The chief of the Centers For Disease Control has come in for much criticism for his response to the Ebola crisis, but his current ideas might not be so surprising in light of the many political crusades in the form
Three young black men viciously beat a woman in Brooklyn in an attempt to rob her of her purse and cell phone and it was all caught on video. 21-year-old Gwendolyn Reyes, an Hispanic woman and aspiring model, was walking
The National Football League banned Ray Rice over an incident of domestic violence caught on video. But if his appeal of the ruling wins, Rice could be back playing football this season. Former U.S. District Judge Barbara Jones serves as
When President Obama appeared at a local Chicago polling place to cast his vote during the first week of Illinois’ early voting period, the poll worker didn’t believe he was who he said he was. The president appeared at the
The Chicago Department of Public Health has developed a unique program using Twitter to track Chicagoans complaining about food poisoning from local restaurants in order to launch surprise health inspections on city restaurants. Starting last year, the Chicago Health Department
Last week President Obama appointed a lobbyist and Democrat Party operative as his “Ebola Czar,” but since Ron Klain took the position he has skipped most of the meetings, hearings, and status updates on the government response to the deadly
Police in Pennsylvania have been engaged in a massive manhunt for an man accused of killing one state policeman and seriously wounding another. The man was recently seen by a witness but has still evaded capture. On October 17, a
A police raid on a home in Redmond, Washington, snared more than guns, drugs and prostitutes. It netted ex-Seattle Sonics player Robert Swift. Robert Swift is one of professional basketball’s cautionary tales. Drafted out of high school in 2004 at
The number of those shot and killed in Chicago over the weekend almost mirrored last weekend’s, with two killed and nine wounded. Over the weekend of October third, only one fewer person was wounded but the same number was killed.
Despite being cashiered out of the Navy Reserve for testing positive for cocaine, Vice President Joe Biden’s son is still being allowed to practice law and won’t lose his Connecticut law license. Late last week the Wall Street Journal reported
In his weekly radio address for October 18, the President spoke to the mounting international Ebola crisis raging at home and abroad. While saying he had it all under control here in the US, Obama insisted that no travel bans
Famed coffee purveyor Starbucks is making a few changes to its employee policies, one of which allows workers to have visible tattoos. Its workers will also receive a pay bump. The coffee giant said it was increasing its pay scale
The famed bleacher seats at Chicago’s Wrigley Field have been torn down as a $577 million renovation project continues in the Windy City. The bleachers are to be rebuilt, adding 300 seats in left and right fields. More concessions stands
A passenger on a flight from Nigeria headed to New York’s JFK airport died in flight after vomiting in his seat Thursday, causing panic on board and on the ground and spurring a Congressman to demand changes in U.S. Ebola
Many on the left were excited this week to find a story at Deadspin.com claiming that Colorado GOP Senate candidate Cory Gardner supposedly lied about playing football for his high school football team in the 1980s. The left went wild
Commentator Shepard Smith, who dropped out of college to chase his TV dreams, lectured his Fox News audience on Wednesday warning them not to overreact to the mounting Ebola crisis in the US. Smith seemed to become exasperated on the
Marlow Stern of The Daily Beast seems to be upset with a piece on Breitbart’s Big Hollywood, claiming the article is part of a right-wing smear campaign against actress Kristen Stewart for comments she made about how badly the US
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was so intent on being seen with Mitt Romney on Tuesday that he rearranged his personal schedule at the last second to do so. Governor Christie was originally supposed to have appeared at a rally
The CDC and President Obama have assured the nation that the protective “moon suits” worn by medical personnel to prevent contracting Ebola are all hospitals need to keep the deadly virus at bay. But several nurses in Texas have contracted
The complicated world of gender re-assignment and racism has bitten the politically correct campus at the all female Wellesley College, as a student born female but choosing to become a man has been denied a spot in student government for
A new assessment by the pest control company Orkin has awarded Chicago, Illinois, the Windy City, a new title: Rat City USA. Reviewing its client and jobs list for 2013, the national pest control company fond that Chicago topped its lists
According to two new polls, trust in the Democratic Party has hit a 30-year low. A new Washington Post/ABC poll conducted last week finds that that only 39 percent of respondents have a favorable view of the Democrat Party with
It has been a long journey from accusations of sexual misconduct to a hearing for Florida State University quarterback Jameis Wilson and the trek still isn’t over. It has been so long, in fact, that Winston’s lawyer now charges that
A new poll finds that Americans are unsatisfied with President Obama’s response to the Ebola crisis that is now hitting U.S. shores, and they feel that America could be doing more. A Washington Post/ABC News poll conducted last week found
Black Friday is already being planned, with Macy’s first out of the gate to divulge that it is opening earlier than ever at 6 PM on Thanksgiving Day. In a statement, Macy’s said the opening time is “in response to
