
A video from Mashable, titled “Debt Isn’t the Boogeyman You May Think It Is,” starring Kal Penn, the former associate director of Public Engagement for Barack Obama, unintentionally highlights the failings of Penn’s former boss by telling the truth.
by William Bigelow12 Dec 2015, 11:46 AM PST0

On Friday, New York Supreme Court Judge Manuel Mendez disappointed players of fantasy sports in New York, as well as the NBA, MLB, and the NHL, by ruling daily fantasy operators DraftKings and FanDuel could not do business in new York.
by William Bigelow11 Dec 2015, 12:09 PM PST0

Questions swirl on social media about a “third suspect” in the San Bernardino terror attack, despite the public statements of law enforcement attesting that only two shooters were involved.
by William Bigelow11 Dec 2015, 10:51 AM PST0

On Thursday, offices of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in Washington D.C. and Santa Clara, California reported receiving envelopes containing suspicious substances.
by William Bigelow11 Dec 2015, 10:16 AM PST0

On Thursday, the FAA temporarily banned flights below 2000 feet over the northwest San Fernando Valley. The no-fly zone was imposed because of a fear that flights could ignite a gas leak initially discovered in October over Porter Ranch.
by William Bigelow11 Dec 2015, 9:01 AM PST0

Toronto Maple Leafs center Nazem Kadri, a Muslim native of Canada born to Lebanese parents, called Donald Trump “delusional” after Trump’s controversial statements about Muslims following the San Bernardino massacre.
by William Bigelow10 Dec 2015, 12:41 PM PST0

On Wednesday night, Governor Jerry Brown, in a hyperbolic rant, informed students and faculty at the Ecole Normale Superieure University in Paris that climate change could be compared to nuclear war.
by William Bigelow10 Dec 2015, 11:21 AM PST0

LeBron James may have missed a chance at another NBA title last season, but that didn’t stop Nike from offering him a lifetime shoe deal worth at least $500 million.
by William Bigelow9 Dec 2015, 11:59 AM PST0

While Jerry Brown sells climate change in Paris, the governor’s bullet train has derailed: some Democrats are withdrawing their support.
by William Bigelow9 Dec 2015, 10:55 AM PST0

In Elkin, North Carolina, a bench honoring the memory of a 16-month-old boy who died in a hit-and-run car accident was removed from a municipal park because a bible verse and two crosses were engraved on it.
by William Bigelow9 Dec 2015, 10:42 AM PST0

On Wednesday, the Los Angeles Times called a $100,000 fundraising effort for the victims of the massacre in San Bernardino, “the most successful crowd-funding venture Muslim Americans have ever launched for the broader community.”
by William Bigelow9 Dec 2015, 8:19 AM PST0

California Gov. Jerry Brown may think he has staked a position on the environment that will please the left, but he hasn’t gone far enough: groups that oppose fracking are targeting him in Paris on Wednesday afternoon with a protest at the Le Bourget conference site.
by William Bigelow9 Dec 2015, 8:08 AM PST0

The pace of U.S. labor-force growth over the next ten years will slacken, retarding the growth of the U.S. economy, according to the Labor Department.
by William Bigelow8 Dec 2015, 8:55 PM PST0

On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, voting along strict partisan lines, approved the county’s plan to welcome Syrian refugees.
by William Bigelow8 Dec 2015, 6:08 PM PST0

On Monday, Air France Flight 83, bound from San Francisco to Paris, was diverted to Montreal, but the reason for the unscheduled stop has not been made public.
by William Bigelow8 Dec 2015, 1:16 PM PST0

San Bernardino school officials have revealed that due to his job as a San Bernardino County health inspector, terrorist Syed Rizwan Farook inspected eleven school sites in the county for months before he massacred 14 people and wounded 21 others last week.
by William Bigelow8 Dec 2015, 12:40 PM PST0

Mere hours after reports emerged of the Cincinnati Reds exchanging reliever Aroldis Chapman for two Los Angeles Dodgers, allegations hit that the bullet-throwing hurler had fired real bullets at his home after arguing with his girlfriend. The disturbing story killed the trade.
by William Bigelow8 Dec 2015, 10:36 AM PST0

After an eight-year search for their missing kitten, Ginger, Nancy and Stephen Payne were reunited with their cat when a man who had been feeding the cat took the feline to the animal shelter for a checkup.
by William Bigelow7 Dec 2015, 11:02 AM PST0

Governor Moonbeam (Jerry Brown) and The Governator (Arnold Schwarzenegger) united in Paris for an interview during the climate change summit, advising the world on helpful climate-saving tips–like unscrewing children’s light bulbs.
by William Bigelow7 Dec 2015, 10:54 AM PST0

The alleged mother of a newborn girl who was found buried alive under debris next to a Compton bike path was arrested on Sunday, according to KTLA.
by William Bigelow7 Dec 2015, 10:32 AM PST0

On Sunday, Attorney General Loretta Lynch admitted that the FBI is investigating the mother of Syed Farook, the man who joined his wife Tashfeen Malik to massacre 14 people in San Bernardino and wound 21 others.
by William Bigelow7 Dec 2015, 10:28 AM PST0

Closer Jonathan Papelbon has filed a grievance against the Washington Nationals for using the team-imposed four-game suspension at the end of the 2015 season as an excuse to cut his pay.
by William Bigelow7 Dec 2015, 9:43 AM PST0

The University of Minnesota, in a moment of clarity and sanity, decided this week to ignore students complaining about Islamophobia and honor the dead killed on 9/11/2001 with a moment of silence on 9/11/2016.
by William Bigelow6 Dec 2015, 8:30 PM PST0

Governor Jerry Brown insists that his request for the Division of Oil, Gas & Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) to ascertain whether his 2,700-acre ranch lay atop an oil pool was motivated by a desire to obtain information about his ranch that he could store in a “glass case.”
by William Bigelow6 Dec 2015, 11:35 AM PST0

Tashfeen Malik, 29, the female jihadi who helped kill 14 Americans in the San Bernardino massacre, comes from a family tied to Islamist militants, and allegedly evolved into a terrorist after attending college in Pakistan.
by William Bigelow6 Dec 2015, 9:08 AM PST0