NBA star Derrick Rose will begin trial in a $21 million rape lawsuit Tuesday, the same day the New York Knicks’ preseason begins. It’s unclear whether Rose will be in court or with his new team. Rose and two friends are accused of gang raping an incapacitated woman he once… Read More
Trial for killer sex-fiend dad begins
Was this dad’s sexual deviance so out of control he murdered his own toddler son? Or, was it a horrible accident with deadly consequences? Obsessed with seeking sex outside his marriage, prosecutors say, a Georgia man left his 22-month-old son to die inside a hot SUV so he could “escape… Read More
Police investigate mysterious death of special needs student
Police in Virginia are investigating the death of a 16-year-old special needs student who apparently became sick at school and died at a hospital five days later. Prince George County police Capt. Brian Kei tells the Richmond Times-Dispatch that authorities received a 911 call about the boy on Sept. 21 from… Read More
Republican, Democrat, or Pizza? Strange political party founder speaks out
Josh Freeman is searching for his slice of the Massachusetts electorate. The 42-year-old Raynham man is the founder of the Pizza Party, a political designation officially recognized by state election officials. Freeman tells the Enterprise of Brockton he doesn’t recruit members and no Pizza Party candidate has ever run for office… Read More
Teddy Roosevelt’s 110-year-old typo leads to monumental confusion
When President Theodore Roosevelt designated the country’s first national monument 110 years ago, the proclamation inadvertently left out a punctuation mark, and what was supposed to be Devil’s Tower became Devils Tower instead. Some say that’s not all it got wrong. According to local American Indians and others, the landmark’s… Read More
[Video] Moose tears down fence in epic battle
Don’t try to fence in Alaska moose battling for female attention. They’ll bust right through it. Bryan M. Anderson said he and his daughter went looking for moose early Sunday, stumbling upon an unusual sighting in Anchorage’s largest park. Two bull moose on either side of a chain-link fence near… Read More
LAPD Chief defends police shooting
Police officers who shot and killed men in two separate weekend shootings were justified in their use of deadly force because they feared for their lives, the Los Angeles police chief says. Carnell Snell, 18, turned toward officers with a gun before he was shot, and the other, a Hispanic… Read More
Million-dollar settlement reached in Chris Christie scandal
A former New Jersey prosecutor who claimed he was fired because he alleged the state dismissed an indictment because it involved supporters of Gov. Chris Christie has received a $1.5 million settlement, ending a six-year legal saga that has cost taxpayers more than double that amount in attorney fees. The… Read More
Build the wall! Massive illegal immigration marriage scam busted
Tarunkumar and Sachin Patel wanted to find a way so that more of their friends and business associates from India could get permanent legal status to remain in the United States. But they admitted Monday their plans were federal crimes. Now they and up to 17 others face prison time…. Read More
Justice! US airstrike kills Islamic terror leader
A senior commander in Syria’s rebranded al-Qaeda affiliate, who was close to the global network’s top leader Ayman al-Zawahri, has been killed in an airstrike, the group said Monday. The Fatah al-Sham Front, previously known as the Nusra Front, announced the death of Ahmed Salama Mabrouk shortly after the Pentagon… Read More