Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg attacked Donald Trump’s stance on immigration in April, criticizing “fearful voices for building walls and distancing people they view as others.” He suggested, “instead of building walls, we can help build bridges.” But Zuckerberg isn’t as opposed to building walls as he says he is. Recent reports… Read More
Sleepy judge’s naps force trial restart
A German court had to restart the trial of two men suspected of robbing a grocery store because a judge kept nodding off during the proceedings. The Muenster state court told the dpa news agency on Tuesday that the presiding judge decided it was better to start things over than… Read More
Ryan: We will not tolerate Dems disruptive gun control demands
House Democrats continued their disruptive demands for votes on gun control Tuesday, though this time the commotion lasted less than two minutes. Less than a week after staging a near 26-hour sit-in on the House floor that garnered widespread attention, a half-dozen Democrats stood in the nearly empty chamber and… Read More
US compensates family of child killed in Ambassador’s motorcade
Hoping to make amends for a tragic accident, the United States has provided a wide range of compensation to a Cameroonian family whose child was killed by a vehicle in U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power’s motorcade. The package included everything from cash to cows, U.S. officials said. The incident occurred in… Read More
As fears grow, Senate battles over Zika funding bill
A dysfunctional Senate split along party lines on Tuesday and left a $1.1 billion proposal to fight the Zika virus in limbo, despite growing fears and a more than 800 cases of Zika infection in the continental U.S. Democrats blocked the GOP-drafted measure by a 52-48 vote Tuesday — short… Read More
Supreme Court attacks Christian pharmacists’ religious rights
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear an appeal from Washington state pharmacists who said they have religious objections to dispensing Plan B or other emergency contraceptives. The justices’ order leaves in place rules first adopted in 2007 following reports that some women had been denied access to… Read More
[Consumer Alert] Major airbag recall
Toyota is recalling 1.43 million vehicles globally for defective air bags, although it is not part of the massive recalls of Takata air bags, the Japanese automaker said Wednesday. Toyota Motor Corp. said it does not know of any fatalities or injuries related to the latest recalls. Being recalled are… Read More
The fight for UK Prime Minister begins
Nominations were opening Wednesday to replace Prime Minister David Cameron as leader of the Conservative Party, with the victor getting the challenge — or the poisoned chalice — of negotiating Britain’s exit from the European Union. Cameron announced his resignation after British voters decided last week, against his advice, that… Read More
Disturbing 911 calls from Orlando terror attack released
Police dispatchers heard repeated gunfire, screaming and moaning from patrons of the Pulse nightclub who called to report that gunman Omar Mateen was opening fire inside the club, according to written logs released Tuesday. The first call of “shots fired” came in at 2:02 a.m. and the caller reported “multiple… Read More
Dozens dead, wounded in Turkish airport attack
Two explosions have rocked Istanbul’s Ataturk airport, killing at least 10 people and wounding around 20 others, Turkey’s justice minister and another official said Tuesday. Bekir Bozdag said that according to preliminary information, “a terrorist at the international terminal entrance first opened fire with a Kalashnikov and then blew himself… Read More