Stories That Shape Everyday America


  • Teen Pallbearers Step In to Honor the Deceased with No Family

    Teen Pallbearers Step In to Honor the Deceased with No Family

    Grady Leneghan, 17, vividly remembers a Greek Orthodox funeral he attended last fall in Clevelandโ€”what struck him most was that no family showed up. He was there as part of Saint Ignatius High Schoolโ€™s St. Joseph of Arimathea Pallbearer Ministry, which provides student pallbearers for funerals of people with no loved ones. Founded in 2003…

  • GOP Plans to Formalize January 6th Investigation with New Committee

    GOP Plans to Formalize January 6th Investigation with New Committee

    House Speaker Mike Johnson has promised to formally establish a new committee to investigate the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. This new committee, led by GOP Rep. Barry Loudermilk of Georgia, is part of a broader effort by Republicans to continue and expand investigations that began in the previous Congress. With control…

  • Donald Trump has only just responded to Barack Obama โ€˜mocking himโ€™ in 2011

    Donald Trump has only just responded to Barack Obama โ€˜mocking himโ€™ in 2011

    As he continues to target Barack Obama, Donald Trump has just responded to the viral moment when the former President publicly mocked him at the infamous 2011 White House Correspondentsโ€™ Dinner. For those who donโ€™t know, more than a decade ago, in 2011, Obama humiliated Trump by using him as the punchline in a series…

  • Doctor breaks silence on Pope Leoโ€™s miracle baby

    Pope Leo XIV Recognizes First Miracle of His Papacy. Pope Leo XIV has officially recognized the first miracle of his papacy: the unexplained revival of a newborn in Rhode Island whose heart had stopped for over an hour. The event took place on January 14, 2007, at the now-closed Memorial Hospital in Pawtucket, where baby…

  • Hulk Hogan, pro wrestling icon and pop culture mainstay, dies at 71

    Pro wrestling legend Hulk Hogan, whose charisma and shirt-ripping showmanship brought the theatrical sports genre to new heights of mainstream popularity, died Thursday in Florida, officials said. He was 71. Clearwater police and firefighters rushed to his home to answer a “cardiac arrest” call at 9:51 a.m., according to a city statement. First responders then…