Chicago Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot’s resounding victory was a clear call for change at the Democratic-controlled City Hall and a historic repudiation of the old-style, insider politics that have long defined the nation’s third-largest city. Lightfoot, a former federal prosecutor who’d never been elected to public office, defeated Cook County Board… Read More
New law causes OUTRAGE in battleground state
The Democrat-controlled Colorado Legislature sent a “red flag” bill Monday to the governor that calls for taking firearms from people who could pose a threat to themselves or others. Gov. Jared Polis, also a Democrat, has pledged to sign the measure that would place the state among 13 others that… Read More
Grammy-nominated artist shot and killed in Los Angeles
Artist and rapper Nipsey Hussle was fatally shot outside the clothing store he founded to help rebuild his troubled South Los Angeles neighborhood, police said, cutting short a career that earned him a Grammy nomination this year for his major-label debut. He was 33. Police said Hussle was one of… Read More
Sadistic cult killer to be released from prison provoking outrage
A man convicted of murder as a suspected member of the notorious “Ripper Crew” that killed as many as 20 Chicago-area women in the 1980s has been released from prison, according to a statewide alert sent Friday morning. Thomas Kokoraleis, now 58, was one of four men accused of being… Read More
Trump takes HUGE step to stop illegal immigration
Taking drastic action over illegal immigration, President Donald Trump moved Saturday to cut direct aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, whose citizens are fleeing north and overwhelming U.S. resources at the southern border. The State Department notified Congress that it would look to suspend 2017 and 2018 foreign aid… Read More
Spacewalking astronauts have more missions planned
Spacewalking astronauts are conducting more battery work outside the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch (Cook) floated outside Friday, a week after the first spacewalk to install new and stronger batteries for the station’s solar power grid. Koch was supposed to go out with Anne McClain,… Read More
Former Yale soccer coach pleads guilty to accepting bribes
A former women’s soccer coach at Yale University is expected to plead guilty Thursday to taking bribes in exchange for pretending applicants were recruits to boost their chances of getting into the school. Rudy Meredith was a key figure in the investigation into the wide-ranging school admissions scandal in which… Read More
World Record! Meet the tallest politician in the world [pics]
A 6-foot-10 New York City councilman from Brooklyn has been named tallest politician in the world. Robert Cornegy Jr. was honored for that distinction at a City Hall ceremony on Wednesday after being officially certified by Guinness World Records as world’s tallest male politician on Jan. 14. Cornegy says he… Read More
Police, prosecutors outraged over Jussie Smollett decision
Prosecutors still insist Jussie Smollett faked a racist, anti-gay attack on himself in the hopes that the attention would advance his acting career. But with little explanation, authorities on Tuesday abruptly dropped all charges against Smollett, abandoning the criminal case only five weeks after the allegations were filed. In return,… Read More
Trump to present 8th Medal of Honor (first ever for…)
President Donald Trump can recognize individuals for contributions to the arts and humanities, to science and technology and for other gifts to American society, but the Medal of Honor is one of the only awards he gives out regularly, recognizing military members living or dead for acts of bravery against… Read More