U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Thursday the United States and Turkey are having an open dialogue about their growing differences over the fight in Syria, and are “finding common ground.” Speaking at the close of a NATO defense ministers meeting, Mattis presented a more calm and understated view of… Read More
YOU’RE FIRED! Radio host canned for THESE comments about 17-year-old Olympian
A San Francisco Bay Area radio station has fired one of its hosts for sexual comments he made about 17-year-old Olympic snowboarder Chloe Kim on another station. Program director Jeremiah Crowe of KNBR-AM said in a statement Wednesday that host Patrick Connor has been fired. On Tuesday, on the Barstool… Read More
U.S. takes home Olympic gold medal in delayed event
The nervous energy accumulated for Mikaela Shiffrin while she waited, waited, waited for these Olympics — the ones that so many are expecting to be HER Olympics — to finally get started. First one race was postponed. Then another. And so it was not until a week into the Pyeongchang… Read More
Hollywood star a ‘hero’ in deadly Los Angeles car crash
Actor Luke Wilson played a real-life hero in the aftermath of a Los Angeles car crash that also involved golfer Bill Haas, a witness said Wednesday. Wilson, whose own car was clipped in the three-vehicle accident, pulled a 50-year-old woman from the smoking wreckage of her BMW. “He was the… Read More
WATCH: Know-it-all liberal has NOTHING to say after this…
The liberal media has spent days fawning over the brutal North Korean regime. Dozens of liberal newspapers and cable news outlets — from CNN to The Washington Post to MSNBC to PBS — went out of their way to compliment and praise North Korea’s brutal dictator Kim Jong Un and… Read More
Illegal immigrant kills 3-year-old boy in ambulance
An illegal immigrant was “grossly impaired” and driving without a license when the car he was driving struck an ambulance, killing the three-year-old American boy inside and injuring the boy’s mother. Jose Duran Romero, a 27-year-old illegal immigrant, was found to have more than twice the legal alcohol limit —… Read More
Dead celeb’s family files wrongful death lawsuit
The family of Bill Paxton has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a Los Angeles hospital and the surgeon who performed the actor’s heart surgery shortly before he died. The suit filed Friday against Cedars-Sinai Medical Center alleges the surgeon, used a “high risk and unconventional surgical approach” that was… Read More
Mardi Gras festivities spoiled by shooting that left 3 dead, 5 wounded
A festive close to Mardi Gras was marred by shootings across New Orleans that left three people dead and five others wounded. The first two shootings happened in the afternoon, when fights broke out near the traditional parade route. Police clarified Wednesday that two teenage boys were wounded in one… Read More
House panels launches investigation into former White House aide
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill want to know how former presidential aide Rob Porter was allowed to work at the White House under an interim security clearance — despite allegations of spousal abuse. Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent letters to the… Read More
Mitt Romney announces Senate plans
Former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney will announce Thursday that he’s running for the Utah Senate seat held by retiring Orrin Hatch, three people with direct knowledge of the plan confirmed Wednesday. The former Republican presidential candidate will release an online video Thursday announcing he’s running for the seat. His… Read More