The last four occupiers of an Oregon wildlife refuge have posted a series of defiant videos in which one of them calls FBI agents losers, shows a defensive perimeter they have built and takes a joyride in a government vehicle. The videos were posted Sunday on a YouTube channel called… Read More
Dems caught trying to vote for same bill twice?
Maryland lawmakers have a potential quandary on their hands that is rare, if not unprecedented: Can one of their own vote twice on the same bill? At issue is a measure that would allow felons to vote while they’re on probation or parole. Supporters say it’s an important measure to… Read More
Donald Trump’s pro football savvy, and what analysts say it shows us about 2016 race
More than 30 years ago, Donald Trump bought a franchise in the upstart United States Football League. He then led his fellow owners to sue the NFL in a high-stakes antitrust case. The head-on challenge and his ownership of the New Jersey Generals was an early testing ground for the… Read More
American Legion to Bernie Sanders: Stop saying we support you
The American Legion has asked the campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders to “cease and desist” from using the organization’s emblem in campaign fliers. The American Legion wrote to Sanders’ Senate office that it did not have permission to use the emblem in his campaign fliers. Sanders’ campaign didn’t… Read More
Storm at sea! Battered cruise ship limps home after fearful night
A Royal Caribbean cruise ship ran into high winds and rough seas in the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday, forcing frightened passengers into their cabins overnight as their belongings flew about, waves rose as high as 30 feet, and winds howled outside. The cruise line says that although no one was… Read More
Obama asking for nearly $2 billion to combat Zika virus
President Barack Obama is asking Congress for more than $1.8 billion in emergency funding to fight the Zika virus and the mosquitoes that spread it here and abroad, but says “there shouldn’t be a panic on this.” The virus is spreading rapidly through Latin America. While most people experience either… Read More
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a…robot cockroach?
When buildings collapse in future disasters, the hero helping rescue trapped people may be a robotic cockroach. Repulsive as they may be, roaches have the remarkable ability to squish their bodies down to one quarter their normal size, yet still scamper at lightning speed. Also, they can withstand 900 times… Read More
Canada to call it quits against ISIS
Canada’s prime minister on Monday announced that the country will end airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq by Feb. 22, saying that “the people terrorized by ISIL every day don’t need our vengeance, they need our help.” Justin Trudeau, following up on campaign promises he made… Read More
All you need is…. hair? A lock of Lennon’s hair to be auctioned
A lock of hair snipped from the head of John Lennon as the Beatle prepared for a film role is expected to sell for $10,000 at a Dallas auction later this month. Heritage Auctions said in a news release Monday that the 4-inch lock was collected by a German hairdresser… Read More
Whoa baby! Trooper pulls over speeder, delivers baby
Expecting to write a ticket for speeding, an Alabama State Trooper ended up helping a woman give birth. Danny Lowe, of Huntsville, said he was driving his pregnant wife, Shawna, to an Athens hospital Sunday morning when he was pulled over by Trooper Michael Kesler for speeding, news outlets reported…. Read More