Thursday at the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health hearing titled, “Combating the Ebola Threat,” the head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Tom Frieden said “We are all connected and inevitably there will be travelers,
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — They were leaders of Cambodia’s infamous Khmer Rouge, the fanatical communist movement behind a 1970s reign of terror that transformed this entire Southeast Asian nation into a ruthless slave state — a place where cities
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Indians plan an extensive renovation of Progressive Field over the next two years, remodeling the 20-year-old downtown ballpark to better connect with their fans. The club intends to make interior and exterior modifications to the area
The near-unprecedented assassination of a United States Major General in Afghanistan yesterday has returned media attention to a war President Obama long deemed over. While Democrats greeted the so-called end of the Afghan War as a welcome change, sources within
The U.S. General killed in the August 5 green-on-blue attack at Camp Qargha, Afghanistan, has been identified as Major General Harold Greene. Breitbart News reported that the attack took place around noon with, at that time, approximately 15 wounded and
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A man dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fire Tuesday on foreign troops at a military base, killing at least one U.S. soldier and wounding 15 people, among them a German brigadier general and “about
WASHINGTON (AP) — A lawyer for an American who has spent more than four years imprisoned in Cuba said Monday that his client cannot take life in prison much longer and has said his goodbyes to his wife and a
(AP) — A new study shows that less than 5 percent of actors in top Hollywood films are Hispanic, and that Latinas are more likely than women of any other ethnicity to appear partially or totally naked on screen. The
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has called upon his country’s armed forces to help Kurdish forces battle a Sunni militant offensive in northern Iraq that has caused tens of thousands of people from the minority Yazidi community
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Sunday that an Israeli soldier it previously believed had been captured by Hamas fighters in a Gaza ambush had in fact been killed in battle that day. The soldier’s purported capture Friday had
Justice Department data obtained by the Associated Press on Thursday reveal that the Obama administration’s plan to reduce America’s prison population has sparked five times as many inmate applications for early release as the year prior. Since April, 3,300 federal
In response to Terrorists are rolling in dough these days: Our Breitbart amigo, John Hayward posted as story about how terrorist are rolling in the dough these days. While John is right, these clowns and their jihadist cause have
The leader of the eurosceptic right-wing Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ) has said that immigrants who do not want to integrate should be expelled. Heinz-Christian Strache also repeated his call for separate school classes for foreign children to learn the German
The Associated Press, noting the overwhelming support among Israelis for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the war effort in Gaza, concludes that the minority of Israelis who dissent are being “silenced.” It is a tired, false charge often made by
Nearly 70% of Americans disapprove of President Barack Obama’s handling of illegal immigration, and a plurality oppose any emergency funding to address the border crisis, according to a new national poll. The Associated Press-GfK poll found that 68% disapprove of Obama
Nearly nine in ten Americans feel that illegal immigration is a serious problem facing the country, and a majority want illegal immigrants to be deported more quickly, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll. The survey found that 67% of respondents
Tuesday morning the Associated Press fired of a tweet mocking Congress over its support of Israel. “As much of the world watched Gaza war in horror, members of Congress fall over each other to support Israel.” — As much of
An ardent New York Yankees fan, Luigi Militello, bridged the chasm between Yankees and Red Sox fans by returning a lost 2013 Red Sox World Series ring to its owner, Drew Weber, the owner of Red Sox Class A minor
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberia’s president has closed all but three land border crossings, restricted public gatherings and quarantined communities heavily affected by the Ebola outbreak in the West African nation. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf described the measures late Sunday
JERUSALEM (AP) — A network of tunnels Palestinian militants have dug from Gaza to Israel — dubbed “lower Gaza” by the Israeli military — is taking center stage in the latest war between Hamas and Israel. Gaza’s Hamas rulers view
Central Americans headed for the U.S. may be looking to other modes of transport in the future, as Mexico’s “The Beast” train is slated to triple its speed in the next five years. Heavily used and a common source of
On July 25, a UPS driver was arrested and faces federal charges for allegedly stealing “dozens of guns to sell… on the black market.” According to the Associated Press, 36-year-old Curtis Hays was charged with “[stealing] packages at the UPS
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — An Ebola outbreak that has left more than 660 people dead across West Africa has spread to the continent’s most populous nation after a Liberian man with a high fever vomited aboard an airplane to Nigeria
After The New York Times caught newly appointed Sen. John Walsh (D-MT) plagiarizing in a Masters thesis, he has an easy explanation. Post Dramatic Stress Disorder. “I don’t want to blame my mistake on PTSD, but I do want
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — In the three months since Islamic extremists kidnapped more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls, 11 of their parents have died, town residents say. The town where the girls were kidnapped, Chibok, is cut off by militants, who
The bad Obama economy has been particularly hard on seniors living on a fixed income. One of the ways some seniors have found to cope with skyrocketing costs is to share living expenses with strangers and now seniors are utilizing
This isn’t a typo or punctuation or wording problem, this is the Associated Press reporting that the plane carrying the bodies of Malaysian Flight 117 back to the Netherlands crash landed, when it didn’t: — BREAKING: Dutch military plane carrying
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s parliament convened to vote for a new president on Wednesday as the extremist Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in Baghdad the night before that killed 31 people, mainly civilians. The bomber had
The Contra Costa Times has outlined Barack Obama’s schedule for his fundraising visit to California this week. Fresh out of raiding the fundraisers in Seattle, Obama will arrive Tuesday night in the Bay Area, then appear at a Democratic Congressional
Lawmakers in Louisiana filed a lawsuit Monday in Baton Rouge district court that seeks an immediate suspension of the Common Core standards in the state’s schools. According to the Associated Press, the 17 legislators – 13 Republicans and 2 Democrats
The Obama administration says subsidies will keep flowing as it moves on to an en banc review before the Obama-stacked full DC Circuit Court.. Obama Adm official on Halbig: “The Department of Justice can, and will, seek en banc review
Three Albuquerque, New Mexico teens–ages 15, 16, and 18–were arrested over the weekend for allegedly beating “two homeless men” to death and “leaving their bodies nearly unrecognizable.” A third homeless man was able to escape prior to being killed, and
BAGHDAD (AP) — Attacks overnight in two Iraqi cities killed at least 16 people, officials said Monday as authorities struggle to stop the Sunni militants’ offensive that has left huge areas in northern and western Iraq outside of government control.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel said it widened its ground offensive early Sunday, sending more troops into Gaza after demolishing more than a dozen Hamas tunnels and intensifying tank fire on border areas. Loud explosions shook Gaza as
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer involved in the arrest of a man who died in custody after being placed in an apparent chokehold has been stripped of his gun and badge and placed on desk
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor James Garner, whose whimsical style in the 1950s TV Western “Maverick” led to a stellar career in TV and films such as “The Rockford Files” and his Oscar-nominated “Murphy’s Romance,” has died, police said. He
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City man died during an arrest — partially captured on amateur video — during which a police officer placed him in what appeared be a choke hold as several others brought him to
A “homosexuality test,” once commonly used by law enforcement officials in countries where being gay is illegal, appears to have experienced a resurgence in Lebanon, despite the Lebanese Order of Physicians decrying the practice as torture. The practice, which Lebanon’s
Abortion rates in Indiana continue to decline, as there were 1,000 fewer recorded abortions in 2013 than in 2011. “A recent report by the State Department of Health says 1,000 fewer Indiana women had abortions in 2013 than in 2011,”
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Gunmen carried out a pre-dawn rocket attack on Kabul International Airport on Thursday, temporarily shutting down the facility and setting off a gunbattle with security forces in which four attackers were killed, officials said. The militants
