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NEW YORK (AP) — Jerome Murdough was just looking for a warm place to sleep on a chilly night last month when he curled up in an enclosed stairwell on the roof of a Harlem public housing project where he

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Police photographs of the blood-spattered scene where Oscar Pistorius shot dead his girlfriend indicate that evidence was moved around in violation of procedure during the investigation of the killing, the athlete’s chief defense lawyer said

Connecticut government officials are “urging owners of now-illegal ‘assault weapons’ and large capacity ammunition magazines to relinquish them to the police or make them permanently inoperable.” On February 13th, Breitbart News reported that an estimated 20,000 to 100,000 “assault weapon” owners

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Investigators have concluded that one or more people with significant flying experience hijacked the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, switched off communication devices and steered it off-course, a Malaysian government official involved in the investigation said

Phil Jackson won NBA titles as a player and a coach. He’ll now try winning as an executive. And this quest will take him back to where his career began. Jackson has agreed to run the New York Knicks’ front

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — One was passionate enough about flying to build his own flight simulator in his home. The other was a 27-year-old contemplating marriage after having just graduated to the cockpit of a Boeing 777. As speculation

The Associated Press is reporting that officials involved in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 are “increasingly certain” that someone with aviation experience shut off the plane’s communications and flew it out into the Indian Ocean. The reports

“Several” Uighur naan salesmen in the central Chinese province of Hunan stabbed five passersby in a grocery market and were killed by police today, the latest in a string of mass knifing deaths plaguing China in recent months. The South

TEXAS–Students in the Texas Tech University System will see a tuition increase of nearly 4 percent for the 2014-2015 academic year, according to the Associated Press.  More specifically, $183 will be added to tuition for 15 semester credit hours. This means that

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Satellite images on a Chinese government website show suspected debris from the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner floating off the southern tip of Vietnam, near the plane’s original flight path, China’s Xinhua News Agency reported Wednesday.

PHOENIX (AP) — Former NFL All-Pro safety Darren Sharper was indicted in Arizona on charges of sexual assault and administering dangerous drugs, authorities said Wednesday. It was the latest development in several ongoing sexual assault investigations involving the 38-year-old Sharper

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — More than four days after a Malaysian jetliner went missing on route to Beijing, authorities acknowledged Wednesday they didn’t know in which direction the plane and its 239 passengers was heading when it disappeared, vastly

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Rapper Lil Boosie says serving time in a Louisiana prison on drug charges was life changing, has made him a better person and ultimately, he hopes, a better artist. “I feel like I’ve got more stories

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Hunched over, vomiting into a bucket by his feet and retching loudly, Oscar Pistorius was vividly reminded at his murder trial Monday of the gruesome injuries he inflicted on his girlfriend when a pathologist described

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A Swedish journalist was shot to death while he was talking to a translator Tuesday on a street in Kabul, according to officials and witnesses. Nils Horner, 51, who also had British citizenship, had worked for

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A leader of one of Gaza’s secretive jihadi groups says the al-Qaida-inspired movement now has several thousand armed fighters in the seaside strip, posing a formidable threat to both Israel and the area’s Hamas

HOUSTON, TEXAS–Acting Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (ABTX) leader Larry Max Bryan pled guilty to a number of federal charges involving racketeering and conspiracies to commit murder, drug trafficking and kidnapping. The development this week follows 36 similar individuals charged recently

It’s rarely said that Mexican cartel kingpins have nine lives, and most people involved in the drug business know that their predicted life spans are dramatically shortened by their chosen line of work. But it’s even more rare for a

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Frustrated in his big fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr., Canelo Alvarez found a much easier target in Alfredo Angulo. Alvarez battered a game but outclassed Angulo on Saturday night before stopping him with an uppercut that

TEXAS–Two confirmed reports of individuals with Texas ties surfaced late Saturday as management for Austin-based Freescale Semiconductor and family members of a Dallas area resident came forward to confirm rumors surrounding Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370’s passenger manifests. A spokesperson for

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Military radar indicates that the missing Boeing 777 jet may have turned back before vanishing, Malaysia’s air force chief said Sunday as authorities were investigating up to four passengers with suspicious identifications. The revelations add

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A transgender woman in Northern California has sued the company behind the popular CrossFit workouts for refusing to let her compete in the female division of its annual fitness competitions. The lawsuit brought Thursday by Chloie

President Barack Obama made the kind of public flub Thursday night that would have dominated the news cycle had President George W. Bush said the very same thing. Obama, taking part in the White House’s Women of Soul concert, announced

Two people familiar with the situation say Michael Vick and the Eagles haven’t ruled out the quarterback returning to Philadelphia. Vick will become a free agent next week, and the four-time Pro Bowl pick has made it clear he’ll look

WASHINGTON (AP) — Issuing a last call for health care, President Barack Obama assured Latinos on Thursday that signing up for through new insurance exchanges won’t lead to deportation for any relatives in the U.S. illegally. Facing fresh skepticism from

If Israel is “America’s 51st state,” as some Israelis sometimes joke, then Silicon Valley might be an Israeli settlement. There are so many Israeli high-tech companies, and so many Israeli entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, that it was virtually home turf

AUSTIN, TEXAS–Based on incoming Unofficial Election Returns from the Texas Secretary of State, the Associated Press has now called the GOP contest for Texas Supreme Court for Judge Nathan Hecht. Follow Breitbart Texas on Twitter @BreitbartTexas

AUSTIN, TEXAS–Based on incoming Unofficial Election Returns from the Texas Secretary of State, the Associated Press has now declared the GOP contest for Texas Lieutenant Governor will go to a May 27 runoff. Follow Breitbart Texas on Twitter @BreitbartTexas

AUSTIN, TEXAS–Based on incoming Unofficial Election Returns from the Texas Secretary of State, the Associated Press has now called the GOP contest for Texas Land Commissioner for George P. Bush. Bush defeated David Watts for the Republican nomination. Follow Breitbart

AUSTIN, TEXAS–Based on incoming Unofficial Election Returns from the Texas Secretary of State, the Associated Press has now called the GOP contest for Texas Governor for Attorney General Greg Abbott. General Abbott defeated Lisa Fritsch, SECEDE Kilgore and Miriam Martinez

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds says he is in hiding in South Africa following his deportation from Zimbabwe because he believes his life is in danger. He told The Associated Press in a telephone interview that he

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Defensive end Greg Hardy has signed his franchise tag tender with the Carolina Panthers, a person familiar with the situation said Tuesday. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the signing

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Sixty touchdown passes. Fifteen wins. A fifth MVP trophy. Peyton Manning is more productive than he’s ever been, and whether he’s deciphering defenses at the line of scrimmage on game day or on his iPad during

NEW YORK (AP) — Jason Collins spent part of his off day on Sunday shopping at Costco. He was wise to stock up, since he’ll be staying with Brooklyn for at least a little while longer. The Nets plan to