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Founding father Samuel Adams was one of the leading voices in support of the American Revolution. Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images Even on the 4th of July, appreciation for the genius of America’s Founding Fathers has dwindled in the face of leftist efforts to minimize them, as traditional patriotic values wane with each passing year. … Read more

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next A chef who throttled his wife in front of their young children and her TikTok lover then stuffed her body inside a suitcase and threw it into a river is facing a life sentence. Aminan … Read more

To be frank, it’s anyone’s game. This year’s Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest at Coney Island will be “neck and neck” in perennial winner Joey “Jaws” Chestnut’s absence — leaving a seat open for the next generation of Mustard Yellow Belt winners, host George Shea said at Wednesday’s weigh-in. Chestnut, who has won the chow … Read more

An inflatable migrant boat was carried across the crowd during Little Simz’s set on the Pyramid Stage on Monday, having also been seen while Idles played the Other Stage on Friday (Picture: Luke Brennan/Redferns) Banksy has hit back at James Cleverly after he labelled his small boat artwork at Glastonbury ‘vile and unacceptable’. The iconic … Read more

From playing Rick James to playing — kingmaker? Legendary comic Dave Chappelle is set to headline a fundraiser next week for a longshot Democratic hopeful in Michigan’s closely watched Senate race. Tickets for the July 11 show at Saint Andrew’s Hall in Detroit benefitting Hill Harper are available on the Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue and … Read more

A pair of “ride or die” best friends — who were in each other’s wedding parties — are charged with having sex with male students while they worked for a Georgia school district. Railey Greeson and Brooklyn Shuler, who worked at Calhoun City Schools, were slapped with charges Thursday for allegedly sleeping with the students … Read more

A sign directs people to an “augmented” cooling center at the Mid-Valley Senior Citizen Center in Panorama City on Wednesday. (Dania Maxwell/Los Angeles Times) Four “augmented” cooling centers are opening in Los Angeles to help people escape what is expected to be an excessively hot Fourth of July weekend. Libraries, recreation centers and other facilities … Read more

An Arizona Democrat became the fourth party member in the House of Representatives to deny that President Biden can win re-election — and the second to call for him to exit the race. “If he’s the candidate, I’m going to support him, but I think that this is an opportunity to look elsewhere,” Rep. Raúl … Read more

A Bronx dad was fatally knifed by a road-raging maniac who went berserk on innocent bystanders after a fender-bender — as the victim’s family wonders how they’ll go on without him. Ronald Gomez-Mesa, 29, stood up to defend himself against as-yet-unidentified man behind the chaotic scrum Tuesday outside a Morris Heights bodega, according to his … Read more

California adopts sweeping statewide water conservation framework After years of deliberation, California water officials on Wednesday voted to adopt a landmark regulation that will guide water use and conservation in the state for years to come. The “Making Conservation a California Way of Life” framework will apply to about 400 urban water suppliers and require … Read more