A U-2 spy plane, one of the key weapons of the Cold War, is apparently responsible for a computer failure in Los Angeles that disrupted air traffic control operations in California and across the nation, NBC news reports. Sources quoted by
On May 5th, the Missouri Senate Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee will vote on expanding the state’s “Castle Doctrine” provisions via HB 1539. The bill was sponsored by Representative Mike Kelley (R-127) and is now “being handled by
37-year-old Jose Emmanuel Torres, a now-former Department of Defense (DoD) analyst of Miami, Florida, is accused of conducting a bribery scheme that involved accepting cash from an illegal immigrant in order to help that individual stay inside the U.S. Specifically,
Pro-Russian forces in Sloviansk finally released seven members of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) along with five members of the Ukrainian defense ministry. The members were abducted on April 25 on suspicions of being NATO spies.
On May 2nd Florida Carry (FC) filed suit against the city of Tallahassee’s refusal to carve out “a niche” for self-defense gun use in the city’s public parks. The Second Amendment Foundation filed as a plaintiff with FC. According to
I grew up under the impression that there was some sort of “right to privacy” floating among the penumbras and emanations of the Constitution. I guess those penumbras were more like a Constitutional solar flare that has died down dramatically
The New York Times published a story Sunday which makes clear that protesters in Venezuela have been suffering tremendous abuse at the hands of the country’s police and soldiers. The crackdown is so severe that even some allies of President
AP: Russia’s military moves in Ukraine “shatter the myth” that the end of the Cold War meant an end to insecurity, at least in Europe, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Friday. (May 2)
NEW YORK (AP) — Six years after slashing a psychotherapist he’d never met to death with a meat cleaver, David Tarloff stood before a judge and pleaded for mercy Friday, saying he was tormented for decades by what felt like
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Kevin Durant insisted the Thunder facing elimination was all the motivation he needed. Thanks to the NBA’s best scorer, the Thunder remain alive and can finish off the Memphis Grizzlies back in Oklahoma City. Durant scored
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — An apparent gas explosion all but destroyed a jail in the Florida Panhandle, killing two inmates and injuring more than 180 people, and officials lost track of three inmates in the chaos, authorities said Thursday. The
In the next few months, highly secretive US military researchers say they will unveil new advances toward developing a brain implant that could one day restore a wounded soldier’s memory. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is forging ahead
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS (AP)–Tony Parker was nursing a sprained left ankle and playing a critical playoff game on no sleep only hours after the birth of his first child. It was the perfect formula for a resurgent performance from the
ARLINGTON, TEXAS (AP)–Shortstop Elvis Andrus and left-hander Robbie Ross were gone by the sixth inning on a tough night for them and the Texas Rangers. Yoenis Cespedes and Eric Sogard had two-run hits off Ross in a big third inning
J Street suffered a potentially mortal blow against its attempts to regain its shattered credibility as the Conference of Major Jewish Organizations overwhelmingly refused to extend membership to the organization on Wednesday. Of the 39 members voting, only 17 voted
This afternoon, the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations will vote on whether to admit J Street as a member of the 51 member conference. J Street’s hostile policy stances regarding Israel continue to generate controversy across the political
An Australian company is claiming that it has found debris that could have potentially come from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, nearly two months since the plane initially disappeared. The Malaysian government confirmed that it is investigating the report. The
HOUSTON, TEXAS (AP)–The Houston Astros made several moves to improve their bullpen this offseason after it blew a MLB-leading 29 saves last year. So far the revamped group hasn’t helped the Astros hold leads any better than it did in
The student data processing company inBloom, Inc. will shut its doors within the next few months following criticism that led to the recent loss of its last active client – New York State. In 2012, the Bill and Melinda Gates
Barack Obama’s chickens are coming home to roost in Asia. During his ongoing trip to America’s most important allies in the region, he has been buffeted by ill-concealed anxieties at every stop that, these days, it is better to be
Dinesh D’Souza and the team behind the upcoming documentary America promised they would let hard leftists have a say in their pro-USA feature set for a July 4 release. The film’s latest trailer shows they mean to keep their word.
It looks like all sorts of people are joining the game of rewriting parts of the U.S. Constitution. It started with state legislators who apparently had time on their hands, and now it’s even extended to U.S. Supreme Court Justices.
In California, a public school teacher can be fired at any time without cause during the first two years of employment. After that, however, about 98 percent of teachers manage to attain tenure–or, more accurately, “permanence.” Principals make tenure decisions
In 1972, President Nixon conducted unconstitutional surveillance of those he deemed “suspicious” and, when caught, resigned under threat of impeachment. Under the current administration, unconstitutional surveillance has expanded to all citizens, suspicious or not. This behavior was not permissible during
Despite recent and repeated assurances from Obama Administration officials that Russia remains a productive and essential ally of Western efforts to secure a permanent nuclear deal agreement with Iran that keeps the Islamic Republic from obtaining the means to develop
