Call it a case of very rotten luck. A man in Tennessee has been arrested after authorities say he tried to rob a Knoxville police officer who was sitting in an unmarked police car. Citing a police report, the Knoxville News-Sentinel says the officer was sitting in the driver’s seat of… Read More
Clinton car for sale
A retired White House gardener is selling Hillary Clinton’s 1986 Oldsmobile Cutlass, which he bought at an auction for the residence’s workers and has been sitting in his Pennsylvania garage for years. Mike Lawn, who worked at the White House for nearly three decades, bought the car in 2000 to… Read More
Loyal employee marks 70-year work anniversary
Talk about a loyal employee: Elena Griffing has started her 70th year working for the same San Francisco Bay Area hospital. Sutter Health Alta Bates Summit Medical Center spokeswoman Carolyn Kemp says the facility has celebrated Griffing’s milestone employment and her recent 90th birthday. Griffing’s first day on the job… Read More
Cruz pal charged in massive securities fraud
The integrity of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has been questioned repeatedly on the campaign trail. In fact, his chief presidential rival Donald Trump has taken to calling him “Lyin’ Ted” at every opportunity. And it doesn’t look like things are going to get any easier for the Cruz campaign. Monday, federal… Read More
Sports visionary dies at 83
Ed Snider was weakened by cancer, the disease that kept him from his beloved Philadelphia Flyers. General manager Ron Hextall went to Snider’s home in California in December before a scouting trip, watching what would be their last Flyers game together on TV. The St. Louis Blues led 3-0 in… Read More
Traitor! US Navy officer accused of espionage
U.S. defense officials say a Navy officer with access to classified information is accused of passing military secrets to China or Taiwan, or both. A document that describes multiple charges against Lt. Cmdr. Edward C. Lin accuses him of failing to report foreign contacts and says that on multiple occasions… Read More
American woman jailed for ‘insulting’ Islamic country
A 25-year old American woman appeared in court Monday on misdemeanor charges for allegedly insulting the United Arab Emirates in public while waiting for a taxi at the Abu Dhabi International Airport. The National, a government-owned newspaper in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, reported that the woman, who was not… Read More
Socialist winning with likability
Bernie Sanders is still behind when it comes to delegates and votes, but he has one clear advantage over his Democratic and Republican presidential rivals — a lot of people actually like him. By 48 percent to 39 percent, more Americans have a favorable than an unfavorable opinion of Sanders,… Read More
Hundreds arrested as Soros-backed protestors descend on capitol
Hundreds of protesters flocked to the U.S. Capitol Monday for a demonstration against the role of money in politics, prompting arrests of more than 400 by the Capitol police force. The demonstration was part of a series of “Democracy Spring” protests planned in Washington this week by a coalition of groups backed… Read More
Taliban announce ‘spring offensive’ against Americans
The Taliban announced the start of their warm-weather fighting season on Tuesday, vowing “large-scale attacks” in the 15th year of their war against the U.S.-backed Afghan government. In an email to media, the militants said the spring offensive had begun at 5 a.m. They dubbed the campaign “Operation Omari” in… Read More