Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton offered a glimpse into what one of her key priorities would be as president. And it’s out of this world — literally. In a recent interview with New Hampshire’s Conway Daily Sun, Clinton offered a rambling reflection on everything from UFOs to whether the Earth had been visited… Read More
Police: Oregon protesters want to overthrow government
As a tense standoff at a national wildlife refuge in eastern Oregon enters its third day, militia members are pouring in from surrounding regions and states. And at least one local law enforcement official claims they’re not there for a peaceful protest. They want to spark a nationwide anti-government movement,… Read More
Pentagon covering up sex abuse of military kids
A shocking new report proves that military children are the victims of sex abuse hundreds of times a year — and the Pentagon may be more interested in sweeping the problem under the rug than stopping it. The hundreds of annual cases were revealed in a Defense Department report obtained… Read More
Plan to scrap Obamacare heading to president’s desk
The U.S. House of Representatives returns to session this week. And its first scheduled order of business for the new year? Repealing Obamacare. The House is expected to take up the measure, which also scraps Planned Parenthood funding, this week. The bill already passed the Senate under special rules protecting it… Read More
Mayor assassinated one day after taking office
Three people, including a minor, were being held Sunday in the slaying of a newly inaugurated mayor just hours into her term in a gang-troubled central Mexican city. Morelos Gov. Graco Ramirez ordered flags on state buildings flown at half-staff and called for three days of mourning following the killing… Read More
Who needs guns? Mafia now killing people with cancer
Looks like the Italian mafia may be more deadly than anyone ever imagined. An Italian parliament-mandated health survey has confirmed higher-than-normal incidents of death and cancer among residents in and around Naples, thanks to decades of toxic waste dumping by the local Camorra mob. The report by the National Institute… Read More
Supreme Court Justice: Keep America “One nation under God”
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said Saturday the idea of religious neutrality is not grounded in the country’s constitutional traditions and that God has been good to the U.S. exactly because Americans honor him. Scalia was speaking at a Catholic high school in the New Orleans suburb of Metairie, Louisiana…. Read More
And you thought your tax bill was bad! Apple socked with $350 million bill
Apple has agreed to pay Italy 318 million euros (about $350 million) in taxes for several past years, prosecutors said last week, part of a broader European effort to make multinationals pay what they owe in each country where they do business. Italy has already brought several cases against global… Read More
End of an era? NYC to ditch thousands of payphones
Operator, won’t you help me replace this call? A 9-foot-tall, narrow structure installed this past week on a Manhattan sidewalk is signaling a plan to turn payphones into what’s billed as the world’s biggest and fastest municipal Wi-Fi network. The first of at least 7,500 planned hot spots are due… Read More
Trump to environmentalists: You’re messing up my hair!
Donald Trump has a personal beef with one of the efforts aimed at protecting the environment — it’s messing with his hair. Trump told supporters in South Carolina last week that he’s not impressed by replacements for old aerosol hairsprays that contained ozone-eating chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs. “You can’t… Read More