A 12-year-old western New York girl wound up running 10 extra miles after she got into the wrong road race. LeeAdianez Rodriguez had registered for the 5K race that was part of last Sunday’s Rochester Regional Health Flower City Challenge. She thought she was arriving late at the starting line… Read More
Heads up, ISIS! US deploys new weapons in fight against Islamic terror
The United States will deploy a rocket launcher system in southeastern Turkey across the border from Syria, officials said Tuesday. U.S. Maj. Gen. Peter Gersten, deputy commander for the fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, said that the mobile, long-range rocket system will be the fourth one… Read More
‘Horror Dentist’ sentenced for assault
In the space of one hour in March 2012, Sylviane Boulesteix’s dentist had wrenched eight front teeth from her mouth and replaced them with ill-fitting dentures. Then, as blood was still flowing from her raw gums, he went for lunch. The 66-year-old widow was one of scores of victims of… Read More
Al-Qaeda claims responsibility for brutal murder of activist
The Bangladeshi branch of al-Qaida claimed responsibility Tuesday for the killing of a gay rights activist and his friend, undermining the prime minister’s insistence just hours earlier that her political opponents were to blame for the attack and for a rising tide of violence against secular activists and writers. The… Read More
Pop superstar Prince had no will
Prince’s sister believes the superstar musician didn’t have a will and has asked a Minnesota court to appoint a special administrator to oversee his multimillion-dollar estate, according to court documents filed Tuesday that could signal a looming fight over Prince’s assets. Tyka Nelson, Prince’s only surviving full sibling, said in… Read More
Not so slick — Exxon losing important AAA rating
Low oil prices have helped cost Exxon its pristine “AAA” credit rating from Standard & Poor’s, a label it held for over six decades. The top “AAA” credit rating from S&P means a company’s debt is the safest possible investment. Now only two other U.S. corporations are rated triple-A by… Read More
3 fugitives caught fleeing to Cuba… by Mickey Mouse?
A Walt Disney Co. cruise ship has rescued three fugitives off the coast of Cuba who were wanted in New Orleans. U.S. Marshal Amos Rojas Jr. said in a news release that last Thursday, the Disney Fantasy cruise ship found the fugitives clinging to a capsized boat. He says all… Read More
Busted! Obama hiding Benghazi emails
The Obama administration defied a federal court order and refused to release a key Hillary Clinton email concerning the 2012 attacks on a diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya. By holding back the information, the administration wasn’t just protecting Clinton from Benghazi fallout — they may have been trying to hide the… Read More
Clinton cheating Sanders out of primary win
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton could lock up the Democratic nomination today. But her path to the White House has been riddled in controversy and accusations of cheating. Supporters of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders have claimed the Clinton campaign is guilty of nearly every dirty trick in the book, including… Read More
Outrage! National anthem forbidden at 9/11 memorial
It may have been one of the most jaw-dropping, unpatriotic things ever seen. Some 50 students from Waynesville Middle School in western North Carolina were at the Sept. 11 memorial Wednesday and had just started singing “The Star-Spangled Banner,” when a guard ordered them to stop. Sept. 11 memorial officials… Read More