Missouri teen Michael Brown’s controversial death made him a key figure in the debate over race relations with U.S. law enforcement, and in his memory family members sold memorial T-shirts and accepted hundreds of thousands in donations, in part to help with burial expenses. But now questions are being raised about… Read More
Trump: Kill terrorists and their families
Donald Trump says he has a new plan to take on terror in the Middle East. He’s going to take the fight to the terrorists’ homes. When asked about the war on terror and ISIS during a Fox News interview yesterday, Trump said, “You have to take out their families…. Read More
Secret Service failing to protect our presidents
The Secret Service is an “agency in crisis”, according to a damning new House Oversight and Government Reform Committee report that slammed the organization. There have been 143 security breaches or attempted breaches at facilities secured by the Secret Service in the last 10 years, including the agency letting armed,… Read More
Man tapes 51 live turtles to his body, arrested for smuggling
A Canadian man caught at a border crossing with 51 turtles taped to his body pleaded guilty Tuesday for attempting to smuggle more than 1,000 of the reptiles out of southeastern Michigan. Kai Xu, 27, would order turtles online and travel to the U.S. to pick them up and then… Read More
Compassionate cop saves child’s birthday
A New Hampshire police officer who responded to a shoplifting incident didn’t make an arrest but instead paid the thief’s tab after learning the woman stole the items to bake her child’s birthday cake. Officer Michael Kotsonis, a 19-year member of the Portsmouth force, responded to a call last week… Read More
Moron rescued after jumping into zoo polar bear exhibit
A man jumped inside a polar bear pit Wednesday at the Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark, forcing zookeepers to fire rubber bullets at the 621-kilogram (1,369-pound) bear so they could rescue him. The man leaped into the enclosure shortly after noon as guests, including children, were watching the 10-year-old bear. Zoo… Read More
Ben Carson drops a bombshell on discrimination claims
Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson says he’s faced more discrimination because he’s a black conservative than because of his race alone. “That’s an easy one: conservative ideology by a long shot,” he said, when asked which factor generated more prejudice. “In this country, you are not supposed to be black… Read More
Heroes down: Two Army pilots killed in Tennessee
Two Army pilots were killed when their helicopter crashed near Fort Campbell in rural Tennessee, the military said. The two crewmembers were flying a two-seat AH-64D Apache during a routine training mission when the helicopter went down around 7 p.m. Wednesday, a news release from the Army’s 101st Airborne Division… Read More
Facebook’s Zuckerberg pledges to donate over $40 billion
The huge philanthropic pledge by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife — totaling perhaps $45 billion — reflects the fast-paced emergence of a new Gilded Age of giving. The changes excite many in the charity world, but also raise questions about effectiveness, ethics and the impact on older charities… Read More
“Blade Runner” loses appeal, murder conviction stands
A South African appeals court today convicted Oscar Pistorius of murder, overturning a lower court’s conviction of the double-amputee Olympian on the lesser charge of manslaughter for shooting girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp to death in 2013. Justice Lorimer Eric Leach of the Supreme Court of Appeal delivered the ruling by the five-judge… Read More