Chicago was subjected to a second night of protests after the release of police dashcam video depicting the 2014 shooting of an African American teen, with protesters fanning out beyond the planned protests and even destroying Christmas tree decorations while yelling “black lives matter” and “F*ck your Christmas tree!” Protesters are also threatening to shut down Black Friday shopping downtown.
by Warner Todd Huston26 Nov 2015, 3:33 PM PST0
The Oklahoma City Thunder’s Kevin Durant debuted his new Nike shoe in hopes of paying tribute to the Maryland county where his basketball career began. But now officials of that county call the name picked for the shoe “offensive.”
by Warner Todd Huston26 Nov 2015, 1:00 AM PST0
Chicago is enduring a second night of protests after the release of police video showing the minutes leading up to the 2014 shooting of an African-American teen. Wednesday night, a second video has been released, showing video from the cruiser of the officer who fired the 16 fatal shots that killed the teen.
by Warner Todd Huston25 Nov 2015, 8:30 PM PST0
As the protests over the Laquan McDonald shooting raged across The Windy City, a Chicago Police document warned that gang members might use the cover of the protests to commit crimes or attack police.
by Warner Todd Huston25 Nov 2015, 6:54 PM PST0
A Georgia Sheriff is defending the controversial sign he posted outside his Harris County offices warning people that if they don’t like traditional phrases such as “Merry Christmas” or “In god We Trust,” then they should leave the county.
by Warner Todd Huston25 Nov 2015, 1:39 PM PST0
Following a weekend of football that saw controversial calls in the Redskins-Panthers, Bengals-Cardinals, and Patriots-Bills games, NBA coaches and officials engage in verbal contretemps after an on-court dispute between a coach and referee involved physical contact. The National Basketball Referees
by Warner Todd Huston25 Nov 2015, 2:04 AM PST0
With Tuesday’s release of the dashcam video of the death of Chicago teen Laquan McDonald, some are asking if the video was held back to help Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s reelection campaign earlier this year.
by Warner Todd Huston24 Nov 2015, 9:35 PM PST0
Feminist blogger Zoe Stavri caused an uproar when she announced on social media that she used the fluids from her own vaginal yeast infection to bake a loaf of bread.
by Warner Todd Huston24 Nov 2015, 7:07 PM PST0
Protests have broken out all over Chicago as people gather to express outrage over the police shooting of an African American teenager, Laquon McDonald. The shooting happened in October 2014, but video of the incident was only released Tuesday evening.
by Warner Todd Huston24 Nov 2015, 6:04 PM PST0
A murder that shocked Indiana may be closer to a resolution with a Monday announcement by Indianapolis police that two men were arrested for the brutal murder of the pregnant wife of a local Christian pastor.
by Warner Todd Huston24 Nov 2015, 1:33 PM PST0
A Florida man filed a police report claiming that a nude dancer at a strip club struck him in the face four times after he told her she had a “muffin top” and needed to lose weight.
by Warner Todd Huston24 Nov 2015, 1:25 PM PST0
Schools went on lockdown Monday as police searched for a man suspected of attempting to kill a local police officer on Sunday night in Manchester Township, a northern suburb of York, Pennsylvania.
by Warner Todd Huston23 Nov 2015, 9:05 PM PST0
The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) touts itself as “dedicated exclusively” to amateur sports, but a new investigation shows that the amateurs are floating some awfully big-league paychecks for the union’s officials, including a million-dollar golden parachute to a former president.
by Warner Todd Huston21 Nov 2015, 12:33 AM PST0
A Utah man was arrested and is now facing possible federal charges of terrorism after phoning in a bomb threat to a hospital where his wife was giving birth.
by Warner Todd Huston20 Nov 2015, 4:32 PM PST0
Five Hispanic teens were arrested and charged with rape after a 17-year-old North Carolina girl was found beaten and brutally raped in a field, authorities report.
by Warner Todd Huston20 Nov 2015, 2:49 PM PST0
New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton has admitted that street panhandlers and homelessness have “exploded” under Mayor Bill de Blasio, and it was a “mistake” to not acknowledge the problem.
by Warner Todd Huston20 Nov 2015, 1:57 PM PST0
CNN suspended a political reporter for two weeks after she tweeted an attack on House Republicans while reporting on their vote to put a pause on Obama’s Syrian refugee importation policy.
by Warner Todd Huston19 Nov 2015, 8:49 PM PST0
Five foreign nationals from Somalia were stopped on the Ohio Turnpike and charged with credit card fraud, possession of forgery tools, as well as drug and traffic violations, authorities say.
by Warner Todd Huston19 Nov 2015, 1:09 PM PST0
Police say that an officer from a Los Angeles suburban police department who was ambushed and shot to death as he sat in his car in the department’s parking lot may have been targeted.
by Warner Todd Huston19 Nov 2015, 11:43 AM PST0
Patriots Coach Bill Belichick appears to be the only NFL coach not wearing any of the camouflage gear the league is sponsoring for its salute to the armed services promotion, despite his deep connection to the military.
by Warner Todd Huston19 Nov 2015, 10:39 AM PST0
The president of the Chilean soccer federation abruptly took a “medical leave” this week and flew to the U.S. to serve as an FBI informant into FIFA corruption, sources say.
by Warner Todd Huston19 Nov 2015, 1:00 AM PST0
A town in Mississippi is launching a new campaign to urge citizens to “pull up your pants” in an effort to put a dent in the gangbanger attitude that’s popular among too many young males.
by Warner Todd Huston18 Nov 2015, 7:34 PM PST0
Over one thousand residents turned up at the funeral of an Indianapolis veteran who had no remaining family to give him a dignified send off.
by Warner Todd Huston18 Nov 2015, 6:58 PM PST0
Fans of Turkey’s national soccer team booed during the one minute of silence for the victims of the Paris attacks at the beginning of a match against Greece on Tuesday. The minute of silence was observed throughout European leagues to
by Warner Todd Huston18 Nov 2015, 12:01 AM PST0
A Shelby County, Tennessee, high school teacher has resigned after police accused him of running a sex club as well as other offenses.
by Warner Todd Huston16 Nov 2015, 6:28 PM PST0
