Veterans’ organizations have reached out to help a Korean War-era veteran who authorities say was held hostage in a motel room for four years by a man who stole his benefit checks. Groups in New York, Ohio and Virginia have offered assistance to David McLellan, an 81-year-old Navy veteran and… Read More
Something’s fishy! Chum salmon truck rolls on highway
Alaskans are always excited by salmon runs, unless it’s across a highway. A transport truck carrying chum salmon to a cannery in Alaska’s capital city rolled Monday afternoon, spilling the fish across three of the highway’s four lanes and backing up traffic for about 90 minutes. Juneau police spokesman Lt…. Read More
Judge orders suspect’s swastika tattoos covered
A Las Vegas judge has ordered a cosmetologist to cover up a defendant’s neck and facial tattoos that include a swastika and the words “Most Wanted” on each day of his robbery trial. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that District Judge Richard Scotti decided that Bayzle Morgan’s tattoos should be… Read More
NFL star cleared in doping controversy
The NFL says it found no credible evidence that Peyton Manning was provided with human growth hormone or other prohibited substances as alleged in a documentary by Al-Jazeera America last year. The league said the quarterback and his wife, Ashley, fully cooperated in the seven-month investigation, providing interviews and access… Read More
These countries have the world’s tallest citizens
If you want to see a tall population of men, go to the Netherlands. Tall women? Latvia. And in the United States, which lags behind dozens of other countries in height, the average for adults stopped increasing about 20 years ago. That’s the word from researchers who analyzed a century’s… Read More
Busted! Obama pal caught plagiarizing criticism of Trump’s VP
An online magazine opinion piece attributed to California’s lieutenant governor contains at least one paragraph that largely initially appeared elsewhere, while several of the Democratic politician’s Twitter and Facebook posts from the last month lack citations to their original sources. In an article criticizing Republican vice-presidential candidate Mike Pence for his… Read More
Horror! 19 killed in brutal Japan stabbing spree
A young Japanese man went on a stabbing rampage Tuesday at a facility for the mentally disabled where he had been fired, officials said, killing 19 people months after he gave a letter to Parliament outlining the bloody plan and saying all disabled people should be put to death. When… Read More
Six-year-old boy granted make-a-wish to be truck driver
Ethan Dean will be living his dream on Tuesday. The six-year-old has a garbage truck bedspread and pillow. He has garbage truck toys. He’s had a garbage truck birthday party. Now, thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, he’s going to experience what it’s like to be a garbage truck driver. The… Read More
Shake-up! Two more Fox News execs fired
Four days after the ouster of Roger Ailes as Fox News chief, two more executives at the network have been axed. But the firing of Michael Clemente and his top deputy, Peter Boyer, were not related to the sexual harassment allegations that forced Ailes out at the network that he… Read More
Clinton losing control of Dems
The Democratic National Convention might have its own Ted Cruz moment on live television Monday – and it threatens to rip the Democratic Party to pieces right as Hillary Clinton was about to take total control. Hacked emails have exposed the ugly truth about the party’s primaries, confirming that the… Read More