A Republican Alabama lawmaker has filed an impeachment resolution against GOP Gov. Robert Bentley in the wake of a scandal involving one of the governor’s top aides, who has since resigned. The resolution by Rep. Ed Henry of Hartselle will likely be sent to the House Rules Committee for consideration,… Read More
Trial of Guantanamo prisoners suspected in 9/11 attack halted
An effort to prosecute five men held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the Sept. 11 terrorist attack has hit another snag. A two-week pretrial hearing scheduled to start Tuesday was abruptly canceled late last week by the military judge presiding over the case after he received a confidential notice from… Read More
Obama to allow criminals to move into YOUR neighborhood
President Barack Obama’s administration has sent an alarming warning to landlords across the entire United States — preventing convicted criminals from moving in to your property may be racist and illegal. No, really. The Obama administration’s new rules mean that, if there are any rental properties in your neighborhood, landlords are… Read More
Frozen April storms strike Northeast
The calendar may say spring, but wintry weather struck the Northeast hard on Monday, delivering a storm that broke records in Boston and at a Rhode Island airport and could end up dropping as much as 10 inches of snow in some places. Winter weather advisories were issued from the… Read More
Judge brings down the hammer on bourbon street gunman, gets HUGE sentence
A man convicted for his role in a gunfight that killed one bystander and left nine people injured on New Orleans’ famous Bourbon Street was sentenced Monday to 60 years in prison, the maximum penalty. State District Judge Byron Williams sentenced Trung Le, 22, to 40 years for manslaughter in… Read More
Villanova wins March Madness with heart stopping, last second shot (video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lr3PGAM-0U Kris Jenkins is one of those players who believes every shot is going in. Sometimes, it feels so right to be right. The Villanova junior answered a double-clutch, game-tying 3-pointer by North Carolina’s Marcus Paige with a buzzer-beating 3 of his own Monday night to lift the Wildcats to… Read More
Obama caught in massive intel cover-up
President Barack Obama’s supporters have long accused former President George W. Bush of fabricating intelligence about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. But now it’s Obama himself who is being quickly swept up into one of the largest intelligence scandals in recent history — and some of the country’s top… Read More
Trial for alleged serial killer set to begin
The discovery in 2013 of three women’s bodies wrapped in garbage bags raised fears and drew national attention to the possibility that another serial killer like Anthony Sowell had been killing women in and around Cleveland. East Cleveland resident Michael Madison was arrested within days of the discovery, and after… Read More
Deadly train crash kills two in Pennsylvania
Amtrak said its trains will run as regularly scheduled Monday, as federal officials investigate the deadly derailment outside Philadelphia after a train struck heavy equipment on the tracks. In travel alerts on its website, Amtrak advised that services would resume on the heavily traveled start of the workweek, although commuters… Read More
American flag called “unacceptable political statement” at Harvard
Apparently, hanging the American flag in your dorm room is considered an offensive political statement by some Harvard University students. “My friend — who’s a freshman — on the first day of college took out an American flag from his suitcase, and his roommate stopped him, saying that the presence… Read More