Iowa State University researchers are moving ahead with a long-delayed project in which a dozen students will be paid to eat genetically modified bananas. The Des Moines Register reports that the bananas were developed by scientists at Queensland University of Technology in Australia and have a gene that’s supposed to help… Read More
New eye scans helps identify foreigners who have overstayed visas
The federal government is using eye scans and facial recognition technology for the first time to verify the identities of foreigners leaving the United States on foot — a trial move aimed at closing a longstanding security gap, officials announced Thursday. Before now, foreigners who left the country were rarely… Read More
FBI searches home of San Bernardino terrorist’s brother
FBI agents on Thursday searched the California home of the brother of the gunman who killed 14 people in the terror attack in San Bernardino last December, but he was not arrested and has not been named a suspect. Syed Rizwan Farook’s brother, Syed Raheel Farook, is a military veteran… Read More
81-year-old woman chases down robbers, helps police catch them
Police say an 81-year-old Pennsylvania woman chased down robbers who stole her purse, ramming their car with hers and leaving damage that helped officers apprehend them. The woman was sitting her car in her Mount Pocono driveway on Tuesday when she was approached by a man and woman. As she… Read More
Turkey blames deadly terror attack on Kurdish militia
Turkey on Thursday blamed Kurdish militants at home and in neighboring Syria for a deadly bombing in Ankara and it stepped up pressure on the U.S. to sever ties with the Syrian Kurdish militia that has been a key force against the Islamic State group in the complex Syrian conflict…. Read More
Alleged rapist Bill Cosby demands accuser return settlement money
Bill Cosby is demanding that the accuser in his criminal case repay a confidential sex-abuse settlement because she cooperated with police who reopened the case and arrested him last year. Cosby filed a sealed breach-of-contract lawsuit this month that said the settlement barred Andrea Constand from “voluntarily” discussing the case… Read More
Man kills his mom 2 days after finishing 30-year murder sentence
A man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to killing his mother two days after he completed a 30-year prison sentence for killing a neighbor. Steven Pratt pleaded guilty to manslaughter for killing Gwendolyn Pratt, 64, at their Atlantic City home in October 2014. An autopsy found that she died from massive… Read More
Seattle man cites transgender law, changes in front of young girls in locker room
Critics long warned that making special transgender locker laws — where a man only has to claim he’s a woman and use the women’s locker room or bathroom — would open the door for misuse by sexual predators. In Seattle, it didn’t take long. According to a reports, a man… Read More
[Exposed] Obama secretly freed terrorist in 2012
He may be one of the most dangerous terrorist leaders in the world today. He could be in line to become a top leader in Al Qaeda. And it looks like he has President Barack Obama to thank for his freedom. A shocking new report, first published by Fox News, proves… Read More
Warning: ISIS steals nuclear weapon?
Officials are desperately scrambling to locate “highly dangerous” radioactive material that went missing after a brazen theft from an Iraqi oil field last year, and it has raised fears among security experts that the material has fallen into the hands of ISIS. That means ISIS may now have the capability to… Read More