Long-term care grew more expensive again this year, with the cost of the priciest option, a private nursing home room, edging closer to $100,000 annually, according to a survey from Genworth Financial. Americans also are paying more for other care options like home health aides and assisted living communities, while… Read More
Beer giant announces name change
There’s no trademark on America. Budweiser, now owned by Belgium’s AB Inbev, will rename its beer “America” this summer and alter its labels with images and phrases affiliated with the republic. The red, white and blue campaign is being launched into a very competitive market already foamy with craft beers,… Read More
US stocks surge
U.S. stocks are making their biggest gain in a month Tuesday after the Chinese government moved to stimulate its economy. Companies that make chemicals and machinery climbed as investors hoped demand for their products will rise. The price of oil also jumped, which sent energy companies higher. KEEPING SCORE: The… Read More
Impeachment pending in Brazil
When a measure to impeach Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was introduced to Congress late last year, the possibility that she would actually be removed from office seemed remote. The charges against her were obscure, not the variety that spurs outrage: She is alleged to have broken fiscal rules in her… Read More
Obama sued in government cover-up
When President Barack Obama was elected, he promised to make his administration the most transparent in U.S. history. He not only broke that promise — he may as well have set it on fire. And now his administration is going to have to answer for its secrecy in court. The… Read More
Criminal! State Department “lost” Hillary emails
Is it simple government incompetence — or evidence of a cover-up? Either way, it has critics outraged. The State Department can find no emails to or from a former Hillary Clinton aide who worked for the agency and also managed Clinton’s private computer server while she served as secretary of… Read More
El Chapo plotting last-ditch escape
The United States has long sought the extradition of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to America to face justice. Now, with the U.S. closer than ever to getting El Chapo secured, he’s been transferred to a less secure prison in Mexico. The move has security experts baffled, and locals are… Read More
Poll: Trump surging in battleground states
GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump promised that he could win the White House with or without the support of the mainstream Republican establishment. And it appears he may be correct. That’s according to the latest poll by Quinnipiac University, which shows that Trump’s path to victory in November is clearing. According… Read More
Got him! US Air Force kills ISIS leader
He appeared in numerous Islamic State execution videos. For years he helped lead Islamic terror around the globe. That was until the U.S. Air Force cut the jihadist down. Early Tuesday, the Pentagon announced a top Islamic State leader in Iraq’s Anbar province has been killed by an American airstrike…. Read More
Islamic terror strikes Germany?
A German man was arrested after several people were stabbed at a train station near Munich early Tuesday, authorities said. One victim died in a hospital and three other people were wounded. The assailant made “politically motivated comments” as he attacked, Ken Heidenreich, spokesman for the Munich prosecutor’s office in… Read More