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Wendy Davis Memoir: I Had 2 Abortions During 2nd Marriage

Wendy Davis Memoir: I Had 2 Abortions During 2nd Marriage

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis reveals in a new campaign memoir that she terminated two pregnancies for medical reasons in the 1990s, including one where the fetus had developed a severe brain abnormality. Davis writes

Shazam! 5 more IRS email accounts vanish!

The nefarious Homework-Eating Dog lunged from the shadows and gobbled up the email accounts of five more employees involved in the Tax Exempt Organizations voter-suppression scandal, including two of the famed “low level employees from the Cincinnati office,” according to

Bosnian Mine Accident: 29 Rescued, 5 Miners Buried

Bosnian Mine Accident: 29 Rescued, 5 Miners Buried

ZENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — One by one, rescue workers pulled 29 miners out of a trouble-plagued coal mine Friday after it had collapsed a day earlier in central Bosnia. Five men remained buried deep underground as officials halted rescue efforts.

Attacks in Iraq kill 17 People

Attacks in Iraq kill 17 People

BAGHDAD (AP) — A series of attacks across Iraq on Friday killed 17 people, including four Shiite militiamen and a Sunni tribal chief, officials said. Police officials said the deadliest attack happened when a car bomb went off on a

Ebola: No Big Deal, But Also a 'Threat to all Humanity'

Ebola: No Big Deal, But Also a 'Threat to all Humanity'

It’s very good news that the stricken aid workers and doctors brought back to the United States for ebola treatment have responded well to the experimental drugs they were given.  But after weeks of assiduously downplaying the scale of the

UK Withdrawing Warrant for Ill Boy's Parents

UK Withdrawing Warrant for Ill Boy's Parents

LONDON (AP) — U.K. prosecutors are withdrawing the arrest warrant in the case of a British couple who took their 5-year-old son out of the country in hopes of getting a new type of radiation therapy for his brain tumor.

US Military Attacks al-Shabab in Somalia

US Military Attacks al-Shabab in Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — U.S. military forces attacked the extremist al-Shabab network in Somalia Monday, the Pentagon said, and a witness described ground-shaking explosions in a strike that reportedly targeted the group’s leader. Al-Shabab had attacked the upscale Westgate Mall

FBI: Malicious Actors Targeting Protected Healthcare Information

The FBI Liaison Alert System released a flash almost two weeks ago describing an investigation at the agency that uncovered “malicious actors targeting healthcare related systems, perhaps for the purpose of obtaining Protected Healthcare Information (PHI) and/or Personally Identifiable Information

Americans Detained in North Korea Call for US Help

Americans Detained in North Korea Call for US Help

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea gave foreign media access on Monday to three detained Americans who said they have been able to contact their families and — watched by officials as they spoke — called for Washington to

Iraqi Forces Break Jihadis' 6-Week Siege of Shiite Town

Iraqi Forces Break Jihadis' 6-Week Siege of Shiite Town

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi security forces and Shiite militiamen on Sunday broke a six-week siege imposed by the Islamic State extremist group on the northern Shiite Turkmen town of Amirli, following U.S. airstrikes against the Sunni militants’ positions, officials said.

Ebola in Mind, US Colleges Screen Some Students

Ebola in Mind, US Colleges Screen Some Students

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — College students from West Africa may be subject to extra health checks when they arrive to study in the United States as administrators try to insulate campuses from the worst Ebola outbreak in history. With the

Obama Disapproval on Immigration Hits All-Time High in Pew Poll

Obama Disapproval on Immigration Hits All-Time High in Pew Poll

President Barack Obama’s disapproval rating on immigration has hit an all-time high in surveys conducted by Pew Research. According to a Pew survey conducted August 20-24, 61% of Americans disapprove of Obama’s immigration policy while 31% approve and 7% have no

FLASH: Russian Tanks Invade Ukraine

FLASH: Russian Tanks Invade Ukraine

NOVOAZOVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Two columns of Russian tanks and military vehicles fired Grad missiles at a border post in southeastern Ukraine, then rolled into the country Thursday as Ukraine’s overmatched border guards fled, a top Ukrainian official said. The

U.S. Official Warns Ebola Outbreak Will Get Worse

U.S. Official Warns Ebola Outbreak Will Get Worse

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — A third top doctor has died from Ebola in Sierra Leone, a government official said Wednesday, as a leading American health official warned that the outbreak sweeping West Africa would get worse. The disease has

Battle for Key Southeast Coast Heats Up in Ukraine

Battle for Key Southeast Coast Heats Up in Ukraine

MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — The battle for Ukraine’s strategic coastline heated up Wednesday as a local mayor reported that pro-Russian rebel forces entered a key town in southeast Ukraine after three days of heavy shelling. Novoazovsk, a resort town of

Texas Border Deployment of 1,000 National Guard Now Underway

Texas Border Deployment of 1,000 National Guard Now Underway

HOUSTON, Texas — The 1,000 National Guard deployment at the border has begun, Breitbart Texas has confirmed. Though previous reports stated that the surge had started earlier in August, Breitbart Texas revealed that it had not yet begun at that time. As a

Whisky's Worries Mirror Economic Fears in Scotland

Whisky's Worries Mirror Economic Fears in Scotland

ISLAY, Scotland (AP) — Carl Reavey plunged his nose into the glass, inhaled the amber liquid’s scent, then sipped. Slowly. It’s said that Scotch tastes of the place where it is made, so Reavey’s Bruichladdich Black Art single malt would