The first of 17 detainees scheduled to be released from the Guantanamo Bay prison in January will be transferred next week, as the Obama administration continues to reduce the population at the controversial detention center, a senior U.S. official said Monday. Another three detainees are slated to appear before a… Read More
Philly nuns mark 100 years of non-stop prayer
For more than 100 years, the cloistered nuns known as the Pink Sisters have worked in shifts to ensure nonstop prayer in Philadelphia’s Chapel of Divine Love. Now, to address their shrinking numbers and ensure their prayers continue for another century, the Roman Catholic Holy Spirit Adoration sisters have begun… Read More
Now THAT’s a family reunion! Sisters meet after nearly 80 years
Two Pennsylvania women say the pre-Christmas discovery that they’re sisters is nothing short of a holiday miracle. The Progress in Clearfield reports 78-year-old Barbara Smith, of Pottsville, and 77-year-old Sandra Fitzgerald, of Apollo, met for the first time on Sunday. They hugged, shared stories and laughed. Fitzgerald’s son-in-law was studying… Read More
State changes primary rules to stop Trump
Billionaire and GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump went on the warpath this weekend after learning about changes to the Virginia primary that seem designed to harm his campaign. Virginia will hold its presidential primary on March 1, and for the first time ever voters will be forced to sign a… Read More
Chicago on edge after cops kill grandmother
Bettie Jones, known in her Chicago neighborhood for her work with anti-violence community groups, was killed by police responding to a domestic disturbance just hours after she hosted family on Christmas Day. The fatal shooting of Jones, 55, and 19-year-old Quintonio LeGrier, a college student visiting his father for the… Read More
Dems caught rigging election for Hillary?
Is this a nomination… or a coronation? Party insiders are openly complaining that Democratic Party chair (and longtime Hillary Clinton pal) Debbie Wasserman Schultz is breaking rules left and right in a blatant attempt to hand Clinton the Democratic presidential nomination. “It’s bad for Democrats and bad for the country,… Read More
Deadly Texas storms aren’t done yet
As residents of North Texas surveyed the destruction from deadly weekend tornadoes, the storm system that spawned the twisters brought winter storm woes to the Midwest on Monday and amplified flooding that’s blamed for more than a dozen deaths. At least 11 people died and dozens were injured in the… Read More
Shocker! Tea Party leader set to endorse Rubio
South Carolina Congressman Trey Gowdy, a Tea Party favorite who was mentioned as a possible successor to former House Speaker John Boehner, appears ready to endorse a candidate in the GOP presidential race. And it’s Florida Senator Marco Rubio. The Rubio campaign announced that Gowdy would be making appearances with Rubio… Read More
“Clown Prince of Basketball” dies at 83
Meadowlark Lemon, a basketball legend who spent more than two decades touring with the Harlem Globetrotters, died yesterday at the age of 83. Famed for his patented half-court hook shot, Lemon became one of the most recognizable faces in basketball and was an inductee into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall… Read More
Huckabee laying groundwork to drop out of race
The crowded field seeking the Republican presidential nomination is almost certain to be less crowded after the upcoming Iowa caucuses. And one candidate angling to make an exit appears to be former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee. Huckabee, a favorite among many evangelicals, said recently that if he doesn’t finish in… Read More