Another Black Lives Matter demonstration spiraled out of control yesterday, when protesters hurled bottles, rocks and chemical spray at Minneapolis police. Some police supporters are calling for the cops to take harsher action against the protesters, who shut down a highway just days ago. The protests have mainly been related… Read More
Bad timing: Airport workers decide to strike
Just days after ISIS threatened to launch attacks on the United States — and less than a month after the group used an improvised bomb to blow up a Russian jetliner — a group of American airline employees has decided to strike for more money. More than 2,000 baggage handlers… Read More
America rallies around “forgotten” hero
A suburban Indianapolis funeral home was packed by over 1,000 members of the public – many strangers- who came to honor a Marine Corps veteran with no known family. Billy C. Aldridge died in October at the age of 80. WRTV-TV reports that nursing home records don’t include information about… Read More
ISIS releases terrifying photo of tiny bomb it says downed Russian plane
The Islamic State group has released a photo of the bomb it says was used to bring down a Russian passenger plane in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula last month, killing all 224 people on board. The picture was published in the latest issue of the extremist group’s English-language magazine, with the… Read More
Pull over, honey, I need to have a baby…
An Arizona highway trooper getting ready to cite a speeding driver instead wound up helping a woman in another car who delivered a baby boy on the side of the road. Trooper Miguel Rincon was conducting a traffic stop Saturday on a highway near the southern Arizona town of Bisbee… Read More
Scientists growing test-tube ‘voices’
From mom’s comforting croon to a shout of warning, our voices are the main way we communicate and one we take for granted unless something goes wrong. Now researchers have grown human vocal cords in the laboratory that appear capable of producing sound — in hopes of one day helping… Read More
Car thieves accidentally kidnap child, drop him off at school
Police say two car thieves made an unexpected stop after stealing a vehicle Wednesday morning: They dropped an 8-year-old boy off at school after they discovered him in the backseat. Norfolk, VA police spokesman Daniel Hudson says the boy was sitting in his mother’s car in her employer’s parking lot… Read More
Woman wins $1 million lottery — AGAIN!
Few people are lucky enough to win $1 million in the lottery. But one Massachusetts woman has now done it twice. Constance Carpenito, of Stoneham, recently won a $1 million prize on a scratch ticket in the $10,000,000 Diamond Millionaire instant game. A spokesman for the Massachusetts Lottery says Carpenito… Read More
Subway sexual predator Jared Fogle to be sentenced
Former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle is due in federal court today to learn how much time he’ll spend in prison on child porn and sex crime charges. U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt was scheduled to sentence Fogle after formally accepting his plea to one count each of travelling to engage… Read More
Ouch! Big hits cost NFL a BILLION dollars.
The NFL will ask a U.S. appeals court to uphold a potential $1 billion plan to settle thousands of concussion lawsuits filed by former players. Critics appealing the settlement on Thursday complain it protects some retirees at the expense of others. The awards could reach several million dollars for men… Read More