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A massive brawl that erupted at Disney World’s Magic Kingdom this week has resulted in two arrests as well as bans from the theme park for several alleged participants, according to a report. The wild fracas among at least 10 people erupted outside Mickey’s PhilharMagic theater at the Orlando, Fla., theme park on Thursday after two families got into an argument while waiting in line, sparking a tangle of fisticuffs that landed at least one man in the hospital. One of the alleged participants, who was hauled off in an ambulance and hospitalized due to a large cut on his...

ORLANDO, Fla. - WARNING: Images and language in the video below may be offensive to some. Viewer discretion is advised. Disney World brawl: Fists fly in video taken at Magic Kingdom, witness tells FOX 35 Another brawl reportedly broke out at Walt Disney World Resort this week, the second altercation reported at the Florida attraction in recent weeks. Another brawl reportedly broke out at Walt Disney World Resort Wednesday, the second altercation reported at the Florida attraction in the last three months. Video posted to social media sites showed what appeared to be a large fight at the Magic Kingdom...

The Mississippi Board of Education voted Thursday to repeal a policy barring guns in state public schools in order to comply with the state’s enhanced-carry law. The Board voted to repeal a 1990 policy prohibiting “the possession of pistols, firearms, or weapons in any form by any person other than duly authorized law enforcement officials on school premises or at school functions.” The Board ruled that the policy, which last underwent revisions in December 2015, conflicted with Mississippi’s 2011 enhanced-carry law, which authorizes individuals with the enhanced license to enter areas where those with a standard license cannot, including “any...

Three World Champion USA Athletes wearing the USA flag following a record setting 200M sprint. 19.32 seconds. 23.3 mph average! Thats bookin!

Former White House COVID-19 testing chief Brett Giroir weighed in on former President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 diagnosis, saying that the president’s advanced age puts him “at risk” of severe symptoms. A report issued Friday by the physician to the 79-year-old president (pdf) said that Biden had a temperature of 99.4 degrees Fahrenheit on Thursday night and his “temperature has remained normal since then,” according to the White House. He also took the Pfizer drug Paxlovid and is “tolerating treatment well” while it is anticipated that Biden will “respond favorably” to the treatment. But Giroir, a pediatrician, told Fox News Friday...

Entomo Farms, a company based in Canada, is selling junk food made from crickets in stores across the country under their “Actually Foods” brand. “Actually Foods is on a mission to renew Canadians’ relationship with “healthy” food,” copy on the company’s website reads. “We’ve ditched so-called “natural” ingredients that are actually not as clean as they claim. Instead, we’re making something you can feel good about, using unexpected ingredients that, although surprising, actually boast the health benefits you’re looking for: like high-protein cricket powders, fava beans, and more.” Included in Actually Foods’ Cheddar Jalapeno Puffs are the following ingredients: Puff...

Montevideo (AFP) – Floods, heat waves and the longest drought in 1,000 years: Latin America is grappling with devastating climate change impacts that will only get worse, a World Meteorological Organization report warned Friday. In its State of the Climate report for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) for 2021, the WMO said ecosystems, food and water, human health and welfare were all taking a battering. Sea levels continued to rise at a faster rate than globally, and the so-called Central Chile Mega Drought -- 13 years and running -- is the longest in at least 1,000 years. Meanwhile, deforestation...

Pat Benatar won’t perform her 1980 classic “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” anymore. Amid ongoing gun violence in America, the singer says she’s come to view the song differently. “I’m not going to sing it,” Benatar told USA Today. While the song’s meaning is about strength and resiliency, Benatar said “you have to draw the line” and be aware of lyrics. “I can’t say those words out loud with a smile on my face, I just can’t,” Benatar said, adding that the decision is her “small contribution to protesting.” **SNIP** Benatar said she will continue perform “We Belong,” “Heartbreaker”...

Top-ranking Biden administration officials — including Dr. Anthony Fauci — and five social media giants have 30 days to respond to subpoenas and discovery requests in a lawsuit alleging the government colluded with social media companies to suppress freedom of speech “under the guise of combatting misinformation.” Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry on Wednesday served third-party subpoenas on Twitter, Meta (Facebook’s parent company), Youtube, Instagram and LinkedIn. Schmitt and Landry on Tuesday filed discovery requests seeking documents and information from the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and Fauci, its director; White...

A silicon-based powder that generates hydrogen when mixed into water EPRO Advance Technology Stir this silicon-based powder into water, and hydrogen will bubble out, ready for immediate use. Hong Kong company EPRO Advance Technology (EAT) says its Si+ powder offers an instant end to the difficulties of shipping and storing green energy. This is the second powdered hydrogen advance we've learned about this week, designed to solve the same problems: transporting hydrogen is difficult, dangerous and expensive, whether the costs are for cryogenic cooling in a liquid hydrogen system, or for compression to around 700 times the normal sea-level air...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The White House held an emergency press conference after Biden's COVID diagnosis to assure the nation that whoever is actually running the country right now is still completely healthy. "Yes, the President has COVID but the person running the country — Bob? I think Bob is in charge today — is in perfect health at the moment," said gay black Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. "Don't worry everyone! Bob's got everything under control!" The press room erupted into a flurry of questions wanting to know who "Bob" was, but Jean-Pierre ignored them to flip through her notebook for...

Disney has replaced the title of “fairy godmothers” for gender-neutral “apprentices” at dress-up boutiques at its U.S. theme parks in an effort to be inclusive, according to the parks' websites. Cast members at the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique at Disney parks, who help children transform into their favorite Disney characters with make-up and costumes, were previously called “Fairy Godmothers in Training.” Now they are called “Fairy Godmother’s Apprentices." “This way cast members that might not identify as female can still be part of the process to dress up & style the children without having to refer to themselves as a female...

KEY POINTS - Initial claims totaled 251,000 for the week ended July 16, up 7,000 from the week before and above the 240,000 Dow Jones estimate. - That was the highest weekly level since mid-November. - The Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index fell to a reading of -12.3, and produced the lowest employment reading since May 2021.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House announced Friday that the U.S. is sending an additional $270 million in security assistance to Ukraine, a package that will include additional medium range rocket systems and tactical drones.

Hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing California for states like Texas and Florida, but it's not always easy to adjust to life in an American state. Let's look at the 10 biggest adjustments fleeing Californians have to make in their new states: 1. Strange wet stuff falls from the sky once in a while. Try not to drive your car into a pole when this happens. Take a deep breath. You will get through it. 2. People don't say "The" in front of highway names. If you're driving on I-10 in Texas, you'll feel the urge to say "The...

The Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church in America issued a statement on same-sex relationships and sexual identity today. A resolution was proposed at the 20th All-American Council, which is currently underway in Baltimore, to affirm the Church’s stance on these issues. However, the OCA statutes dictate that such doctrinal and moral matters fall not within the competency of an All-American Council, but that of the Holy Synod. Thus, the hierarchs, under the presidency of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, issued a statement. In it, the hierarchs reaffirm the Church’s unchanging teaching that sexual activity is blessed only within the confines...

“This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet: ‘He Himself took our infirmities and carried away our diseases’” (Matthew 8:17). Jesus Christ died for the sins of all who trust Him, yet believers still sin. By His resurrection He conquered death, yet Christians still die. He overcame suffering and illness, yet believers still have pain and disease. Jesus’ main purpose in the atonement was to conquer sin and death, not just to conquer physical suffering. That latter fulfillment is still in the future (cf. Rom. 8:22–25; 13:11). It is hard to argue that Jesus’ healing ministry and...

There is no getting around it. If I am to become the man and minister God has called me to be, my wife must be able to say honestly before heaven, hell and all the world, “My husband loves me with the love of Christ. He makes mistakes, but he’s growing more patient and understanding with me. He’s becoming more tender and caring. He prays with me. He isn’t a phony. He is what he preaches.” If this isn’t my wife’s testimony — if she has a secret pain in her heart thinking, “My husband isn’t the man of God...

Friday, July 22, 2022: Join the RSBN team LIVE from Prescott Valley, AZ for all day LIVE coverage of President Donald J. Trump's Save America rally. President Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America, will hold a rally in Prescott Valley, Arizona on Friday, July 22, 2022, at 7:00PM MST.

A woman in the United Kingdom has won her case to have charges against her dismissed after she was arrested while praying outside an abortion clinic during the COVID-19 lockdowns. Rosa Lalor, a 76-year-old grandmother from Liverpool, England, was arrested by the police on Feb. 24, 2021, and fined 200 pounds (roughly $240) under a temporary COVID-19 regulatory measure, with police arguing she did not have a “reasonable excuse” to be outdoors. As of Monday, her penalties have been dismissed, according to ADF International. “I’m delighted that the prosecution has finally dropped this charge after a long and exhausting battle...