After decades of debate and deliberations, bridge officials on Friday gave their blessing to a $76 million “safety net” which will act as a suicide barrier to prevent individuals from jumping to their deaths off of San Francisco’s Golden Gate
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — After more than a decade of helping fight Islamic militants, the United States is disbanding an anti-terror contingent of hundreds of elite American troops in the southern Philippines where armed groups such as Abu Sayyaf have
In response to Meriam Ibrahim update: Free again: According to the Daily Mail, the government in Sudan relented once again due to international pressure and released Meriam from jail, where she had been for the last 48 hours. The Christian
The Associated Press reported that Sudanese Christian Meriam Ibrahim and her family were set free again, about two hours ago. Let’s see if it holds up this time. I wouldn’t assume she’s out of trouble until she’s out of Sudan.
On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously struck down a 35-foot protest-free zone outside abortion clinics in Massachusetts, ruling that extending such a buffer zone violates the First Amendment rights of protesters. According to the Associated Press, Chief Justice John
Ghana President John Dramani Mahama reportedly flew over $3 million in cash on a plane Wednesday to Ghana’s soccer squad to prevent a potential boycott of their game against Portugal on Thursday. Ghana’s players demanded the money to be delivered
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — A Sudanese Christian woman whose death sentence for apostasy was overturned was freed again on Thursday after being detained on accusations of forging travel documents. Eman Abdul-Rahman, the lawyer for 27-year-old Mariam Ibrahim, told The Associated
The remains of 474 children who died in Irish hospitals and mother and baby homes were used for anatomical research over a period of 25 years, it was revealed yesterday. The Irish Independent reports that the remains of the “unclaimed
Michael Egan, the man who accused four major Hollywood players of sexually abusing him years earlier, has now dropped not one but two lawsuits tied to those charges. The suit against Garth Ancier, a veteran television executive with NBC, FOX
Santa Monica has joined cities like Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, and Long Beach in banning e-cigarettes from all locations regular cigarettes are not allowed–including clubs, bars, restaurants, etc. –, following a unanimous vote by the Santa Monica City Council on Wednesday
Illegal immigrants from Central America who are making the journey to the United States largely believe that they will be allowed to indefinitely remain in the United States once they surrender to Border Patrol agents because of changes in U.S.
The Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District board of directors will vote Friday on whether to green-light $76 million for the construction of a suicide barrier on the Golden Gate Bridge. According to local Fox affiliate KTVU, approximately 24
FIFA is investigating German fans who showed up Ghana in blackface and a neo-Nazi sympathizer who ran onto the field during the Ghana-Germany game over the weekend. According to the Associated press, messages written on the man’s “chest and back
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A debris field at the bottom of Lake Michigan may be the remains of the long-lost Griffin, a vessel commanded by a 17th-century French explorer, said a shipwreck hunter who has sought the wreckage for
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The U.S. government plans to turn an empty 55,000-square foot warehouse in South Texas into a processing facility for unaccompanied children who have entered the country illegally, according to construction permits obtained by The Associated Press
The Associated Press reports that 3 Al Jazeera reporters were sentenced to 7 years in prison by an Egyptian court Monday for charges related to terrorism. The basis for the government’s charges was support for the Muslim Brotherhood, which has
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s top court on Monday upheld a lower court ruling that non-Muslims cannot use the word “Allah” to refer to God, adding to a contentious debate that has reinforced complaints that religious minorities are treated
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s top court on Monday upheld a government ban forbidding non-Muslims from using “Allah” to refer to God, rejecting an appeal by the Roman Catholic Church that argued that the law failed to consider the
After the federal government canceled its plans to send 300 illegal immigrants from Central America to California on Sunday evening, Border Patrol agents said that as soon as the media’s glare fades, California will receive illegal immigrants from Texas who flooded
It will likely be years before the tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors illegally coming to America face any action related to their immigration status, according to an Associated Press investigation. Since October, Border Patrol has apprehended more than 52,000
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts mayor is calling for an end to refugee resettlement in his city, saying Somali families are putting pressure on already strained services in Springfield, a onetime industrial center where nearly a third of the
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The South Korean army captured a soldier Monday who it says killed five comrades and then fled into the forest where he holed up with a rifle for two days before shooting himself as pursuers
Illegal immigrant children and families overflowing into Texas from Central America and being held in overcrowded detention centers will soon see 300 detainees flown out to the southern California cities of San Diego and El Centro according to an Associated
A Pennsylvania man led police on a wild chase early on June 21 after being pulled over. When things started off badly after the driver began threatening them, the police zapped him with a stun gun. But the man was
HOUSTON, Texas–Charities and attorneys in North Texas are strained as a result of the tidal wave of immigrants entering the U.S. illegally, hundreds of miles away at the U.S.-Mexico border. Catholic Charities in Fort Worth has organized aid and shelter
