During the August 17 airing of NBC-Milwaukee’s Sunday Insight on WTMJ, host Charlie Sykes spoke to Michael Bloomberg’s unsuccessful involvement in the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s race by saying, “Thanks for stopping by Mike, don’t let the door hit you on
Billionaires and millionaires are giving hundreds of thousands of dollars in support of Washington state’s Initiative 594 — a gun control initiative expanding background checks. The initiative will go before voters in November. According to KING 5, Initiative 594 would
A Malaysian teen who “liked” a pro-Israel Facebook post is now being investigated for sedition and could face jail time for his “crime.” The 17-year-old from Penang reportedly liked someone’s post on the social media site that declared “I love
With a month to go until Scotland votes on independence from Britain, polls suggest the plan will be defeated, leaving First Minister Alex Salmond and the Yes camp in an uphill battle to secure victory. Salmond has struggled to convince
A man authorities described as drunk stabbed three New York commuters at New York’s Grand Central Terminal on Saturday morning. Police said that after a verbal altercation with the three men, Ivan DeLeon, 38, pulled out a knife and attacked
Orange County police authorities, reacting to the fuming riots in Ferguson Missouri, concluded that a militarized law enforcement response is valid in heated situations, but needs to be initiated on a case-by-case basis. The Orange County Register reported that Irvine
Narcotics investigators removed and airlifted up to 4,000 marijuana plants in various stages of maturity that were discovered in Laguna Wilderness Park in Orange County, California, on Friday, just a few hundred feet from a private high school and a
California’s drought has been negatively affecting businesses throughout the Golden State, particularly in Folsom Lake, where water levels have shrunken so much that the area which should be bustling with beach-goers and water sport enthusiasts resembles a desert, resulting in
On the second anniversary of President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, the President and CEO of La Raza called for Obama to expand the program with another executive amnesty. Janet Murguia said DACA has been a
(Reuters) – The Hezbollah leader described the radical Islamist movement that has seized large areas of Iraq and Syria as a growing “monster” that could threaten Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and other Gulf states, according to an interview printed on
Together with Yazidi leaders and emergency relief agency heads on the ground in northern Iraq, UN officials immediately disputed claims made late Wednesday by President Obama that Yazidi civilians stranded on Mount Sinjar no longer faced a humanitarian catastrophe, and
A leading figure in the Scottish Independence debate has raised fears that should the country remain in the UK after next month’s referendum, the rest of the country will exact “revenge” upon Scotland for daring to seek independence. In his
(Reuters) – The United States is asking European countries to supply arms and ammunition to Kurdish forces fighting jihadists of the Islamic State in Iraq, U.S. and European officials said, signaling a widening of the international role in the conflict.
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government troops captured a fiercely contested suburb of the capital Thursday after five months of heavy fighting, flushing rebels from their last hideouts and quickly moving to crush pockets of resistance in the surrounding countryside, activists
Downing Street has been accused of misleading the public about the CV of a major Tory donor who was given a peerage, according to the Independent. Jewellery magnate Ranbir Singh Suri, was elevated to the House of Lords on the
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain would “favourably consider” a request for arms from the Kurds to help them battle Sunni militants who have seized much of Iraq, the BBC reported on Friday, citing unidentified sources. The United States has asked European
Authorities in New Hampshire are reacting to dozens of overdoses from a synthetic marijuana called “Smacked,” prompting Governor Maggie Hassan to declare a state of emergency. The drug is being peddled stealthily, sold in corner stores reportedly as “potpourri.” It
Clashes between police and rioters in Ferguson, Missouri grew more violent Wednesday night and early Thursday as crowds threw Molotov cocktail-styled incendiary bombs at police, who responded with tear gas and riot control tactics. “Wednesday saw more tense confrontations,” the
China’s National Bureau of Statistics revealed data on August 13th that the nation’s credit plunged by a dramatic and wildly unexpected 86% in July, down to the slowest pace since the 2008 bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers and the start of the
The 10th Annual Classic Rock Roll of Honour, “rocks most prestigious night,” will be held on Tuesday, November 4 in Hollywood, California on U.S soil for the first time in its history. “Red Rocker” Sammy Hagar, one of the few
A year after insisting that Congress must pass comprehensive amnesty legislation, Cisco announced Wednesday that it would lay off another 6,000 workers, about 8% of its workforce. According to BizJournals, Cisco has previously announced that “it would lay off 4,000
United States civil rights activists pressed the United Nations to take more action against “Stand Your Ground” laws passed in over 20 American states. The groups made their case in a hearing with the UN Committee on the Elimination of
Despite what the D.C. consultants and establishment have been whispering to them, Republican candidates are finding out that voters are against illegal immigration the more they learn about the issue. And more Republicans–even those from states far from the border–are
Geneva, August 13 (QNA) – The number of reported Ebola cases in West Africa has climbed to 1,975, the World Health Organization WHO said Wednesday. Among these patients, 1,069 have died in the four affected countries – Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria
On Wednesday, Ferguson, Missouri, Chief of Police Thomas Jackson told the media that the officer who shot and killed teen Michael Brown was injured in the scuffle that resulted in the shooting. This is the first official news of the
Marine combat veteran Bing West explains how to defeat our enemies in today’s National Review. We reprint here. By pulling our forces out of Iraq in 2011, Mr. Obama claimed, he “ended the war.” Three years later, the winner of
(Reuters) – Libya’s parliament on Wednesday voted to disband the country’s militia brigades and called on the United Nations to protect civilians in an effort to end the worst fighting between armed factions since the 2011 fall of Muammar Gaddafi. Lawmakers appeared
(Reuters) – The body of an American tourist from Chicago has been found stuffed into a suitcase in Indonesia’s resort island of Bali and the victim’s daughter and her boyfriend have been arrested for what police suspect was a gruesome
VANCOUVER (Reuters) – A Canadian prosecutor has approved criminal charges against four members of an isolated polygamous community in British Columbia nearly three years after the province’s Supreme Court upheld a ban on plural marriages. British Columbia’s Ministry of Justice
L.A. Clippers owner Steve Ballmer has joined other billionaires and millionaires in donating money to push a gun control initiative in Washington state, which will expand firearm background checks to online purchases and gun shows. But online sales from any
On Wednesday, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin said that President Barack Obama’s potential executive amnesty will decimate American workers who are struggling in Obama’s economy, especially minorities who powered Obama to the presidency. “This issue of middle class wage stagnation
Sympathizers with the Hamas cause in Gaza have brought their tactics to America, publicizing an effort to blockade an Israeli ship from unloading its cargo in Long Beach, CA on Wednesday morning. The poster publicizing the intended event read, “Block
In a reminder of the dangers involved with human smuggling, Customs and Border Protection discovered two Mexican nationals “unconscious and not breathing” attempting to enter the U.S. illegally from Mexico in the trunk of a car, according to reports. CBP
A local WNEP news report states the owner of a Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, bridal boutique whose business was downgraded and insulted on social media after she refused to service two lesbians due to her religious beliefs says her business is open and
ASHKELON, Israel – Israel and Hamas agreed to extend the current ceasefire by another 72 hours late Wednesday night, although Israel’s Channel 2 News reports a rocket landed in the Eshkol region shortly after reports of the agreement surfaced. As
Despite the media furor surrounding the outbreak of Ebola virus in Africa – and despite the repeated testing throughout the United States and Europe of travelers arriving from Africa – worries about an Ebola outbreak in America are wildly overblown.
This article first appeared at BBC: The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified Kenya as a “high-risk” country for the spread of the deadly Ebola virus. Kenya was vulnerable because it was a major transport hub, with many flights from
In England’s most northerly town, local people are looking over the border to Scotland and worrying about what would happen if it votes for independence next month. Berwick-upon-Tweed changed hands between England and Scotland 13 times in medieval border wars
Deporting illegal immigrants to their home countries in Central America has convinced some migrants that they will not receive amnesty in the United States and discouraged them from making the journey to America. Though mainstream media outlets and Democrats insist
A startling new political science study concludes that corporate interests and mega wealthy individuals control U.S. policy to such a degree that “the preferences of the average American appear to have only a minuscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public
