A 113-year-old New Jersey woman is the new holder of the title of oldest American. Adele Dunlap became the country’s oldest person earlier this month following the death of Goldie Michelson, of Worcester, Massachusetts, The Record newspaper reported. She also is the 10th oldest person in the world, according to… Read More
Cruz fights back intense backlash after non-endorsement
A defiant Sen. Ted Cruz declared Thursday he’s no “servile puppy dog” as he faced a torrent of GOP criticism over his refusal to endorse Donald Trump on the Republican National Convention stage. Irate convention delegates predicted Cruz had committed political suicide by accepting a prime-time speaking slot Wednesday only… Read More
Outrage! 81-year-old Marine vet held hostage for 4 years
A man held an 81-year-old Marine Corps veteran hostage in his squalid motel room for at least four years in order to steal his benefits checks, authorities said Thursday. Perry Coniglio was arrested Tuesday in his room adjoining the victim’s at a motel in Highlands. The motel sits next door… Read More
Terror cell in Nice – 5 charged for aiding attacker
The truck driver who killed 84 people on a Nice beachfront had accomplices and appears to have been plotting his attack for months, the Paris prosecutor said Thursday, citing text messages, more than 1,000 phone calls and video of the attack scene on the phone of one of five people… Read More
Black therapist shot by police while unarmed, hands up
A black therapist who was trying to calm an autistic man in the middle of the street says he was shot by police even though he had his hands in the air and repeatedly told them that no one was armed. The moments before the shooting were recorded on cellphone… Read More
American dies fighting ISIS
A Colorado man who joined Kurdish forces in their fight against the Islamic State group was killed in combat in Syria, his mother said. Susan Shirley said the U.S. Consulate in Turkey called her Tuesday to tell her that her son Levi Shirley, 24, was killed July 14 by a… Read More
Fox News shake-up! CEO Roger Ailes out
Roger Ailes is out as chief executive at Fox News Channel, his career at the network he built from scratch and ran with an iron hand for nearly 20 years over with stunning swiftness following allegations that he forced out a former anchor after she spurned his sexual advances. Network… Read More
Investigators halt search for flight MH370
As investigators prepare to wind down the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 search after more than two fruitless years, the airline industry is still working to raise safety standards to prevent another plane from going missing. The disappearance of the Boeing 777-200, which went missing March 8, 2014 with 239 people… Read More
Trump’s moment to shine! An inside look at tonight’s speech
It’s been 13-months of campaigning, 11 nationally televised debates, 16 vanquished primary rivals, and millions of votes in the making. Finally, presidential candidate Donald Trump’s big moment of the Republican National Convention has arrived. Trump’s address Thursday on the convention’s final day will cap off a wild three days, and… Read More
Revealed! Baton Rouge gunman’s chilling manifesto
The black radical that ambushed and murdered three law enforcement officers in cold blood in Louisiana purportedly thought his actions were “evil” — but necessary. That’s what he wrote in a manifesto that an Ohio man says was emailed to him by the killer less than an hour before the… Read More