The Roman Catholic diocese of Norwich, Connecticut, under Bishop Michael Cote, has praised Congressman Joe Courtney (D-CT) for his work with diocesan groups toward amnesty for illegal immigrants, claiming that Courtney and the pro-amnesty groups are “working together to do
SAN DIEGO (AP) — “Mad Max” director George Miller was “heartbroken” over Mel Gibson’s string of scandals in recent years, and said plans for a new trilogy prompted him to pick a younger actor for revisiting the post-apocalyptic auto action
Mark Emmert said Sunday that the NCAA will appeal a ruling that opens the door for college athletes to receive some of the money they help generate in major sports. In his first public comments since Friday’s ruling, Emmert told
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Ed O’Bannon knows it’s not over, far from it. He’s ready for the appeals, and welcomes a challenge to the ruling that could change big-time college sports forever. After five years of battling the NCAA, O’Bannon
On his second day of vacation, President Barack Obama decided to golf again on Sunday at Martha’s Vineyard. According to pool reports, Obama golfed at Farm Neck Golf Club in Oak Bluffs with Cyrus Walker, Ahmad Rashad and Robert Wolf. This was the
The president and director of the upstate New York dirt track, which was the site where Tony Stewart’s car struck and killed Kevin Ward Jr. on Saturday night, believes Stewart did not act intentionally. Chuck Miller, the “president and race
On Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot channel 125 from 7PM to 10PM EST, Breitbart News Executive Chairman and host Stephen K. Bannon will be joined by co-host Matthew Boyle to discuss some of the most important events to start the
BOSTON (AP) — The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is focusing a spotlight on an online tool run by experts in Boston that flagged a “mystery hemorrhagic fever” in forested areas of southeastern Guinea nine days before the World Health
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Riot police raced to quell a demonstration blocking Liberia’s busiest highway Saturday as an angry crowd protested the government’s delays in collecting the bodies of Ebola victims. In Guinea, where the deadly Ebola outbreak emerged in
From the Los Angeles Times: Tony Stewart will not compete in a NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen International on Sunday after being involved in an incident that claimed the life of a driver during a race in New
Britain has begun airdropping food and water to thousands of civilians stranded on a mountain in northern Iraq after fleeing jihadist militants a week ago, officials said Sunday. “The world has been shocked by the plight of the Yazidi community.
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives will lose next year’s election because they have neglected ethnic minority voters, Britain’s first Muslim cabinet minister, who last week resigned over the government’s Gaza policy, warned on Sunday. Sayeeda Warsi, a
UPDATE: Tony Stewart will not race in Sunday’s NASCAR race at Watkins Glen hours after his car hit and killed a dirt-track driver Kevin Ward on Saturday evening. CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. (AP) — Manager: Tony Stewart will race in NASCAR event
This article originally appeared at the National Journal: August 1, 2014 The Nigerian government announced Thursday that it had started screening passengers at international airports for signs of Ebola after a passenger showed up in Lagos suffering from the illness, which kills up
This article originally appeared in The Daily Beast: The President didn’t want to strike ISIS in Iraq this week, but he has no choice. But there is still no plan to defeat the group, which gets more powerful by the
The article originally appeared at Bloomberg: The international response to the Ebola outbreak that has killed almost 1,000 Africans has been slow and inadequate, and the World Health Organization is at least partly to blame, said spokesmen for two key aid groups.
Sierra Leone (CNN) — It’s Monday, mid-morning as we drive east down rain-slicked roads. There are no cars, no trucks, and no people. Sierra Leone’s government demanded a shutdown and its citizens are listening. The West African nation crippled by
This story originally appeared in The Daily Mail: They arrived bristling with heavy weapons and waving black flags from about a dozen Humvees, seized from the Iraqi army and supplied originally by the United States. When the terrified residents looked
This article originally appeared on Vox: We know that Ebola outbreaks can be stopped — public-health officials have stopped them in the past. So how can they stem the current disaster unfolding in West Africa? By and large, experts understand
NEW YORK (AP) — Derek Jeter has passed Honus Wagner on the career hits list with 3,431, getting an infield single in the sixth inning Saturday against the Cleveland Indians. Jeter led off the inning with a soft grounder off
After Maryland Democrat Gov. Martin O’Malley said the Redskins should probably change their name, Republican Maryland state delegate Michael Hough said O’Malley should give up his taxpayer-funded box seats at Redskins games. The Redskins play at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland, and
New Zealand cricketer Jimmy Neesham was not happy after the TSA drilled holes in his bat to look for drugs this week. According to Sports Illustrated, “Neesham and his Caribbean Premier League team, the Guyana Amazon Warriors had traveled through
Gene Simmons, the KISS rocker who co-owns the L.A. Kiss Arena Football League team, said he understands why Native Americans would be upset with the Redskins name. Here’s what he told the Wall Street Journal this week: Well, look. There’s
This week, the Democrat governors of Maryland and Virginia disagreed about whether the Redskins should change their name. Their answers probably reveal that Martin O’Malley, Maryland’s governor, is running for president while Terry McAuliffe, Virginia’s governor, is not. The Redskins
BEIRUT (AP) — A cleric read the verdict before the truck came and dumped a large pile of stones near the municipal garden. Jihadi fighters then brought in the woman, clad head to toe in black, and put her in
