A 97-year-old woman has received an honorary diploma from a Michigan high school, eight decades after she was forced to drop out to help her family. Margaret Thome Bekema finally was able to don a mortarboard and fulfill her lifelong goal in front of her friends and family on Thursday…. Read More
Rampage in Colorado – Honoring the fallen
Stories of the victims are emerging out of the senseless killings over the weekend in Colorado Springs. Two women killed by a gunman who marched down the streets of the town with a rifle were shot as they chatted on the porch of their residence for sober living, while a… Read More
Kansas City Royals win the World Series
They worked all season to take one more step in the World Series. Eric Hosmer wouldn’t wait any longer. A daring dash by Hosmer tied the score in the ninth, and those bound-and-determined Kansas City Royals rallied yet again to beat the New York Mets 7-2 in 12 innings early… 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
[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
Here’s what you need to know about the new Congressional budget deal
Congress early Friday sent President Barack Obama an ambitious budget and debt measure that averts a catastrophic national default and sets spending priorities for the next two years. The Senate voted 64-35 to approve the bill just after 3 a.m. EDT, with Democrats and Republican defense hawks uniting to overcome… Read More
Commercial airplane catches fire on runway (pics)
A jet plane’s engine caught fire as it prepared for takeoff from Florida and more than 100 passengers had to evacuate using emergency slides. One person was seriously injured, officials said. Dozens of passengers could be seen in video footage Thursday gliding down the slides of the Dynamic Airways flight,… Read More
The Alamo: Not forgotten (and getting a facelift)
Centuries of rainfall and punishing Texas sunshine are slowly doing what cannon fire and barrages of Mexican bullets couldn’t back in 1836 — disintegrating the Alamo. That’s why the shrine is undergoing $5 million in emergency repairs, part of a sweeping, state Legislature-approved $31.5 million makeover that may be one… Read More
This awesome cop praised for her “good moves”
Less attacks on police. More dance offs. A Washington, DC police officer helped defuse a fight between teenagers in a park by challenging one of them to a dance-off. Seventeen-year-old Aaliyah Taylor says a woman officer arrived Monday and when she saw Taylor dancing to the popular song, “Watch Me… Read More
17 seconds of terror in Homeland Security office shooting
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Homeland Security Department missed clear warning signs of a disgruntled federal agent’s descent toward violence and could have intervened before he started a deadly gun battle inside a government office building in southern California, according to a confidential, internal investigation obtained exclusively by The Associated Press…. Read More