Donald Trump needs another big night tonight to stay on track to clinch the Republican presidential nomination by the end of the primaries. His political rivals, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, say he’d get creamed in a general election — and a Trump nomination would all but… Read More
Kasich, Cruz alliance set to unravel
Donald Trump says an extraordinary collaboration between Sen. Ted Cruz and John Kasich aimed at unifying the anti-Trump vote in some remaining primaries is a desperate move by “mathematically dead” rivals. Such collusion would be illegal in many industries, the Republican presidential front-runner said, but it’s illustrative of “everything that is wrong… Read More
Ex-House Speaker owes millions in sex assault hush money case
A man who alleges he was sexually abused by former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert and later promised $3.5 million to stay quiet filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit Monday, saying he’s owed more than half the money Hastert promised. The man, identified in court documents as Individual A, filed the lawsuit… Read More
Evicted 100-year-old woman gets new home, thanks to Congressman
A 100-year-old woman evicted from her apartment has a new home in the Southern California desert after a newspaper reported on her plight and motivational speaker Tony Robbins and a local congressman joined in helping her. The Desert Sun newspaper says on April 1 Evelyn Heller lost a trial in which… Read More
Severe weather warning! Tornadoes, hail predicted in large parts of US
Forecasters say a severe weather outbreak is possible Tuesday with powerful, long-track tornadoes and enormous hail predicted in some central and southern Plains states. The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, says the most dangerous weather is predicted for a 55,000-square-mile area stretching from northern Oklahoma to southern Nebraska, including… Read More
Charleston shooter’s friend promises cooperation
A friend of the white man accused of fatally shooting nine black parishioners in Charleston last year is set to plead guilty to two federal charges, according to an agreement signed by federal prosecutors and filed online Monday. Joey Meek, 21, has agreed to plead guilty to lying to authorities… Read More
Basketball legend rescues the Idaho potato truck?
Kobe Bryant’s recent mention of the Great Big Idaho Potato Truck might have helped save the traveling advertisement from a premature retirement, according to the head of a state agency that promotes Idaho potatoes. The recently retired Los Angeles Lakers guard remarked on the red truck while talking with an… Read More
US Air Force to Russia: Back off!
The U.S. Air Force on Monday flew in two F-22 Raptor fighter jets to Romania as a show of strength to deter Russian intervention in Ukraine. The fighter jets landed at the Mihail Kogalniceanu air base, near the Black Sea port of Constanta in southeast Romania. A U.S. statement says… Read More
ISIS fighters decapitate hostage in Philippines
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed that the decapitated head of a Caucasian male recovered Monday night in the southern Philippines belong to one of two Canadians taken hostage by Abu Sayyaf militants in September. Trudeau identified the victim as John Ridsdel of Calgary, Alberta and said his government will… Read More
Lawsuits against cigarette manufactures aren’t prohibited by liability law
Connecticut’s highest court has ruled that lawsuits against cigarette manufacturers aren’t prohibited by an exemption in liability law, bolstering the case of a smoker who got cancer and won a $28 million judgment against a tobacco company. The decision was released Monday. The Connecticut Supreme Court was asked to decide… Read More