Were the Dallas killings and other police shootings in recent days part of a coordinated terror attack directed by African-American hate groups on Facebook? That’s the question investigators are scrambling to answer following a series of shocking anti-cop attacks. Police-involved shootings of black men in Louisiana and Minnesota were followed… Read More
70s rock legend hospitalized after collapsing on stage
Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry has been taken to a hospital after he was forced to leave the stage while performing in New York City. Perry became ill around 9:30 p.m. Sunday while performing with Johnny Depp and Alice Cooper in his side band, the Hollywood Vampires, at Ford Amphitheater in… Read More
Scandalous sand sculpture draws complaints
A busty mermaid sculpted from sand and placed outside a popular Cape Cod restaurant is raising eyebrows and triggering complaints. The town of Yarmouth, Massachusetts, and the local Chamber of Commerce say they fielded complaints from locals about the exaggerated proportions of the mermaid’s chest. Yarmouth’s police department took down… Read More
Pope Francis appoints Fox TV correspondent as spokeman
Pope Francis on Monday named a former Fox TV correspondent as his spokesman and tapped a Spanish woman to be the deputy, the first time a woman has held the post. Greg Burke, 56, takes over from the Rev. Federico Lombardi, 73, a Jesuit like Francis who has been Vatican… Read More
A job nobody wants? Only one candidate remains for UK prime minister
Andrea Leadsom withdrew Monday from the race to replace British Prime Minister David Cameron, leaving Home Secretary Theresa May as the sole remaining candidate to lead the Conservative Party. Graham Brady, the head of the committee running the contest, said after Leadsom’s announcement that the party board would meet to… Read More
Mass sexual assaults in Germany blamed on refugees
German police reportedly believe that over 2,000 men — mostly foreigners — sexually assaulted more than 1,200 women on New Years Eve across the country. And authorities are finally admitting it is because of the refugee crisis. “There is a connection between the emergence of this phenomenon and the rapid… Read More
Spanish bullfighter fatally gored, first time since 1985
A bullfighter was fatally gored in Spain in an eastern town — the first professional matador to be killed in the ring in more than three decades. Victor Barrio, 29, was pronounced dead late Saturday by a surgeon at the Teruel bullring. Barrio was first gored in the thigh by… Read More
Obama frees another Guantanamo prisoner
A Yemeni prisoner at Guantanamo Bay was released and sent to Italy after more than 14 years in custody, the Pentagon said Sunday. The release of Fayiz Ahmad Yahia Suleiman reduced the number of men held at the U.S. base in Cuba to 78. He was among about two dozen… Read More
European champions! Portugal’s shocking victory
Portugal’s players frantically tended to Cristiano Ronaldo’s left knee but their tearful captain couldn’t withstand the pain any longer. The Portuguese had to win their first major trophy the hard way, stunning host France in the European Championship final after playing without Ronaldo from the 25th minute through extra time… Read More
Dozens arrested at Baton Rouge protest
Officers stared down hundreds protesting against police killings near a ramp leading to an interstate in Louisiana’s capital Sunday night before another squad in riot gear arrived and authorities took dozens into custody. Earlier Sunday, some 2,000 people rallied outside the Capitol building to protest police killings of black people,… Read More