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‘I am Batman,’ Trump tells boy on helicopter ride

‘I am Batman,’ Trump tells boy on helicopter ride

Des Moines, Iowa – A helicopter landed here just after noon on Saturday, causing a short but violent windstorm. Large trees shivered; small ones bent nearly… Read More ›

PGA Championship: Jason Day secures first major; Jordan Spieth goes No.1

PGA Championship: Jason Day secures first major; Jordan Spieth goes No.1

  Jason Day ended Jordan Spieth’s dreams of golfing immortality and made history of his own as he lifted the PGA Championship title at Whistling… Read More ›

Iraq PM scraps third of cabinet posts in reform drive

Iraq PM scraps third of cabinet posts in reform drive

Haider al-Abadi removes 11 of 33 ministers in move to hold top officials accountable for stunning military defeats in Mosul, Ramadi   Iraqi Prime Minister… Read More ›

Egypt approves new anti-terror law fining journalists for ‘false’ reporting

Egypt approves new anti-terror law fining journalists for ‘false’ reporting

Controversial legislation sets minimum $25,000 fine for anyone who strays from government statements on militant attacks   Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi ratified on Sunday an… Read More ›

Lebanon detains hardline anti-Hezbollah cleric

Lebanon detains hardline anti-Hezbollah cleric

Sheikh Ahmed al-Assir tried to leave Beirut in a disguise using a forged passport before being caught at the airport; he is a firebrand critic… Read More ›

‘Straight Outta Compton’ is crushing expectations

‘Straight Outta Compton’ is crushing expectations

  Universal’s epic year at the box office just got even better. The N.W.A. biopic “Straight Outta Compton” took in an astounding $24.2 million on… Read More ›

This font lets you see if you’re on the NSA’s radar

This font lets you see if you’re on the NSA’s radar

  When the former NSA contractor Edward Snowden began leaking classified documents in 2013, it became clear that Western intelligence agencies were monitoring online communications with… Read More ›

Putin calls an emergency defense meeting as tensions mount in Ukraine

Putin calls an emergency defense meeting as tensions mount in Ukraine

  Russian-backed rebel forces in Ukraine are building up to “full combat readiness” after an urgent meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and some of… Read More ›

Des Moines, IA – Clinton Reaffirms She Didn’t Send, Receive Classified Emails

Des Moines, IA – Clinton Reaffirms She Didn’t Send, Receive Classified Emails

  Des Moines, IA – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton reiterated Saturday that she did not send or receive emails marked classified from her… Read More ›

Washington – US Secret Service To Hire 1,100 Staff

Washington – US Secret Service To Hire 1,100 Staff

  Washington – Secret Service plans to hire 1,100 more officers and agents for an agency besieged by embarrassing scandals and security lapses, two law… Read More ›

Washington – Trump: As U.S. President I’ll Deport All Undocumented Immigrants

Washington – Trump: As U.S. President I’ll Deport All Undocumented Immigrants

  Washington – Republican presidential contender Donald Trump would deport all undocumented immigrants and rescind U.S. President Barack Obama’s executive orders on immigration if he… Read More ›

Volcano alerts issued in Ecuador, Japan

Volcano alerts issued in Ecuador, Japan

Cotopaxi, a volcano not far from the Ecuadorean capital of Quito, spewed ash several times, sending large gray puffs 3 miles into the sky, officials… Read More ›

Israeli border police officer stabbed; Palestinian suspect killed

Israeli border police officer stabbed; Palestinian suspect killed

  Jerusalem – An man suspected of stabbing an Israeli border police officer was shot and killed Saturday, authorities said. The officer was stabbed at the… Read More ›

North Korea threatens to attack U.S.

North Korea threatens to attack U.S.

North Korea threatened to “retaliate against the U.S. with tremendous muscle” if it didn’t cancel multinational military exercises scheduled to begin Monday. South Korea conducts… Read More ›

Choppers and chops but little policy as 2016 hopefuls butter up Iowa

Choppers and chops but little policy as 2016 hopefuls butter up Iowa

Trump, Clinton and Sanders all draw large crowds at state fair, but front-runners prefer pork on a stick and helicopter rides to laying out positions… Read More ›

Islamic State chief raped American hostage, US finds

Islamic State chief raped American hostage, US finds

Abu Bakr Baghdadi took Kayla Mueller as a ‘wife,’ according to Yazidi teen who informed American intel officials   WASHINGTON (AP) — American hostage Kayla… Read More ›

Republicans have left Clinton playing in an empty field

Republicans have left Clinton playing in an empty field

Analysis: As long as the 17 Republican presidential hopefuls are busy spreading poison against each other, and as long as the institutionalized Republican leadership is… Read More ›

Hundreds demonstrate in solidarity with hunger striking detainee

Hundreds demonstrate in solidarity with hunger striking detainee

Arab MKs and religious leaders participate in demonstration in support of Mohammed Allaan; protesters shout slogans calling for kidnapping and killing of soldiers. Around 200… Read More ›

Joe Biden calls Chattanooga shooter a “perverted jihadist” at memorial service

Joe Biden calls Chattanooga shooter a “perverted jihadist” at memorial service

Biden told a packed arena that the ideology that drove Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez, a 24-year-old engineer, to go on a rampage at two local military… Read More ›

Lone Republican in favor of Iran talks announces opposition to nuclear deal

Lone Republican in favor of Iran talks announces opposition to nuclear deal

Senator Jeff Flake was the closest in the Republican party to support the agreement and was swarmed with heavy lobbying efforts.   WASHINGTON – US… Read More ›