Free America Network

One of the victims of a deadly Amtrak derailment in Washington state was identified Tuesday, a day after at least three people were killed and dozens were injured when the train jumped the tracks south of Seattle.   Pierce Transit confirmed Monday that one of its employees, Zack Willhoite, was a victim […]

TyLon Pittman likes Christmas a lot, but the 5-year-old boy was scared there was a Grinch out there who truly did not. After watching Dr. Suess’ “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” for the first time, TyLon decided to call for backup. The concerned boy from Jackson, Mississippi, told his mom […]

Angry lawmakers on Capitol Hill grilled Facebook, Google and Twitter lawyers last month over their companies’ roles in the spread of misinformation during the 2016 presidential election.  Missing from two days of hearings? Reddit, the site that calls itself “the front page of the internet.” According to data scientist and active Reddit user […]

LOS ANGELES – Every morning, there is a line outside The Broad museum in downtown Los Angeles. But the people there don’t come to see the art. They’re there to be seen with the art.   “I almost fell off my chair when I read we were the fifth most […]

PARIS — A total of 65 journalists and media workers were killed in 2017, the lowest toll in 14 years, according to figures released on Tuesday by Reporters Without Borders. The non-governmental organization said 60 percent of those killed were murdered. It added that 326 people working in media — […]

DALLAS — Texas Rangers pitcher Cole Hamels and his wife, Heidi, are giving back this holiday season. But rather than handing over a check to a charity, they’re donating a house — a mansion, actually. CBS Dallas-Fort Worth reports the couple is gifting their 32,000-square-foot home on Table Rock Lake to […]

Police are calling the deaths of a Canadian billionaire and his wife “suspicious.” Barry Sherman, chairman of pharmaceutical company Apotex, was found dead Friday in his Toronto-area mansion, along with his wife, Honey. Investigators say the couple died from “ligature neck compression,” but they have not called their deaths homicides. […]

BALI, Indonesia — Indonesian officials said Tuesday they have arrested three foreigners who were attempting to smuggle illegal drugs to the tourist island of Bali. Bali’s customs office presented the three men from Australia, Malaysia and the United States at a news conference at the customs office near the airport. […]

One of the first responders to Monday’s Amtrak derailment in Dupont, Washington, was a civilian who says he did a “simple thing” working his way through the mangled cars of that train. Daniel Konzelman, a 24-year-old Eagle Scout, was driving to work with his girlfriend when the train careened off […]

Florida’s Department of Health is looking into claims that a Gulf Coast school has made hundreds of people sick from diseases like cancer. Health officials are now asking alumni and faculty of the school in Bradenton affected by cancer to submit their health records. So far, the department says there […]