Barry Biermann said he’s teaming up with the state’s fire protection agency to set up containment lines in “priority spots” in order to keep the fires from spreading. He said…
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So far, 22 American diplomats and their family members have been harmed in unexplained attacks in Cuba – the country Barack Obama assured was our new bestie, maybe even more so than Iran. Obama needs to apologize. His personal crusade to restore relations with the communist country was misplaced at best, a national security threat at…
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After insisting it had no documents related to former President Bill Clinton’s infamous tarmac meeting with then Attorney General Loretta Lynch, the FBI this week acknowledged that was not true. Judicial Watch had filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit in an attempt to learn more about the meeting, described by both the former president and…
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President Donald Trump is coming back to his base after weeks of hoping for signs of friendship from Democrats and moderate Republicans. Trump pushed his courtship of the Democrats to new heights in mid-September when he met with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in the Oval Office. Trump…
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Journalists expressing individual opinions make it hard to convince the world that The New York Times doesn’t have a “vendetta” against President Donald Trump, The New York Times’ executive editor said Thursday. “I feel pretty strongly that New York Times journalists should not be able to say anything on social media that they cannot say either…
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VERSE OF THE DAY Be blessed and be a blessing October 15, Sunday James 1:5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.
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