Olympic authorities in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil have unveiled their 2016 Olympic mascots revealing two odd, Japanese anime-like creatures that are supposed to be an amalgam of all the animals and plants in the South American nation. The pair of
The University of Virginia has suspended all fraternities after allegations of rape were published by music magazine Rolling Stone. University President Teresa A. Sullivan released a public letter announcing that the suspension of the school’s fraternal organizations will last until
The Federal Reserve is conducting an internal investigation that is to last “several months” after criticism that the Fed is improperly supervising America’s banks. On November 21, William C. Dudley, the former chief economist of Goldman Sachs and the current
The grand jury meeting to decide whether or not to indict Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson for the August shooting of teenager Michael Brown has announced that it has made no decision and that it will meet again Monday
Michael Sam made news earlier this year by becoming the first openly gay NFL football player but only a short time later he was cut from the St. Louis Rams and shortly after that the Dallas Cowboys. Now, GQ magazine
President Obama’s amnesty announcement was beaten in the ratings by a television sitcom. Still, the President drew nearly seven million viewers to Spanish language TV and brought some of the biggest ratings those stations have ever received. Univision, for one,
The fallout is still mounting over the November 17 BuzzFeed piece alleging that an executive of Uber said that his company should do opposition research on recalcitrant journalists and release their personal information to the public. But now the scrutiny
A few days ago, BuzzFeed’s Ben Smith had a big scoop revealing that a senior Uber executive thought it would be a good idea to do opposition research on journalists and expose their private information to the public. But it
A road trip for a women’s basketball team in New York turned into a nightmare when the team bus became stranded in the snow in Western New York on Monday. Ultimately, the storm stranded the team for 26 hours. The
A Liberian man was quarantined in India despite supposedly being cured of Ebola after samples of his semen tested positive for the deadly virus. A 26-year-old native of Liberia arrived in New Delhi with a certificate from the Liberian health
Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu is locked in a runoff election that may end her political career, and revelations that she improperly used taxpayer dollars to fund 43 private jet flights to 136 political fundraisers and campaign functions won’t help her
It is possible that President Obama’s amnesty plan, being announced Thursday, will shield up to four million illegals from U.S. immigration laws. Reports also say that an additional one million will be afforded other levels of protections by the President’s
If you are looking for the “happiest” country on earth, don’t look to the USA. At least that is the message from the Happy Planet Index, which rates 151 countries. The Happy Planet Index (HPI) finds that the happiest country
After Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston was criticized for possibly being paid to sign nearly one thousand items for an autograph dealer, it turns out the validity of the items are in question because an authentication service concedes no one
Louisiana Democrat Senator Mary Landrieu hoped to get a win ahead of her December 6 runoff election by getting the Keystone pipeline bill passed through the Senate today but was disappointed as the bill went down in defeat at the
Senior Uber executive Emil Michael thought it would be a good idea to dig up personal information on journalists who oppose the Uber empire and publish it–with focus on a particular female journalist–but later “apologized” for his suggestion of such
During Sunday’s Rockets-Thunder game the sidelines seemed to have more action that the court as the Oklahoma City Thunder’s Kevin Durant talked smack with Dwight Howard of the Houston Rockets. Durant called Howard a p*ssy time and again during the
The FBI is warning citizens of Ferguson, Missouri, that the pending release of the grand jury’s decision as to whether or not an indictment will be handed down against officer Darren Wilson for the August shooting of teenager Michael Brown
Police departments in many of the nation’s big cities are preparing to respond in force to any possible protests or riots that might rise after the decision of whether or not to indict a white officer who shot a black teen in
As Obamacare’s second enrollment began last week, some of the same old problems that plagued its website last year resurfaced — including lost passwords, locked accounts, and slow connection times. Despite President Obama’s assurances that the website was all ready
Indiana will eliminate exemptions that require food stamp recipients look for work, a rules change that could see up to 65,000 food stamp recipients trimmed from the roles. The federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) does require what many in
The different women in Forrest City, Arkansas who went to court to get child support from a man who got them pregnant were shocked to find out he had 23 kids from 17 different women in Tennessee. The women were
School administrators at a Spotsylvania County, Virginia high school initially denied a student when she asked permission to start a pro-life club in her school. But after the teen persisted, the school relented and gave her permission. Maddie Sutherland of
A sixth video of Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber surfaced, where he explains how Democrats lied to sell Obamacare to the “stupid voters,” this time noting how taxes were purposefully “mislabeled” to get the bill passed. The newest video shows Gruber talking
A traffic incident in Tallahassee, Florida, has ensnared two Florida State University football players in a mysterious web of fleeing from the scene of an accident, a break-in of a nearby store, and raised eyebrows toward police issued punishments that
