D.C. Councilman Marion Barry is going to war with HBO for the channel’s upcoming movie about his political life. The former mayor took to Twitter today to blast HBO’s plans to chronicle his turbulent life in the public arena. Barry
This article was originally posted in National Journal Someone tweets about Benghazi every 12 seconds. Not every 12 days or every 12 minutes, but every 12 seconds. Over the past month, that’s added up to more than 200,000 tweets, according
Jamie Foxx doesn’t think Fox News star Bill O’Reilly star is a bad guy. The two got to know each other recently at a charity event, and Foxx explored both his impression of the pundit and Fox News’ editorial process
Roger Waters’ stance against the state of Israel is no secret. He’s a proud member of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. Now, the Pink Floyd co-founder and fellow member Nick Mason want other rock acts to join their
PARIS (AP) — French authorities have suspended imports of live pigs and certain pig products from North America and Japan to prevent a deadly virus from contaminating the food chain here. The Agriculture Ministry said Friday no cases of the
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said Friday that Ukraine’s offensive against pro-Moscow rebels in the east dealt a final blow to a faltering peace deal aimed at easing the crisis in the ex-Soviet country. “While Russia is making efforts to
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Kevin Durant insisted the Thunder facing elimination was all the motivation he needed. Thanks to the NBA’s best scorer, the Thunder remain alive and can finish off the Memphis Grizzlies back in Oklahoma City. Durant scored
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — An apparent car bomb exploded near a checkpoint at a busy road lined with traffic in Nigeria’s capital Thursday night, near the site of an April 14 bombing that killed at least 75 people, officials and
SEATTLE, May 1 (UPI) — Seattle Mayor Ed Murray announced a plan Thursday that would give the city the highest minimum wage in the United States, $15 an hour. The increase would be phased in and small and large businesses
TEANECK, N.J. (AP) — Sixty-two students were arrested Thursday after police said they broke into their high school overnight for a senior class prank, urinating in hallways, greasing doorknobs with petroleum jelly and taping hot dogs to lockers. Police said
WASHINGTON (AP) — From huge state universities to small colleges and the Ivy League, 55 schools across America are facing federal investigation for the way they handle sexual abuse allegations by their students. For the first time, the Education Department
HGTV will not move forward with a new reality series because two of the show’s stars are alleged to be anti-gay activists. A liberal web site reported that David Benham, set to star in the series Flip It Forward, once
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — An apparent gas explosion all but destroyed a jail in the Florida Panhandle, killing two inmates and injuring more than 180 people, and officials lost track of three inmates in the chaos, authorities said Thursday. The
Two football fans were convicted Thursday of tearing up a copy of the Koran during an English football match and throwing the pieces in the air. Julie Phillips, 50, ripped pages from the Islamic holy book and handed them out
Actor James Franco was not amused to see his name on the list of Lindsay Lohan’s alleged sexual partners. The 127 Hours star opened up about the troubled actress with Howard Stern this week, sharing his side of the pair’s
In the next few months, highly secretive US military researchers say they will unveil new advances toward developing a brain implant that could one day restore a wounded soldier’s memory. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is forging ahead
(AFP) Heroin use played a role in the death of Peaches Geldof, the daughter of Live Aid founder Bob Geldof, an inquest in Britain heard on Thursday. The 25-year-old model and journalist, who had two young children, was found dead
If you’ve lost Louis C.K. and Chuck Norris, have you lost America? Both the acerbic comedian and the action-star-turned-activist have come down hard on the Common Core academic standards, which were once widely hailed as a bipartisan success story but
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans issued a report Wednesday saying that one-third of people who signed up for health insurance through new federal exchanges hadn’t paid their first month’s premium as of mid-April, which could undermine the Obama administration’s claims
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Even when they found themselves in a 3-0 series deficit to San Jose, the Los Angeles Kings never doubted they had what it takes to mount a memorable comeback. That’s what winning a Stanley Cup
NEW YORK (AP) — Daniel Carcillo provided the burst of energy the New York Rangers were counting on in Game 7. The big goal was quite a bonus. Carcillo gave the Rangers the lead with the first of their two
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner is undergoing a medical procedure to address recurring back problems. His spokesman Michael Steel says the procedure is minor and was unscheduled. He did not immediately offer additional details. The Ohio Republican is
WASHINGTON (AP) — The three-star Army general who has headed the Defense Intelligence Agency for less than two years is being nudged aside amid conflict within the agency and between the general and leaders elsewhere in the intelligence community, a
TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford will take a leave of absence to seek help for substance abuse, his lawyer said Wednesday. Dennis Morris said he spoke to Ford earlier Wednesday and said Ford has accepted that he has
BEIJING (AP) — An explosion rocked a railway station in China’s restive far-western region of Xinjiang, and the state broadcaster said three people were killed and 79 people were injured. The attack Wednesday came as President Xi Jinping wrapped up
