If the Republican presidential nomination was a card game, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell seems confident the establishment’s ace in the sleeve can keep frontrunner Donald Trump from winning. McConnell says he is “increasingly optimistic” that voting at the Republican National Convention in July will go to a second ballot,… Read More
Busted! Feds caught shredding veterans’ health claims
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) launched surprise raids of 10 Veterans Affairs Regional Offices (VARO) last summer after receiving a tip from a whistleblower. And what they found was disturbing. According to the recently released report, the VA has been methodically destroying hundreds of veterans’ benefits and claim documents… Read More
[Pics] Houston slammed by deadly floods
At least 5 people have died after massive flooding from more than a foot of rain engulfed the nation’s fourth-largest city, inundating homes and shutting down major highways, with Houston’s mayor saying there was no immediate solution. Heavy flooding has become nearly an annual rite of passage in the practically sea-level… Read More
Woman to go on $10 or $20 bill
Should Andrew Jackson, America’s seventh president, be worried? Is it true that his days on the $20 bill may be numbered? At the moment, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew is keeping details of his decision close to the vest while promising an announcement soon. Treasury officials declined to comment Monday on… Read More
The 2016 Pulitzer Prize winners are…
The 2016 Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists: JOURNALISM Public Service: The Associated Press, for a series of articles documenting the use of slave labor in the commercial seafood industry in Indonesia and Thailand. More than 2,000 enslaved fishermen were freed after officials took action as a result of the AP’s… Read More
Trump picks up a famous ally in Buffalo
Donald Trump will be receiving a Rex Ryan-styled welcome to Buffalo. The Buffalo Bills coach said he will introduce Trump at the Republican presidential candidate’s rally at Buffalo’s First Niagara Center on Monday night. Ryan stopped short of endorsing Trump. Instead, Ryan said he was 100 percent behind New Jersey… Read More
US kills Islamic State leader in Iraq
U.S. and Kurdish officials say their forces carried out a joint assault in northern Iraq that killed an Islamic State leader. The operation was publicly announced Monday by the Kurdish Region Security Council. It identified the targeted Islamic State figure as Salman Abu Shabib al-Jebouri and said he was supervising… Read More
Delivery! Mafia chief arrested after pizza trick
An alleged mafia chief’s appetite for pizza has cost him his freedom. Police in Naples say they nabbed one of Italy’s most-wanted crime bosses after sending an agent dressed as a pizza deliveryman to the door. The fugitive, Roberto Manganiello, was watching the Naples-Inter soccer match with his girlfriend when… Read More
In Spain, pick up after your pooch – or else!
Dog owners in Madrid beware: Pick up after your pooch or face working as a street cleaner. Madrid Mayor Manuela Carmena is warning dog owners they’ll face stiff fines or possibly weekend work as street cleaners if they are caught in an upcoming dog poop crackdown. Carmena says Monday that… Read More
Teen forced by state to undergo chemo says new mass found
A teenager who was forced by the courts to undergo chemotherapy for her cancer says a new mass has been found in her lungs. Cassandra Callender, of Windsor Locks, disclosed the news Saturday on her Facebook page, posting an image of a CT scan dated Friday. “This is the mass… Read More