Earlier in April, Breitbart Texas reported on 27-year-old Fidel Salinas, a man accused of illegally attempting to access several Internet servers including government assets. Salinas, who is thought to be affiliated with the notorious online hacking group “Anonymous,” was served with a new indictment on
TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford will take a leave of absence to seek help for substance abuse, his lawyer said Wednesday. Dennis Morris said he spoke to Ford earlier Wednesday and said Ford has accepted that he has
BEIJING (AP) — An explosion rocked a railway station in China’s restive far-western region of Xinjiang, and the state broadcaster said three people were killed and 79 people were injured. The attack Wednesday came as President Xi Jinping wrapped up
James Kottak, drummer for the legendary hair metal band The Scorpions, has been arrested in Dubai for a number of charges stemming from several drinks in which he partook at Dubai’s airport on the way to Bahrain: insulting Islam, raising
Signage at the entry of the Kennesaw, Georgia, FedEx warehouse where a gunman went on an April 29th rampage clearly indicates no guns are allowed in the building. In other words, the FedEx warehouse joins a growing and infamous list
NBC News is reporting the gunman at the FedEx facility outside Atlanta used a shotgun to carry out an April 29th attack that wounded six people and resulted in his own death. Although the gunman’s identity has not been released,
The Associated Press reports that in some drought-stricken parts of California–such as the state capital of Sacramento–local governments are resorting to “water waste patrols,” run by employees and volunteers: “I don’t want to crack down on them and be their
The Associated Press, in what seems like an attempt to write a U.S.-bashing article, notes breathlessly that in 2013, almost 3,000 Americans either renounced their citizenship or terminated their permanent residency in the U.S. Those 3,000 people comprise less than
Ernie Hernandez, a county commissioner in Cameron County, Texas, pled guilty to a corruption charge connected to an illegal gambling operation. Local law enforcement officials expect Hernandez to resign shortly thereafter. In January 2014, the commissioner was accused of protecting
Breitbart Texas has been closely following the case of Lupe Trevino, the former sheriff of Hidalgo County in south Texas who pled guilty to money laundering on April 14. Trevino, with the help of his Chief of Staff Maria Patricia Medina, attempted
Marion County, Oregon commissioners approved an order Thursday to stop an incinerator from using aborted babies to generate power. The order states that the incinerator must stop accepting medical waste until procedures are in place to ensure aborted babies are
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s rediscovery of the sunken passenger ship SS City of Chester after 126 years–deemed the second worst maritime disaster inside the Bay Area in terms of fatalities, next to the SS City of Rio de
A day before he was named one of Time’s 100 most influential people, Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman was compared to John Carlos and Tommie Smith at a discussion about “The Modern Black Male Athlete” at Harvard University on Wednesday. Sherman,
Houston Texans running back Aryan Foster compared the battle to pay college athletes to the women’s suffrage movement at a discussion at Harvard on Wednesday about “The Modern Black Male Athlete.” According to the Associated Press, “someday, he said, the
California Secretary of State Debra Bowen was the common target of four candidates for her office in the 2014 elections as they debated Wednesday at the Sacramento Press Club, the Sacramento Bee reports. Bowen pushed back, the Bee notes, in
A new report released on Tuesday by the National Association of Realtors found that last month sales of previously owned homes fell to their lowest pace in 20 months. The report also shows a widening rift between the performance of
Last Wednesday, Colorado Democrats abandoned a NARAL-supported bill that would have banned any state regulation of abortion. The proposed legislation was dropped after the Democrat state senator who is the deciding vote publicly expressed his concerns about the proposal, making
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — When Utah’s new federal courthouse opened last week, it came with security improvements that are becoming standard around the country: separate entrances and elevators for judges, defendants and the public; bullet-resistant glass and paneling; and
Elected representatives to the Libyan Parliament convened for the first time on Monday to begin a constitutional convention that they hope will result in the first federal constitution the country has had since the demise of Muammar Qaddafi. Reuters reports
Associated Press reporter Matt Lee pushed State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki to name one “tangible achievement” from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s 2010 Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review before fibnally giving up in frustration when Psaki couldn’t name even one.
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni forces, reportedly backed by U.S. drone strikes, hit al-Qaida militants for a second straight day Monday in what Yemen officials said was an assault on a major base of the terror group hidden in the
In a video posted online this weekend, a man claiming to be Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau claimed that his group had planted the bomb that destroyed a bus station in the Nigerian capital of Abuja last week, killing dozens.
HONOLULU (AP) — Officials say a 16-year-old boy is “lucky to be alive” and unharmed after flying from California to Hawaii stowed away in a plane’s wheel well, surviving cold temperatures at 38,000 feet and a lack of oxygen. “Doesn’t
There is good news for some drought-stricken California farmers as a result of recent rain and snow that the state experienced: on Friday, the Associated Press reports, the Department of Water Resources said it will step up the amount of
NEW YORK (AP) — Miley Cyrus is postponing her U.S. tour while she recovers from an allergic reaction to antibiotics, but will resume her performances in August. Cyrus’ representative tells The Associated Press on Friday that the singer will resume
