Thirty independent investigators from the Organization for the Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) have arrived at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, believed to have been shot down by a surface-to-air missile over disputed territory in Ukraine. The
FALFURRIAS, Texas–A previously deported felon from El Salvador was captured near a Wal-Mart store south of the city of Falfurrias. His travel partner managed to escape the search team which included a U.S. Border Patrol helicopter. Breitbart Texas witnessed a
HOUSTON, Texas–Over the last week officers confiscated large amounts of marijuana and cocaine at various Border Patrol checkpoints in Texas. Two females were arrested during separate incidents in Pharr for possessing large amounts of cocaine, according to a press release from U.S.
One day after a Swedish court upheld the charges of sexual assault against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, the attorney general of his native country called upon him to have the courage to face the trial. Australian Attorney General George Brandis
More than 20,000 Israeli troops entered Gaza late Thursday hoping to clear out Hamas tunnels that can be used by terrorists to infiltrate Israel or which warehouse rockets for Hamas and other terrorists groups. According to Israeli military sources, the
Uzbekistan, a former Soviet state deep within the Eurasian Steppe, is known as one of the most secretive and repressive dictatorships in the world. For years, President Islam Karimov’s daughter Gulnara was the most prominent member of the family, recording
LOS ANGELES — Elan Carr, the Republican nominee vying for the 33rd District congressional seat being vacated by Democratic icon Henry Waxman, raised $434,873 in the second fundraising quarter of 2014, according to FEC reports filed Tuesday. Carr finished the
The spiritual connection between authors C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, one that inspired some of the most profound storytelling of the 20th century, is the inspiration for an upcoming film, according to The Hollywood Reporter. London- and Brisbane-based Attractive Films’
DALLAS, Texas–Despite repeated roadblocks put up by the beleaguered and failed leadership at the Beaumont Independent School District (BISD), Texas EducationCommissioner Michael Williams finally announced his picks for the temporary state-appointed Board of Managers on July 14. In a ruling
BBC Radio 4’s flagship ‘Today’ programme this morning dedicated a whole feature on the charitable status of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), despite management effectively ‘banning’ its head, Lord Lawson, from the airwaves. The story focussed on the fact
FALFURRIAS, Texas–A natural gas pipeline being constructed in the western portions of Brooks County is rapidly becoming a super-highway for illegal immigrants struggling to sneak around the U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint located in the county. Workers report regularly seeing illegals
Chris Kluwe, 32, the former Minnesota Vikings punter who was cut before the 2013 season, is desperate to prove that his release was a result of his support for gay marriage rather than his mediocre performance on the field as
Yesterday was the 45th anniversary of the release of “Easy Rider,” the low-budget ($360,000) feature that made a fortune ($41 million), changed Hollywood forever, and mythologized the counter-culture. The late Dennis Hopper directed; he also co-starred and wrote the screenplay
The death march through Brooks County, Texas claimed the life of yet another illegal immigrant. A human skull and the decomposed skeletal remains are all that is left of a person who decided to come to this country illegally. A total of 42 bodies have been found this year in the desert-like ranch fields surrounding the town of Falfurrias.
The world’s oldest profession has been transformed by the Internet, and many sex workers say that it has made their jobs safer and more independent, according to a report by SFGate. “The Internet has been the most widely used form
DALLAS, Texas–Houston Independent School District (ISD) may soon join Dallas ISD in supplying vacant public schools as potential sites to house Central American and Mexican illegal immigrant minors that crossed the border into Texas. The Houston Chronicle reported that federal
You can’t believe everything you read on social media, nor be outraged at the picture memes shared on sites like Facebook and Twitter. Case in point: a 20-plus year old picture of director Steven Spielberg posing with a mechanical triceratops
California’s Brawley Union High School District insists it can forbid Christian students from mentioning their faith in Jesus Christ, claiming that if they allow a student to speak publicly, then that student is merely an agent of the California state
The Obamessiah shall not be mocked. The U.S. Department of Justice sent a member of its “Community Relations Service team” to Norfolk, Nebraska, earlier this week, to look into allegations of discrimination over a controversial float in the town’s Independence Day parade. A
Sometimes you need a trip to America to remind yourself what it is we’re fighting for. That’s what I’ve been doing in Las Vegas this last week. (One of them. You needn’t know about all the other stuff). First I’ve
Christians should marry Muslims to tackle Islamophobia, a senior former judge has said. Lord Scott, who formerly served in the Supreme Court, said that his own family, in which two of his children married Muslims, is an example of how
(Reuters) – Revenues from Britain’s oil over the next 30 years could be around 25 percent less than previously predicted, the UK’s independent budget office said on Thursday, delivering a blow to Scotland’s campaign for independence. The Office for Budget
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki declared Wednesday that he suspected Iraq’s northern autonomous Kurdish region of hosting militants from the Islamic State, the group formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). “Honestly, we cannot be silent
Ireland’s passion for country and western music – or “country and culchie,” as Dublin sophisticates dismiss it with the pejorative word for a rural native – has exploded this week across the government and parliament with the news that five
AUSTIN, Texas–After three years of deteriorating relations with his employers on the University of Texas Board of Regents and a growing scandal involving legislators allegedly using their clout to get friends and family admitted without proper qualifications, UT president Bill
MPs on the UK’s Treasury Select Committee have accused tax authorities of riding roughshod over the Magna Carta, with their new powers to empty members of the public’s bank accounts with little scrutiny. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) say they
Israeli military forces struck more than 150 targets in Gaza overnight in what might be a protracted campaign to stop the latest wave of rocket fire from Hamas and other terrorist groups aimed at Israeli civilians. Officials called up 40,000
The jingle “hold the pickles, hold the lettuce, special orders don’t upset us” may need to include hold the hamburgers too, as drought-related costs have spiked the prices of hamburgers at favorite fast-food restaurants like In-N-Out Burger. The San Bernadino
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Leading figures from the world of healthcare have written a letter to The Times, calling for a cross-party independent review on how the National Health Service (NHS) is funded. The signatories, including the heads of the Royal College of Physicians
Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi plans to use Italy’s six months in the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union to push the EU to take more responsibility for the tens of thousands of illegal migrants who are
The worst thing, no, the second worst thing about the paedophile and sex abuse scandal that is currently engulfing Westminster is that it isn’t news to most people who have worked in and around Parliament for even a few years.
German authorities have arrested a 31-year-old man for alleged espionage in the favor of the United States and passing on key intelligence information. According to multiple reports, the man, who worked for German intelligence service BND, was working as a
(AFP) Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Sunday he “wished” three jailed Al-Jazeera journalists including an Australian had not been put on trial, conceding the case had been damaging, a newspaper reported. The journalists — Australia’s Peter Greste, Canadian-Egyptian Mohamed
AUSTIN, Texas–A Friday, July 4, deadline passed for the University of Texas president to resign his post over a growing admissions scandal, with sources telling the Austin American Statesman that Bill Powers is now trying to negotiate for a longer stay at
While Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other top Republicans have bragged about their desire to destroy the so called Tea Party, or their own conservative GOP base, even their own polls are demonstrating how they may have over-reached and
In 1776 Americans declared themselves independent of more than arbitrary rule by a distant monarch. They also severed the ties of aristocracy. This was in itself a revolutionary notion. It meant that political power, its attendant privilege and economic advantages
One bit of evidence I presented in May, to back up the contention that the Obama Administration is unwise to cede Internet control to an international body, was the creation of a “right to be forgotten” by Europe’s highest court.
Posted with permission of John E. Michel, Brig. Gen., USAF – Commanding General, NATO Air Training Command-Afghanistan; Commander, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing “Those who have the privilege to know have the duty to act.” Albert Einstein It has been called the
July 4th has rightly become more associated with the American people and American principles more than any other day on the calendar. It is a demonstration of this country’s culture as millions of patriotic Americans dress in red, white, and
Kurdish representatives seemed unwilling to move back to the “pre-June 9” Iraqi governing structure that entails taking orders from Baghdad. A Kurdish representative said after a meeting with Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington Wednesday, “we are not ready