The National Rifle Association is in turmoil amid allegations that Oliver North, recently installed as the gun lobbying organization’s president, threatened to release damaging information about longtime CEO and Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre unless he agreed to resign. In a letter to the NRA board of executives on Thursday, obtained by The Wall Street…
Month: April 2019
Driver In Bay Area Crash May Have Been Targeting Muslims, Police Say
A San Francisco Bay Area driver charged with eight counts of attempted murder is suspected of targeting the victims because he thought they were Muslim, local authorities said Friday. Sunnyvale Police Chief Phan Ngo said at a news conference that there’s evidence 34-year-old Isaiah Joel Peoples intentionally drove his car into the crowd on Tuesday…
Gunman Opens Fire On Cookouts In Baltimore, Killing 1
BALTIMORE (AP) — A gunman fired indiscriminately into a crowd that had gathered for Sunday afternoon cookouts along a west Baltimore street, killing a man and wounding seven other people, authorities and reports said. Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said the gunfire erupted after 5 p.m. on a block in the city’s western district of brick…
Navy Rear Adm. John Ring, Prison Commander At Guantanamo Bay, Fired
WASHINGTON (AP) — Military officials say the commander of the task force that runs the prison at the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been fired for a “loss of confidence in his ability to command.” A statement from U.S. Southern Command says Navy Rear Adm. John Ring was relieved of duty Saturday….
The Battle Of Winterfell Claimed The Life Of A Hero
WESTEROS ― Theon Greyjoy, son of the late Balon Greyjoy and brother to Yara Greyjoy of the Iron Islands, died on Sunday evening in the Battle of Winterfell between the living and the dead. His age was unknown at the time of his death. Theon fell protecting Bran Stark, aka the Three-Eyed Raven, from the Night…
Richard Lugar, Former U.S. Senator And Foreign Policy Powerhouse, Dead At 87
WASHINGTON, April 28 (Reuters) ― Centrist Republican Richard Lugar, a soft-spoken foreign policy powerhouse who championed nuclear nonproliferation during 36 years in the U.S. Senate, died on Sunday at age 87. The Lugar Center, a Washington-based nonprofit, said in a statement that he died peacefully at the Inova Fairfax Heart and Vascular Institute in Virginia…
Trump Campaign Manager Names The Blue States He Plans To Turn Red In 2020
President Donald Trump’s campaign manager said they’re working to expand the map for 2020. Brad Parscale named four states that he thinks the president could win next year that were lost in 2016 to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. “In every single metric we’re looking at being bigger, better and badder than we were in 2016,”…
[SPOILERS] Arya’s Biggest ‘Game Of Thrones’ Moment Is Twitter’s Hottest New Meme
The biggest moment yet in “Game of Thrones” took Twitter by storm on Sunday night as fans shared their reactions to Arya’s jaw-dropping moment. And if you haven’t seen it… fair warning: There are spoilers ahead! “Game of Thrones” occupied all 10 spots in Twitter’s worldwide trends on Sunday, but no term related to the show…
How Linda Garcia Risked Everything To Keep Big Oil Out Of Her Community
Every time Linda Garcia’s cellphone pings, she wonders if it will be another death threat. The environmental activist has been targeted by anonymous callers for five years since taking on Big Oil to save her community from environmental devastation. Garcia lives in Fruit Valley, the kind of close-knit place where everybody knows everybody. The low-income…
Taron Egerton Says Being Cast As Elton John Is ‘Inclusive And Progressive’
Taron Egerton has called “Rocketman,” the forthcoming musical biopic in which he portrays Elton John, “the greatest joy of my life.” Though the Welsh actor has earned lots of early buzz for the musical chops he’s displayed in the film’s trailers, some have questioned whether he was the best choice to play John, a gay icon, because…