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Pennsylvania county Republican chairman accused of sexual assault after GOP...
The chairman of the Montgomery County Republican Committee in Pennsylvania is reportedly being investigated for allegedly getting drunk and sexually assaulting a woman following a GOP dinner last...
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Tea party ‘revolutionary’ sues newspapers as day of planned U.S. coup approaches
The tea party activist who called for a Nov. 19 coup against President Barack Obama is suing multiple newspapers and officials for reprinting accusations made in a custody trial with his ex-wife....
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Police shoot gun-wielding wanted man inside Wisconsin children’s hospital
Police in Milwaukee, WI were trying to serve a warrant at the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin when the individual named in the warrant pulled a gun. According to Milwaukee’s Fox 6 News, police gunned...
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Report: Billion-dollar TSA program to look for suspicious passengers works...
The Transportation Safety Administration has spent nearly $1 billion singling out for additional scrutiny airline passengers who agents believe are acting suspiciously, but a new report shows the...
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DNA analysis shows modern dogs descended from ancient European wolves
If your dog could talk, he might have a European accent. A new study out Thursday comparing DNA from modern canines to ancient fossils suggests that today’s pets descended from wolves in Europe. Man’s...
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Texas town evacuated after Chevron pipeline explodes
A Texas town was evacuated Thursday after a gas pipeline operated by Chevron exploded, but there were no reports of injuries. “At 9:30 this morning I had a report of an explosion on a Chevron...
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Obama tells Congress: More sanctions on Iran could disrupt negotiations
US President Barack Obama warned Thursday against imposing further sanctions on Iran, saying a deal would set back Tehran’s quest for nuclear weapons capability and prevent the “unintended...
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Indiana hospital defies federal law and bars woman from seeing same sex partner
LGBT rights advocates say that a hospital in Indiana is violating federal law by preventing a woman from visiting her unconscious same sex partner. Sarah Bray, 34, told WXIN that she hasn’t been able...
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Judge sentences mob kingpin Whitey Bulger to two life terms
A US judge Thursday sentenced notorious Boston underworld kingpin and reputed FBI informant James “Whitey” Bulger to two life terms for 11 murders and dozens of other criminal charges. Judge Denise...
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Militants kill Libyan chaplain and former police officer in Benghazi
Two attacks in Libya’s Benghazi Thursday killed an air force chaplain and a former police officer, a security official said, the latest in a wave of violence targeting soldiers and police. Sheikh...
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California school bus driver suspended over personalized ‘not see’ license plate
Officials in San Diego have suspended a school bus driver whose personal vehicle suggested an affiliation with white supremacists. The San Diego Unified School District bus driver, identified as Shawn...
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Rep. Broun derails science hearing to ask why EPA chief doesn’t have Obamacare
Even a hearing that was supposed to be dedicated to science could not escape the House Republican caucus’ obsession with President Barack Obama’s health care reform law on Thursday. Environmental...
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Libya will modify existing law to conform to Sharia code
Libya is seeking to revise existing legislation to make it conform more to Islamic sharia law, a justice ministry document obtained by AFP shows. The text announces the establishment of a “committee...
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American Film Institute offers scholarships for films about China
The American Film Institute (AFI) has launched a scholarship scheme allowing student filmmakers to write movies about China, saying US cinema-goers need more cultural insight than “Kung Fu Panda.” Nine...
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Street sweepers’ strike clutters Madrid’s tourism industry
A street-sweepers strike in Madrid has left streets strewn with paper, broken glass and other litter, dealing a blow to the Spanish capital’s image when it is already suffering a tourist slump. “Today...
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LGBT activists rip ‘out-of-touch’ Boehner for stifling ENDA...
LGBT activists slammed House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) on Thursday for his latest refusal to move forward on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). “Speaker Boehner has once again shown that...
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Paul McCartney calls on Putin to release ‘Greenpeace 30′
Paul McCartney: Hey Vlad, don’t make it bad for Greenpeace (via The Christian Science Monitor) Paul McCartney (top c.) and his wife watch a sumo ceremonial stamping form at the Kyushu Grand Sumo...
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Colleges begin to get a taste of ‘Super Wi-Fi’
So-called “Super Wi-Fi,” a new kind of wireless broadband, got a boost Thursday with the announcement that the technology would become available to hundreds of US colleges and universities. Declaration...
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Reporters Without Borders condemns Israel for detaining Palestinian journalist
The Reporters Without Borders watchdog on Thursday condemned Israel’s arrest and continuing detention of a Palestinian journalist working for the Arabic-language Al-Quds newspaper in Jerusalem. Mohamed...
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Virginia cop under investigation for Tasing a suspect for 40 seconds
A Fredericksburg, Virginia police officer is under investigation after video surfaced of him using a Taser for more than half a minute on a non-armed suspect, seemingly breaking his department’s...
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