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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB+WAVE) — A Kentucky judge ordered former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin to serve 60 days in jail without bond on a contempt charge out of Jefferson County. Judge Angela Johnson ordered Bevin back to jail during his court appearance Friday afternoon in Louisville. “He has over and over again demonstrated a complete disregard and utter disrespect for this court,” Johnson said during Friday’s hearing. “You have done nothing to show the court that you are willing to act in good faith, and I cannot reward that with a reduced sentenced or an alternative sentence, or some form of...

President Donald Trump has granted a presidential pardon to Patrick “Tate” Adamiak, an active-duty Navy sailor whose federal conviction over inert weapons parts drew significant scrutiny from gun-rights advocates. The announcement was made Friday by the Second Amendment Foundation, a firearms advocacy organization that closely covered the legal proceedings. Federal agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested Adamiak four years ago following a search of his home. Prosecutors charged him with the unlawful possession of destructive devices in connection with two inert rocket-propelled grenade launchers that had internal components removed and holes drilled into their receivers....

Are drivers who never learn this skill getting the short end of the stick? Recent research shows that this once-ubiquitous ability is increasingly becoming a lost art. Only 18% of Americans know how to use a stick shift — with the number even lower among younger drivers. In a survey of US drivers, Extreme Terrain found more than a third of Gen Z drivers (35%) never learned to drive stick, compared with just 9% of baby boomers. Further, driving confidence is waning among younger drivers, with only half of those under 30 believing they could competently drive a manual. “People...

A Georgetown professor just taught gun control activists an important lesson: When you criticize studies that don’t support anti-gun talking points, be careful what you wish for — you just might get it. In this case, they got an unprecedented amount of new data that obliterates their narrative. In 2021, Professor William English published the findings of his National Firearms Survey, by far the most comprehensive assessment of gun ownership ever conducted. The data demonstrated that defensive gun uses were commonplace, that ordinary Americans really like the weapons gun control activists hate most and that longstanding stereotypes about the "sort"...

“Never forget where we came from. I will remember this for as long as I am alive. I thought I was going to get called back into service but I didn’t. God bless our troops and god bless all the hero’s from that day,” Alderman Mike Adkins of Quincy, Illinois posted in commemoration of the upcoming 25th anniversary of the Islamic terrorist attacks on America. One of his posted images included a billboard favoring President Trump’s immigration ban noting that “19 Muslim immigrants killed 2977 Americans” on September 11, 2001. The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), which was named...

The U.S. economy added 162,000 jobs in August, more than triple Wall Street’s forecast, giving the Federal Reserve more room to raise interest rates despite President Donald Trump’s escalating demands for cuts. Hiring Rebounds After a Weak SummerNonfarm payrolls increased by 162,000 in August, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had expected just 53,000 new jobs. The unemployment rate held steady at 4.1%, even as the labor force expanded by 683,000 people and the participation rate rose to 61.6%. Previous months also looked stronger after revisions. June payroll growth was raised from 20,000 to...

Hi all, I dont know if I am even doing this the right way but I logged on to cecil (music mans) computer. I want to let everyone know that Cecil, (Music Man) had a stroke and is in the hospital and will be for a month or so. He suffered a stroke from an operation he had last week and is now in rehab. This is Lisa his wife posting for him on his behalf. I know how much he loves all of you and wanted you to know why you have not heard from him. I will try...

BREAKING: LGBTQ gay activist Azariah Southworth arrested for allegedly threatening to K*LL President Trump. Southworth allegedly posted videos on his IG calling for Trump's ass*ssination while his website also featured "K*ll Trump" stickers. He faces up to 12 years in prison.

A group of Democratic congressional candidates urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to reject an effort by Republican Senate and House campaign committees to halt an appeals court ruling finding coordinated advertisement buys between political parties and joint fundraising committees are not entitled to cheaper candidate rates. The National Republican Congressional Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee filed an emergency petition to the Supreme Court earlier this week asking the court to halt the order by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit and restore the cheap ad buy rates for parties and joint fundraising committees. Lawyers...

PLYMOUTH, MA — After several days of deliberation, a jury was unable to ultimately decide whether murder is wrong. The deep nuances of the case delayed the decision, with jurors facing intricate legal and moral questions such as whether it's fine to methodically strangle your own kids one by one. "Oof. That was a toughie," said Juror number seven, reviewing the facts of the case. "There was so much to consider, like if luring children down into a basement to murder them is bad. We were really at a loss." According to anonymous sources, the jury had concluded that squeezing...

Democrat U.S. Senate nominee James Talarico spoke of “dismantling” capitalism while dismissing the future of Texas’ oil and gas industry during a 2020 climate forum, newly resurfaced video shows. The comments, first reported by CNN, came during a virtual candidate forum hosted by the Austin Sierra Club while Talarico was serving his first term in the Texas House. During the forum, Talarico was asked what lawmakers could do to address the effects of climate change on minority communities. “I am so thankful that you asked this question, and also thankful that young activists have really drawn the link between climate...

Nevada has now moved about 400,000 voter records off the active rolls—or into inactive status—in a little more than a year. The result? The Democrat’s “lock” on the Battle Born state has vanished. Francisco “Cisco” Aguilar, a Harry Reid protégé, runs the Secretary of State’s office. There is no national emergency, no “threat to democracy” chyron, and no voter-suppression coverage by the MSM—because Republicans aren’t the ones cleaning the rolls. The first dump is Aguilar’s own 2025 list-maintenance report. From January 1, 2025, through January 7, 2026, counties canceled 176,928 registrations and inactivated 138,367 voters. That is 315,295 files. Cancellations...

Depressed Ginger examines the extensive $700 million renovations at Penn State's Beaver Stadium. The project includes structural updates to the west side, including new seating decks and suites, aimed at modernizing the facility and increasing its total capacity to surpass the current size of Michigan Stadium.

Explanation: Nā ʻUhane Māhoe Huki Pū i ke Ola, is the Hawaiian name given to this image of a pair of spiral galaxies locked in a mutual gravitational embrace. Some 200 million light-years distant toward the high flying constellation Pegasus their spectacular, galactic scale merger is captured in sharp detail in the image from the 8.1 meter Gemini North telescope on Maunakea, Hawai‘i. The galaxy pair, known as NGC 7253 and Arp 278, was chosen as a target, researched, and given a Hawaiian name by high school students in the joint Gemini Observatory and University of Hawaiʻi Project Hōkūlani internship...

Harry Potter author JK Rowling was forced to cover the name of her superyacht while moored in Marina del Rey harbor, according to a new report. The beloved author has endured a storm of protests since expressing 'deep concerns' about transgender activism in an essay June 2020. She celebrated on the deck of a boat after a UK ruling that decided the legal definition of a woman is based on biological sex in April 2025 She rose from homelessness to become one of the most celebrated children's writers of all-time. It was originally commissioned for LA businessman Eric Smidt, the...

Argentine President Javier Milei is escalating his country's claim to the British-controlled Falkland Islands, pledging to use diplomatic, economic, and legal pressure while announcing sanctions against companies involved in offshore oil projects near the disputed territory. "The islands are ours, they were taken from us, and they are indispensable for Argentina in the coming decades," Milei said Thursday in a national address, reports The Wall Street Journal. "Argentina won't stand by with its arms crossed." Milei, who refers to the archipelago by its Argentine name, the Malvinas, said his government would use all "diplomatic, economic, judicial and legal tools" to...

President Donald Trump on Friday doubled down on his threat to cut off trade with countries that have surpluses with the U.S. unless the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates. “What I’m saying, very simply, is that we should be paying the lowest interest rate in the world,” Trump said in the Oval Office Friday afternoon. He had been asked about his Truth Social post earlier in the day declaring, “LOWER THE RATE OR I’LL STOP TRADING WITH COUNTRIES WITH WHICH WE HAVE A DEFICIT.” Trump issued that sweeping ultimatum after urging the Fed and its chairman, Kevin Warsh, to “get...

China’s communist dictator Xi Jinping debuted yet another vague plan toward world peace on Wednesday during an official visit to Egypt, one that not-so-subtly suggested Middle Eastern states should consider limiting their ties to America. Xi conducted a two-day visit to Cairo this week following a hectic diplomatic schedule that began by welcoming Jordanian King Abdullah II to Beijing in late August and also included at stop at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. There, Xi held meetings with some of his most important allies, such as Russian strongman Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, though...

Elected officials in Washington state are sounding the alarm about an increase in uncounted ballots, especially in rural areas. Their warnings come as President Donald Trump ramps up his fight against vote-by-mail states.Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs and U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, both Democrats, teamed up Wednesday to announce that significantly more mail-in ballots were disqualified as “late” in the August primary election than in prior elections. That uptick, they said, was a result of changes to U.S. Postal Service postmarking protocols the agency implemented last December.Across the state, the rate of ballots that were rejected for late postmarks...

Our credit card processor just shut down our account this morning, so I won't be needing anyone's credit card info after all. Credit card donations are gone. This leaves us with PayPal, mail-in, and Venmo. Someone suggested I look into Zelle, which I will look into today. Sorry about all this folks.