Terror has gripped the country of Mali, a former French colony in the northwest of Africa. Islamic extremists armed with guns and throwing grenades stormed the Radisson Blu hotel in Mali’s capital Friday morning, killing at least three people and taking numerous hostages, authorities said. Here’s the latest: Malian national… Read More
Notorious American spy freed from prison
Convicted spy Jonathan Pollard was released from prison early Friday, culminating an extraordinary espionage case that was a sore spot in American-Israeli relations for 30 years. Now that he’s been released, some Pollard supporters want him to flee for Israel right away. Pollard’s release from a federal prison in Butner,… Read More
Photographer’s tri-pod mistaken as WHAT!?
Police were called to a central Pennsylvania office building after someone mistakenly thought a photographer’s tripod was a gun. LNP reports the incident happened about 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Griest Building in Lancaster. The caller thought a machine gun was carried into the building, so police conducted a floor-by-floor… Read More
Yellowstone to hunters: Get ready for a big hunt
Yellowstone National Park proposes to kill roughly 1,000 wild bison this winter — mostly calves and females — as officials seek to reduce the animals’ annual migration into Montana. Park officials are scheduled to meet Thursday with representatives of American Indian tribes, the state and other federal agencies to decide… Read More
Mayor tries to pays $4,000 fine… in pennies!?
Talk about some loose change. A Miami-area mayor who is feuding with his local commission tried to use 360,000 pennies and nickels — that’s 28 buckets full of coins — to pay a $4,000 ethics fine. Instead of accepting the change, the ethics commission doubled the fine for Hialeah Mayor… Read More
Confirmed: Terror attack mastermind posed as refugee
French authorities have confirmed that several of the terrorists behind the Paris attacks posed as Syrian migrants to sneak into the country, according to multiple sources. Now, many Americans — including Congressional leaders — are pushing to shut down America’s borders before the same happens here. Immediately after the Paris… Read More
The second largest diamond EVER was just discovered
A Canadian mining company operating in Botswana says it has found the second largest “gem quality” diamond ever discovered. The Lucara Diamond Corporation said in a statement this week that the stone measures 1,111 carats, making it the biggest find in more than a century. The Royal Collection Trust, which… Read More
Huge storm leaves thousands of Americans without power
Well over 100,000 customers remained without power in Washington state Thursday after a powerful storm killed three people and prompted an emergency declaration from the governor. Gov. Jay Inslee declared a state of emergency Wednesday for all Washington counties, clearing the way for state officials to increase aid to those… Read More
Turkey pardoned, spared from Thanksgiving dinner fate
He strutted, he gobbled and he puffed up his feathers like his life depended on it. And it did. The turkey’s outgoing personality and good looks helped spare him from the Thanksgiving plate. The bird, named Tom One, was chosen for a presidential pardon from a dozen finalists Thursday at… Read More
Is a ‘Frankenfish’ heading to your family’s dinner?
What’s for dinner? Before long, it may well be genetically modified salmon, the first such altered animal cleared for human consumption in the United States. Critics call it “frankenfish,” but the Food and Drug Administration granted its approval on Thursday, saying the faster-growing salmon is safe to eat. It could… Read More