Bells clang and lights flash 15 seconds before the high-speed train zips through the crossing where Jeffrey King died. Five seconds later, Florida’s new Brightline train is gone. On Wednesday, King became the fourth person killed by a Brightline train since Florida’s new high-speed passenger service began conducting test runs… Read More
Pentagon takes aim at Russia and China
Countering China’s rapidly expanding military and an increasingly aggressive Russia are now the U.S. military’s top national security priorities, outpacing the threat of terrorism, the Pentagon said Friday. A new national defense strategy says that competition with China and Russia has threatened America’s military advantage around the world. And it… Read More
Baltimore mayor fires police chief after record-high murder rate
Following a record year in homicides, Baltimore’s mayor fired the city’s police commissioner, saying Friday that a change in leadership was needed to reduce crime more quickly. Deputy Commissioner Darryl DeSousa, a 30-year veteran of the force, will take Commissioner Kevin Davis’ place immediately, Mayor Catherine Pugh announced. “My decision… Read More
Airline tightens leash on service animals
Delta Air Lines will soon require owners of service and support animals to provide more information before their animal can fly in the passenger cabin, including an assurance that it’s trained to behave itself. The airline says complaints about animals biting or soiling plane cabins have nearly doubled since 2016…. Read More
Obama pals WILL go to jail for this… #releasethememo
Is this memo the document that sends former President Barack Obama and his cronies to jail? A document linking senior staff in the Obama administration, the FBI, and the allegedly illegal FISA wiretaps of Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign was reviewed Thursday by approximately 50 congressmen. What they saw was… Read More
Nancy Pelosi: “I’m joining a reality T.V. show”
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is broadening her horizons… a lot. Pelosi is taking time off from her liberal nonsense to become a reality television star. Pelosi has announced he’ll be a judge on the next season of VH1’s “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars”. Just when we couldn’t think less… Read More
New details emerge from “Horror house” torture (this will make your skin crawl)
They were starved and shackled to their beds, sometimes for months. They were beaten and choked. They were given scant medical care, often denied use of a toilet and allowed to shower but once a year. They lived mostly at night, out of sight of neighbors, and knew virtually nothing… Read More
Government shutdown nears as Dems vow to filibuster
On the edge of a government shutdown, a divided House voted late Thursday to keep the government open past a Friday deadline — setting up an eleventh-hour standoff in the Senate, where Democrats have vowed to kill the measure. The partisan roadblock in the GOP-controlled Senate left just a day… Read More
Alleged serial killer BUSTED in Phoenix area
A serial killing suspect shot and killed nine people, including his own mother, and used a victim’s gun in some of the slayings that unfolded in a three-week span late last year, authorities said Thursday. Shell casings, DNA, stolen jewelry and a cellphone taken from a victim were among the… Read More
Hippo-y birthday to this zoo superstar (pics!)
Some days, it’s more like being a Hollywood movie star’s agent than a communications official for the zoo. That’s what happens when your prematurely born hippopotamus becomes a global celebrity. The Cincinnati Zoo has a day of festivities ready for Fiona’s first birthday party Saturday, and expect plenty more of… Read More