It is hard to believe Command Authority is the last novel that will come from Tom Clancy’s computer. What makes this realization even harder is the fact that this book represented an improvement over Threat Vector, the late author’s previous work, and that
(AP) Top court says gay sex remains a crime in IndiaBy NIRMALA GEORGEAssociated PressNEW DELHIA colonial-era law criminalizing homosexuality will remain in effect in India, a top court said Wednesday, dealing a blow to gay activists who have fought for
The latest example of Turks visiting Nazi death camps and making Nazi salutes transpired at the infamous Auschwitz death camp. Two tourists from Turkey took pictures of each other while they were making the Nazi salute in front of the
(AP) South African president booed at Mandela memorialBy CHRISTOPHER TORCHIAAssociated PressJOHANNESBURGAt Nelson Mandela’s memorial, the crowd applauded dignitaries and even cheered the last apartheid-era president. But spectators booed South African leader Jacob Zuma, embarrassing him on an international stage and
On December 12th, gun control proponents will hold a candlelight vigil for “national remembrance” of the heinous Sandy Hook Elementary shooting at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. The Very Rev. Gary Hall, the dean of the National Cathedral, said
With the passing of Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first democratically-elected president, Americans have tried to understand what he meant for that country, and for the world. While some are drawn to Mandela’s role as a leader in the struggle against
An unnamed Swedish man in his 60s will be allowed to adopt a child, even though he was convicted for molesting a five-year-old girl, suspected of raping a teenage girl, and guilty of over 90 crimes, mainly fraud. Authorities do
Brooklyn City Councilman Domenic Recchia, a top Democrat recruit for Congress, has written a federal judge, asking for leniency for a convicted mobster. And not just any mobster. Angelo Spata, the mobster convicted of racketeering and illegal gambling, is the
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America (MDA), Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG), and Organizing for Action (OFA) have all made clear they intend to use the first anniversary of the heinous crime at Sandy Hook Elementary to push
The opening prologue of the new tell-all book from Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) special agent John Dodson shows the ATF was made aware of concerns that someone in U.S. law enforcement might die as a result
(AP) Prosecutor: Sex investigation of FSU QB overBy GARY FINEOOUTAssociated PressTALLAHASSEE, Fla.The prosecutor overseeing the investigation of sexual assault allegations against Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston says it is completed. State Attorney Willie Meggs has scheduled a news conference at
A Congressional Research Service (CRS) report shows that while gun ownership climbed from 192 million firearms in 1994 to 310 million firearms in 2009, crime fell–and fell sharply. According to the report, the “firearm-related murder and non-negligent homicide” rate was
Organizing for Action (OFA) is asking supporters nationwide to hold “anniversary events” on December 14th to mark the heinous crime at Sandy Hook Elementary. OFA wants enough events held in towns and cities across America to show Congress it is
Calls to 911 from the heinous crime at Sandy Hook Elementary are expected to be released on December 4. Connecticut State’s Attorney Stephen Sedensky III fought to prevent the calls from being released but gave up after a judge ordered
When the 2013 football season started, the Newtown high school Nighthawks dedicated it to the victims of Adam Lanza’s heinous crime at Sandy Hook Elementary. Now, at season’s end, they are 12-0 and have asked the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference
A report issued by the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) shows that gun bans result in higher murder rates. The report looks at the January 1997 “handgun ban in England and Wales” to substantiate this. Between the time of that
On the one-year anniversary of the murder-suicide of Kansas City Chiefs player Jovan Belcher, one man was reportedly killed in the Arrowhead Stadium parking lot 90 minutes after the Broncos and Chiefs kicked off on Sunday. The incident was reportedly
(AP) Publicist: ‘Fast & Furious’ star dies in car crashBy DAISY NGUYEN and JAKE COYLEAssociated PressLOS ANGELESPaul Walker, the star of the “Fast & Furious” movie series, died Saturday in a car crash that killed one other person north of
Earlier this week in Brooklyn, a 72-year old woman was “sucker punched” in another apparent “knockout game” incident. According to the New York Daily News, Mira Harpazi was walking to the pharmacy when “a black man in his 20s” walked
This morning, a Tweet by Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) caught my eye, reading: “17-year-old boy in coma, fighting for life after Texas cop tasered him for breaking up a school fight.” Shocked, I clicked on the link provided in the Tweet, leading
Here’s what they call a classic “problem from hell.” California’s Gov. Jerry Brown signed a prison reform law in 2011 that sentenced lower-level offenders to county jails rather than state prisons. Since then, violence has risen disproportionately in county jails,
Shezanne Cassim, 29, from Minnesota was arrested in April for his part in the video “Satwa Combat Schoo” because the United Arab Emirates said it violated federal cyber crime laws and posed a threat to national security. Cassim graduated from the
I found it necessary to respectfully disagree with Pope Francis the last time he took a swing at capitalism. On that occasion, it seemed likely that his remarks were more specifically directed at sweatshop exploitation in the Third World, which
Writing in Real Clear Politics, Larry Elder says the New York Times (NYT) and National Public Radio (NPR) are ignoring the black-on-white crime taking place in the “Knockout Game”–that the NYT and NPR view reports on the game as “overblown”
Less than a month after defeating Republican Ken Cuccinelli to win the state of Virginia’s top political office, Governor-elect Terry McAuliffe has already begun to fill the state’s bureaucracy with political operatives. On November 18 McAuliffe named 31 year old
