Footage of a baby’s rescue from the rubble of a blown apart building in Allepo, Syria has become an award winning charity video. The remarkable footage can be seen below. FOX 29 Reports: The Norwegian Students’ and Academics’ International Assistance Fund held the third annual Radiator Awards in Oslo on November 17. The awards recognize the…
Steve Birr Republicans are eyeing upcoming legislation to force a measure on President Obama that would lift the U.S. export ban on crude oil. “We have antiquated policies that were put in place in the 1970s that prohibit us from exporting our crude oil, yet we have allies around the globe asking the United States to…
Josh Fatzick Former union president Stephanie Hicks was sentenced for embezzling $92,000 during her time representing employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs, according to federal officials Wednesday. Hicks represented workers at the VA hospital in Birmingham, Ala. She was sentenced to six months in prison, plus six months home detention. She embezzled from Local…
Blake Neff Students at Harvard University are denouncing an alleged hate crime at the school after strips of black tape were found over portraits of Harvard Law School (HLS)’s black professors Thursday morning. But there are several aspects of the supposed “hate crime” that suggest it could be a big hoax. HLS’s Wasserstein Hall includes a…
Rachel Stoltzfoos The House overwhelmingly passed a bill Thursday imposing new rules on the intake of refugees from Syria and Iraq, but it ignores key concerns about President Barack Obama’s refugee plan. The bill will require the directors of the FBI, Department of Homeland Security and national intelligence to confirm to Congress that each applicant admitted from Syria…
Josh Fatzick Despite a Supreme Court ruling in 2008 that called the District of Columbia’s outright ban on gun ownership illegal, 51 percent of residents say they want it reinstated. According to a poll conducted by The Washington Post, residents are split nearly down the middle on the issue, with 47 percent opposed to the idea…
Josh Fatzick A new poll shows a large number of Americans believe discrimination against whites has become as much of a problem as against blacks and other minorities. According to the poll released Wednesday by Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), 43 percent of Americans think discrimination is just as big a problem for White people. The…
Juliegrace Brufke In a 241-185 vote, the House passed a bill Thursday largely along party lines that would make major changes to the way the Federal Reserve operates in an attempt to create more transparency. The Fed Oversight Reform and Modernization Act, spearheaded by Michigan Republican Rep. Bill Huizenga, would lift restrictions placed on the Government Accountability Office,…
We say it all the time: this is stupid, that is stupid, they are stupid. But what is stupid? To each person to definition may vary. But now, thanks to people who should probably have something better to do, we have a scientific definition of stupidity. Real Clear Science reports: From criminals and politicians to friends and…
Michael Bastasch National Park rangers may have gone a little overboard this year when they bought “flashbangs” and automatic weapons, according to a government audit detailing how the Department of the Interior is struggling with “weapons accountability.” “In FY 2015, we issued a management advisory to the NPS Director when we found that law enforcement…