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Government mismanagement, not climate change, is to blame for California’s destructive wildfires

It’s fire season again in California and again, returning like the sunrise, politicians are blaming the extent of the fires on climate change. A representative example comes from Sen. Bernie Sanders’ X account, where he posts:  “…Eight months since the area has seen rain. The scale of damage and loss is unimaginable. Climate change is […]

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America’s newest governor looking forward ‘to working with’ Trump administration

EXCLUSIVE: CONCORD, N.H. — Kelly Ayotte becomes the nation’s newest governor on Thursday when she’s inaugurated at the New Hampshire State House. The former U.S. senator, who previously served as a state attorney general, takes office in the key New England swing state a week and a half before President-elect Trump is inaugurated. And Ayotte,

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Blue states called out by women’s group for ignoring risks posed by transgender inmates

FIRST ON FOX — A new study is sounding the alarm on female-identifying, biologically male felons being incarcerated at female-only prisons, saying those inmates pose physical and psychological risks to biological women. The report from Independent Women, a nonprofit, released Thursday and shared exclusively with Fox News Digital, says “male inmates identifying as women are

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6 tips to reduce alcohol use and cancer risk after surgeon general’s warning

U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy warned in a recent advisory about alcohol use increasing cancer risk. The advisory notes that alcohol can increase the risk of throat, liver, esophageal, mouth, larynx (voice box), colon and rectal cancers, making it the “third leading preventable cause of cancer” in the U.S.  This guidance follows the rise

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Palisades Fire: Sarah Michelle Gellar leads stars blasting LA mayor as gridlock cripples evacuations

Sarah Michelle Gellar chastised Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Tuesday as the Palisades Fire burned in Los Angeles. “City of LA you want everyone to evacuate yet you have complete gridlock and not one traffic cop on the roads helping,” Gellar wrote on Instagram stories with tags to the official social media accounts for

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Drinking coffee at a certain time of day could reduce death risk, study finds

Nearly three-quarters of Americans drink coffee every day — and now a new study suggests that enjoying it at a certain time of day could percolate some health benefits. A study led by researchers at Tulane University in New Orleans found that drinking coffee in the morning was linked to lower death rates compared to

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As a Berkeley professor, I see the impact H-1B visas and AI have on students’ job opportunities

The H-1B visa program was intended to bring in specialized talent from abroad, but instead it has become a tool for employers to hire lower-cost labor for ordinary jobs.  The result is a distorted job market, where highly skilled workers are being squeezed out of the H-1B visa program by spam applications for ordinary workers

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Meta’s decision to axe fact-checking system, adopt Musk-like policy is a big ‘win’ for free speech: Experts

Meta’s decision to lift content restrictions and replace its fact-checking program with a system like X’s Community Notes is being heralded as a massive “win” for free speech by experts. While some critics remain skeptical that the reforms at Meta will lead to substantial change, MRC Free Speech America vice president Dan Schneider told Fox

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Eagles’ Jalen Hurts, dealing with concussion, takes step forward for potential playoffs return

The Philadelphia Eagles have Super Bowl aspirations, but they will very likely need their franchise quarterback to get them there. However, Birds fans collectively held their breath a couple weeks ago when Jalen Hurts went down with a concussion. The head injury caused Hurts to miss the final two games of the season. It should

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