A hot air balloon hit high-tension power lines before crashing into a pasture in Central Texas, killing all 16 on board, according to federal authorities investigating the worst such disaster in U.S. history. A power line was tripped at 7:42 a.m. Saturday, and the first call to 911 came a minute later, National Transportation Safety…
PHILADELPHIA — Hillary Clinton officially accepted the Democratic nomination for president amid a series of boos and catcalls Thursday night at the Democratic National Convention. As soon as the roars of applause died down and Clinton began her speech, loud boos erupted in several parts of the arena, disrupting an otherwise weighty moment. Scattered shouting continued through the…
One police officer died and another was wounded after being shot in a San Diego neighborhood, authorities said early Friday. Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman said in a Twitter post that she had left the hospital where the injured officer had come out of surgery and that he’s expected to survive. The names of the officers…
As America watched speaker after speaker on night two at the Democratic National Convention, the podium looked like a hollywood blockbuster movie trailer. The movie title could’ve been Vote For Hillary Clinton Because She’s A Woman. Meryl Streep, waxed on about the “struggle” of being the first woman to do something ground breaking. Celebrity after…
U.S. Internet firm Yahoo is being acquired by American telecom giant Verizon. Yahoo will be combined with AOL, another past internet star, purchased by Verizon last year. The price tag is well below the $44 billion Microsoft offered for Yahoo in 2008 or the 125 billion it was worth during the dot.com boom. The sales…
At this point, the Democrat Party is flagrantly pouring salt in a wound that has barely any room left to receive it, all in the name of the “American dream.” Speaking at the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Francisca Ortiz and Astrid Silva, illegal aliens currently permitted to continue living in…
PHILADELPHIA — Democrats arrived at their nominating convention on Sunday under a cloud of discord as Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee abruptly said she was resigning after a large amount of leaked emails showed party officials conspiring to sabotage the campaign of Senator Bernie Sandersof Vermont. The revelation, along with sizable pro-Sanders…
Declaring America in crisis, Donald Trump pledged to cheering Republicans and still-skeptical voters Thursday night that as president he will restore the safety they fear they’re losing, strictly curb immigration and save the nation from Hillary Clinton’s record of “death, destruction, terrorism and weakness.” Confidently addressing the finale of his party’s less-than-smooth national convention, the…
On Tuesday night, a political star may have been born. Donald Trump Jr. delivered a powerful testimonial for his father on the second night of the Republican National Convention, casting him as an everyman who hasn’t forgotten his Queens roots while raising his own national profile on a high-stakes night. Hours after the younger Trump…
A nationwide return to God is America’s only hope for the future, evangelist Franklin Graham said in a Facebook Live prayer event before the start of the Republican National Convention. “This nation — it needs a spiritual healing from Almighty God,” Graham said before praying. “Our country — I don’t have to tell you —…
With a stronger dollar behind it, the U.S. was one of the largest foreign markets for several of the world’s most-visited cities over the past 18 months. Some of these cities — a few which are ultra long-haul destinations from the U.S. — have seen double-digit growth from U.S. arrivals and expect that momentum to…
After yesterday’s anti- Trump contingent tried to move to take back their delegates, Gove. Mike Pence was called upon try and restore order & untiy. Apparently sensing a need to quell any further attempts by anti-Trump forces to sidetrack the Republican National Convention, the Trump campaign turned Tuesday to Mike Pence to deliver an impromptu…
BATON ROUGE, LA A gunman and three officers he killed in Baton Rouge Sunday morning have been identified. In all, three offers were killed and three others injured in the latest violence between police and civilians.According to ABC News, Gavin Long, 29, of Kansas City, Missouri, opened fire on the officers, killing Baton Rouge PD…
This year’s Republican National Convention, part of the story is all about who won’t be there. Former President George H. W. Bush won’t be in attendance. Nor will his son, Bush 43. The last two republican nominees, Mitt Romney and John McCain, have declined to appear. The governor of the host state of Ohio,…
CLEVELAND, OHIO — Cleveland’s Police Patrolmen’s Union wants to suspend Ohio’s open carry laws during the RNC this week. Ohio Govenor Kasich has denied the plea from the head of Cleveland’s police union to suspend Ohio’s open-carry laws during the Republican National Convention, Ohio Law states that residents over 21 years old who legally own…
FBI confirms special secrecy agreements for agents in Clinton email probe! The FBI has confirmed to a senior Republican senator that agents were sworn to secrecy — and subject to lie detector tests — in the Hillary Clinton email probe, an extensive measure one former agent said could have a “chilling effect.” Watch the latest…
Good news for the Donald Trump campaign, via a new Quinnipiac poll: he’s made decent gains in Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania after previous polls had shown him losing by a decent margin to Hillary Clinton. Trump’s biggest surge has been in Florida, where the poll showed him leading Clinton 42 to 39. In June, Clinton…
It’s official, Bernie Sanders gives the nod to Hillary. Bernie Sanders endorsed Hillary Clinton for president Tuesday at a rally in New Hampshire, ending a protracted Democratic primary battle in the state where the Vermont senator won his first victory. “She will be the Democratic nominee for president and I intend to do everything I…
Testifying in front of the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday, Attorney General Loretta Lynch refused to answer questions surrounding the FBI’s recommendation not to prosecute presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Hillary Clinton for using multiple private email servers to host and transmit top secret, classified information during her time as Secretary of State. “As you are aware,…
Five Dallas police officers were killed and seven wounded by a sniper who “wanted to kill white people” during an anti-police brutality protest Thursday, an explosion of violence that President Obama declared a “vicious, calculated and despicable attack on law enforcement.” Three people were in custody and one suspect dead as local police and federal…
