During Next weekend’s Army-Navy game, the US Navy will replace its traditional football uniform with a new helmet design featuring a coiled snake, a design that pays homage to the famed “Don’t Tread On Me” flag. In a second reference
In a sermon delivered last weekend, former Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson commented on team owner Joe Lacob’s inference that nobody in the organization liked him. Jackson, an ordained minister who was speaking at the True Love Worship Center
In the last few weeks several Bosnian immigrants living in a St. Louis neighborhood have been attacked and one was even killed in what some residents have called race-based attacks. Now, local police are calling the attacks a hate crime.
Commerce Secretary, Chicago native Penny Pritzker, penned an editorial in support of Obama’s amnesty policy, claiming that the president’s move would be a “source of economic opportunity” for the nation. Pritzker, a Chicago socialite and heir to the Pritzker family
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved a rewording of its Principle 6 on sexual discrimination to beef up its support of homosexuality in what IOC President Thomas Bach of Germany called “a very important step.” In a unanimous vote, the
After music magazine Rolling Stone made a public apology for getting its blockbuster college gang rape story wrong, the media critic of The Washington Post said that the UVA hoax revealed a major case of media bias. On Friday, November
Four people were stabbed on an Amtrak train Friday night as it neared Niles, Michigan. A single assailant has been apprehended and charged with attempted murder for the act. Police in Michigan announced that Michael Darnell Williams, 44, of Saginaw,
On Thursday, two top editors of the liberal The New Republic magazine quit over a dispute with the magazine’s new owner about the publication’s future. The next day, nearly the entire Washington-based staff resigned in support of the editors. Now,
At the inaugural Beer Mile World Championships in Austin, Texas, this week, Elizabeth Herndon set a world record with a time of six minutes, 17.76 seconds. Herndon, a 29-year-old Kent State geology professor, beat many of the male entrants in
An audit of New Jersey’s food stamp program has discovered that dozens of dead people are still being awarded benefits. The report issued by the state auditor reviewed New Jersey’s county-administered food stamp program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and
The family of New Yorker Akai Gurley has a warning for MSNBC host Al Sharpton: stay away. The 28-year-old African-American was shot on Nov. 20 by New York City Police Officer Peter Liang in the stairwell of a public housing
Egged on by cable TV talk show hosts agitating for “change,” protests have broken out from coast to coast disrupting sports games, travel on the roads, attacking police, and even making little kids cry at Christmas tree lighting events. On
The state board overseeing high school sports in Minnesota voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to permit male-to-female transgender students to participate in girls sports. After an aborted attempt earlier this year to institute controversial new “inclusive” rules for transgender players in
A shake-up has occurred at the liberal The New Republic magazine as the top two editors, Franklin Foer and Leon Wieseltier, have quit, and the publication’s new owner has announced that magazine will be moved to New York City. The 100-year-old,
Before a new Republican governor can take office in the state, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel called a hastily-assembled “emergency session” and passed a city ordinance raising the minimum wage. As Chicago sits on the edge of bankruptcy, Mayor Emanuel was
After he was arrested by Columbus, Ohio police, a man who saw his own mugshot on the department’s Facebook page jumped to defend himself and criticize his arrest. Willie Tatum III was arrested at his mother’s home after he allegedly
Former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka has joined critics of the St. Louis Rams and the NFL for not disciplining five players for Sunday’s “hands up” stunt. In an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times, “Da Coach” said that it was
As New Yorkers take stock of a grand jury decision not to indict a police officer for the choking death of a suspect, news has slipped under the radar that there was one person who was indicted for his actions
The widow of Eric Garner, killed last July by police as they were trying to subdue him with a choke hold, spoke out Wednesday evening after news broke that a grand jury had decided not to indict the officer for
A dispute has risen over whether the Rams have apologized for last Sunday’s “hands up” stunt. On the one hand, the St. Louis Police Chief says the team apologized. On the other hand, the team’s VP says no apology was
Police in New York have announced that they finally arrested a suspect accused of robbing an 81-year-old blind man at a Queens ATM machine late in October. Bronx resident Thomas Fullwood, 29, was arrested on December 2 for the attack
Famed theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has joined the ranks of those warning mankind against inventing machines that can think, saying that creating artificial intelligence (or AI) could be the end of humanity itself. In a interview with the British Broadcasting
The University of Alabama-Birmingham is reportedly closing down its football program as a cost cutting measure. The announcement is expected this week and comes at a time when the school’s team, the UAB Blazers, have had a banner season becoming
Americans face a plethora of diseases that, each year, claim many lives. HIV/AIDS is not one of the biggest threats. Nonetheless, Representative Vicky Hartzler (R-MO) tweeted a message about “World AIDS Day” and gave a helpful link for those who
With its continued tactic of making use of social media to issue threats and proclamations, the terror group ISIS is targeting all U.S. military personnel, on active duty or not. In response, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has warned
