Former President George H. W. Bush marks 90th birthday with parachute jump

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine –  Former President George H.W. Bush celebrated his 90th birthday on Thursday by making a tandem parachute jump near his summer home in coastal Maine, delivering on a vow he made five years ago even though he can no longer use his legs. The nation’s 41st president jumped from a helicopter at about […]

Obama’s DHS Chief Blames GOP For Border Crisis

WASHINGTON — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson today suggested that the GOP is responsible for the  growing border crisis because it has not approved the Senate’s June 2013 immigration rewrite that is backed by President Barack Obama. He suggested that migrants are now crossing the border while wrongly hoping they will be included […]

Officials: Tenn. Man Dismembered Woman, Ate Body

A Tennessee man has been charged with killing a woman, dismembering her body and eating part of her corpse in a bizarre case that’s perplexing law enforcement in a small pastoral town. Gregory S. Hale, 37, was arrested at his home — in a small rural community just outside Manchester — late Sunday. He is […]

Oregon high school shooting: ‘This is not a drill’

(CNN) — When the shooting started at her high school near Portland, Oregon, early Tuesday, student Jaimie Infante didn’t recognize the sound of the gunshot. She thought maybe somebody had dropped a book. In reality, a lone gunman had opened fire at the school, killing one student and forcing others to flee. READ MORE: http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/10/justice/oregon-high-school-shooting/

‘Just Admit It’: Administration privately concedes risk of Taliban swap, despite Kerry comments

Secretary of State John Kerry’s dismissive “baloney” response to whether five Taliban members released from Guantanamo pose a risk to American troops is receiving pushback from, of all places, Obama administration officials. Despite Kerry brushing off such concerns in an interview on Sunday, Fox News is told that administration officials who briefed members of the […]

Sheriff’s office: Las Vegas couple saw police as oppressors

(CNN) — A Las Vegas couple who gunned down two police officers and a civilian before killing themselves apparently looked at law enforcement as oppressors, a sheriff’s department official said Monday. Among the clues: a “Don’t Tread on Me” flag and a Nazi swastika the couple placed on one of the police officers they ambushed […]

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