European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker’s annual speech to the European Parliament on Tuesday included a strange question to his fellow EU statesman: “Will Europe disappear from the international scene?” According to Professor Gilles Kepel, the European “Jihad Generation” has that exact plan in mind. And if they get their way,… Read More
Mass killing of hippos and buffalos in South African park
Rangers in South Africa’s biggest wildlife park are killing about 350 hippos and buffalos in an attempt to relieve the impact of the region’s most severe drought in more than three decades. The numbers of hippos and buffalos in Kruger National Park, about 7,500 and 47,000 respectively, are at their… Read More
Pope honors French priest killed by ISIS
Pope Francis honored the French priest who was killed by Islamic extremists while celebrating Mass, calling him a martyr on Wednesday and urging all people of faith to have the courage to denounce such killings as “satanic.” Francis celebrated a morning Mass in memory of the Rev. Jacques Hamel, who… Read More
[Weather watch] Tropical storm forms along US coast
Tropical Storm Julia has formed along the northeastern coast of Florida. The National Hurricane Center says the slow-moving storm is expected to bring heavy rain and possible flash flooding. A tropical storm warning was issued Tuesday night for Ponte Vera Beach north to the Altamaha Sound in Georgia. At 11… Read More
Justice! Police capture fugitive wanted for cop killing
Rhode Island State Police say they have captured a fugitive wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of a police officer in North Carolina. State police say 23-year-old Irving Fenner was located at a home in Coventry, Rhode Island, around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. State Police Col. Steven O’Donnell tells WPRI-TV… Read More
NY lawmaker wins primary – after killing himself
Days after killing himself, a vocal advocate for gun rights and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has won a New York primary election. Assemblyman Bill Nojay was facing a fraud trial in Cambodia and reportedly under FBI scrutiny when he went to his family’s cemetery plot in Rochester and shot… Read More
Cold case solved! Two arrested in 1973 murder of teen girls
An investigator “with a bit of free time” decided to send for testing DNA samples from a long-dormant cold case, which led authorities to arrest a pair of men linked to the 1973 shotgun slayings of two young girls, authorities said. Police in Oklahoma and California arrested the two 65-year-old… Read More
Trump fights for working mothers in new proposals
Donald Trump rolled out a plan Tuesday aimed at making child care more affordable, guaranteeing new mothers six weeks of paid maternity leave and suggesting new incentives for employees to provide their workers childcare. Spurred on by his daughter, Ivanka, Trump waded into topics more often discussed by Democrats. Trump… Read More
Gun rights activists sue Katie Couric for misleading documentary
Virginia gun rights activists have filed a $12 million defamation lawsuit against Katie Couric and other makers of a documentary over an edit they say misrepresented the activists’ response to a question. The segment in “Under the Gun” shows nearly 10 seconds of silence after Couric asks members of the… Read More
Insane video! Diver fights off great white with spear
This lucky diver had his spear to defend himself when he was attacked by a great white, and he caught it all on his GoPro! Check out this insane video for yourself, the action begins at 1:23. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HeZbMjbfoA