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Musical guest Sturgill Simpson performs on 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' on July 27, 2016. (NBC) Merle Haggard performs at the 56th aual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, Califoia January 26, 2014. (Reuters) Previous Next Sturgill Simpson took to Facebook Monday night to blast the Academy of Country Music for it's new Merle Haggard Spirit Award. The country music traditionalist accused the ACM of "hitch[ing] their wagon to his name" while knowing "what [Haggard] thought about them." "If the ACM wants to actually celebrate the legacy and music of Merle Haggard, they should drop all the formulaic caon fodder bulls--t they’ve been pumping down rural America’s throat for th...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump criticized San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepeick Monday, calling Kaepeick's refusal to stand for the national anthem "a terrible thing." "I think it’s personally not a good thing," Trump told Seattle radio station KIRO when asked about the controversy. "I think it’s a terrible thing, and you know, maybe he should find a country that works better for him, let him try, it’s not goa happen." Kaepeick became the subject of national controversy over the weekend when he remained seated on the San Francisco bench during the playing of the "Star-Spangled Baer" prior to Friday night's preseason game against the Green Bay Packers. While e...

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Big cats are the new big idea for reducing the deer population in the Northeast, where growing numbers of bucks and does wander through backyards and onto roads -- where they pose a danger to themselves and humans. A group of scientists is calling for re-introducing cougars into states like New York and New Jersey in an attempt to lower the exploding whitetail deer population. They say the 220-pound predators are a natural solution to a problem that causes 1.2 milllion car accidents per year, including 200 fatalities. "Recolonization by large caivores could provide an efficient solution to the problem of deer overabundance,” wrote study authors Laura Prugh, a wildlife scientist at the...

A New Jersey suburb known for its tree-lined streets and stately, multimillion-dollar homes has been transformed into a battleground over both a proposed mosque and the free speech rights of residents who oppose the project. Beards, a township of about 27,000 an hour west of New York City, has been cleaved by controversy since 2011, when its Plaing Board took up a proposal for a 4,250-square-foot mosque in a residential neighborhood known as Liberty Coer. The applicant, Islamic Society of Basking Ridge, is led by a former Beards mayor and has filed a federal civil rights suit accusing members of the board of religious discrimination in ultimately rejecting the project. Related Image ...

A New Jersey suburb known for its tree-lined streets and stately, multimillion-dollar homes has been transformed into a battleground over both a proposed mosque and the free speech rights of residents who oppose the project. Beards, a township of about 27,000 an hour west of New York City, has been cleaved by controversy since 2011, when its Plaing Board took up a proposal for a 4,250-square-foot mosque in a residential neighborhood known as Liberty Coer. The applicant, Islamic Society of Basking Ridge, is led by a former Beards mayor and has filed a federal civil rights suit accusing members of the board of religious discrimination in ultimately rejecting the project. Related Image ...

BEIJING – China'sair force said Saturday that it has conducted a combat air patrol over disputed areas of the SouthChinaSea to improve its fighting ability. The aouncement comes after Beijing said it wanted to tamp down tensions following its strong rejection of an inteational tribunal that ruled that its claim to virtually all of the SouthChinaSea has no legal basis. Chinarefused to take part in the case taken by the Philippines to the Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration and continues to assert that islands in the SouthChinaSea are its territory. The air force didn't say when the exercises took place. Last month, after the July 12 ruling, the air force said that it had conducte...

PHILADELPHIA – Hillary Clinton, declaring the country at a “moment of reckoning,” sealed her status in American history Thursday night as the first woman to top a major-party ticket, officially taking the torch from President Obama as the Democratic nominee for president -- while delivering a blistering attack against Republican nominee Donald Trump, that challenged his fitness to occupy the Oval Office and set the tone for what promises to be a bruising three-month campaign. “The choice is clear,” she said in Philadelphia. The former secretary of state, senator and first lady used her convention address to pitch an optimistic message, even accusing Trump of taking his party from “Moi...

Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) (2nd R) attends a LGBT Pride Month reception at the White House in Washington, U.S. June 9, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Est - RTSGTOQ A new trove of leaked emails seem to show that top officials at the Democratic National Committee openly mocked and criticized Sen. Beie Sanders during the primary race against Hillary Clinton -- a startling revelation that raises questions about the Democratic Party’s impartiality and an issue that could play out poorly at the party’s convention this week in Philadelphia. Leaked e-mails of DNC show plans to destroy Beie Sanders. Mock his heritage and much more. On-line from Wikileakes, ...

ISTANBUL – Turkey's military aounced on Friday night that the army had taken over “the entire management of the country to restore rule of law” as the country's prime minister admitted an “attempt” by a group within the military while falling short of calling the attempt a military coup. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, speaking by cell phone to CNN Turk from an unknown location, vowed that Turkey would "overcome this invasion" and called on Turks to "gather in squares and see what this minority can do with their tanks and artillery against the people." "Throughout history those who make coups have been unsuccessful, and I absolutely believe that these will be unsuccessful as we...

The son of country music singer Craig Morgan has been found dead after what authorities described as a weekend boating accident along the Teessee River basin, Morgan’s publicist said in a statement Monday. Publicist Cindy Hunt said in a statement that the Humphreys County Sheriff’s Department in Teessee recovered the body of 19-year-old Jerry Greer in Kentucky Lake in the northweste part of the state. The search for the recent high school graduate started Sunday after the accident. "The family is grateful for the outpouring of support and requests prayers at this time as they privately mou this terrible loss," the statement released by Hunt on behalf of Morgan and his wife, Karen Greer...

Country music star Craig Morgan's son is missing following a boating accident on Sunday in Teessee, Morgan told FOX411 Country in a statement. Morgan and his wife, Karen Greer, are asking for privacy as recovery efforts are under way to locate their 19-year-old son Jerry Greer. "The family is grateful for everyone’s support and prayers and requests privacy during this difficult time," the statement read. Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Rod Edwards in that county told local media that the search began around 4 p.m. Sunday near a marina. Edwards says two teenagers were tubing when they had an accident and one teen didn't surface. Both were wearing life jackets. The Sheriff's Office request...

DEVELOPING:A suspected sniper who was in a standoff with Dallas Police early Friday reportedly died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound hours after five officers were killed and several others were wounded in an attack targeting law enforcement officers during a protest march. Dallas Police Chief David Brown said the suspect that was holed up in a downtown parking garage had exchanged gunfire with officers for 45 minutes and claimed "the end is coming", as well as saying that he had planted bombs across Dallas and wanted to hurt more officers. KDFW-TV reported the suspect shot himself at around 2:15 a.m. local time. Brown also said authorities had earlier taken a woman into custod...

DEVELOPING:Dallas Police were in a standoff early Friday with a suspected sniper who, along with at least one other shooter, targeted law enforcement officers during a protest march, killing four and injuring seven other officers as well as one civilian. More suspects may be at large. Dallas Police Chief David Brown said the suspect holed up in a downtown parking garage had exchanged gunfire with officers for 45 minutes and claimed "the end is coming", as well as saying that he had planted bombs across Dallas and wanted to hurt more officers. Brown also said authorities had earlier taken a woman into custody near the garage. Two men were also being questioned after police pursued their...

Hedge fund manager Marc Mezvinsky had friends in high places when he bet big on a Greek economic recovery, but even the keen interest of his mother-in-law, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, wasn't enough to spare him and his investors from financial tragedy. In 2012, Mezvinski, the husband of Chelsea Clinton, created a $325 million basket of offshore funds under the Eaglevale Partners baer through a special arrangement with investment bank Goldman Sachs. The funds have lost tens of millions of dollars predicting that bailouts of the Greek banking system would pump up the value of the country’s distressed bonds. One fund, exclusively dedicated to Greek debt, suffered near-total l...

Hedge fund manager Marc Mezvinsky had friends in high places when he bet big on a Greek economic recovery, but even the keen interest of his mother-in-law, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, wasn't enough to spare him and his investors from financial tragedy. In 2012, Mezvinski, the husband of Chelsea Clinton, created a $325 million basket of offshore funds under the Eaglevale Partners baer through a special arrangement with investment bank Goldman Sachs. The funds have lost tens of millions of dollars predicting that bailouts of the Greek banking system would pump up the value of the country’s distressed bonds. One fund, exclusively dedicated to Greek debt, suffered near-total l...

Hedge fund manager Marc Mezvinsky had friends in high places when he bet big on a Greek economic recovery, but even the keen interest of his mother-in-law, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, wasn't enough to spare him and his investors from financial tragedy. In 2012, Mezvinski, the husband of Chelsea Clinton, created a $325 million basket of offshore funds under the Eaglevale Partners baer through a special arrangement with investment bank Goldman Sachs. The funds have lost tens of millions of dollars predicting that bailouts of the Greek banking system would pump up the value of the country’s distressed bonds. One fund, exclusively dedicated to Greek debt, suffered near-total l...

Hedge fund manager Marc Mezvinsky had friends in high places when he bet big on a Greek economic recovery, but even the keen interest of his mother-in-law, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, wasn't enough to spare him and his investors from financial tragedy. In 2012, Mezvinski, the husband of Chelsea Clinton, created a $325 million basket of offshore funds under the Eaglevale Partners baer through a special arrangement with investment bank Goldman Sachs. The funds have lost tens of millions of dollars predicting that bailouts of the Greek banking system would pump up the value of the country’s distressed bonds. One fund, exclusively dedicated to Greek debt, suffered near-total l...

Hedge fund manager Marc Mezvinsky had friends in high places when he bet big on a Greek economic recovery, but even the keen interest of his mother-in-law, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, wasn't enough to spare him and his investors from financial tragedy. In 2012, Mezvinski, the husband of Chelsea Clinton, created a $325 million basket of offshore funds under the Eaglevale Partners baer through a special arrangement with investment bank Goldman Sachs. The funds have lost tens of millions of dollars predicting that bailouts of the Greek banking system would pump up the value of the country’s distressed bonds. One fund, exclusively dedicated to Greek debt, suffered near-total l...

Hedge fund manager Marc Mezvinsky had friends in high places when he bet big on a Greek economic recovery, but even the keen interest of his mother-in-law, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, wasn't enough to spare him and his investors from financial tragedy. In 2012, Mezvinski, the husband of Chelsea Clinton, created a $325 million basket of offshore funds under the Eaglevale Partners baer through a special arrangement with investment bank Goldman Sachs. The funds have lost tens of millions of dollars predicting that bailouts of the Greek banking system would pump up the value of the country’s distressed bonds. One fund, exclusively dedicated to Greek debt, suffered near-total l...