According to CBS News reporter Sharyl Attkisson, who has covered the Benghazi terror attack resulting in the death of four Americans including our Ambassador to Libya, new whistleblowers are speaking to Congressional investigators. For months, Republican members of Congress have
(AP) Official: Suspect in custody in Boston bombingsBy DENISE LAVOIEAP Legal Affairs WriterBOSTONA suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings was taken into custody Wednesday in a breakthrough that came less than 48 hours after the deadly attack, a law enforcement
(AP) – A woman trained only as a medical assistant says she gave anesthesia and changed dosages when she worked at a Philadelphia abortion clinic. Latosha Lewis is among the final prosecution witnesses at the five-week murder trial of Dr.
(AP) – Authorities say the wife of a former judge has confessed to being involved in the shooting deaths of a North Texas district attorney, his wife and an assistant prosecutor. Kim Lene Williams was arrested early Wednesday. Kaufman County
Former Beatle Paul McCartney is the latest celebrity lending his voice to the current gun control chorus. The former Beatle recorded a voice message that’s part of a text-to-call operation Wednesday for Bennett’s Voices Against Violence campaign. McCartney and others
John King of CNN says the “mood change is palpable” now that authorities have identified a suspect – the only descriptor used in reporting thus far is “dark-skinned” — using video provided from Lord & Taylor department store in Boston.
(AP) – A bipartisan effort to expand background checks faced almost certain defeat Wednesday as the Senate approached a long-awaited vote on the linchpin of the drive to curb gun violence. As the showdown drew near, an Associated Press-GfK poll
A letter addressed to President Barack Obama and Senator Roger Wicker has tested positive for Ricin poison, according to the Secret Service. The letters arrived at a postal facility and is not near the White House or Capitol Hill. “This
(AFP) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that international sanctions imposed over his country’s nuclear drive had caused “problems”, but insisted they had not stopped progress. Ahmadinejad spoke in Ghana as he wound up a three-nation tour of west
(AP) – Thousands of people are homeless and desperate for aid in southwestern Pakistan following a deadly earthquake centered in neighboring Iran that toppled scores of mud brick homes and killed at least 36 people, officials said Wednesday. The Pakistani
(AFP) – Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas is to visit Turkey at the weekend for talks with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a Palestinian official said on Wednesday. Abbas will also meet Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu
(AP) – The Cairo appellate court has set May 11 for the resumption of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s retrial over the deaths of hundreds of protesters killed during the uprising that ousted him. Mubarak remains in custody on new
While the nation slept, Sen. Chuck Schumer, on behalf of the Gang of 8 negotiators, released the full text of legislation to overhaul the nation’s immigration system. Weighing in at 844 pages, the proposal touches every aspect of immigration law.
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev defended his government’s record in a combative speech to parliament on Wednesday after President Vladimir Putin signaled he may be losing patience with his long-time ally. There has been speculation for months
(AP) – Hundreds of women who received faulty breast implants gathered Wednesday in a makeshift courthouse in the south of France for the fraud trial of five executives accused of using cheap industrial silicone to fill tens of thousands of
The president and chief executive of Japanese electronics giant Panasonic will have their salaries halved as part of a move to take the blame for the firm’s financial woes, the company said Wednesday. President Kazuhiro Tsuga and Chairman Fumio Ohtsubo
Beginning on Wednesday, the Senate will begin holding up-or-down votes on amendments to the Toomey-Manchin gun control bill now making its way through the Senate. According to the Washington Post, the Democrats still lack enough votes in the Senate to
Somber Red Sox regroup, beat Indians 7-2By TOM WITHERSAP Sports WriterCLEVELAND Mike Napoli hit a three-run double in Boston’s seven-run second inning and the Red Sox, playing with heavy hearts one day after the deadly bombings back home, beat the
US President Barack Obama will attend a religious service Thursday in Boston dedicated to three people killed and more than 170 injured in the attacks on the city’s marathon.
(AP) Fox removes ‘Family Guy’ episode from websitesNEW YORKFox has pulled from websites a recent episode of “Family Guy” that depicts mass deaths at the Boston Marathon, and has no immediate plans to air it again. Fox spokeswoman Gaude Paez
According to Brian Jenkins, senior advisor on terrorism to the president of the RAND Corporation and director of the National Transportation Security Center at the Mineta Transportation Institute, told Los Angeles media on Tuesday that he believes the person or
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says a letter containing ricin or another poision was sent to the office of Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi. In brief remarks to reporters in the Capitol, Reid did not say when
On Tuesday, the US Senate finally passed a resolution to honor recently deceased former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) had been holding up the resolution over the resolution’s word choice. Fighting him on that was Senate
In response to Manchin: Gabby Giffords Is Our Whip on Gun Bill: I don’t think, though, that he says he’ll vote “no” on cloture. All I see here is that he’ll vote “no” on the amendment itself. “I believe very
Carlos Arredondo, the man photographed by media comforting a wounded victim of the Boston Marathon bombing terror attacks, has experience with tragedy before: his son, Alex, was killed by terrorists in Iraq in 2004, at age 20. When Carlos as
