Salvador de Haro Munoz, the chief investigator in the dangerous Mexican state Tamaulipas, is dead after a gun battle with gang members, according to local reports. The Associated Press reported that Munoz was in Ciudad Victoria, the state’s capital, investigating a
In the most recent California effort to “modernize” family convention, the state Assembly on Thursday passed AB 1951, a new bill that would allow all California parents to list themselves as “mother,” “father,” or “parent” of a child in order to
WASHINGTON (AP) — Timothy Geithner says in a new memoir that he considered stepping down as Treasury secretary in 2010 after the financial crisis and suggested Hillary Rodham Clinton as a possible successor. President Barack Obama rebuffed Geithner’s suggestion, and
ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — A strong earthquake shook the southern Pacific coast of Mexico as well as the capital and several inland states Thursday, sending frightened people into unseasonal torrential rains that were also bearing down on the coast. The
The Cuban government has arrested four Cuban exile Americans in Havana for an alleged plot to commit “terrorist actions” against the Cuban government, mere weeks after the United States renewed Cuban’s designation as a state sponsor of terror. According to
The Philippines has triggered another territorial dispute with China after arresting eleven Chinese fishermen on charges of illegally catching endangered sea turtles and illegally crossing territorial waters into the Philippines. They continue being held over protest from the Chinese government.
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is currently in an undisclosed location after taking a leave of absence from his duties to seek help for alcohol abuse problems. Ford was said to have gone to Chicago to stay at a facility there
Speaker John Boehner handily beat two primary challengers Tuesday in the Ohio elections today, coasting to victory against French teacher J.D Winteregg and computer consultant Eric Gurr. The Associated Press quickly called the race for Boehner as results were still
NEW YORK (AP) — Ben Bernanke, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, has a book deal worth at least $1 million, The Associated Press has learned. Bernanke’s agreement is with publisher W.W. Norton & Co. for a book
GENEVA (AP) — The Vatican revealed Tuesday that over the past decade, it has defrocked 848 priests who raped or molested children and sanctioned another 2,572 with lesser penalties, providing the first ever breakdown of how it handled the more
Uber’s latest marketing ploy to attract Lyft drivers has reached Facebook. The competition between both San Francisco-based transportation companies has Uber offering Lyft drivers $500 for taking just one trip on UberX, plus a guaranteed $35/hour through June 30. (see
Venezuelan campaign strategist Juan José Rendón has resigned from managing the campaign of Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos, after allegations surfaced that he received up to $12 million from drug lords seeking protection from extradition to the United States. The
Two Nigerian women have been detained after demanding accountability from their government. Following the mass abduction of more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls, Naomi Mutah was among many Nigerian citizens upset with their governments response. Protest groups amassed throughout the country,
The price tag on a college education in the Lone Star state is about to go up on all eleven Texas A&M campuses. Next fall, freshmen will feel the tuition hike the most. In January, the Board of Regents voted
The United Nations international nuclear inspection team arrived in Iran Sunday to visit the country’s nuclear facilities. Iranian state media is reporting the inspectors will visit two separate sites in the coming days. ‘Most of the seven-step procedural agreement between
The Associated Press reported Monday that Gen. Herbert Carlisle, Commander of United States Air Forces in the Pacific, acknowledged a significant increase in the activities by Russian long-range strategic aircraft flying along the California coast. There was no comment about whether the
The Associated Press reported Monday that Gen. Herbert Carlisle, Commander of United States Air Forces in the Pacific, acknowledged a significant increase in the activities by Russian long-range strategic aircraft flying along the California coast. There was no comment about whether the
Breitbart Texas reported extensively on a March 22 collision that involved a tugboat and ship in the Houston Ship Channel. As a result of the crash, about 170,000 gallons of oil spilled into the water. Now it has been revealed that the ship involved
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has been released following 4 days of detention at the hands of the Police Service of Northern Ireland following his arrest in connection with the murder of Jean McConville in 1972. Adams’s colleagues and supporters were
Six-term incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) told the Associated Press that he won’t debate his primary challenger, state senator Chris McDaniel, because McDaniel is “trying to make me look bad by things he’s saying about my performance in the Senate.”
By JOHN ROGERSAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) – Handsome, debonair and blessed with a distinguished voice that reflected his real-life prep school upbringing, Efrem Zimbalist Jr. seemed born to play the television roles that made him famous, that of hip
Speaking of free expression versus mob rule, chalk up another win for the Heckler’s Veto, as a gang of whiny malcontents manages to scuttle Condoleeza Rice’s commencement address to Rutgers. The Associated Press reports: Rice said in a statement Saturday
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), as Breitbart News reported, let the cat out of the bag last year when he said amnesty advocates would make a final push for comprehensive immigration reform legislation once Republicans were clear of primaries in the
Sixty-two New Jersey high school students were arrested for a “senior prank” that went horribly awry. The students stand accused of urinating in hallways, flipping over desks, slathering petroleum jelly on door handles, hanging toilet paper, and perpetrating other forms
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — An apparent gas explosion all but destroyed a jail in the Florida Panhandle, killing two inmates and injuring more than 180 people, and officials lost track of three inmates in the chaos, authorities said Thursday. The
