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National Park Service reverses ban on employees wearing uniforms at Pride events following LGBTQ backlash

The National Park Service (NPS) reversed its ban prohibiting park rangers from attending Pride events in uniform. Earlier this month, the NPS issued a directive that prohibited park rangers from openly participating in Pride month events this June, but Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland reversed the decision late Friday following pressure from the LGBTQ community, E&E News by Politico …

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Russell Brand shares insights one month into being a Christian: 'Sense of peace'

Actor Russell Brand took to social media on Monday to detail his Christian experience one month after he announced he was getting baptized. “I’ve been a Christian a month now and it’s been a big change,” he posted to X. “Not that I’ve entirely changed as a person, of course I haven’t, but I’ve taken on a lot of new …

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Milwaukee carjacking survivor says ‘God didn’t save my life just to be sitting in this chair’ amid crime spike

A Milwaukee man who survived a gunshot wound to the head is on a mission to help the youth and spurn change in his community amid a rise in carjackings. Kevin Simmons, a volunteer minister driving for Uber, picked up two people from the city’s northwest side after 2 a.m. last fall when gunshots rang out, according to the Milwaukee …

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Jerry Seinfeld says he misses 'dominant masculinity' in American culture: 'I like a real man'

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld said on Tuesday that he misses the era of “dominant masculinity” that encompassed his youth. During an appearance on The Free Press podcast “Honestly with Bari Weiss,” Seinfeld said growing up he always wanted to be a “real man,” but simply never “made it.” “I really thought when I was in that era, again, it was [John …

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Richard Dreyfuss upsets fans with gender comments at 'Jaws' event

“Jaws” star Richard Dreyfuss reportedly upset some fans with political comments he made at an event celebrating the iconic Steven Spielberg film over the weekend. The Oscar-winning actor was interviewed on stage at the Cabot Theater in Massachusetts about “Jaws” and his acting career before a screening of the classic shark thriller. However, some patrons walked out of the event …

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Government tries to force Christian ministry servicing at-risk youth to remove its Christian character: suit

A Christian youth ministry group is experiencing financial woes causing “irreparable injury” after an Oregon government agency conditioned critical funding on whether it would hire people who do not conform to the nonprofit’s deeply held religious beliefs, according to the allegations in court. The Oregon-based Christian ministry group – 71Five Ministries – is currently grappling with a large deficit in …

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Women under Biden administration’s Title IX changes face the ‘evisceration of legal womanhood,’ experts say

The Biden administration’s recently finalized updates to Title IX will erase advancements biological women have achieved in today’s society through its broad interpretation of “sex,” conservative legal experts say. “It’s absolutely a fantastical upending of our system of constitutional protection,” Sarah Parshall Perry, a senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation, told Fox News Digital. “Not a lot of people …

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Lizzo responds to South Park name-drop: 'I'm really that b—h'

Lizzo appeared to take a “South Park” joke against her in stride after the long-running animated series mocked her in a recent episode. The show aired a television special on Paramount+ Friday titled “The End of Obesity” which referenced the singer as an alternative to the weight-loss drug Ozempic, harnessing the power of “not giving a f–k.” “FDA-approved Lizzo makes …

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Biden admin reverses course, grants permit for Catholic group's Memorial Day Mass at national cemetery

A prominent Catholic group will hold its annual Memorial Day Mass on Monday, after the Biden administration’s National Park Service reversed course and granted a permit following a legal threat. Last week, the National Park Service (NPS) denied a permit for the Knights of Columbus to hold its annual religious service at the Poplar Grove National Cemetery in Petersburg, Virginia, …

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Colorado police plan to use drones as first responders, calling the technology 'future of law enforcement'

Several local law enforcement agencies in Colorado, including the Denver Police Department (DPD), are making plans to start dispatching drones instead of officers to respond to 911 calls. “This really is the future of law enforcement at some point, whether we like it or not,” Sgt. Jeremiah Gates, who leads the drone unit at the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, told …

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