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The Academy of Country Music Awards left fans stunned when, for the first time in its history, the evening ended in a tie between Carrie Underwood and Thomas Rhett for entertainer of the year. While the award is a hallowed one among country musicians and fans alike, some fans weren’t terribly pleased to see it …

Two black leaders are launching “1776 Unites,” a new high school curriculum that aims to combat victimhood culture in American society by telling the stories of black Americans who have prospered by embracing America’s founding ideals. Civil rights veteran Bob Woodson and Ian Rowe, a charter school leader, gave remarks Wednesday on the new curriculum and what they hope …

Was America’s most Controversial General Assassinated? General George S. Patton was one of the most controversial and flamboyant American military leaders of World War II. He commanded the U.S. 7th Army in North Africa and Sicily and the U.S. 3rd Army in France and Germany. He died following a road accident in Germany in December 1945, but …

Ben Stiller’s first and last LSD trip took place right outside the Museum of Natural History on the Upper West Side the night before Thanksgiving. The 54-year-old actor recently revealed that tidbit while appearing on a “Night at the Museum” reunion for “Stars in the House” alongside director Shawn Levy, Owen Wilson, Carla Gugino, Steve …

Hundreds of New Jersey residents turned out Sunday to protest a decision made by state leaders to remove American flags that had been posted on overpasses across the state to honor our military veterans and those who lost their lives in the Muslim terrorist attacks of 2001. The New Jersey Turnpike Association has already confiscated …

There’s pin-demonium brewing at American Airlines. Top brass at the nation’s largest commercial jet carrier is facing turbulence from within after it announced that flight attendants are now allowed to wear Black Lives Matter pins on their uniforms while on duty. The move has irked some of American’s white New York staffers, including those who …

Sara Haines has been confirmed to return to ABC’s “The View” as a permanent co-host as the show returns next week for its 24th season, when a focus of the show will be on the final months of the 2020 presidential campaign. Haines was previously on “The View” from 2016 to 2018, and departed to …

Efforts to end Hollywood’s extended writers strike hit a wall this week when the union that represents the writers said it’s failed to come to a deal with Tinseltown’s top two agencies, WME and CAA. The impasse, announced late Tuesday, comes more than a year after thousands of Hollywood scribes — from Shonda Rimes and …

United Airlines said Wednesday it is preparing to furlough 16,370 workers on Oct. 1 as the coronavirus pandemic continues to devastate the airline industry. Chicago-based United had over 90,000 employees before the pandemic brought the industry to a near standstill in March and had warned in July that 36,000 jobs were at risk of involuntary …

The opening of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial on Sept. 17 has been over 20 years in the making, but it couldn’t have come at a better time, according to Senator Pat Roberts of Kansas, who led the effort to build the monument. The new memorial honoring the legacy of the World War II supreme …