A Pacific gray whale put on a show at Southern California’s Redondo Beach, popping its huge head out of the waves and rolling around in the surf. The Daily Breeze newspaper recorded video Wednesday as the juvenile whale spouted water and scratched itself in the sand just feet from the city’s… Read More
Belgium attack bolsters conservative political groups
The Brussels attacks have given a boost to the far right in Belgium and beyond, and their anti-Islam language is finding a special resonance after another bloodbath by Islamic State extremists. Just as the Paris attacks that killed 130 people in November reinvigorated the right-wing National Front in regional elections,… Read More
US, South Korea, Japan unite against North Korea
The United States pledged Thursday to deepen cooperation with allies South Korea and Japan on deterring the North Korean nuclear threat, working to ramp up pressure following worrying provocations. Leaders of the three countries urged the world community to vigilantly enforce new U.N. sanctions. President Barack Obama didn’t disclose what… Read More
CA green lights highest minimum wage in nation
The California Assembly on Thursday green-lighted a plan that would create the highest statewide minimum wage in the nation of $15 an hour by 2022. The proposal now moves on to the state Senate for consideration. The state of New York is considering a similar measure. Gov. Jerry Brown and… Read More
[Must see] Suspected drug smugglers caught on video scaling border fence
A Mexican journalist got some unusual footage when she spotted two suspected drug smugglers scaling a tall border fence from Mexico into the U.S. and then promptly climbing back after they realized they were being filmed. Journalist Carolina Rocha of Azteca Noticias in Mexico City was in Nogales, Arizona, reporting… Read More
Noble prize winner dies
Imre Kertesz, the Hungarian writer who won the 2002 Nobel Prize for Literature for a body of fiction largely drawn from his experience as a teenage prisoner in Nazi concentration camps, died Thursday. He was 86. Book publishing firm Magveto Kiado said Kertesz died at 4 a.m. at his Budapest… Read More
Policeman, gunman killed in Virginia bus station shooting
A gunman fatally shot a Virginia state trooper at a busy bus terminal in the capital city of Richmond before he was shot dead by two other troopers, police said. Two civilians were also shot but were expected to recover. Trooper Chad P. Dermyer, 37, died Thursday after being shot… Read More
Clinton sued for election fraud
For years conservatives have complained about the Clintons’ dirty campaign tricks. Now it looks like even liberals are getting sick of them. Supporters of Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders have filed a lawsuit against former President Bill Clinton in Massachusetts court, claiming he broke the law to help deliver the… Read More
ISIS plotting to assassinate European leader
A laptop seized during a recent terror raid may have revealed that ISIS was in the early stages of a plot to kill the prime minster of Belgium. The laptop, used by one of the Brussels bombers, contained images of the Belgian prime minister’s home and office, an official said Wednesday,… Read More
Trump heading for huge loss in Wisconsin
Republican frontrunner Donald Trump has been working desperately to hold off a challenge from presidential rival Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in Wisconsin’s high-stakes primary on Tuesday. And according to a recent poll, Trump may be headed for a double-digit loss that could throw the GOP race into chaos. According to… Read More