Legendary former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Chuck Noll passed away on Friday evening at the age of 82. Noll, the Hall of Fame coach, took the moribund franchise from the basement to the penthouse, winning four Super Bowls in the 1970s
Last November, a series of tornadoes ripped through Illinois. The situation was so serious that the Chicago Bears game against the Baltimore Ravens at Soldier Field had to be delayed. In the end, Chicago was largely spared but surrounding communities
On Thursday, three Israeli teenagers were kidnapped south of Jerusalem in the West Bank, possibly to be used as hostages in exchange for Palestinian terrorists. It is believed the victims are Yeshiva (Jewish study) students. One of the kidnapped teenagers
On June 10, aldermen in Lake Ozark, Missouri, voted 4-2 “to ban the open carrying of firearms,” even by concealed carry permit holders. Alderwoman Betsey Browning voted against the ban, saying business owners already have the prerogative to ban guns
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg donated $250,000 to the pro-Thad Cochran super PAC “Mississippi Conservatives” in late May, Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings the organization provided show. Bloomberg’s donation to the Super PAC supporting Cochran could end up
The wide condemnation of the coup in Thailand is to be expected. Washington suspended $3.5 million in military aid, it’s considering halting $7 million more in direct assistance, and bilateral military exercises with this longtime ally have been curtailed. Secretary
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Bowe Bergdahl, the Army sergeant who has been recovering in Germany after five years as a Taliban captive in Afghanistan, returned to the United States early Friday to continue his medical treatment. A Pentagon spokesman, Navy
MIAMI (AP) — The San Antonio Spurs have three more chances to grab the championship trophy that slipped away last year. The way they’re dominating the Miami Heat, they might need just one. Kawhi Leonard had 20 points and 14
MUNICH, Germany, June 12 (UPI) — The copyright on Adolf Hitler’s book Mein Kampf will expire at the end of 2015, and German legal scholars are debating whether the book should be studied or suppressed. The book of Hitler’s philosophical
Behind the conservative’s dream-come-true victory of tenure laws and union contracts for California’s public schools teachers being ruled unconstitutional Wednesday by a Los Angeles Superior Court, is an organization called Students Matter. The group is led and funded by Silicon Valley
Deirdre Gurney wanted to say something, anything in defense of Phil Robertson after the Duck Dynasty star got suspended for comments he made about homosexuality in GQ Magazine late last year. Gurney is an executive producer on Robertson’s hit show,
During a June 10 question and answer session for Tumblr, Obama “praised Australia’s confiscation of firearms.” National Review Online reported Obama as saying: Couple of decades ago, Australia had a mass shooting, similar to Columbine or Newtown. And Australia just
As Congress demands answers on the reasoning behind the highly-secretive exchange of five Taliban officials for captive Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, new details emerge on Bergdahl’s time in captivity. The Department of Defense has denied they paid the Taliban money for
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel testified before the House Armed Services Committee Wednesday, reaffirming the Obama administration stance that the trade of five high-level Taliban officials for captive Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl was the “last, best opportunity” to free Bergdahl and
Tuesday testifying before the House Armed Service Committee, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel offered a full-throated defense of the release of five Taliban detainees in exchange for U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl. Follow Pam Key on Twitter @pamkeyNEN
Terror groups are now pointing well over a hundred thousand missiles at Israel, a top IDF officer told listeners at the Herzliya Conference, as reported by Israel National News. Itai Brun, director of research in the Israel Defense Forces Intelligence branch, said
The territorial dispute between China and Vietnam involving a Chinese oil rig parked near the disputed Paracel Islands has continued to escalate and, in an extensive report, the government of China is now claiming that the oil rig triggered an
The Obama administration presented news of the Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl trade alongside a narrative designed to explain why five Taliban commanders were exchanged for one member of the U.S. Army referred to as a “deserter” by those who served with
Hillary Clinton has launched a saturation bombing campaign on American audiences as she aggressively promotes her new book – and, in the process, tries to salvage her 2016 presidential campaign before it is even announced. The book is titled Hard
On May 31, Obama triumphantly announced the recovery of Bowe Bergdahl, expecting accolades from a grateful nation because *ahem- ahem* “the United States of America does not ever leave our men and women in uniform behind.” That Rose Garden announcement
Members of Congress who were told by White House officials Monday in classified briefings that Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is responsible for and had the authority to make the final approval over Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s exchange for the ‘Taliban 5.’
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Armed Services Committee will investigate the Obama administration’s swap of an American prisoner held for five years for five Taliban leaders that caused a political firestorm over the lack of congressional notification and fears the
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Five Americans troops were killed in an apparent friendly fire incident in southern Afghanistan, a U.S. defense official said Tuesday, in one of the worst such incidents involving United States or coalition troops since the start
Israel’s plain-spoken Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon on Tuesday gave a wide-ranging assessment of security challenges facing Israel, reports The Jerusalem Post. Speaking at the Herzliya Conference, Israel’s foremost annual global policy gathering, Ya’alon was skeptical of the recent Hamas-Fatah Palestinian
In a wide-ranging address, Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Benny Gantz spoke about the gamut of security challenges to Israel on Monday morning at the Herzliya Conference, reports The Times of Israel and Israel National News. The conference, hosted
