The former head of construction at Bloomberg LP cooked up a lucrative side business, prosecutors say: an electrical contractor that he kept humming with $250 million worth of business from the global media and financial information company. Prosecutors say Anthony Guzzone’s “brainchild” was part of a broader pay-to-play scheme involving… Read More
[Photo] NASA lander takes selfie… on Mars!
NASA’s new Mars lander has taken a selfie from above, using a camera on its long robotic arm. The InSight lander snapped a series of pictures that NASA turned into a stunning mosaic, released Tuesday. InSight landed on Mars on Nov. 26. In the two weeks since, scientists are thrilled… Read More
Texas set to execute “Newlywed Killer”
A Texas death row inmate was set to die by lethal injection Tuesday evening for the fatal shooting more than 25 years ago of a newlywed who was attacked as he and his wife walked on a jogging trail. Alvin Braziel Jr. would be the 24th inmate put to death… Read More
5 Marines declared dead in tragic accident
The U.S. military said Tuesday that five missing crew members have been declared dead after their refueling plane collided with a fighter jet last week off Japan’s southern coast, and that search and recovery operations have ended after finding only one survivor. The five were on a KC-130 Hercules refueling… Read More
Time’s “Man of the Year” is…
Time magazine’s 2018 person of the year are the “guardians and the war on truth” — news people killed in 2018. The group is made up of four journalists and a newspaper that Time says “are representatives of a broader fight by countless others around the world. Time’s editor-in-chief Edward… Read More
Disgusting! Zero jail time for accused rapist
A Texas judge on Monday accepted a plea deal allowing a former Baylor University student accused of raping a woman at a fraternity party to avoid serving jail time, marking at least the third time the judge has approved lenient punishment for men accused of sexually assault. Judge Ralph Strother… Read More
Ice storm causing CHAOS across the South
A lingering storm kept dumping immobilizing snow, sleet or freezing rain across five southern states, leaving dangerously icy roads and hundreds of thousands of people without electricity. Authorities urged people to stay home Monday in areas where driving was dangerous. Accidents on snow-covered interstates caused major delays Sunday, hundreds of… Read More
War on Christmas just got NASTIER than ever (churches targeted!)
The latest salvo in the “War on Christmas” is coming from one of the most unexpected places possible. It’s not a city under attack for putting up a Christmas tree instead of a “holiday tree.” Blood Pressure Solution Hiding in Your Kitchen? [sponsored] It’s not a school for letting the… Read More
Need MORE proof Obamacare is failing? Here you go…
With open enrollment ending next week, the government says sign-ups for coverage under former President Barack Obama’s health care law are lagging when compared with last year. Figures released Thursday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services show that about 3.2 million people have signed up so far for… Read More
[Photo] See the funeral train that will take George H.W. Bush home
The locomotive was painted to resemble Air Force One, but George H.W. Bush joked that if it had been around during his presidency, he may have preferred to ride the rails rather than take to the skies. “I might have left Air Force One behind,” Bush quipped during the 2005… Read More