A legislative committee approved a $500 million plan Tuesday to restructure Detroit public schools as most schools stayed closed for a second consecutive day after hundreds of teachers called out sick over concerns that they won’t get paid if the district runs out of money. The proposal passed by the… Read More
Police expanding body camera use in these cities…
After months of testing, many of the nation’s big-city police forces are planning to expand their use of body cameras by the summer, but the number of officers with such gear will still be relatively small, an Associated Press review found. The 2014 killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri,… Read More
Trumped! Cruz drops out of presidential race
He promised to hang on until the Republican National Convention in July. But after a crushing loss in Indiana on Tuesday, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz officially ended his bid for the presidency. Cruz, a political firebrand and Tea Party favorite, failed to gain traction as GOP frontrunner Donald Trump dominated headlines and polls. He… Read More
Panic time! Key voters ditch Hillary
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has long been obsessed with the idea of becoming America’s first female president. But the Clinton campaign’s recent stop in West Virginia may prove that the White House will remain out of her reach again — and could instead fall into the hands of GOP… Read More
Madman Kim Jong Un shuts down North Korea
North Korea, the world’s last great master of Cold War-era spectacle, is likely to deliver a big one when its ruling party holds its first congress in 36 years later this week. But some experts speculate that the strange behavior of ruler Kim Jong Un could be a signal that… Read More
US soldier killed by ISIS in Syria
A U.S Navy SEAL was killed Tuesday by fire from the Islamic State group outside the IS-held city of Mosul, and Defense Secretary Ash Carter acknowledged it as a “combat death” as the U.S. expands its role in the northern part of Iraq. The SEAL, who has not been further… Read More
DefeaTED: Cruz campaign finished tonight
Is this the end of Republican Ted Cruz’s presidential run? Tonight, Cruz faces a high-stakes test for his slumping presidential campaign in Tuesday’s Indiana primary, one of the last opportunities for the Texas senator to halt Donald Trump’s stunning march toward the GOP nomination. If he fails again, political analysts… Read More
Obama handing out $18,000 to illegals
For nearly eight years, President Barack Obama’s administration has been besieged with criticism of wasteful government spending by opponents. Now in his lame duck term, a new analysis of his final federal budget proposal may have found the most outrageous example of waste yet. The Obama administration’s budget has asked… Read More
Showdown! Russian aggression towards US military escalating
Russian jets buzzing a U.S. military ship and planes in the Baltics are escalating tension between the two nations, the chief of naval operations said Monday. “My hope is that we can stop this sort of activity,” Adm. John M. Richardson told reporters at the Pentagon. “I don’t think the… Read More
Military launching tests of world’s largest unmanned vessel
The military is launching tests on the world’s largest unmanned surface vessel — a self-driving, 132-foot ship designed to travel thousands of miles out at sea without a single crew member on board. The so-called “Sea Hunter” has the potential to revolutionize not only the military’s maritime service but commercial… Read More