In a move that has critics up in arms, President Barack Obama commuted the prison sentences of 61 drug offenders on Wednesday — including more than a third who were serving life sentences. Obama, who was too busy to attend the funerals of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, former First Lady… Read More
Obama’s latest vacation cost HOW MUCH!?
President Barack Obama, along with first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha, took Air Force One to travel to their annual two-week holiday getaway to Hawaii — and the bill they passed on to taxpayers for their fun in the sun has some critics furious. According to political… Read More
Feds use loophole to undermine state abortion laws
Women will be able to take the so-called abortion pill later in a pregnancy and with fewer doctor visits under a new federal label for the drug that undermines several state laws aimed at restricting medical abortions. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) notified the manufacturer of the drug Mifeprex… Read More
Bridge collapse kills 21, traps hundreds
Rescuers in Kolkata dug through large chunks of debris from an overpass that collapsed while under construction Thursday, killing at least 15 people and injuring scores of others, officials said. A section of the overpass in the busy Bara Bazaar residential and shopping area in north Kolkata fell on vehicles… Read More
Panic over pest patrol puts school on lockdown
A report of armed men near an Arkansas elementary school led to a campus lockdown before police confirmed the three were actually pest control employees chasing squirrels. A teacher at Gardner STEM Magnet School in Hot Springs saw the men about 8 a.m. Wednesday and notified administrators. According to a… Read More
Easter thieves steal eggs, decorations while family at church
Police in Southern California are searching for a pair of thieves who stole Easter eggs meant for a toddler with Down syndrome from a family’s front yard. Home surveillance video shows a man and woman passing by the home in Chula Vista on Easter Sunday and stopping to pick up… Read More
Back off, Putin! US combat team heading to East Europe
The Pentagon plans to deploy an armored brigade combat team to Eastern Europe next February as part of the ongoing effort to rotate troops in and out of the region to reassure allies worried about threats from an increasingly aggressive Russia. The decision will put three fully equipped Army brigades… Read More
Paris attack suspect charged with terror crimes
Paris authorities filed preliminary terrorism charges Wednesday against a 34-year-old Frenchman for allegedly plotting an imminent attack and operating an explosives arsenal of what prosecutors called “unprecedented scale.” Paris Prosecutor Francois Molins said Wednesday that the suspect, Reda Kriket, is accused of participating in a terrorist group with plans for… Read More
Johns Hopkins completes first HIV-positive transplant
Surgeons in Baltimore for the first time have transplanted organs between an HIV-positive donor and HIV-positive recipients, a long-awaited new option for patients with the AIDS virus whose kidneys or livers also are failing. Johns Hopkins University announced Wednesday that both recipients are recovering well after one received a kidney… Read More
Almost all presidential candidates disagree on this Obama priority – even Hillary
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton agree on almost nothing. Except for their dislike of a sweeping agreement that would erase most tariffs and other trade barriers among the United States and 11 other nations. “Insanity,” Trump calls the deal. Democrat Bernie Sanders describes it as “disastrous.” Clinton and Republican Ted… Read More