(AP) US military helicopter crashes in OkinawaBy MARI YAMAGUCHIAssociated PressTOKYOA U.S. military helicopter crashed at an American base on the southern island of Okinawa, Japanese and U.S. officials said Monday. A HH-60 rescue helicopter crashed in a training area at
In a real life demonstration of scholar John Lott’s maxim “more guns, less crime,” violent crime has dropped in Virginia as gun ownership has increased. According to a Fox News report, firearms sales in Virginia were 16 percent higher in
Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter suggested the Philadelphia Eagles should consider terminating embattled wide receiver Riley Cooper and said Cooper’s punishment did not match the “intense level of the offense.” In a statement released Friday, Nutter shared his thoughts on
(AP) High court won’t delay release of Calif inmatesBy PAUL ELIASAssociated PressSAN FRANCISCOThe U.S. Supreme Court on Friday paved the way for the early release of nearly 10,000 California inmates by year’s end despite warnings by Gov. Jerry Brown and
The summer spike in Chicago violent crime continues, as six more people were wounded in shootings over Thursday night and early Friday morning. WLS reports all six shooting victims were males ranging from in age from 20 to 54 years old.
A New Orleans resident, MerrittLandry, has been charged with attempted second-degree murder for shooting a teenager, Marshal Coulter. Thefourteen-year-old victim reportedly had a history of thefts, according to his own motherand brother, and was seen casing Landry’s home, according to
ABC News: Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro will appear in court today where he is expected to be sentenced to life in prison, plus 1,000 years, as prosecutors released new details from his captives’ dairies that include “being held like a
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD), speaking at a news conference convened to support Rep. John Conyers’ (D-MI) End Racial Profiling Act, said Florida teen Trayvon Martin died because of racial profiling. “Civil rights is still the unfinished business of this nation,” Cardin
Eleven months after the infamous Benghazi attack, one of the groups allegedly tied to the attack is growing ever “more entrenched in Libyan society.” As the Weekly Standard reports, members of Ansar al Sharia were allegedly “part of the al
On Tuesday, Darrell Issa, the Chairman of the Oversight and Reform Committee and Subcommittee Chairman Jim Jordan sent a strongly worded letter to acting IRS commissioner Daniel Werfel, threatening to compel the slow-to-respond IRS to cooperate with their congressional inquiry.
On Tuesday, the House Oversight and Government Affairs Committee accused IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel of stonewalling its investigation into the agency’s targeting of conservative and Tea Party groups that applied for tax-exempt status. According to a letter the committee chair,
Al Sharpton claims he has briefed Barack Obama, Eric Holder, and Hillary Clinton on the Supreme Court’s recent Voting Rights Act decision. The MSNBC host took to the Huffington Post to criticize Bill O’Reilly for speaking out against black on
Director Neill Blomkamp only has two films to his credit, but already he’s at the forefront of the left’s message machine. His breakout hit District 9 offered a sour commentary on corporations and those who don’t support amnesty. His latest film, Elysium, is
Breitbart News’ Brandon Darby walks viewers from the Rio Grande River into a U.S. neighborhood, revealing just how unsecured the U.S./Mexico border really is. Darby walks viewers through the unfinished “Border Fence,” which had no gate or security of any
The advancement of the black community in America stalled and has actually regressed ever since Democrats took that community under their wing in the 1960’s. As the decades have passed, it’s become apparent Democratic social policies are not advancing
What if I told you I could solve the issue of racism in America? Bigotry, blind hate, and ignorance constitute part of the human condition. I cannot fight human nature. But what if the cure for real racism in America
Tunisia faced a general strike on Friday as the country was plunged into crisis after gunmen shot dead a leading opposition figure, an assassination that brought thousands onto the streets. The killing of MP Mohamed Brahmi, a father-of-five who was
(AP) Ousted Egypt president detained over Hamas contactBy HAMZA HENDAWIAssociated PressCAIROAn investigating judge has ordered the detention of Egypt’s ousted president over alleged contacts with Hamas to help in his escape from prison in 2011, the official state news agency
One thing I noticed throughout the Martin/Zimmerman story cycle: the “opinion/fact” mutation. As more facts are introduced into the mix, opinions don’t disappear after being proven wrong, they simply mutate. We’ve seen this with other issues and debates: global warming,
Last week in Seattle, the FBI was running a terrorism awareness campaign featuring bus ads depicting photos of sixteen of the world’s Most Wanted Terrorists. This was a publicity campaign sponsored by the Joint Terrorism Task Force for the U.S.
A “safety patrol” group known as the Guardian Angels wants to change the moniker of the glamorous shopping district of Chicago’s Michigan Avenue from the “Magnificent Mile,” as it is commonly known around the world, to “Muggers’ Mile.” The Alliance
Heavily-armed men assaulted Mexican federal police units in a carefully planned attack in which 22 people were killed, most of them assailants, in six towns, the government announced Tuesday. The gunmen concealed themselves in hills above checkpoints in Michoacan state,
By JAKE COYLEAP Entertainment WriterNEW YORKThe Toronto International Film Festival will open with the WikiLeaks drama “The Fifth Estate” and showcase the much-anticipated adaptation of Tracy Letts’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play “August: Osage County.” The Toronto Film Festival, which runs Sept.
Recently comedienne Whoopi Goldberg got on her high horse to excoriate Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia’s GOP nominee for Governor, for his desire to use the state’s anti-sodomy laws to prosecute a 47-year-old pedophile. Goldberg attacked Cuccinelli saying that he is “in
Someone in Arlington, VA really hates Priuses. (Or is the plural Priusi?) Police report that Monday night 15 Prius parked overnight on driveways, apartment parking lots and the street were found with punctured tires. The vandal appeared to exclusively target
