Austrian authorities say two men have been arrested and are being investigated for possible links to last month’s attacks in Paris that killed 130 people. State Prosecutor Robert Holzleitner says the two were arrested during the weekend in a migrants’ shelter in Salzburg. Holzleitner said Wednesday that the pair are… Read More
Hawaiian independence?
The decision to cancel an election for Native Hawaiian self-government and skip ahead to a convention has many questioning whether the effort has a chance at achieving anything. Nai Aupuni, the organization guiding the election process, on Tuesday terminated the election to select 40 delegates who would meet at a… Read More
Baltimore on edge while jury deliberates on Freddie Gray case
Jurors said they were deadlocked Tuesday as they weighed manslaughter and other charges against a police officer in the death of Freddie Gray. The judge told them to keep deliberating and they went home for the night without reaching a verdict. The jury reported its difficulty in a note to… Read More
Terror threat overreaction in Los Angeles?
The nation’s second-largest school district shut down Tuesday after a school board member received an emailed threat that raised fears of another attack like the deadly shooting in nearby San Bernardino. Authorities in New York City said they received the same threat but quickly concluded that it was a hoax…. Read More
US to restore regular commercial flights with Cuba
The United States and Cuba are close to an agreement on restoring regularly scheduled, commercial flights between the countries, a senior American diplomat said Tuesday, as talks on the matter were ongoing. Jeffrey DeLaurentis, who heads the U.S. embassy in Havana, described an aviation deal as one of several in… Read More
Mayor, city councilman both in hospital after bareknuckle brawl
The mayor of Alabama’s largest city got into a fight with a city councilman during a meeting Tuesday, sending both men to the hospital. Media covering the council meeting reported hearing a man shout “No, No!” during the fracas in a small room outside the chamber. After the dust settled,… Read More
[Video] Angry customer, denied a refund, goes WILD
A man shown in a surveillance video crashing his pickup into the front desk of a northwestern Oklahoma hotel and nearly hitting two women is facing charges. The Enid News and Eagle reports the incident happened last Thursday at Alva Comfort Inn and Suites after a bill dispute. Police say… Read More
School teaches, “How to become a drug dealer”
A Texas school district is reviewing a sixth-grade assignment that had students make a step-by-step plan showing how cocaine gets from a drug cartel to a street dealer. KTVT-TV reports that a teacher in Keller, northeast of Fort Worth, gave out a science class assignment called “The Cocaine Trade: From… Read More
Wife finds another woman wearing her husband’s PJs… and has her arrested!
It’s not every day that justice is so sweet. Deputies say a wife thought her husband was having an affair when she found a 22-year-old woman wearing his pajamas. Turns out the woman was just hiding from the law. The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Monday… Read More
Is Afghanistan on the verge of collapse?
The Taliban is on the rise, and they’re leaving behind a bloody wake. Violence in the war-torn country of Afghanistan is increasing, according to a new Pentagon report to Congress that says the Taliban was emboldened by the reduced U.S. military role and are likely to try to build momentum… Read More