84-year-old Andrew Lester appeared in a Missouri courtroom Wednesday to face charges stemming from the shooting of a black teenager who mistakenly knocked on his door. (Photo: Screen capture) (CNSNews.com) - Klint Ludwig, the grandson of the 84-year-old man accused of shooting a black teenager who mistakenly knocked on the wrong door, called it a “horrible tragedy” that “never should have happened.” Ludwig told CNN’s Don Lemon on Thursday morning that he believes his grandfather “holds racist tendencies.” He said he’s publicly criticizing his grandfather because “it’s the right thing to do ..read more

(Getty Images) On April 11, The New York Times ran an article titled, “Why Are Taxpayers Propping Up the Fossil Fuel Industry?” in which the author claims, “Around the world, taxpayers are helping to support fossil fuels through subsidies when their money could be funding green energy transitions instead.” This article should have been printed 10 days earlier, on April 1, under the heading: “April Fool’s Joke!” In reality, taxpayers are not propping up the fossil fuel industry, however, they are propping up the renewable energy industry. According to the World Economic Forum, “Government spe ..read more

(Getty Images) This week, a 16-year-old boy named Ralph Yarl -- black -- accidentally rang the doorbell of an 84-year-old white man, Andrew Lester. According to reports, Lester then shot Yarl twice through the door, wounding him in the head and the arm. According to Clay County prosecutor Zachary Thompson, "I can tell you there was a racial component." This fact pattern immediately sent the salivary glands of the media and the Biden administration into overdrive. Drooling with excitement, the media headlined the Yarl shooting for days; President Joe Biden himself immediately invited Yarl, wh ..read more

(Getty Images) New proposed regulations on automobile emissions from the Environmental Protection Agency would require 60% of new car sales to be battery-powered electric vehicles by 2030 and 67% by 2032, compared to fewer than 6% in 2022. The stated rationale: These cars produce fewer carbon emissions than cars with internal combustion engines, emissions contribute to global warming, and global warming poses a threat to the planet and mankind. What the regulations don’t seem to take into account is that electric cars don’t have tailpipe emissions, but their batteries are charged using elect ..read more

A protester holds up sign before the NCAA Division I Women's Swimming & Diving Championshipon March 17, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images) (CNSNews.com) - Republican lawmakers, all of them women, gathered at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday to stand up for female athletes. The Republican bill, The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, "is about protecting women's sports, now and into the future, and we anticipate this will be passed today," said Rep. Elise Stefanik (N.Y.). Indeed, a short time later, the bill passed on a 219-203 party-line vote, with n ..read more

(Getty Images) “Sexual conduct involving persons below the domestically prescribed minimum age of consent to sex may be consensual in fact, if not in law.” So says a March report released by the United Nations. In simpler terms, the U.N. is saying that minors can consent to sex, and that this is a human right. This tweet by Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts gets even more to the point. (The Daily Signal is Heritage’s multimedia news organization.) Truly disgusting stuff. The ugly square, gray U.N. building next to the East River in New York City—which began construction in 1949—loo ..read more

(Getty Images) As more candidates throw their hats into the 2024 Presidential ring, I’d like to offer a proposal that should have immediate bipartisan support: stop minting pennies and nickels. The economic case is a slam dunk. It costs about 1.5-2 cents to make a penny and about 7-8 cents to make a nickel, subject to fluctuating copper, nickel, and zinc prices at a point in time. If we stop using two cents worth of resources to create something worth one cent, and seven cents worth of resources to make something worth five cents, ditching these coins offers a pretty handsome return.  T ..read more

Millionaire Morris Pearl, chairman of the Patriotic Millionaires. (Screenshot, Twitter) (CNSNews.com) -- The Patriotic Millionaires organization, whose millionaire members claim they want to pay higher taxes to the federal government, were unwilling to sign a pledge to do just that because it would require them as individuals to voluntarily pay higher taxes. Instead, the Patriotic Millionaires want Congress to pass laws making all millionaires pay more in taxes. "A bunch of millionaires said they want to pay higher taxes and they're advocating for it, but they won't sign a pledge saying they ..read more

Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) looks on as Representative Katherine Clark (D-MA) speaks during a news conference on gun violence outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 29, 2023. (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) (CNSNews.com) - House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) told “CNN This Morning” on Thursday the Republican Party’s push to block use of the abortion drug mifepristone is part of a broader agenda of enacting “a national abortion ban.” The Supreme Court extended until Friday a decision on the matter. “You know, we're gonna watch what the Supreme Cou ..read more

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images) (CNSNews.com) - Ten people were murdered in New York City last week, according to a report released by the New York Police Department. In the seven days from Monday, April 10, through Sunday, April 16, ten people were murdered in the city, according to the NYPD’s weekly CompStat report. That works out to an average of one murder every 16.8 hours. In addition to the ten people who were murdered in New York City last week, there were also 18 rapes, 317 robberies and 566 felony assaults. In the first 106 days of 2023 (January 1 thro ..read more