PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — A month before he fatally shot his girlfriend, Oscar Pistorius cajoled a friend into taking the blame when a gun was accidentally fired under the Johannesburg restaurant table where he and other friends were sitting,
Orlando Sentinel: Attorneys for U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Orlando, played video today of the confrontation between the congressman and his wife, telling reporters that Lolita Grayson was the aggressor. During a news conference, defense attorney Mark NeJame played cellphone video
In a surprising blow to President Obama, seven Democratic Senators turned against his controversial nominee Justice Department nominee, Debo Adegbile, helping defeat him on a bare-majority vote, 47-52. Adegbile, nominated to be the DOJ’s Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, had earned
BEIJING, March 5 (UPI) —China’s defense budget will increase by 12.2 percent to 808.2 billion yuan (about $132 billion) in 2014, a draft submitted to lawmakers indicated Wednesday. The increase represents the highest growth rate in China’s defense budget since
In the same week that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) intercepted a Gaza-bound shipment of Syrian missiles from Iran, President Barack Obama is asking Congress to reduce U.S. funding for Israel’s missile defense programs by $200 million, according to the
Lt. Col. Peter Lerner, speaking for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), told reporters Wednesday afternoon that the Iranian shipment of Syrian M-302 missiles in the Red Sea by naval commandos in Operation Full Disclosure saved “millions of lives” among Israeli
Israeli commandos seized control of a cargo ship carrying dozens of medium range rockets early Wednesday that officials say was bound for Gaza. The ship carried Syrian-made M-302 rockets with a range of up to 200 kilometers–or about 125 miles, Israel Defense
When naval commandos from the Israel Defense Force (IDF) boarded the Panama-registered Klos-C merchant ship early Wednesday morning, they uncovered the most significant illicit Iranian arms shipment since the Karine A incident in 2002. According to news reports, the shipment included “advanced
Israeli special naval forces on Wednesday morning intercepted a ship in the Red Sea carrying an Iranian arms shipment headed for the Gaza Strip, reports The Jerusalem Post. Naval commandos from Israel’s elite Shayetet 13 unit boarded and took control
Israeli military forces stopped two terrorists planting explosives on the Israel-Syria border in the northern Golan Heights early Wednesday morning, according to the Israel Defense Forces Spokesman’s office, cited by The Jerusalem Post. A group of suspicious figures approached the
WASHINGTON, D.C.–President Obama recently nominated Debo Adegbile to be head of the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice. Texas Senator Ted Cruz today spoke out against the nomination and criticized Adegbile, who previously held a leadership position at the NAACP
Four years after CNN foreign policy analyst Fareed Zakaria praised President Barack Obama for scrapping the missile defense system in Eastern Europe, Zakaria swiftly backtracked on Sunday after top Ukrainian officials declared that Russia was invading the country. Zakaria, the host of CNN’s
Environmentalists are whining that the House GOP is practicing “environmental racism” for their legislation that would make the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to focus its attention on chemicals posing the greatest risk to the public, rather than trying to put
Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld went on Fox News Channel’s “On the Record” with Greta Van Susteren to discuss President Barack Obama’s foreign policy in light of Russian President Vladimir Putin ignoring Obama’s warning on the Ukraine…
The United States Supreme Court has denied review in the appeal of the Romeike parents, German homeschoolers who sought and were granted asylum in the U.S. to avoid losing custody of their children in their country, where homeschooling is largely
Russia’s Black Sea Fleet told Ukrainian forces in Crimea they must surrender by 3 a.m. GMT or there will be military action against them. The BBC said they received confirmation of the ultimatum from Ukraine’s defense ministry. Interim President Oleksandr
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — The first witness in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial testified Monday to hearing a woman’s “blood-curdling” screams before the sound of four gunshots on the night the double-amputee Olympian killed his girlfriend. Michell Burger, a
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired two short-range missiles into the sea Monday in the second such launch in less than a week, amid ongoing annual military exercises between Seoul and Washington, South Korean officials said. The launches
WASHINGTON (AP) — Western powers are prepared “to go to the hilt” to isolate Russia for its military incursion into Ukraine, “an incredible act of aggression” that may lead to visa bans, asset freezes, trade and investment penalties, and a
On February 28th a bill to allow concealed carry on Idaho college campuses passed out of committee on an “11 to 3 vote” and now goes to the full House for floor debate. The bill passed the Idaho senate earlier
In June 2008, Senator Chuck Schumer penned an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal stating that, in order to enlist Russia’s help in shutting down Iran’s nuclear program, the United States should appease Vladimir Putin in his designs on Eastern Europe.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Malcolm Brogdon scored eight of his 19 points during a decisive second-half run and No. 12 Virginia clinched the top seed in the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament by beating No. 4 Syracuse 75-56 on Saturday. Akil
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Virginia guard Malcolm Brogdon did a double take when told that the Cavaliers have only won the Atlantic Coast Conference championship outright once in their history, and that it was 33 years ago. The 12th-ranked Cavaliers
The Girl Scouts require all members to recite the Girl Scout Law which includes the promise that “I will do my best to be honest and fair.” Last week, Anna Maria Chavez – CEO of the Girl Scouts of the
