For the first time, the U.S. government is confirming that it conducted secret chemical experiments on World War II troops by grouping them according to…
Is the government watching you? Approximately 50 American law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and U.S. Marshals, have been exposed for secretly tracking former criminals,…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is ramping up its response to West Africa’s Ebola crisis, preparing to assign 3,000 U.S. military personnel to the afflicted region to supply medical and logistical support to overwhelmed local health care systems and to boost the number of beds needed to isolate and treat victims of the epidemic. […]
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Sunday the military operation to free Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl from the Taliban in exchange for the release of five Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detainees was not relayed to Congress because officials believed the soldier’s life was in danger. In his first extensive public comments […]
The U.S. Transportation Department says it will make a major announcement Friday on its investigation into General Motors safety issues. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Acting Administrator David Friedman are scheduled to attend a press briefing. The agencies have been investigating GM’s delayed recall of 2.6 million small cars due […]
New Orleans rapper Lil Wayne has fashioned himself as some type of new age outlaw. He has taken his role so seriously that the government…
A new video of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has surfaced. Ford is captured drinking, cussing and imitating a Jamaican accent. The mayor is shown in a fast-food restaurant slurring his words, rambling about police surveillance and calling the police chief a derogatory name. Back in November, Ford, who acknowledged that he smoked crack, said […]
Nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis says New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie dropped a plan to appoint him the state’s first physical fitness ambassador when he launched a political campaign against a Christie friend. Lewis said the governor called to dissuade him from running as a Democrat for state Senate in 2011 saying the fitness […]
Missouri state lawmakers have proposed legislation that would allow execution by firing squad. Lawmakers say the choice should be available in cases where constitutional problems or other issues would prevent lethal injection from being an option. They also added that firing squad is one of the cheapest options for the state. For more details. Click here.
The government announced it’s changing contractors for the troubled HealthCare.gov website, ditching the $90 million contract with CGI Federal. The company has been linked to many of the problems surrounding the launch of the website. More than 1.1 million already have enrolled in a private plan in the federal marketplace. For more details. Click […]
The Senate has easily approved Janet Yellen’s nomination to head the Federal Reserve. Yellen is the first woman to lead the central bank in its 100yr history. It puts an economist in the post who has long focused on fighting unemployment and who backed the Fed’s recent efforts to spur the economy with low interest […]
Let me just start by saying I hope this letter reaches you in good health. Now, where do I begin? Got it. Lauryn Hill.…
