FACT CHECK: Obama's claims on illegal immigration
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama made some notable omissions in his remarks about the unilateral actions he's taking on immigration.
Forget 'Googling' Their Name, Use This New Site!
A new site has made it easy to find out the truth about the people you already know and people you meet! Simply type in a name and select a state!
Dad Loses It While Trying to Discipline Sons Covered in Paint
Most parents know that disciplining kids is no easy task. And it doesn't get any easier when your kids are adorable, too adorable to scold. In a new viral video, a father discovers his two sons covered in paint. Dad starts to reprimand the tikes in the usual manner saying, "Who's idea was this? Did…
How differently do blacks and whites view Ferguson? Here are the numbers
As a grand jury in Missouri nears a decision on whether to prosecute police officer Darren Wilson for the killing of Michael Brown, history suggests the public response will divide along racial lines: Blacks and whites will view the outcome through starkly different lenses.
Newtown shooter's history reviewed in new report
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut agency that investigated the background of the socially isolated, violence-obsessed man who carried out the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School is issuing a report on his mental health and educational history.
Washington school shooter's texts turned dark
MARYSVILLE, Wash. (AP) — A detective investigating the high school shooting in Washington state that left five teens dead says in court papers that the young shooter's texts turned dark the week before he opened fire, with references to his funeral and the message: "Bang bang I'm dead."
Miss Honduras shot dead 'after fleeing sister's boyfriend'
Miss Honduras was fatally shot as she tried to escape her sister's jealous boyfriend, police and reports said, hours after the siblings were found dead beside a river. Maria Jose Alvarado, 19, who had been due to fly to London to compete in the Miss World beauty pageant, disappeared with her sister…
Retired U.S. general on how to handle IS and why we lost in Iraq, Afghanistan
Lt. Gen. Daniel Bolger, who flat-out states that the U.S. lost in Iraq and Afghanistan, argues we need to learn from past mistakes so we don’t make the same ones in the fight against the Islamic State.
An Extremely Brilliant Way To Pay Off Mortgage
If you own a home and pay for a mortgage, you could reduce your payments by an average of $4,100 a year. Here is how it works.
Affleck praises wife, talks Maher spat before gala
NEW YORK (AP) — Ben Affleck feels more comfortable speaking his mind than pretending to say what people want to hear. So before receiving his award at Wednesday's Save the Children Illumination Gala, he praised wife Jennifer Garner on her dedication to their family, and then shared insight into his…
Peterson says 'fresh start' might be best
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Adrian Peterson says he realizes moving on from the Minnesota Vikings might be best for both him and the team.
Photos of the day - November 20, 2014 (17 photos)
Indian slum children pose for a photograph, as the world celebrates Universal Children Day, in Mumbai, India; SanDisk Corp. founder Eli Harari reacts before being awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation by U.S. President Barack Obama during a ceremony in the East Room of the White…
FDA approves new, hard-to-abuse hydrocodone pill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators on Thursday approved the first hard-to-abuse version of the painkiller hydrocodone, offering an alternative to a similar medication that has been widely criticized for lacking such safeguards.
California firefighter arrested in love triangle murder
By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Southern California firefighter who co-wrote a book about courage in the line of duty has been arrested along with his alleged mistress in the murder of the woman's husband, who was shot to death at a rail yard in August, police say. Jonathan Michael Hearn,…
Four members of New Jersey family shot, two of them fatally
By Daniel Kelley TABERNACLE N.J. (Reuters) - A shooting at a home near Philadelphia killed two members of a New Jersey family and critically wounded two others, according to state police, who said other relatives were in the house at the time but did not report hearing gunfire. A boy and a girl…
Breakthrough For Diabetics?
Researchers discover an odd natural method of controlling blood sugar levels.
Chinese state media give profs a chilling warning
BEIJING (AP) — Over two weeks, the Communist Party-run Liaoning Daily newspaper sent reporters to sit in on dozens of university lectures all over the country looking for what the paper said were professors "being scornful of China."
Israel says Hamas planned to assassinate Lieberman in West Bank
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has arrested four Palestinians suspected of planning to kill Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman with an anti-tank rocket while he drove to his Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, Israeli officials say. The alleged Hamas plot was hatched during…
Parents of slain gay US student head to Russia
NEW YORK (AP) — The parents of a gay U.S. college student tortured and murdered in 1998 are traveling to Russia on Friday to spread their message of tolerance and acceptance in a country where anti-gay policies and attitudes are widespread.
Photos of the day - November 19, 2014 (27 photos)
An ice crust builds up on a warning sign that reads 'Caution Ice' on the Brocken mountain peak near Schierke, Germany, Ayanna Williams displays her 23 inch (58 centimeter) nails at a book launch in London and people stand in front of an electronic board are reflected in a polished stone surface…
Ex-Marine pleads not guilty in slayings of 2 girls
WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — A former Marine already sentenced to death in the slaying of a sailor in Virginia pleaded not guilty on Thursday in the 2005 slayings of two young Illinois girls who were playing in a forest preserve.
Two California children die in fire as mother at hospital with labor pains
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two children died and their father was badly burned on Thursday in a fire that tore through their Southern California duplex after their pregnant mother went to a hospital with labor pains, a fire official said. Firefighters were alerted to the blaze in San Bernardino at…
Your Cable Company Doesn't Want You to Know This
Cable TV's days are numbered, but when the dust has finally settled these three companies will be ready to take over your living room.
Accused Aryan Brotherhood prison gang members indicted in Mississippi
(Reuters) - Fourteen alleged members of a white-supremacist prison gang have been indicted on federal racketeering charges in Mississippi, prosecutors said on Thursday, a week after similar charges against 11 alleged participants in an Oklahoma gang were unsealed. The cases, together with major…
