FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Tensions briefly flared then subsided late Saturday night and early Sunday in Ferguson as nightly protests continued two weeks after a white city police officer fatally shot an unarmed black 18-year-old. Police reported only a handful
While testing the waters for a potential 2016 presidential run in Iowa this week, Democrat and former Virginia senator Jim Webb slammed President Barack Obama’s unprecedented executive actions and Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy. As Obama considers enacting amnesty “by the
Just before 3:30 a.m. Sunday, an earthquake rocked Northern California 10 miles northwest of American Canyon, six miles southwest of Napa, California according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The 6.0 reading on the Richter scale renders it the largest earthquake
A Dominican Republic commission in charge of public performances says Miley Cyrus’ “twerking” is too much for the nation’s music lovers. The pop star was scheduled to make an appearance in Santo Domingo Sept. 13, but the commission called the
LUHANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Declaring it had lost patience with Ukraine’s stalling tactics, Russia sent over 130 aid trucks rolling into rebel-held eastern Ukraine on Friday without the approval of the government in Kiev. Ukraine called the move a “direct
Maya Moore put up incredible numbers all season for Minnesota. Now she’s got her first WNBA MVP award. Moore earned the league’s most valuable player on Thursday, hours before the Lynx opened their Western Conference semifinals playoff series with the
BANGKOK (AP) — Three months after overthrowing Thailand’s last elected government, this Southeast Asian nation’s junta leader is stepping out of his army uniform for good — to take up the post of prime minister in a move critics say
North Korean media have graced Secretary of State John Kerry with one of its trademark insults against foreign leaders, calling him a “wolf with a hideous lantern jaw,” according to the Associated Press. The AP noted that Wednesday’s insult against
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian militants launched dozens of rockets and Israel responded with airstrikes on Wednesday after Egyptian efforts to mediate a lasting truce in the monthlong Gaza war collapsed in a hail of fire a day
TOKYO (AP) — Rain-sodden slopes collapsed in torrents of mud, rock and debris Wednesday in the outskirts of Hiroshima, killing at least 36 people and leaving seven missing, police said. Public broadcaster NHK showed rescue workers suspended by ropes from
Repeat felon and illegal alien Edgar Vargas Arzate had been set free twice in the past year from the Orange County jail despite Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainers seeking to transfer custody to ICE. Now Arzate is embroiled in
BAGHDAD (AP) — Skirmishes broke out Tuesday between Iraqi security forces and militants on the outskirts of Tikrit, a local official and a resident said, a day after the Iraqi and Kurdish troops backed by U.S. airstrikes dislodged Islamic militants
NEW YORK (AP) — Few would recognize his face, but most would know his voice: that booming baritone that for nearly four decades would introduce the lineups on “Saturday Night Live.” Don Pardo, the durable television and radio announcer whose
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Thousands of protesters demanding Pakistan’s prime minister step down prepared Tuesday to march on parliament in the capital, as authorities beefed up security to prevent possible violence. The demonstrators, who have camped out in Islamabad in two
BAGHDAD (AP) — Boosted by two days of U.S. airstrikes, Iraqi and Kurdish forces on Monday wrested back control of the country’s largest dam from Islamic militants, a military spokesman in Baghdad said as fighting was reported to be underway
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s governor on Monday ordered the National Guard to a St. Louis suburb convulsed by protests over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen, after a night in which police used tear gas to clear
The Associated Press preseason Top 25 is out. Take a look at how the ballots break down, and find out what to watch for when the college football season begins this month: ___ ‘NOLES NATION DOMINATION Finish No. 1. Start
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has ordered a federal autopsy in the Missouri shooting case of Ferguson teen Michael Brown, citing “extraordinary circumstances.” The family’s attorney, Ben Crump, told The Associated Press that funeral arrangements for 18-year-old
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Tens of thousands of protesters rallied Saturday in Pakistan’s capital, defying the pouring rain to demand the prime minister step down in the biggest challenge yet to the country’s government. Imran Khan, a famous cricketer who now
HOUSTON, Texas–Breitbart Texas has learned that a story released yesterday by the Associated Press (AP), and subsequently picked up by other news outlets across Texas, is not correct. While there are Texas National Guardsmen on the border, they are not part of
Amid the dearth of good news surrounding the outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa, one headline worth cheering about has finally surfaced: the news that Christian doctor Kent Brantly, currently being treated in Atlanta, Georgia for the disease,
NANJING, China (AP) — Three teenage athletes from the Ebola-affected region of Africa will not be allowed to compete at the Youth Olympics in China because of the risk of possible infection, the IOC and local organizers said Friday. All
A leaked document from the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis predicts increased “anti-government violence over the next year.” The document says the inspiration for violence is Cliven Bundy’s Bunkerville standoff with the Bureau of Land Management
BAGHDAD (AP) — Nouri al-Maliki, Iraq’s prime minister for the past eight years, relinquished the post to his nominated replacement late Thursday, ending a political deadlock that has plunged the country into uncertainty as it fights a Sunni militant insurgency.
The U.S. Education Department announced Tuesday that it has granted $28.4 million to cover fees for low-income students for advanced placement tests administered in 2015 by the College Board, the International Baccalaureate Organization, and the Cambridge International Examinations. In a
Nineteen-year-old Marcus Kalani Watson was arrested on August 12 and faces federal charges for allegedly robbing a recycling center and three banks in Oahu, Hawaii. An FBI informant in the case says Watson’s total take was $41,000, some of which
CAIRO (AP) — Israel and Hamas agreed to extend a temporary cease-fire for five days, Egyptian and Palestinian officials announced Wednesday, permitting the sides to continue to negotiate a substantive deal to end the war in Gaza. Yet even as
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Six people — including an Associated Press video journalist — were killed Wednesday when leftover ordnance believed to have been dropped in an Israeli airstrike blew up in the Gaza Strip. Simone Camilli and
Tony Stewart could still face criminal charges for running down Kevin Ward Jr. with his sprint car, even if the three-time NASCAR champion didn’t mean to kill Ward, hurt him or even scare him. Ontario County Sheriff Philip Povero, who
The 2015 African Cup of Nations soccer tournament is in doubt following the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) is facing a logistical nightmare as various countries refuse to accept teams from affected nations, forcing
According to the Associated Press, the GOP-controlled Florida Legislature has approved new congressional maps that were ordered to be redrawn by Circuit Court Judge Terry Lewis, who ruled that the “current” congressional districts were “illegally drawn to benefit the GOP.” The not-so-bipartisan
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The PBS series “Antiques Roadshow” says it hit a home run with a collection of 1870s Boston baseball memorabilia. A trove of signatures and rare baseball cards from Boston Red Stockings players was appraised at $1
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s embattled Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, in a surprise speech late Sunday, resisted calls for his resignation and accused the country’s new president of violating the constitution, plunging the government into a political crisis at a time
According to the Associated Press, police are saying that the murder of Rabbi Joseph Raksin by two black men in North Miami was probably not a hate crime but a robbery that exploded into murder. Around 9:00 a.m. Saturday, Rabbi
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Ed O’Bannon knows it’s not over, far from it. He’s ready for the appeals, and welcomes a challenge to the ruling that could change big-time college sports forever. After five years of battling the NCAA, O’Bannon
The president and director of the upstate New York dirt track, which was the site where Tony Stewart’s car struck and killed Kevin Ward Jr. on Saturday night, believes Stewart did not act intentionally. Chuck Miller, the “president and race
From the Los Angeles Times: Tony Stewart will not compete in a NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen International on Sunday after being involved in an incident that claimed the life of a driver during a race in New
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Saturday proposed a broader long-term strategy to confront Islamic militants in Iraq, who have surprised U.S. intelligence with the fast pace of their approach on the Kurdish capital of Irbil. Obama warned Americans
BAGHDAD (AP) — Hundreds of women from the Yazidi religious minority have been taken captive by Sunni militants with “vicious plans,” an Iraqi official said Friday, further underscoring the dire plight of Iraq’s minorities at the hands of the Islamic
A new, unprecedented bill passed by California’s State Senate on Thursday will encourage public schools to teach students about the historical significance surrounding Barack Obama’s status as the first African-American president of the United States of America. Assembly Bill 1921 passed with
