An assistant prosecutor in West Virginia has been suspended after pulling a gun and threatening to shoot fake spiders scattered around the office as Halloween decorations. Logan County Prosecuting Attorney John Bennett tells media outlets that Chris White informed other employees that he is “deathly afraid of spiders” before threatening… Read More
Officials warn: Beware of owl attacks
“Hoo” goes there!? City officials say they’re not surprised that an owl recently went on the offensive at Seattle’s Discovery Park. Christopher Li says he was walking through the park on Wednesday evening when he suddenly felt sharp claws on the back of his head. Li says he “freaked out”… Read More
Wall Street has best month in four years
U.S. stocks wavered on Friday as government data revealed that wages and consumer spending growth remain feeble. But the market has regained its late-summer losses and is closing out its best month in four years. TIGHT PURSE STRINGS: The Commerce Department said consumer spending inched up just 0.1 percent in… Read More
Clinton increases efforts to woo black voters
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is using a Southern campaign swing to outline new criminal justice proposals she says would better treat black Americans. The trip to Georgia and South Carolina comes as Clinton works to solidify her advantage in the African-American community over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. Both candidates… Read More
Racial gap for breast cancer awareness closes
For decades, breast cancer has been less common in black women than white women, yet killed black women at a higher rate. One of those gaps has finally closed. Unfortunately for black women, it’s the first one. A new report suggests black and white women are now being diagnosed with… Read More
A new war? US ground troops heading to Syria
A small number of US special operations forces will be deployed to northern Syria to work with local ground forces in the fight against Islamic State militants, senior US officials said Friday, marking the first time American troops will be working openly on the ground in the war-torn country. Although… Read More
Five emails Hillary NEVER wanted you to see
They say you can tell a lot about a person by who their friends are — but you can tell even more by reading their emails. Hillary Clinton spent months trying to keep the contents of her private email server from being made public. And with good reason — the… Read More
Exposed! Secret program spying on your calls
Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen made a shocking admission earlier this week when called to testify before the House: For years, the IRS has been developing and using top secret, suitcase-sized devises to monitor American citizens. Now, two top senators – Chuck Grassley, R-IA and Patrick Leahy are, D-VT –… Read More
Terrorist “rapper” killed in airstrike
Now he’s spitting rhymes in hell. Denis Cuspert, a German-born rapper who called himself Deso Dogg, once bragged that Jihad was “a lot of fun.” He had tattoos on his fists that read “Str8 Thug” and sang in ISIS propaganda videos, threatened global leaders, and considered himself a hardcore terrorist…. Read More
[Must See] Texas biker gang shootout footage leaked
177 people were arrested after the May shootout involving biker gangs and police in Waco, Texas. Nine people died and 20 were injured during the shooting, which authorities say arose from an apparent confrontation between the Bandidos and the Cossacks motorcycle clubs. Now, CNN has released wild footage of the… Read More