A fundraising campaign has been launched to save the damaged gravestone of Benjamin Franklin at the Christ Church Burial Ground in Philadelphia. The Christ Church Preservation Trust tells The Philadelphia Inquirer that the marble ledger tablet marking Franklin’s final resting place has recently developed a significant crack. The ritual of tossing… Read More
International prosecutors: US guilty of war crimes
U.S. armed forces and the CIA may have committed war crimes by torturing detainees in Afghanistan, the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor says in a report, raising the possibility that American citizens could be indicted even though Washington has not joined the global court. “Members of US armed forces appear… Read More
Groundbreaking news anchor dies
Gwen Ifill, co-anchor of PBS’ “NewsHour” with Judy Woodruff and a veteran journalist who moderated two vice presidential debates, died Monday of cancer, the network said. She was 61. A former reporter for The New York Times and The Washington Post, Ifill switched to television in the 1990s and covered… Read More
TV star injured in assault
Authorities are investigating after a family member says one of the stars of the hit reality TV series “Deadliest Catch” was assaulted over the weekend. Josh Harris says on social media that his brother Jake Harris was beaten and severely injured Saturday night. The Everett Police Department says they received… Read More
Thanksgiving travel to be worst in nearly a decade
The slowly improving economy could boost travel over the Thanksgiving holiday to levels not seen in nine years. AAA forecasts that 48.7 million Americans will travel, the busiest Thanksgiving period on U.S. roads and skies since 2007, the year before the global financial crisis plunged the U.S. economy into a… Read More
More arguments heard in Bergdahl case
A judge will hear more arguments Tuesday about whether injuries to soldiers on a search mission should be allowed as evidence that U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl endangered comrades by walking off his post in Afghanistan. On Monday, the judge, Army. Col. Jeffery Nance, also agreed to delay Bergdahl’s trial… Read More
Outrage! Restaurant refuses to serve vet – on Veteran’s Day!
The president of the Chili’s restaurant chain says the manager who took away a veteran’s free Veterans Day meal has been “removed” from the job. In a statement issued Monday, Chili’s President Kelli Valade also said she personally apologized to Ernest Walker for the manager’s actions and thanked him for… Read More
Revealed! Hillary camp’s plot to OVERTHROW election
You probably thought that the presidential election was finally over. President-elect Donald Trump has won, and the American people had heard the last of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Not quite. It looks like the Clinton campaign is trying one last time to rig the election — even after… Read More
Millennials hold “cry ins” over Trump election
By Stephen Dietrich, Managing Editor When my grandfather was 20-years-old, he volunteered to be a bomber pilot in the Army Air Corp and flew dozens of bombing missions against Imperial Japan. My Uncle was a naval officer aboard a nuclear submarine and faced off against hostile Soviet forces in his… Read More
Liberal media FURIOUS over Trump nominations
The liberal mainstream media has regularly shown their dislike for President-elect Donald Trump. But Trump’s latest move has liberal pundits completely blowing their top. Steve Bannon, a leading force of the far-right, a flame-throwing media mogul and professional provocateur, a man who made a career out of roiling the establishment… Read More