Palestine is demanding that Israel allow refugees caught in the Syrian conflict through their border. Last week, the Palestinians turned to the United Nations to pressure Israel to allow up to 480,000 Palestinian refugees to travel to the West Bank and Gaza, then said Israel “has callously rejected this appeal.” Such… Read More
Federal Reserve makes an interest rate ruling…
To the surprise of some analysts, the Federal Reserve has decided to keep interest rates at record lows in the face of threats from a weak global economy, persistently low inflation and unstable financial markets. Ending a highly anticipated meeting, Fed officials said Thursday that while the U.S. job market… Read More
African nation falls to military coup
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso’s military declared Thursday it now controls the West African country, just weeks before elections were due to be held. The coup leaders later announced a military general loyal to the former longtime president is the new head of state. Thursday’s developments capped a… Read More
Female snake has “virgin birth”… again!
She’s no Holy Mother, but we’re still pretty impressed. A captive snake in southeast Missouri has become pregnant and given birth without any interaction with a member of the opposite sex, twice in two years. The Missouri Department of Conservation’s Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center says it appears that a… Read More
“Christian” Obama plans insult for Pope
President Barack Obama, whose religious leanings and Christian credentials have long been matters of speculation, claims to be a big fan of outspoken Catholic Pope Francis. But according to numerous reports, the Obama Administration is hatching a plan to score points with its liberal base by insulting and embarrassing Francis… Read More
American traitor to be let off scot-free!?
The first hearing for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, accused of deserting his post in Afghanistan, begins today. Not only do legal experts think it’s unlikely Bergdahl will face execution, even if convicted of desertion, but Bergdahl’s lawyers are expected to argue during the Article 32 hearing that his years of being… Read More
Vote Now! Who do YOU think won the GOP debate?
Last night’s GOP debate was a knock-down-drag-out brawl, with plenty of candidates presenting ideas while delivering zingers. Now that the dust has settled a bit, we want to know who you thought shined brightest in the second Republican debate. Let your voice be heard — vote below. Then, share… Read More
Hollywood liberals kiss up to Hillary
Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton took to Jimmy Fallon’s “Tonight Show” last night to deliver zingers on everything from Donald Trump’s hair to his stance on women’s issues. But while Clinton let the super liberal Fallon fawn over her on national television, Trump spent his night engaged in something we’re… Read More
ISIS inspiring teens to murder parents
And we thought the television shows teens were watching were too violent. A 15-year-old girl from Denmark said she was inspired by ISIS videos and one of the terror group’s sympathizers to brutally murder her mother with a kitchen knife last October. Before the murder, prosecutors said Lisa Borch had spent hours… Read More
Man honors the Pope with Lego model of Vatican (Pics here!)
The Philadelphia science museum already was hosting a blockbuster exhibit of Lego sculptures and preparing to unveil a huge display of Holy See treasures for the pope’s visit when administrators got a serendipitous inquiry. Would they like to see a model of the Vatican that a priest built entirely of… Read More