A Mexican archaeologist said his team has found a tunnel-like passageway that apparently leads to two sealed chambers, the latest chapter in the search for the as-yet undiscovered tomb of an Aztec ruler. The Aztecs are believed to have cremated the bodies of their leaders during their 1325-1521 rule, but… Read More
No more bailouts for “too big to fail” banks, says Fed
Federal Reserve officials have moved to prevent the central bank from bailing out failing companies, a power it exercised during the 2008 financial crisis. The Fed governors voted 5-0 Monday at a public meeting to downsize the Fed’s emergency lending powers. Only broad lending programs designed to revive frozen markets… Read More
Chicago mayor sacks police chief over shooting outrage
Mayor Rahm Emanuel went on the offensive Tuesday, firing the city’s police superintendent a week after the release of a dash-cam video that showed a white Chicago officer fatally shooting a black teenager. Emanuel called a news conference to announce the dismissal of Garry McCarthy, who only days ago insisted… Read More
Obama letting in Muslim immigrants, not Christians
The opposition over President Barack Obama’s plans to accept 10,000 refugees from Syria over the next year has escalated in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris, with many Republicans questioning whether the United States can adequately screen Syrian migrants. Now, critics are starting to accuse the administration of… Read More
Trump: Pay me $5 million to debate
Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump delighted his audience at a recent rally with a hilarious proposition for CNN, joking that he’s tempted to charge the network an appearance fee in the next GOP primary debate. Trump spoke to about 5,000 backers Monday at a rally in Georgia, telling how he’s… Read More
Case closed – Hillary emails were criminal
The latest release of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private emails has revealed that a shocking amount of classified data was shared through her private email server, a fact that may bolster an ongoing FBI investigation into Clinton. One in 20 of the latest Clinton emails released by the State Department… Read More
Privacy Alert: Congress ok’s massive government spying program
Big brother could be watching you – and now, you won’t be allowed to know why. That’s according to some critics of the latest government cybersecurity program that allows companies to secretly share information about their customers with the government. The proposed law is meant to encourage companies to hand… Read More
Flight attendant turns on crew, attacks US Marshall mid-flight
An American Airlines flight attendant who described herself as “crazy” and a “train wreck” attacked fellow crew members and U.S. marshals during a flight from Charlotte, North Carolina, to Frankfurt, Germany, last week, according to documents filed in federal court. The complaint, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Charlotte,… Read More
Clinton pal facing 20 years in prison
Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was convicted Monday in a $5 million corruption case that took down one of the state’s most powerful politicians and stunned a capital that had become accustomed to scandal. Silver is a longtime friend and political ally of Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton, who will… Read More
“White Devils” – Racist threat shuts down University of Chicago
The University of Chicago may have felt it had no choice but to take the extreme step of closing for an entire day after an online threat against whites on campus, security experts said. “I think the university erred on the side of caution after putting the whole picture together,”… Read More