The investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s controversial homebrew email system — and whether the setup illegally compromised national secrets — is in full tilt at the FBI. And, ultimately, it will be up to Department of Justice to decide whether to indict Clinton . But it turns out… Read More
Mainstream Republicans now flocking to Trump
They promised “Never Trump” and spent millions in attack ads against him. But the Republican party establishment failed to stop brash billionaire Donald Trump’s message from resonating with voters. Now, it looks like mainstream Republicans are coming around on Trump and are rallying around a new idea — “Never Hillary.”… Read More
Terror suspected in deadly Texas explosion?
The small Central Texas farming town of West was rocked by a deadly fertilizer plant explosion in 2013 that killed 15 people. Now authorities are saying the fire behind the deadly blast was intentionally set — and are refusing to rule out terrorism as the cause. So what caused the… Read More
Obama releases 20,000 criminal immigrants
For years, critics of President Barack Obama have blamed his weak immigration policies for rising crime and violence on American streets. Now a new report shows that the Obama Administration is repeatedly failing to deport illegal immigrants who have committed serious crimes — and is releasing them instead. The 19,700… Read More
Top Dem: Clinton nomination “a disaster”
Despite numerous accusations of election fraud, dirty tricks and unfair party favoritism, Hillary Clinton is the presumptive nominee for the Democratic party. Even though her coronation as the Democratic presidential candidate didn’t go as smoothly as political analysts first predicted, Clinton heads to the Philadelphia Democratic convention in July as… Read More
South American president impeached
Brazil’s Senate voted Thursday to impeach President Dilma Rousseff after a months-long fight that laid bare the country’s fury over corruption and economic decay, hurling Latin America’s largest country into political turmoil just months before it hosts the Summer Olympics. Rousseff’s enraged backers called the move a coup d’etat and… Read More
Mother helps capture her daughter’s killer
A decade-long social media campaign by the vigilant mother of a fatal car-to-car shooting victim helped lead to the arrest of the remaining suspect in the 2006 killing, California authorities said Wednesday. William Sotelo is behind bars in the city of Riverside after being arrested Friday in central Mexico, police… Read More
Police dog following in father’s paw prints
A Pennsylvania police officer is following in his retired father’s footsteps — all four of them. The New Castle News says a 3-year-old German shepherd named Ranger is picking up where his father, 11-year-old Jozek, left off. Ranger will be a K-9 officer with the police department in Ellwood City,… Read More
Surprising new link to Alzheimer’s discovered
Scientists are peeking inside living brains to watch for the first time as a toxic duo of plaques and tangles interact to drive Alzheimer’s disease — and those tangles may predict early symptoms, a finding with implications for better treatments. It’s not clear exactly what causes Alzheimer’s. Its best-known hallmark… Read More
Corruption and bribes account for $2 trillion of the global economy
A global finance leader asserts that as much as $2 trillion, or 2 percent of the global economy, in bribe money courses through developing and developed countries each year, undermining economic growth and diminishing basic services most needed by the poor. “Corruption has a pernicious effect on the economy,” the… Read More