ROCKLAND COUNTY TIMES Talk about tricks of the trade. Kevin Hoyt, a 30-year-old who lists himself as vice president of Hoyt Building Maintenance Company in Congers, and his twin brother, Kenneth, are accused of felony criminal mischief and petit larceny for allegedly stealing copper piping from air conditioning units atop the former Huffman Koos building […]
Three teenagers accused of fatally beating two homeless men beyond recognition with cinder blocks, bricks and a metal fence pole may have been terrorizing transients around Albuquerque for months, police said Monday. The father of two of the boys said they were once homeless themselves and he had no idea what prompted the beatings. One […]
More than 700 million women alive today were married before they turned 18, the United Nations’ children agency said Tuesday, as it co-hosts a London summit calling for more progress to end child marriages and the practice of female genital mutilation. Figures released by UNICEF say child brides are most common in sub-Saharan Africa and […]
Congress has only a few days left before August recess to approve President Obama’s request for an additional $3.7 billion for the border crisis, with no scheduled voting dates and little apparent optimism for passage. The House and Senate Appropriations committees, where the first key votes will take place, each said Monday that no date […]
President Barack Obama bestowed the Medal of Honor Monday on a former Army staff sergeant who fought off enemy fighters during one of the bloodiest battles of the Afghanistan war. Ryan M. Pitts is the ninth living recipient of the nation’s highest decoration for battlefield valor for actions in Iraq and Afghanistan. READ MORE: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/07/21/obama-to-bestow-medal-honor-on-nh-veteran/
Children in New York looking to misbehave may want to reconsider if they wish to avoid a spanking. A court says it’s OK for parents to spank their kids. Watch your butts, kids — a state appeals court says it’s OK for parents to spank them. In a ruling Wednesday, the state Appellate Division found […]