Day: May 9, 2025

Veteran advocacy leader defends Trump’s shake-ups at VA, calls for reform to support veterans

9:15 pm May 9, 2025

EXCLUSIVE: President Donald Trump‘s Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Doug Collins, has proposed a 15% workforce reduction with a goal of cutting 80,000 jobs at the VA. Retired Lt. Col. Jim Whaley, CEO of Mission Roll Call, a veteran advocacy non-profit, said such VA reform is necessary to improve veterans’ lives across the United States. Whaley […]

Red Sox’s Rafael Devers throws cold water on potential switch from designated hitter to 1st base

9:06 pm May 9, 2025

Rafael Devers had a tense spring training. During the exhibition period, Red Sox manager Alex Cora and Devers appeared to be at odds about whether he would spend time on the baseball diamond covering third base. Shortly before Opening Day, Cora confirmed Devers would handle the team’s designated hitter duties on a full-time basis. However, […]

Dolly Parton refuses to judge ‘American Idol’ or ‘The Voice’ for this reason

9:01 pm May 9, 2025

While many celebrities may jump at the chance to sit in a “The Voice” spinning chair or hand out an “American Idol” golden ticket, fans will not find country music legend Dolly Parton doing either. The “9 to 5” crooner revealed why she has turned down offers to sit on the judging panel for the […]

Inclusive tone of new pope isn’t sitting well with some in the ‘America First’ movement

8:57 pm May 9, 2025

The morning after his election, Robert Prevost — now Pope Leo XIV and the first American pontiff in the Catholic Church’s 2,000-year history — presided over his first Mass. In a nod to his predecessor, the late Pope Francis, Leo pledged to align himself with “ordinary people” and pointed to a loss of religious faith […]

Manhunt for Texas murder suspect Trevor McEuen enrages officials demanding stricter bail: ‘they will walk’

8:45 pm May 9, 2025

A Texas district attorney is calling for stricter bail amid a manhunt for a murder suspect who allegedly cut off his ankle monitor and fled before his trial was scheduled to begin on Monday. Kaufman County authorities have been searching for Trevor McEuen, who allegedly admitted to shooting and killing his neighbor, horse trainer Aaron […]