Five people were arrested, two police officers were injured, and at least one policeman needed stitches to close a head wound after a well-organized, violent protest at a rally for Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump last Friday. The left-wing radicals groups behind it hoped to embarrass Trump and make him… Read More
The nerve! Obama asks taxpayers for raise
President Barack Obama, in his last year in office, seems to already be looking toward retirement — and he’s demanding that U.S. taxpayers give him a big pay raise moving forward. Since 1958, former presidents have been given a substantial pension by taxpayers, as well as hundreds of thousands of dollars… Read More
Hillary’s nightmare! One-third of Sanders voters won’t support her
With a massive delegate lead and a recent string of primary wins, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is trying to unite Democrats behind her candidacy. But liberal insiders are worried that the Democratic party is in the middle of a civil war that’s gotten so nasty it could ultimately cost… Read More
Modern-day outlaw gang terrorizes Houston
It reads like a story straight out of the Wild West. A gang of masked robbers swapping out horses, robbing stores at gunpoint, the sheriff and his deputies hot on their trail. According to police in Houston, their department faced just such a scenario Thursday when officers tracked, confronted, and opened… Read More
American ISIS traitor: I did it for a girl
The American Islamic State group fighter who handed himself over to Kurdish forces in Iraq’s north earlier this week says he made “a bad decision” joining IS, according to a heavily edited interview he gave to an Iraqi Kurdish television station that aired late Thursday night. Mohamad Jamal Khweis, 26,… Read More
Jurors reach verdict in ISIS attack
An Arizona man was convicted Thursday of a terror charge tied to an attack last spring on a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas, marking the second conviction in the U.S. related to the Islamic State group. Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem, an American-born Muslim convert, also was found guilty of… Read More
Sick Pennsylvania couple accused of horrific child abuse
A Pennsylvania couple has been jailed in the starvation death of their 23-month-old daughter, who weighed just 10 pounds when she died last month. Andrea Dusha, 26, and Michael Wright Jr., 32, were charged Thursday with criminal homicide, endangering the welfare of a child and reckless endangerment in the death… Read More
Report: Bowe Bergdahl had mental disorder when he deserted
Well before Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl walked away from his Army post in Afghanistan, he washed out of the Coast Guard during boot camp when he suffered a panic attack. Two years later, though, he joined the Army, obtaining a waiver from rules that bar the enlistment of those with psychological… Read More
Naughty nun busted shoplifting
State police say a 78-year-old nun was caught shoplifting $23 worth of coffee, snacks and toiletries from a central Pennsylvania store. Troopers say Sister Agnes Pennino was seen taking the items from the Surplus Outlet near Berwick on Monday afternoon. WNEP-TV reports police determined the woman captured on surveillance video… Read More
Felon attempts to serenade courtroom with apology ballad
A felon offered a musical apology, apparently inspired by singer Adele’s “Hello,” before being sentenced to up to 17 years in prison in Michigan for unlawful imprisonment and carrying a concealed weapon. The Ann Arbor News reports 21-year-old Brian Earl Taylor on March 10 sang the refrain to Washtenaw County Trial… Read More