During a 36-hour period over the weekend of April 11, 35 people were shot in Chicago, causing four fatalities in a city with some of the strictest gun control laws in the country. Chicago Police responded to 26 separate shooting
Since the 2010 midterm election, we’ve seen many Democrats and the mainstream media attempt to label mass shootings by deranged people as political “hate crimes” by conservatives and the Tea Party. The enthusiasm for such prejudice has declined somewhat recently,
A survey of nearly 11,000 people across 20 different countries has revealed that eurosceptic voters tend to lean towards more traditional values, and distrust government and corporations more than those who think favourably of the European Union. The huge survey
40-year-old Maria Patricia Medina, the former chief of staff for the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office, pled guilty to covering up a felony related to elections in her district. As a result she could spend up to three years in prison and a
Outside of San Antonio, more than 80 individuals gathered to protest a city ordinance that bans civilians from openly carrying loaded firearms, according to local media outlet KSAT. The rally was conceived after 19-year-old Henry Vichique was arrested and stunned with a
The California state government announced last week that federal and state water management agencies had agreed on a new plan for managing the state’s water needs over the next several months, in the midst of one of the most severe
On Thursday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office arrested a 62-year-old Berkeley woman for allegedly selling illicit prescriptions for highly addictive drugs at various fast-food restaurants, including Burger King, House of Chicken and Waffles, Dick’s Donuts, and Starbucks. According to the San
Speaking at a New Hampshire event on Saturday that hosted many potential GOP 2016 presidential hopefuls, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said Republicans cannot be the party of plutocrats and crony capitalism if they are going to be a majority again.
How do you tell the difference between a predatory paedophile and an ordinary bloke making a drunken pass? Personally, I would have thought the answer was obvious. Take the two most egregious recent examples children’s entertainer Jimmy Savile and prominent
A decade and a half of socialist repression and months of protests with seemingly no end have catapulted Venezuela to the top of the list of the world’s most dangerous nations. According to a study by the U.N. Office on Drugs
22-year-old Tevon Harris, also known as “Da Kidd” and “King Kidd,” admitted to sex trafficking charges including minors. The Houston man faces 10 years to life in prison, as well as a hefty fine, according to the FBI. According to
An Irish Republican has been charged with 29 murders over the 1998 Omagh Bomb attack, reports the Irish Independent. Seamus Daly, 43 from County Monaghan in the Irish Republic, had previously lost a civil case taken out by some of
Are there no heroes left in America anymore? President Obama turns out to be an incompetent fraud who has never actually read the U.S. Constitution. Edward Snowden tucked tail and fled to Siberia. Washington Nationals star Ryan Zimmerman can no
In another episode of the ongoing violence in an ungovernable Chicago, the cousin of local rap musician Chief Keef was killed in the near south side neighborhood of Englewood. Mario Hess, 33, was shot and killed on the evening of
In what can only be described as a national security and tech industry disaster for the United States, the Court of the European Union struck down the “2006 Directive” that allowed the EU and the United States to share in
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — In a sometimes ruthless cross-examination of Oscar Pistorius at his murder trial Wednesday, chief prosecutor Gerrie Nel scrutinized the athlete’s story that he killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp by mistake on Feb. 14, 2013. Here
MURRYSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A 16-year-old armed with two knives went on a stabbing and slashing spree at a high school near Pittsburgh on Wednesday, leaving 20 people injured, including a school police officer who eventually subdued him with the
President Obama has requested $1.1 billion and the Department of Justice (DOJ) asked for $382.1 million for gun control “to protect Americans from gun violence.” Included in the DOJ’s $382.1 million figure is a request for $2 million for smart gun
As the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 continues, with more leads in sight, local newspaper the New Straits Times reports that the country is suffering a significant drop in tourism due to publicity surrounding the missing plane. The New
A lawyer for Raymond “Shrimp Boy” Chow, the alleged Chinatown gang boss involved in the federal case that snagged State Sen. Leland Yee, claims that his client is a victim of “unadulterated racism” by the government. The San Francisco Chronicle reports: “They
A project purporting to measure the number of anti-Muslim attacks in Britain exaggerated the scale of the problem, according to a report now backed up by Press Complaints Commission. Fiyaz Mughal, founder of ‘Tell Mama’, had claimed there had been
In the American civil rights movement, Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King were among those who set the moral tone. They were champions of non-violence who believed in civil disobedience to generate change by casting light on unjust laws. If
Dissident Irish republican terrorists are adopting tactics inspired by Al Qaeda, using information from the Islamist group to build bombs and rockets. The link came to light after republican terrorists fired a mortar bomb at police in Belfast last month.
UNION CITY, New Jersey–New Jersey’s biggest city has yet to file a budget and hasn’t told the state whether it will need federal aid this year. Left in an “extraordinary level of fiscal distress” by former Mayor Cory Booker, Newark
A study in the November 2013 issue of Applied Economic Letters shows that gun-related “murder rates were 19.3 percent higher when the Federal [‘assault weapons’] ban (AWB) was in effect.” The Federal AWB went into effect in 1994 and expired
