Hundreds of demonstrators convened on Hollywood Boulevard at noon on Saturday to protest peacefully and stage a die-in expressing their frustrations over grand jury decisions not to indict the officers involved in recent civilian deaths resulting from a variety of different
Many celebrities didn’t wait to see what the grand jury in Ferguson, MO had to say about the death of Michael Brown. They started firing off their opinions via social media long before we learned officer Darren Wilson wouldn’t be
Embattled MIT professor Jonathan Gruber has not only gotten in trouble for bragging about helping President Obama put one over on the American people with Obamacare, he’s also been uncovered as an abortion advocate–but not a run-of-the-mill advocate of “women’s
It was the culmination of an intense burst of campaigning by left-wing pressure groups Avaaz, Change.org, Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, BugLife and the Environmental Justice Foundation which erupted from nowhere last year. One minute, no one had heard of
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — In Kenya, where the police have long been known to harbor death squads, evidence mounts that many ordinary cops on the beat have turned into killers — doling out death to terror suspects, civilians, even children.
An apparently antisemitic man, who thought Paris Hilton to be Jewish, has posed death and rape threats on the Instagram accounts of both the socialite heiress and her father Rick. “KILL JEWS FOR FUN,” and “I know ur Jew family
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — After working though a buyout issue, Jim McElwain is leaving Colorado State to become Florida’s next head coach. The Gators announced the hiring Thursday at the same time McElwain started a team meeting with players and
In September, the Highland Park Independent School District (ISD) in the Dallas metro area pulled seven books off its approved high school English literature shelves, then put six back on, and has been bickering over one in particular ever since
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On Monday, the same-sex couples at the center of the gay marriage legal challenge in Texas, petitioned US District Judge Orlando Garcia at the Federal Courthouse in San Antonio to allow gay marriage to begin taking place in Texas immediately. This
Tuesday, Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) said, “His [President Barack Obama] decision to take unilateral action on immigration, action he himself said exceeded his authority, makes it harder for the American people and their elected representatives to
Following a closed-door meeting described as passionate but not contentious, Republicans are poised to move forward on a two-step response to President Obama’s executive action, but they are still haggling over the details. As early as this week, the GOP
According to Variety, Relativity Media’s new drama, Black or White, starring Kevin Costner, is fighting an uphill battle for attention this awards season as the race for the Oscars heats up. The film, which features Kevin Coster as a prosperous Los Angeles
21st Century Fox CEO and international media magnate Rupert Murdoch took to Twitter Saturday to defend his studio’s casting choices for the upcoming biblical film Exodus: Gods and Kings, after critics chastised its Caucasian line-up. 20th Century Fox, a subsidiary
Once again tempers flared as Black Friday shoppers from coast to coast headed to the stores this Thanksgiving holiday, and fists flew from California, to Indianapolis, to the East Coast. Even a few shoppers in England got into a tussle
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin rejected a notion this week that a quota system should be enacted to limit the number of Hollywood films that can be viewed in theaters across Russia. A parliamentary debate for Thursday was cancelled due
Thanksgiving is the most uniquely American day of the year — regardless of our ethnic ancestries. It is a day of gratitude spent with family and friends, feasting on turkey with all the trimmings and watching football. Most of all,
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian defense ministry says its warships have entered the English Channel to wait out a storm following a week of maneuvers in the North Sea. The ministry said in a statement carried by Russian news agencies
Hollywood filmmakers Amy Berg and Nate Parker launched an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign on Wednesday seeking $25,000 for a new documentary inspired by the events in Ferguson titled American Race: A Film on the Black Male Crisis. The announcement came two days after
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF), a non-profit free market think tank based in Austin, has announced plans for its thirteenth annual Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature. The event will be held January 7 – 9,
Pakistani Muslim Bollywood actress, Veena Malik, her actor husband, Asad Bashir Khan, the owner of the country’s largest media group plus the show’s host and two guests were all sentenced to 26 years in prison for “blasphemy.” How was “blasphemy”
LONDON (AP) — Halloween and Mother’s Day have become staples of the U.K. shopping calendar. Now Black Friday looks as though it may be the next big retail import from the United States. Shopping on the day after Thanksgiving is
Former Environment Minister Owen Paterson has called for Britain to leave the EU and negotiate a new free trade agreement with Europe. Speaking at the Eurosceptic “Business for Britain” think tank, Mr Paterson told the audience that “As they [the
**UPDATE** The grand jury will deliver its verdict at 9 PM, according to reports from several news outlets. FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — A grand jury has reached a decision about whether to indict a Ferguson police officer in the shooting
The Dutch authorities on Saturday ordered the preventative cull of 8,000 ducks amid fears that a bird flu outbreak could spread to the country’s poultry heartland. A farm at Kamperveen to the northeast of Barneveld, one of Europe’s most intensive
Soon-to-be Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell denounced President Obama’s executive action on immigration reform on Thursday, warning that when Republicans come back in 2015 they would act to block Obama’s decision. “We’re considering a variety of options, but make no
Japanese culture enjoyed unique purchase on the imaginations of children and teens in the 1990s, creating beloved franchises such as Dragon Ball and Yu-Gi-Oh! In addition to significant financial success, these brands left oversized cultural footprints, thanks to the spread
With a murder rate many times higher than the US, Russian legislators approved the carry of guns for self-defense. The new law was announced on November 18. The International Business Times reports that prior to this change “Russians were only allowed
The two-state solution is, effectively, dead. It was mortally wounded long before today’s terror attack on a Jerusalem synagogue, which marks a third intifada. The final straw came with the Gaza war this past summer, when Hamas rockets and tunnels
There are at least two notable issues that emerge from this brief clip of Barack Obama’s latest remarks on the current fire storm surrounding Jonathan Gruber, ObamaCare and the White House. First, Obama describes Gruber as “some adviser who never
On Thursday evening, the South African Parliament erupted into a vicious brawl in which several members of the opposition were injured. It started when a member of the left-wing opposition called the country’s president a “thief.” When she refused to
Advocates for higher taxes in California have plans for 2016 that include a wide variety of ways to siphon funds from California voters. Tax hikers are preparing prospective initiatives that would include making Proposition 30 taxes permanent, instituting a property
Sen. Mike Crapo has a conservative voting record, but he’s no one’s idea of a bomb-thrower. The Idaho Republican toiled for years negotiating with Democrats over deficit issues with the “Gang of Six” and has a knack for bipartisan deal-making
In an effort to aid hundreds of thousands of Christians being martyred for their faith in Iraq and Syria, producer Mark Burnett and actress Roma Downey have launched a relief fund for the cause: Cradle of Christianity. The pair has
The Duck Dynasty family is getting its own musical. According to Variety, the story of the Robertson family will serve as the inspiration for The Duck Commander Family Musical, a new theater show that will open early next year at
Congressman Lacy Clay (D-MO), whose district covers both the county and city of St. Louis, told Breitbart News on Wednesday that he is not speculating about the upcoming grand jury indictment decision regarding the August police shooting death of 18-year-old
According to a Reuters report, Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) filed the lawsuit against Pine Creek High School near Colorado Springs for their ban on religious speech during recess and other “open periods.” As Breitbart News reported previously, ADF also alerted
Researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) – famed in climate change ‘denier’ circles as the institution that brought us the Climategate email scandal – have found that climate change affects the ability of a solitary bee species to
According to a Variety report released this week on the plunge in the number cable television viewers, millions of Americans are going through what I call The Process. You don’t just cut your cable or satellite television cord all at
The Colosseum, Rome’s most iconic monument, already draws hundreds of thousands of tourists each year, but recent proposals for alternative uses for the arena have sparked a debate over the best way to honor Rome’s past while projecting its future.
On Thursday and Friday, the socialist government of Venezuela stood before the United Nations Committee Against Torture to answer for more than 5,000 complaints of human rights violations over the last decade—3,000 of which occurred in 2014. El Universal, Venezuela’s
