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In the past couple of years I have noticed there is a complete lake of regard for other posters on this site. Not only that but swearing seems to be tolerated. In the past day I have been called gay, a lair, that I am talking out of my *** and I am full of ****. Do we even have to go into the fighting on any thread about Ukraine or Russia. Even hard facts from multiple sources no longer seem to matter. Instead it is whoever can come up with the snarkiest reply.

CHICAGO - Hundreds of teenagers flooded into Downtown Chicago on Saturday night, smashing car windows, trying to get into Millennium Park, and prompting a major police response. At least one person in a car was attacked. Shots were fired near the corner of Madison and Michigan, and FOX 32 Chicago decided that it was unsafe to keep our news crew on the scene

NORTH MANATEE COUNTY, Fla — Crews have responded to a major fire at a scrap metal facility next to Port Manatee and U.S. 41. A giant plume of smoke and fire could be seen from US 41. ABC Action News is attempting to get more information. We'll update this article when we do

Just watched this episode of The Ray Bradbury Theater and it is shocking how on the mark he was about the way society was going.

A Christmas Carol where Rich Little plays every actor who is also playing a part in the Charles Dickens classic.

Thinking of taking an entry level scribe job as even with my certificate in medical coding there is no place that hires with zero experience. However a term of the employment is to have adequate titers even if you have a full vaccination history. I would be required to get a measles and a hep-b vaccine despite again working from home.

A source just indicated that along with the billions of dollars of military equipment that has been abandoned in Afghanistan, we also left behind a bunch of hard currency. Back in WWII we issued speical currency in Hawaii and North Africa for the sole purpose of being able to cancel the currency if it fell into enemy hands. Today we could simply do the same as it would only entail an overstamp or different colored ink.

Is anyone else have multiple issues accessing websites? I cannot access numerous websites from Twitch to my local news stations. A major wind storm just came through the area so I can understand some local sites are down, but not for international sites.

I just started a job working as a medical scribe and am shocked at the language that is tolerated in the workplace. I assumed that working with doctors, PAs, and RNs that there would be a higher level of professionalism than compared to when I worked at Wal-Mart or KFC. It seems though that it is the exact opposite and that no one can express their frustration without dropping an F-bomb or taking Christ's name in vain. As I am currently an at will employee and on the very bottom the totem pole I feel like I just have to...

WAUWATOSA, Wis. -- Multiple witnesses report that gunshots were fired at Mayfair Mall, leading to a massive response from law enforcement Friday afternoon.

More than 30,000 people have signed a petition asking Netflix to remove “Cuties,” a movie they claim sexualizes children.

Millie Weaver, an Infowars contributor and conservative filmmaker, is facing criminal charges because of a dispute with her mother, Portage County court documents confirm. Weaver, along with her partner Gavin Wince and younger brother Charles Weaver, was arrested on August 14 in front of her two young children at her home in northeastern Ohio. She was detained hours before she was scheduled to release a documentary on YouTube called Shadow Gate. Court records show she was released from custody at 2:25 p.m. on August 17 on a personal recognizance bond.

CLEVELAND — Sunday marks 44 years since the Edmund Fitzgerald sank near Whitefish Point in Michigan. Twenty-nine men died that day. (excerpt)

Has anyone seen the new commercial for the HIV drug Truvada? The commercial states they are doing it for prep. However it later goes on to say it helps lower the risk of contracting HIV in high risk people. So basically it is a drug for people who cannot control their sex drive and have dozens of sex partners per year.

LOGAN, Utah (WABC) -- A dangerous social media stunt took a serious turn in Utah. A college student was hospitalized after ingesting a Tide Pod. Utah State University says it happened Saturday afternoon in a dorm. There is no word on the student's condition, but she was conscious after medics put her in an ambulance.

GREEN BAY — Green Bay Packers President and CEO Mark Murphy released a statement on Saturday, September 23rd in reaction to statements made by Pres. Donald Trump on Friday. The president said he would love to see NFL owners fire players who kneel during “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Several athletes, including a handful of NFL players, have kneeled to protest treatment of blacks by police.

41 years ago today the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior with all 29 hands on board in one of the most violent storms in Great Lakes history.

JANESVILLE -- House Speaker Paul Ryan said in his hometown newspaper The Janesville Gazette Thursday that he'll be voting for Donald Trump this fall.

AFTER NEARLY THREE DECADES OF RESEARCH... IN JUST 2 DAYS THE TEMPLE INSTITUTE WILL ANNOUNCE A HISTORIC EFFORT THAT WILL BRING THE WORLD CLOSER THAN EVER BEFORE TO THE REBUILDING OF THE HOLY TEMPLE. THE FUTURE IS IN OUR HANDS!

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