By Lina Bryce Former Presidential GOP Candidate, Senator Rand Paul, Confirmed Tuesday that he will not be attending the RNC Convention, citing his Senate reelection campaign as reasons for skipping the event. Paul assures that it has nothing to do with Donald Trump, but he certainly is not the only one who has other plans that day….
By Joseph Hammond “No, don’t pull on that line!” yelled Rex Moore, as he watched the crew of a natural gas drilling rig struggle to work on a frigid and rainy day in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Despite Moore’s 40 years of gas industry experience and the crew’s efforts, the well proved dry. That’s not because they…
By Kathryn Watson Former Attorney General Eric Holder overruled Department of Justice (DOJ) lawyers who said British banking giant HSBC should be prosecuted for missing hundreds of millions of dollars in money laundering by drug cartels, a congressional committee report said Monday. The report also stated the overruled DOJ lawyers recommended that charges be filed against HSBC Bank…
By Caleb Coggeshall Every once in a great while, Hollywood comes out with a movie that is brilliant and that the general movie-going audience loves. But most of the time they shuck out duds that they try to disguise as thought-provoking and exciting. This is certainly not a comprehensive list, but these are seven fairly…
Earlier this month, international soccer superstar Lionel Messi was convicted of tax evasion by a Spanish court for shielding royalties and other licensing income from tax. Although he has been sentenced to 21 months in prison, the Argentine footballer is unlikely to spend any time behind bars and will continue to score dozens of goals…
By Robert Donachie According to a Pew Research Poll released Tuesday, Americans’ perception of race relations is more negative than it has been for much of this century. Some 48 percent of adults said in the poll that “race relations are generally bad.” And 36 percent of adults say that “too much attention” is given to race…
By Blake Neff An elite high school in New York argues that it shouldn’t bear any responsibility for students alleging they were sexually abused by a teacher, on the grounds that any harm they suffered was due to the students’ own recklessness and “negligence.” Christopher Schraufnagel is accused of sexually abusing several high schoolers between…
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By Blake Neff A man inadvertently recorded himself and two others being gunned down in Norfolk, Virginia, during a live Facebook broadcast Tuesday night. T.J. Williams was about five minutes into a Facebook live broadcast, which consisted of little more than he and two friends smoking in a car while listening to hip-hop. Suddenly, about…
By Ted Goodman President Obama said it’s easier for a teenager in some communities to get a gun than a computer or a book during an address Tuesday at the memorial service honoring five police officers killed in Dallas. “We flood communities with so many guns that it is easier for a teenager to buy a…
Disaffected Sanders supporters still have an option in November by Josh Guckert Did you #FeelTheBern? Sad that Bernie Sanders’ journey came to an end at the hands of the Democratic Party establishment? You still have a choice in November in someone who will defend many of the values which Sanders espoused during the last year. These…