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Stone Ridge Christian from Merced, California, is making national news after its girls’ volleyball team forfeited a playoff game against a team with a trans player. The team was scheduled to play a California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) volleyball playoff game against San Francisco Waldorf School, which has a male student who identifies as a female…

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Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has sparked widespread discussion after addressing the alarming decline in global birth rates. Taking to X, Musk called for a cultural shift in how society approaches childbearing, stating, “Instead of teaching fear of pregnancy, we should teach fear of childlessness.” Musk’s remarks came in response to statistics highlighting historic declines in…

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The mother of Laken Riley, a Georgia nursing student murdered by an illegal immigrant earlier this year, wept as she begged the judge to sentence the killer to life in prison, asking that he not receive mercy when he showed none to her daughter or the family he destroyed. Jose Antonio Ibarra, 26, was found…

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  As President-elect Donald Trump reveals his picks for top government positions, some face criticism for their backgrounds. Other than Trump’s pick of Florida senator Matt Gaetz for Attorney General, no pick has been more controversial than his pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth. Hegseth, a former Army National Guard infantry officer, has served in…

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