The war between billionaire GOP frontrunner Donald Trump and Fox News boiled over last night when Trump skipped the network’s presidential debate. Instead of debating his Republican rivals, Trump hosted his own Iowa event that he claims raised $6 million to support veterans. But is there more to the feud… Read More
[Must see] At a basketball game, Olympian Michael Phelps strips down to… WHAT!?
Michael Phelps created quite the distraction Thursday when he stripped down to a tiny swim suit and flashing his abs at the other team. The Olympic great, who is training at Arizona State University this year, was looking to help the school’s college basketball team Thursday. Phelps appeared from behind… Read More
Newest US Air Force “kill vehicle” aces test
A missile defense rocket successfully aced its test-launch from a military base in Central California, authorities say. The long-range interceptor blasted off Thursday from Vandenberg Air Force Base. The launch was testing thrusters on the Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle, which is designed to crash into enemy missiles and destroy them. Officials… Read More
Colleges push back against foreign fraudsters
American colleges sorting through a record number of applications from China are increasingly turning to video interviewing services to assess students’ language skills, get a feel for their personality — and weed out fraudsters. The recorded interviews, recommended by dozens of schools, have emerged as a way to address cheating… Read More
California prison break an inside job
The alleged mastermind in the brazen escape of three inmates from a California jail recruited a jail insider to help in their plot, authorities allege. The assistance, authorities say, came from an unlikely source — a woman whose English classes escapee Hussein Nayeri was taking while locked up. Nayeri, 37, came… Read More
Health officials warn: Zika virus “spreading explosively” in Americas
The Zika virus is “spreading explosively” in the Americas, which could see up to 4 million cases over the next year, international health officials said Thursday, announcing a special meeting next week to decide if they should declare an international health emergency. The warning from the World Health Organization came… Read More
Wine thief — dubbed the “Bordeaux Bandit” — sentenced to prison
The man who authorities dubbed the “Bordeaux Bandit” for allegedly stealing expensive bottles of wine around the Northeast was sentenced to prison in Rhode Island on Wednesday for stealing video game equipment. Scott Deluca, of Cohoes, New York, was sentenced in Providence to 90 days in prison for larceny, with… Read More
FBI releases chilling video of Oregon standoff
FBI authorities released a video last evening in an apparent effort to counter claims that the man killed in the confrontation Tuesday on a remote Oregon high-country road — Robert “LaVoy” Finicum — did nothing to provoke officers. But even with this video, the issue remains muddier than ever. On… Read More
Busted! Iran caught spying on US Navy
President Barack Obama promised his controversial nuclear deal with Iran would guarantee the world the best chance at peace. Looks like no one informed the Iranian Republican Guard of that. In the latest in a series of embarrassing military flaps for the Obama administration, Iran admitted it recently flew a… Read More
He’s back! ‘Affluenza’ teen returns to Texas jail
The teenager who used an “affluenza” defense in a fatal drunken-driving wreck was booked into a Texas juvenile detention center following his deportation from Mexico on Thursday, more than a month after he and his mother fled the U.S. as prosecutors investigated whether he had violated his probation. Ethan Couch,… Read More