Fast food workers from McDonald’s, Taco Bell and other chain restaurants took to the streets in over 270 cities around the country Tuesday, demanding companies pay them at least $15 an hour. The protesters also had a message for presidential candidates: Support the cause, or else. The fast food protests… Read More
Anti-religion extremists caught in church bombing plot
Two men described by authorities as white supremacist extremists have been charged in Virginia with trying to illegally buy weapons and explosives to use in attacks on churches and synagogues. Robert C. Doyle and Ronald Beasley Chaney III tried to buy an automatic weapon, explosives and a pistol with a silencer… Read More
How to honor our Veterans today
Veterans Day is here and it’s time to salute our Veterans for all of their hard work and sacrifices made for our country. There are multiple events nationwide honoring these incredible men, women, and families for there selflessness and patriotism. National: 2015 Veterans Day Ceremonies at VA National Cemeteries Veteran Benefits Event… Read More
More young adults refuse to move out of Mom and Dad’s house
The percentage of young women living at home with parents or relatives has risen to its highest level since 1940 as more millennial women put off marriage, attend college and face high living expenses. A Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data found that 36.4 percent of women… Read More
Justice! Liberal professor that attacked journalist OUT
University of Missouri Professor Melissa Click resigned her courtesy title with the School of Journalism Tuesday night after video surfaced of her asking for “more muscle” to remove an MU student journalist from a protest. The resignation came as the school’s famed journalism program was already apparently taking steps to rescind… Read More
Elephants fight forest fire (you’ve got to see this!)
Forest fires difficult to control? Call in the pachyderm patrol. Officials in Indonesia are using trained elephants outfitted with water pumps and hoses to help control fires that have claimed vast amounts of forest while sending thick haze into neighboring countries. For nearly three months, Riau province in East Sumatra… Read More
New York says NO to ‘Daily Fantasy Sports’
New York’s attorney general on Tuesday ordered the daily fantasy sports companies DraftKings and FanDuel to stop accepting bets in the state, saying their operations amount to illegal gambling. In a pair of letters sent to the companies, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said that after a one-month investigation, his office… Read More
70s music star dies
Legendary New Orleans musician Allen Toussaint, who racked up hits like “Working in the Coal Mine” and “Lady Marmalade” as a behind-the-scenes songwriter and producer before he gained new fame as a performer, died Tuesday, not long after a performance in Spain. He was 77. Rescue workers were called to… Read More
Skinny people need to watch the waist, too!
A beer belly can be a bad thing — even if you’re not considered overweight. New research suggests normal-weight people who carry their fat at their waistlines may be at higher risk of death over the years than overweight or obese people whose fat is more concentrated on the hips… Read More
Congress passes defense bill that keeps Guantanamo prison open
Congress banned moving Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United States in the $607 billion defense policy bill sent President Barack Obama Tuesday, thwarting a move Obama has been trying to make since taking office. The Senate’s 91-3 vote gave final legislative approval to the measure. The House overwhelmingly passed it… Read More