NASA’s Mars-orbiting Maven spacecraft has discovered that the sun likely robbed the red planet of its once-thick atmosphere and water. On Thursday, scientists reported that even today, the solar wind is stripping away about 100 grams of atmospheric gas every second. That’s about a quarter-pound a second lost to the… Read More
Police search for hatchet-wielding crossdresser in San Francisco
San Francisco police are looking for a male transgender who allegedly threatened a security guard with a hatchet after stealing a handbag from a department store. KCBS-Radio reports the robbery happened around Monday afternoon at a Bloomingdale’s store in downtown San Francisco. Police say the woman entered the store and took… Read More
Did the Navy kill these dolphins?
The National Marine Fisheries Service on Wednesday said it was investigating the death of two dolphins found washed ashore in California shortly after Navy ships were using sonar in nearby waters. Necropsies have been conducted, and the animals are being analyzed to try to determine what caused them to get… Read More
“Intervention from God” saves baby in deadly Russian cargo plane crash
A thirteen-month-old baby and a man who was found cradling the infant were the only survivors of a Russian cargo plane crash that killed 37 people, according to witnesses and relatives Thursday. The Russian cargo plane crashed soon after taking off from a South Sudan airport, killing everyone else on… Read More
No ‘kid’ding – Baby goat stolen from State Fair
A baby pygmy goat has been taken from a petting zoo at the Arizona State Fair, leaving a mother without her kid. Petting zoo manager Emilie Owen says GusGus went missing Wednesday sometime between 5:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. and immediately notified security. Owen says GusGus, a pygmy goat that… Read More
Poll: Most Americans reject Obama’s approach to fighting ISIS
Americans are souring on President Barack Obama’s approach to fighting the Islamic State, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll that also found deep pessimism about U.S. prospects for success in Afghanistan and uncertainty about Obama’s plan to leave thousands of troops there when he leaves office. More than 6 in… Read More
Exposed: Iran launching attacks against America
While President Barack Obama crisscrossed the US gathering political support to protect his controversial Iranian nuclear deal, he may have known that the Iranian military was launching massive cyberattacks against America. And even after Obama helped quash Congressional and public opposition to the deal, the attacks have only worsened. Multiple news… Read More
Latino activist puts $5,000 bounty on Trump
A Democratic PAC run by a Latino activist is furious that NBC has invited billionaire presidential candidate Donald Trump to host NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” this weekend, and is offering a bounty to anyone who will help silence the bombastic billionaire. The Federal Election Commission-registered DeportRacism.com is offering a $5,000 reward to… Read More
After 137 years of prayer, church needs your help!
The La Crosse, Wisconsin-based Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration have been praying night and day for the ill and the suffering longer than anyone in the United States — since 11 a.m. on Aug. 1, 1878. That’s over 137 years of non-stop prayer. Now, the nuns are asking the public… Read More
Gay rights activists plotting Super Bowl attack
The landslide defeat of a bathroom-rights bill in Houston has “shell shocked” transgender-rights activists according to Houston attorney John LaRue, who ran for the Houston City Council and led a campaign to support the Houston Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO). According to LaRue, the angry HERO activists have started planning to… Read More