North Korea took a significant step Wednesday in the development of a powerful ballistic missile intended to reach U.S. bases in the Pacific, launching one of the weapons about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) high after five failed attempts in recent months. The North’s suspected Musudan tests worry Washington and its… Read More
An inside look at pop star Prince’s final days
Singer and Prince protege Judith Hill says she was on a plane with Prince when it made an emergency landing in Illinois after the superstar lost consciousness less than a week before his death. Hill told The New York Times for a story posted online Tuesday that she was “very freaked… Read More
Boeing makes huge Iran aircraft deal
Boeing Co. said Tuesday it signed an agreement with Iran Air “expressing the airline’s intent” to buy its aircraft, setting up the biggest business deal between the Islamic Republic and America since the 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover in Tehran — if it goes through. Already, one Iranian official has said… Read More
Clinton superdelegate convicted of corruption
A veteran Pennsylvania congressman Chaka Fattah — a longtime political ally of both former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama — was convicted Tuesday in a racketeering case that largely centered on various efforts to repay an illegal $1 million campaign loan from his unsuccessful 2007 mayoral… Read More
[Exclusive] Hillary would control Supreme Court until 2050
This election isn’t just a fight for the heart and soul of the nation for the next four years. It’s a battle that could reshape the law in America forever. The next president has a Supreme Court vacancy to fill right out of the gate, choosing a replacement for conservative… Read More
Shot down! Senate defeats gun bans
On Monday, anti-gun lawmakers and lobbyists mounted one of their most coordinated attacks on gun owners. And they failed spectacularly. A divided Senate blocked rival election-year plans to curb guns Monday, eight days after the horror of Orlando’s mass shooting intensified pressure on lawmakers to act but knotted them in… Read More
86% of women failing Marines combat tests
It was a major platform in President Barack Obama’s plan to remake the U.S. military. Despite studies that show mixed-gender units perform poorly in combat compared to all-male units, the administration forced every branch to accept women into combat roles this past January. The results so far have been a major… Read More
Betrayed! 1,000 delegates to ditch Trump?
Just when it appeared that the movement to dump Donald Trump as the GOP presidential candidate was defeated, it looks like it has come roaring back. And this time, it may have more momentum than ever. As many as 1,000 delegates to the Republican National Convention may have interest in a new… Read More
Chilling details behind Trump assassination plot
He was a foreign national that was in the United States illegally. He plotted for months, practiced and had a back-up plan prepared. Then, he traveled across the country to make his move Saturday. His goal: murder Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. A British man arrested at a weekend Trump… Read More
Cult leader flees
Polygamous sect leader Lyle Jeffs has fled home confinement in Salt Lake City less than two weeks after he was let out of jail pending trial on charges in a multimillion-dollar food stamp fraud scheme. A warrant for Jeffs’ arrest was issued Sunday afternoon after he took off sometime over… Read More