In an effort to explain away how criminal defense attorneys can do what they do, an op-ed in the Washington Post outlandishly sought to equate the acquitted Robert Zimmerman to accused serial rapist Ariel Castro and Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar
(AP) Photos show Aaron Hernandez apparently holding gunBy ERIKA NIEDOWSKI and BRIDGET MURPHYAssociated PressATTLEBORO, Mass. Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez is holding what authorities have said is a gun in several surveillance photos that were released Thursday
By JAKE PEARSONNEW YORKRetired tax auditor Jerry Stern was sitting in the front row with reporters the day in June 2011 when then-U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner–reading a short statement and ignoring the shouts from hecklers–announced his retirement from Congress at
(AP) Japan concerned about Chinese military activityBy MARI YAMAGUCHIAssociated PressTOKYOTokyo expressed unease Thursday over Chinese military and maritime activity near disputed islands that Japan controls, as China defended a flight by one of its fighter jets near Japanese airspace. Japan
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.
By DONNA CASSATAAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe House narrowly rejected a challenge to the National Security Agency’s secret collection of hundreds of millions of Americans’ phone records Wednesday night after a fierce debate pitting privacy rights against the government’s efforts to thwart terrorism.
Anthony Weiner could use some help right about now, a day following news that his chronic sexting didn’t end when he resigned from Congress in 2011. Enter James Van Der Beek, the actor best known for his work on the
The lawyers for disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong argued in federal court on Tuesday that a federal False Claims Act suit against Armstrong should be dismissed because the United States Postal Service should have been aware he was using performance-enhancing drugs.
The Orlando Sentinel has published 911 calls which came in after a car crash in Sanford, Florida on July 17th. George Zimmerman was identified by one of the victims as one of two people who helped pull his family from
Bill Gertz of the Washington Free Beacon reports that Israeli officials are quietly fuming at U.S. officials who participated in leaking information about a July 5 attack in which an Israeli Dolphin-class submarine launched missiles against Russian anti-ship missiles that
The Wall Street Journal has joined the chorus of New York-based editorial pages calling for scandal-plagued Democrat Anthony Weiner to drop out of the race for mayor. The Journal looks past Huma Abedin’s defense of her husband at Tuesday’s press conference, and
In Jacksonville, Florida this past Saturday, hundreds marched in the streets shouting, “No justice, no peace!”as part of Al Sharpton’s call for 100 cities to demonstrate for Trayvon Martin. Speakers in downtown’s Hemming Plaza also railed against Florida’s “Stand Your
The House is considering the Defense Appropriations bill and conservatives in the House are insisting on votes dealing with National Security Agency (NSA) spying, aid to the military government in Egypt, and aid to Syrian opposition groups. According to Politico, Rep.
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was so adamant in his defense of disgraced Milwaukee Brewers slugger Ryan Braun last year that he offered to bet a Twitter follower his 2013 salary on Braun’s innocence. Rodgers, who will make just
Secretary of State John Kerry’s Arab-Israeli peace plan appears to have “successfully” entered its pre-negotiations stage with the release of 82 Palestinian terrorists, all of whom have been serving life sentences since 1993. Two of the terrorists being released as
Cornel West appeared on CNN Monday and compared President Obama’s military strategy to the self-defense shooting of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman: “We must never kill innocent people in the name of self-defense. But then I thought about our drone
Breitbart News’s John Nolte joins a Huff Post Live discussion of the George Zimmerman’s acquittal in the self-defense shooting of Trayvon Martin. Nolte faces off with Professor Marc Lamont Hill on what racial angle, if any, exists in the case.
(AP) Hundreds escape in deadly Iraq prison raidsBy SINAN SALAHEDDINAssociated PressBAGHDADHundreds of Iraqi inmates escaped after insurgents armed with mortars and machines guns launched coordinated late-night assaults on two high-security prisons, sparking gun battles that left dozens of people dead,
In an interview in 2001 with an African-American oral history project, The History Makers, then-State Senator Barack Obama recalled: “I was a thug…for a big part of my growing up.” He added: “I got into fights. I drank and did–and
President Barack Obama has questioned the wisdom of “Stand Your Ground” laws, which in many states provide that a person using justified force in self-defense against an attacker has no duty to retreat before using that force. However, in 2004,
By CURT ANDERSONAP Legal Affairs WriterMIAMIDespite an outcry from civil rights groups, a call for close examination by President Barack Obama and even a 1960s-style sit-in at the Florida governor’s office, the jury’s verdict that George Zimmerman was justified in
The AP allowed their bias to slip in a recent piece about the Trayvon Martin vigils around the country on Saturday. The media is determined to make the case a white on black hate crime, but the facts do not
The approximately 500 “Justice For Trayvon” protesters in Washington, D.C., on Saturday heard calls from progressive speakers for specific boycott actions they want to use force Florida and other states to eliminate “Stand Your Ground” laws. Even though such self-defense
(AP) Across US, people rally for ‘Justice for Trayvon’By BILL BARROWAssociated PressATLANTAOne week after a jury found George Zimmerman not guilty in the death of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin, people began to gather for nationwide rallies to press for federal
In his unfortunate remarks about the Zimmerman verdict Friday, Obama said something about “stand your ground” laws that reflects popular misconceptions seen on social media–hardly befitting a law “professor”: And for those who resist that idea that we should think
