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A suspected drunk driver asked New Mexico police if she could “smoke a cigarette” just moments after she allegedly caused a crash that killed a mother of four, bodycam video shows. Jennifer Munoz, 26, is accused of crashing into and killing 41-year-old Janelle Katesigwa in Albuquerque in May, KRQE reports. According to bodycam video released Wednesday, the first thing Munoz said to police after the fatal crash was: “Can I just smoke a cigarette?” Munoz’s friend could be heard screaming in pain in the passenger seat. “I would not do that right now … Let them try to help your...

Is it illegal to dress up in a Hazmat suit and mark driveways with red-X's?

Sarah Palin, the former vice presidential candidate and ex-governor of Alaska, has hinted at a return to politics. Palin was asked if she would look at running for the U.S. Senate as she spoke at a conference on July 22 that was co-sponsored by the Harvest International Ministry religious movement, Right Wing Watch reported. In a video shared on the ministry's Instagram page, Palin said sitting on stage that "America was dedicated to God" and she took a swipe at "a rapid shift to the left" she felt was taking place in the country. Palin told Ahn, that it would...

Seems to be a cluster of quakes in Lake Yellowstone. I know, I know, these are not rare... something about it caught my eye!

Great Whites? White Sharrks?

Matthew McConaughey, who is mulling a run for Texas governor, delivered a typically surreal July 4 message on Sunday, declaring that America is still “going through puberty” while also urging Americans “to keep maturing.” The. Hollywood star delivered his address against the backdrop of an American flag while wearing sunglasses and sporting slick-backed hair. “Happy Birthday America. Yes indeed, as we celebrate our independence today, as we celebrate our birth as a nation today that kick started our revolution to gain our sovereignty, let’s admit that this last year’s trip around the sun was also another head scratcher,” Matthew McConaughey...

As she arrived in El Paso, she was asked by Fox News' Peter Doocy why right now was the time to make her first trip to the border. "It’s not my first trip, I’ve been to the border many times," she snapped back, apparently referring to visits she made to the border as senator. She claimed the visit builds on the work done in Guatemala

Helmut Jahn, the famed German architect who designed the James R. Thompson Center and other iconic buildings, died Saturday afternoon when he was struck by two vehicles while riding his bicycle in suburban Campton Hills. Jahn, who lived in nearby St. Charles, was riding his bike north on Old Lafox Road near Burlington Road about 3:30 p.m. when he failed to brake at a stop sign, according to a news release from Campton Hills police. Two vehicles traveling in opposite directions on Burlington then struck the 81-year-old. He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The driver of one...

Former House Speaker John Boehner wrote in his new memoir that the Republican Party has taken a stark turn since his time in politics, according to an excerpt reported by the Washington Post on Friday. "I don't even think I could get elected in today's Republican Party anyway," Boehner wrote. "I don't think Ronald Reagan could either."

No one could possibly be glad to see former House Speaker John Boehner (R-McCain) back in the arena, with the possible exception of his ideological kin such as Mitt Romney and Lisa Murkowski, but he is newly useful to the political and media elites, and so we are once again being treated to his leathery visage on the morning shows. Boehner, you see, has a new memoir out in which he viciously slams Trump and other Republican leaders, thus giving the media a new example they can trot out of what Republicans really ought to be: docile, submissive, supportive of...

In the excerpt, Boehner didn't hold back when assessing his new colleagues, saying that when he tried to offer the freshmen lawmakers guidance about being in Congress, his advice "went straight through the ears of most of them, especially the ones who didn't have brains that got in the way." Boehner also assigned some blame to conservative media outlets, especially Fox News, in incentivizing flashiness and outrage over substance, which he said made it harder for him to govern his caucus effectively. By 2013, Boehner wrote, "the chaos caucus in the House had built up their own power base thanks...

Mark Levin · @Marklevinshow 3 hours ago · Impressions 191287 John Boehner is an idiot. Whenever I saw him, which was rarely and usually with others, he had a drink in one hand and a cigarette in the other. Now, he has a stupid book, no doubt written by another, which he is promoting in the left-wing site, Politico. I suppose Politico was a frequent receptor for his frequent leaks against conservatives, the Tea Party, etc. I've always viewed Boehner as a relatively stupid, unserious Washington-insider. But he's a perfect foil, and I will briefly discuss this tonight on radio!...

Former Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said he understands why former President Obama might not have been inclined to work on bipartisan deals with Republicans during his eight years in the Oval Office, saying "how do you find common cause with people who think you are a secret Kenyan Muslim traitor."

On 30 May 2020, a gunfight ensued at Sunset Village Mobile Home Park in Hiawatha, Iowa. In the end, one person was dead, three others were wounded, and 25 shots had been fired. The gunfight happened at the intersection of Sunset Lane and Wright Drive, a little before high noon. The trouble started when Selena Straka, who was living in the trailer park with her sister, her brother-in-law, and her boyfriend, Tyler Bell, told her sister she had been walking in the trailer park, alone, when she was attacked by two unknown men. The brother-in-law started looking for the attackers,...

OUTAGAMIE COUNTY, Wis. (WBAY) - A 35-year-old woman was arrested Sunday for driving under the influence with a child in the car. The Wisconsin State Patrol says this is her 4th offense. At 7:07 a.m., Nikki M. Beaber was stopped in the area of Highway 41 and the North Park and Ride in Outagamie County for not wearing a seat belt. A trooper performed a field sobriety test and determined Beaber was under the influence. Beaber was arrested for fourth offense operating while under the influence. The State Patrol says she was traveling with a child under the age...

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) hit back at former Speaker John Boeher (R-Ohio) on Friday after Boehner reportedly told the senator to "go ---- yourself" while he was recording the audio book of his upcoming memoir. Cruz poked fun at the comments during his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Fla. “You know yesterday, John Boehner made some news. He suggested that I do something that was anatomically impossible,” Cruz said. “To which my response was, who’s John Boehner?” On Thursday evening, Axios reported that the former Speaker went off script several times during the audio recording...

A Minnesota resident captured a video of the bushy-tailed rodent’s drunken smorgasbord A close-up photo of a squirrel sitting on a wooden rail while holding a nut to its mouth. The squirrel has speckled gray and brown fur, and its mouth is open as it goes in for a bite. The background is green and black. It may seem a little absurd, but wildlife getting drunk off of fermenting fruits isn't a rare occurrence. Bats, moose and birds are known to consume copious amounts of fermented fruits. (likeaduck via Flickr under CC BY 2.0) Last week, a wide-eyed, tipsy squirrel...

Nancy Pelosi’s mission on Tuesday was to give a brief speech and not renew questions about her health. She couldn’t do it. During Pelosi’s brief 7-minute speech to Refugees International, the House Democratic Leader garbled names, other words and even mispronounced countries.

Buffalo police have released body camera footage of New York State Supreme Court Justice Mark Grisanti shoving an officer after a fight with his neighbor, then invoking his friendship with the mayor and family ties to law enforcement, before successfully avoiding arrest. Police said Grisanti was drunk at the time. Law360 obtained the videos of the police detaining Grisanti and his wife late last week through a Freedom of Information Law request. The profanity-laced footage reveals in detail that the state senator-turned-judge used physical force against police and justified it, repeatedly threatened officers, and touted his political connections. The Grisantis...

TOWN OF PRESTON, Wis. — An Adams County man has been arrested after pointing a handgun at patrons at a bar, according to a Facebook post by the Adams County Sheriff’s Office. Adams County Dispatch received a 911 call reporting a man had a gun inside the bar where there was a fight taking place early Saturday morning, according to Adams County Sheriff Brent York York said Karl Spencer, 49, of Friendship showed a handgun and pointed it at patrons at the bar. Those patrons then disarmed Spencer and he received injuries. Officials said Spencer was treated for his injuries...