
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), who has obsessed over the franchise name of the Washington Redskins for months, claims that team owner Daniel Snyder “bribed” Native Americans to support the Redskins moniker and accused the NFL of ignoring that issue while prioritizing Deflategate.
by William Bigelow9 Sep 2015, 2:56 PM PST0

A former campaign consultant to Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign who also advised former Georgia Rep. Paul Broun has pleaded guilty to lying to congressional investigators over funds he received from Broun.
by William Bigelow9 Sep 2015, 12:57 PM PST0

Peter Hannaford, 82, who served as an adviser to Ronald Reagan when Reagan was governor of California, died at his home in Eureka Saturday night, according to the Eureka Times-Standard.
by William Bigelow9 Sep 2015, 9:30 AM PST0

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is searching for a thief who stole silkscreens from a series that featured famous Jews painted by Andy Warhol.
by William Bigelow9 Sep 2015, 7:31 AM PST0

The FBI is investigating an Ohio State University professor who disappeared and may have given defense secrets to the Chinese government.
by William Bigelow8 Sep 2015, 5:34 PM PST0

Two huge billboards in Central Florida paid for by a Marine veteran are advertising the message that the Veterans Affairs Administration is lying about their improved service for veterans.
by William Bigelow8 Sep 2015, 1:53 PM PST0

On Tuesday, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady called GOP 2016 presidential frontrunner Donald Trump a “great friend.”
by William Bigelow8 Sep 2015, 1:06 PM PST0

The mayor of Carson, California, Albert Robles, who has been pushing hard for a local stadium to be built for either the San Diego Chargers or Oakland Raiders, may face a criminal investigation because his true residence may outside the city.
by William Bigelow8 Sep 2015, 1:00 PM PST0

According to analysts working with GasBuddy.com, gas prices in California could sink to less than $2.50 per gallon by the end of the year.
by William Bigelow8 Sep 2015, 12:25 PM PST0

On Friday, a U.S. District judge in Norfolk, Virginia, refused to allow a 16-year-old who was born a girl but later deemed to have gender dysphoria to use the boys’ restrooms in the high school.
by William Bigelow7 Sep 2015, 2:14 PM PST0

Black leaders at the University of California Berkeley have decided to ratchet up their efforts at bringing more blacks to campus and making them feel more comfortable.
by William Bigelow7 Sep 2015, 12:30 PM PST0

A Native American student at Cal State Sacramento University claimed that she was disenrolled from her United States History class because she insisted that Native Americans were the victims of “genocide.”
by William Bigelow7 Sep 2015, 12:14 PM PST0

On Saturday morning, two brothers allegedly attempted to murder their parents in suburban Snellville, northeast of Atlanta.
by William Bigelow7 Sep 2015, 12:11 PM PST0

On Sunday, former Speaker of the House and 2012 presidential candidate Newt Gingrich (R-GA) appeared on CBS’s “Face the Nation” and discussed Donald Trump’s candidacy, asserting that Trump’s appeal revolves around his focus on making Americans winners again.
by William Bigelow6 Sep 2015, 4:34 PM PST0

On Sunday, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, appearing on ABC’s This Week, was queried by host George Stephanopoulos about Huckabee’s blazing defense of Kim Davis, who was jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses in Kentucky.
by William Bigelow6 Sep 2015, 3:24 PM PST0

Now that Boston has withdrawn from bidding for the 2024 Summer Olympics, the moribund offer from Los Angeles has been revivified, but the Los Angeles City Council’s demand that it have power to veto any taxpayer guarantee for financial losses may sink the city’s bid.
by William Bigelow6 Sep 2015, 9:45 AM PST0

The End-of-Life Option Act, SB 128, which seemed dead this summer when it failed to exit the California Assembly Health Committee, was resurrected in August with a new name, AB X2-15, and may be passed by the Assembly this week.
by William Bigelow6 Sep 2015, 8:01 AM PST0

On Friday, Donald Trump said he believed “both sides of the picture,” regarding the jailing of Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, who went to jail for refusing to issue same-sex licenses from her office.
by William Bigelow5 Sep 2015, 7:50 PM PST0

The University of Tennessee, bucking political correctness, has ruled that the school’s Office for Diversity and Inclusion website will have to remove gender-neutral pronouns.
by William Bigelow5 Sep 2015, 7:39 PM PST0

Two Wisconsin Democrats are proposing a bill that would force insurance companies to give consumers 60 days’ notice before a rate increase could be implemented and also force the state Office of the Commissioner of Insurance to hold public hearings if the companies wanted to raise rates over 10%.
by William Bigelow4 Sep 2015, 4:15 PM PST0

On Thursday in Roxboro, North Carolina, a mysterious gastrointestinal illness may have been the cause of 668 absences in the school district, including 300 in the high school.
by William Bigelow4 Sep 2015, 2:17 PM PST0

Three corrections officers were arrested early Thursday morning on suspicion of murder after a mentally ill inmate at Santa Clara County Main Jail was found dead in his cell on August 27.
by William Bigelow4 Sep 2015, 1:52 PM PST0

On Thursday, the California State Senate approved a bill opening carpool lanes on some Los Angeles County freeways to all drivers during off-peak hours.
by William Bigelow4 Sep 2015, 12:39 PM PST0

ESPN has yanked commentator Curt Schilling for the rest of the regular season and American League wild-card game on October 6.
by William Bigelow4 Sep 2015, 7:25 AM PST0

On Wednesday night, former Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Batts told a crowd at Mount St. Mary’s University that police “took a knee” after riots in April, blaming their activity for rising crime rates that ended in his firing. Batts said, “Part of the crime rate increase is that the police officers at some point took a knee, and they are doing that like other officers.”
by William Bigelow3 Sep 2015, 12:35 PM PST0