An Indianapolis homeowner described fighting for his life against an armed intruder as something out of a movie after he wrestled away the suspect’s gun and killed him Tuesday night. Brent Smith told FOX59 Indianapolis that a masked man broke into his home just before 7 p.m. and smacked him …
Read More »Jeffrey Epstein name-dropped Stephen Hawking; photos show physicist on sex trafficker's island
When sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein asked his madam and accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell to put a bounty on information that would discredit one of his most prominent accusers, he also brought up rumors involving two high-profile figures — Bill Clinton, a former president, and Stephen Hawking, a renowned physicist. In a …
Read More »Blue state Republicans move to strike this ‘catastrophic’ drug law they say is wreaking havoc on communities
Oregon House Republicans are sharing their plan to end the state’s voter-approved drug decriminalization experiment at the same time Democratic lawmakers are weighing a more modest re-criminalization proposal. “The citizens of Oregon understand the failures of Measure 110,” Rep. Rick Lewis, one of the chief sponsors of the GOP bill, …
Read More »Lawsuit filed in Kentucky Speedway 'racing experience' death alleges steering wheel fell off
COVINGTON, Ky. – The family of a 30-year-old amateur driver killed in a crash at Kentucky Speedway last year filed a lawsuit, alleging that the racecar’s steering wheel broke off in his hands as he roared around the track at more than 100 mph. Stephen D. Cox, a pharmacist from …
Read More »Coast Guard: Tests show oil slick off Santa Barbara created by natural ocean-floor seepage
LOS ANGELES – The Coast Guard says an oil slick that formed in the Pacific Ocean last week near Santa Barbara, California, was created by natural, ocean-floor seepage. Tests conducted on samples from the thin layer of oil found its composition matched naturally occurring sources. The slick was found Wednesday …
Read More »Underwriters claim hole-in-ones that prompted payouts at Greenbrier Classic were too short
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The $192,000 in payouts to fans attending the PGA Tour’s Greenbrier Classic last month is now in dispute. The Charleston Gazette-Mail (http://bit.ly/1hOdADR ) reports the tournament’s London-based underwriters filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against The Greenbrier Classic’s nonprofit financial arm, Old White Charities. George McNeill and Justin …
Read More »Crew works to stabilize sandstone threatening to crash down at base of Arizona dam
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – A massive slab of rock is threatening to come crashing down at the base of an Arizona dam. A three-person crew has been working to stabilize the sandstone that forms the walls surrounding the Glen Canyon dam near the Arizona-Utah border. The slab weighs 500,000 pounds and …
Read More »Charlamagne criticizes 'The View' for lacking conservative guests
“The Breakfast Club” host Charlamagne tha God slammed “The View” on Monday for lacking conservative voices on the show. “Thank you, Lara Trump, for having me on ‘My View.’ I enjoyed the conversation. I think it’s ridiculous that ‘The View’has had … 102 left-leaning guests and zero conservatives,” Charlamagne said …
Read More »Chinese national sentenced to prison for sabotaging employer's systems with 'kill switch'
A Chinese national living in Texas was sentenced on Thursday to four years in prison and three years of supervised release for installing malicious code on his former employer’s systems, including a “kill switch” that locked workers out when his account was disabled. Davis Lu — a 55-year-old man residing …
Read More »College student’s parents killed, siblings injured in crash on school drop-off trip
A college student’s parents died and his siblings injured in a highway crash in North Carolina during a trip to drop him off at school. Noah Nunney, a 19-year-old sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was waiting on campus to reunite with his family when he …
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