A Harvard professor who caused a huge splash when she unveiled a small fragment of papyrus that she said referred to Jesus being married now says it’s likely a forgery. Harvard Divinity School professor Karen King presented the piece of papyrus in Rome in 2012. The fragment, written in Coptic,… Read More
Trump, or your job? Federal employee forced to choose
Midway through Tomas Strouhal’s daily mail route, a higher-up from the U.S. Postal Service pulled up behind him with some bad news: That Donald Trump bumper sticker on his personal car parked back at the post office had to go. “He said I just need to remove it and that… Read More
Geronimo! You’ll NEVER believe how this 87-year-old celebrated her birthday
A Massachusetts woman can check something off her bucket list: She celebrated her 87th birthday by skydiving. The Recorder reports Janis Lefebre’s children bought her the skydiving package from Jumptown, a skydiving center based in Orange, after learning that jumping out of a plane was something she always wanted to do…. Read More
Supreme Court defends police powers
A divided Supreme Court bolstered police powers on Monday, ruling that evidence of a crime in some cases may be used against a defendant even if the police did something wrong or illegal in obtaining it. The 5-3 decision drew heated dissents from liberal justices who warned that the outcome… Read More
Whoa! Marathon runner faces down charging bear
A New Mexico marathon runner was less than 3 miles from the finish line of an organized mountain race when she climbed over a hilltop and saw a black bear charging at her. The female black bear attacked after Karen Williams unknowingly startled it and at least one of its… Read More
Benghazi panel misses key report deadline
The House Benghazi Committee missed a self-imposed deadline to issue a report “before summer,” the latest setback for a probe that has gone on for more than two years and drawn scorn from Democrats who say its primary goal is to undermine Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid. The panel’s chairman, Rep…. Read More
Former House speaker reports to prison
Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert must report to a federal prison in southeastern Minnesota this week to begin serving a 15-month sentence in his hush-money case, one that revealed he sexually abused at least four boys decades ago when he coached wrestling at a suburban Chicago high school. Hastert… Read More
Terror hoax? Man with fake suicide belt sparks alert
A man wearing a fake explosive belt filled with salt and cookies sparked a major security alert and an emergency meeting of key government ministers Tuesday by claiming he would be blown up outside a downtown Brussels shopping center. Police said the man claimed to have been abducted and dropped… Read More
Justice! 2,500 ISIS fighters killed in Fallujah
Iraq’s government forces on Tuesday dislodged the Islamic State group from two northern neighborhoods of Fallujah as an Iraqi military commander claimed the month-long offensive to recapture the city had left 2,500 IS militants dead. The announcements came just days after the government had declared the liberation of Fallujah, the… Read More
Human testing begins for experimental Zika vaccine
An experimental vaccine for the Zika virus is due to begin human testing in coming weeks, after getting the green light from U.S. health officials. Inovio Pharmaceuticals said Monday it received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration to begin early-stage safety tests of its DNA-based vaccine against the mosquito-borne… Read More