Circle the date and clear your calendars – the first presidential showdown between Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and GOP rival Donald Trump is just about four weeks away. And with Clinton’s poll numbers slipping, her advisers are looking for any leg-up they can get. According to a new report, they’ve found… Read More
No, our national anthem ISN’T racist
by Stephen Dietrich, Managing Editor It’s the latest nonsense circling social media. An Intercept article titled, “Colin Kaepernick Is Righter Than You Know: The National Anthem Is a Celebration of Slavery.” Yes, people are now calling the Star-Spangled Banner a racist song, and are demanding a new national anthem. Is… Read More
Pop superstar arrested in police standoff
He may be one of the most famous pop stars around. But Chris Brown can’t avoid trouble — and this time it could cost him big. Following a bizarre, hours-long stand-off with police, the “No Air” and “Kiss Kiss” singer was arrested Tuesday afternoon on suspicion of assault with a deadly… Read More
First circus school in US opening in Philadelphia
No clowning around: The first full-time, professional training school for circus artists in the United States is set to open in Philadelphia next year, officials announced Tuesday. Circadium will be a three-year, secondary vocational school where students can hone their skills in acrobatics, juggling and aerial acts like the silks…. Read More
Food fight! Tomato battle paints Spanish town red (pics)
Thousands of people have pelted each other with tons of ripe tomatoes, creating a red, mushy mess in the annual “Tomatina” street battle in eastern Spain. At the fiesta in Bunol on Wednesday, 160 tons of tomatoes were offloaded from six trucks into the crowd packing the town’s streets for… Read More
Hawaiians brace for hurricane impact
Preparing for what could be the first hurricane to make landfall in Hawaii in years, residents on the Big Island are stocking up on food and water and seeking shelter for their animals. The National Weather Service issued a hurricane warning as the storm dubbed Madeline churned west Tuesday toward… Read More
McCain, Rubio, Wassermen-Shultz survive primaries
Sen. John McCain beat back a primary challenge Tuesday from a Republican tea party activist to win the right to seek a sixth term in November in a race that has been inundated with questions about GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump. The 2008 GOP presidential nominee easily defeated former state… Read More
Scientist: Massive snakeskin found in Maine from anaconda
Wessie P. Thon might actually be Wessie A. Conda. A Texas scientist who ran tests on a large snake skin found in the Maine city of Westbrook says Tuesday the tests came back as “100 percent from anaconda.” A big snake caused a stir in Maine when it was seen… Read More
Justice! ISIS spokesman killed
The Islamic State group’s spokesman and chief strategist, who laid out the blueprint for the extremist group’s attacks against the West, has been killed while overseeing operations in northern Syria, the group has announced. The IS-run Aamaq news agency said Abu Mohammed al-Adnani was “martyred while surveying the operations to… Read More
Vladimir Putin arrested in Florida supermarket..?
Vladimir Putin has been arrested at a Florida supermarket. No, not THAT Vladimir Putin. Police in West Palm Beach say a 48-year-old man who shares the name of the Russian president was arrested at a Publix supermarket in the city’s downtown on Aug. 21. Police say Putin was screaming at… Read More