Animal rights groups are attacking PETA for continuing to kill “an average of about 2,000 dogs and cats each year at its animal shelter” according to a report. As the New York Times notes, the shelter “does few adoptions —
The United States is seriously considering speeding up the withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan because of frustration with President Hamid Karzai, the New York Times reported. And a so called ‘zero option’ — having no US troops in Afghanistan
On Monday evening, the NBC News website led with a dramatically misleading headline: “Father: 911 screams are Trayvon Martin.” While Trayvon’s father, Tracy Martin, did testify in court that the screams heard on the 911 call containing audio from the
On Monday, the Broward County Sheriff’s Office released a video calling on the public not to riot in the wake of the George Zimmerman verdict, expected this week or next in Florida. The Sheriff’s Office released a statement explaining that
The American Action Network, an establishment GOP advocacy group, has decided it will air a new television ad on Monday called “Surge” that aims to depict the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill that just passed the Senate as tough on
(AP) NEW YORKFormer Gov. Eliot Spitzer says he’s coming back to politics. He tells The New York Times he’s going to run for the office of New York City comptroller. In an interview Sunday, Spitzer says he’s planning to start collecting the
After Andy Murray became the first British man to win Wimbledon in 77 years, the New York Times mistakenly wrote that Murray was from England. Murray is in fact from Scotland, which makes up Great Britain along with England and Wales. As
On Sunday, David Gregory of Meet the Press (NBC) said that he had spoken by phone to Mohammed ElBaradei, leader of the opposition in Egypt, and that ElBaradei had told him that he would be made new interim prime minister
Appearing on This Week (ABC News) with Jonathan Karl, former president George W. Bush told Karl that he “wasn’t going to answer” about his perspective on gay marriage. “I just don’t want to wade back in the debate, I’m out
Officials say that more than a dozen classified rulings have created a secret body of law that gives the NSA the power to gather massive information collections on Americans. The data collection is not just restricted to terrorism suspects but
As NSA leaker Edward Snowden remains trapped in a Russian airport travel limbo, a fuller picture of him continues to emerge. A new article in the New York Times indicates his resume shows he has gotten certifications in “ethical hacking”
On Friday, Dr. Shiping Bao, the medical examiner who examined Trayvon Martin’s body, admitted, “I do not remember anything, zero” about the autopsy itself. The defense said that he was relying on his notes on the case, to which the
On Friday, prosecution witness Dr. Shiping Bao, an associate medical examiner who examined Trayvon Martin’s body after he was shot by George Zimmerman, said that Trayvon Martin was alive for “one to ten minutes” after he was shot. Bao also
On Friday, Trayvon Martin’s mother, Sybrina Fulton, testified on the stand that it was her son’s voice screaming for help on the 911 call made the night of his shooting by a bystander. “Ma’am, that screaming or yelling, do you
In New York, Mayor Michael Bloomberg presided on July 4 over the annual Coney Island Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest, at which winner Joey Chestnut scarfed down 69 hot dogs. Sonya Thomas, known as the
According to a newly-revised estimate of the immigration reform bill passed by the Senate from the Congressional Budget Office, the bill will cost more money while only minimally preventing more border crossers. According to the CBO, the Corker-Hoeven amendment, which
An Independence Day Gallup poll shows a wide regional disparity in the percentage of Americans who are proud to be American. Conservatives are significantly more proud to be American than liberals (89 percent to 76 percent), and people from the
A Gallup poll released on July 4 shows that while the vast majority of Americans are very proud of being American – overall, 85 percent are either extremely or very proud – a huge percentage of Americans think the founding
In his new book “This Town,” New York Times reporter Mark Leibovich describes a concerted effort by the Obama White House to feed negative stories about Rep. Darrel Issa’s past to willing and “trusted” reporters in Washington. The Washington Post has an
Historian Allen Guelzo, author of the New York Times bestselling book Gettysburg: The Last Invasion, rhetorically asked, “Where is the president? Where is the vice president? They aren’t here,” in an interview with Stephen K. Bannon on the Breitbart News live broadcast of
According to NBC News’ sources in the Mohammed Morsi administration, a military coup is underway in Egypt. An advisor to Morsi told NBC News that tanks were moving outside Cairo and that Morsi’s communications had been cut and the president
Employers across the country are complaining about the impacts of Obamacare on their businesses, with many slashing employees in order to comply with the dictates of the program. Writing teacher Clint Benjamin, who normally works for the Community College of
One of the most prominent groups in support of comprehensive immigration reform will join the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and wage an “all-in, throw-down” campaign against 11 House Republicans to try to force a vote on the bill before
There were many pivotal moments in the most pivotal battle of the Civil War; almost every inch of soil on the Gettysburg battlefield has a story to tell. However, of all the incredible moments of that three day conflict, few
