Despite drawing massive crowds and having a $100 million bounty on his head from a Mexican drug lord, billionaire presidential candidate Donald Trump has not been given the Secret Service protection he’s requested from the Obama Administration. And Obama’s indifference could be putting the GOP front-runner, who is currently paying for… Read More
Brazen drug smuggler caught using… WHAT!?
Not quite as slick as the oil he was carrying – Law enforcement officials say they busted a passenger arriving at New York’s Kennedy Airport with 11 pounds of liquid cocaine packed into oil and vinegar bottles. U.S. Customs and Border Protection says the cocaine was found Oct. 5 when… Read More
Obama breaks promise, will keep troops in Afghanistan
President Barack Obama has gone back on his promise to end the war in Afghanistan on his watch, ensuring he hands the conflict off to his successor. Obama is now saying he’s going to keep 5,500 U.S. troops in the country when he leaves office in 2017, according to senior… Read More
Here’s how many people tuned in to watch the Democratic debate…
Ratings for Tuesday’s Democratic debate didn’t come close to the Republican debate numbers. But the 15.8 million people who watched the Democratic presidential debate on CNN was still the biggest TV audience ever for a Democratic debate. The Nielsen company said Tuesday’s debate audience exceeded the 10.7 million people who… Read More
Race protests again erupt in Baltimore
Protests against the police of Baltimore again disrupted the city yesterday when activists stormed City Hall and refused to leave. Baltimore police disbanded an overnight occupation of City Hall by protesters who are opposed to moves to make the city’s interim police commissioner permanent, and at least 12 people could be… Read More
New York cult savagely beats teen to death
Neighbors called the Word of Life Church, the site of a brutal murder in Central New York this week, a ‘cult’ surrounded in mystery. Their building in New Hartford is a place where the men all dress in “long, black trenchcoats,” women are rarely seen outside, and where members are often heard… Read More
How was YOUR day? This family lost $9 BILLION
The four heirs to Sam Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart, control more than half the company shares. That means the Walton family — Christy, Jim, Alice and Rob– saw over $9 billion of their fortune evaporate… in just one day. Wednesday saw Wal-Mart stock have its biggest one-day drop in… Read More
Fresh details on 2016 presidential fundraising arrive
The latest waypoint in the 2016 race for president is Thursday, when the deadline arrives by midnight for candidates to tell federal regulators the details of how much they’ve raised for their campaigns — and how much they’ve spent on them. Many of the major White House hopefuls have already… Read More
‘Blade runner’ set to be released from jail
Oscar Pistorius, the South African Olympic runner who has no legs and who shot his girlfriend to death on Valentine’s Day 2013, can leave prison and move to house arrest next week, South Africa’s Department of Corrections said Thursday. A parole board at the prison where Pistorius has served nearly… Read More
Meet the courageous “Lion Guards” of Africa
Standing just 20 feet from a fearsome lion, Charles Tshuma was armed with only a plastic horn. He and some neighbors blew these horns to frighten away the lion, but the big cat did not budge. So they kept blowing their horns and shouting and screaming until the lion turned… Read More