After several weeks of failure to provide timely healthcare to U.S. military veterans–with some dying as they waited for care that would never come–the Veteran’s Administration will allow veterans to pursue private healthcare options to improve their treatment. On May
MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry drew parallels between the NBA and slavery on the Saturday episode of her eponymous show. She teased a segment on Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban by saying “you can’t
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Surveillance video from the I.V. Deli Mart in Isla Vista, CA obtained by CNN shows bullets hitting the inside of the store and customers scrambling for cover last night when Elliot Rodger opened fire on the store as part of
During a May 24 press conference on Elliot Rodger’s shooting spree in California, Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said the guns Rodgers possessed “were legally purchased,” which means he went through a background check, and that he used 10-round magazines.
On May 24, Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown held a press conference in which he said Elliot Rodger killed six victims on Friday night, including three he stabbed and killed at “his residence” with a knife. Brown said there
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” host Chris Hayes discussed the “history of economic plunder and exploitation” that were called key features of white supremacy in America with The Atlantic’s Ta-Nehisi Coates. Transcript as follows: HAYES: You hear it
House Republicans: House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) discusses Republicans’ focus on bringing jobs home for America’s workers when he delivers this week’s Republican Address. Follow Pam Key on Twitter @pamkeyNEN
On this weekend’s broadcast of “The McLaughlin Group,” conservative commentator Pat Buchanan weighed in on President Barack Obama’s response to the VA scandal and the long-term consequences it will have for Obama’s ideology, which is American liberalism. Follow Jeff on
Tennessean Devin Barnes, 21, was accused of writing a racial slur on a Red Lobster restaurant receipt last year, now he’s suing after a handwriting expert has concluded it wasn’t his hand writing. The waitress also posted the receipt on the Internet at the time. Devin
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Saturday it will allow more veterans to obtain health care at private hospitals and clinics in an effort to improve their treatment. Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki also said VA facilities are enhancing
DALLAS (AP) — Robert Gates, the new president of the Boy Scouts of America, said Friday that he would have moved last year to allow openly gay adults in the organization but said he opposes any further attempts to address
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro was long viewed as biding his time: waiting out shifting demographics in Texas until 2018, when a Hispanic Democrat with a national profile could be a formidable contender for governor. Instead,
CANNES, France (AP) — The richly ruminative Chekhovian drama “Winter Sleep” was awarded the Palme d’Or on Saturday, the second Turkish film to take the Cannes Film Festival’s top honor. Director Nuri Bilge Ceylan accepted Cannes’ top honor, handed out
After two days of intense violence and death, it is quiet in Ukraine one day before a historic presidential election. The presidential candidates are out of the public eye due to a law that forbids campaigning 24 hours before an
A nationwide poll of graduating college students finds that 51 percent are extremely worried about their futures after graduation, and many feel their lives will not be as good as past generations. Also, 39 percent said they were not optimistic
The gunman who opened fire in a “Santa Barbara student enclave” on May 23 and then exchanged gunfire with police before being fatally shot is believed to have been seeking “retribution” for women who rejected his advances. Seven people were
Tribune Media Services, a division of the Tribune Company (owner of the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and 8 others) laid off around 25 of its roughly 400 employees earlier this week. Apparently this is in addition to 20 employees
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher ended his show with a monologue about political correctness. He pointed to a number of incidents including the ill-advised comments Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, the remarks from “Duck
On Friday, the Democratic Party tweeted out a prospective bumper sticker designed to tout the wonders of President Barack Obama’s administration. It carried a photo of President Obama, accompanied by the words “LIKE A BOSS.” We’ll only print this if
In the immediate aftermath of UKIP council seat gains across the United Kingdom, the ‘little to the left’ website Conservative Home held its annual conference in Westminster. Noteworthy amongst other reported comments were those by Conservative Party MP and Tory
Arguing the agency “failed to do its duty to force tougher pollution controls,” the Sierra Club has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Sierra Club claims that the EPA failed to switch the region’s ozone
At a hearing of Texas lawmakers held in Austin, Texas in April, Department of Public Safety (DPS) Director Steve McCraw said there is a “dramatic increase” in illegal immigration moving into South Texas. The increase is so massive, the U.S.
Inthe midst of the Texas House drafting articles of impeachment against Universityof Texas system regent Wallace Hall, Jr., Governor Rick Perry issued “oneof his strongest statements yet” in support of the Dallas businessman,according to the Washington Times. Perry,who appointed
Two major U.S. banks are being looked into by U.S. regulators for suspected ties to Mexican cartels. The investigations signify a crackdown on money laundering in the U.S. According to an exclusive Reuters report, Charles Schwab Corp and Bank of America’s Merrill Lynch brokerage firm
Deadline reports that the very well-reviewed (including by me) “X-Men: Days of Future Past” is on track to haul in somewhere around $97 million by Sunday, which would make Bryan Singer’s return to the franchise the biggest three-day opener of
