WHITE HOUSE-President Barack Obama says America “is coming to help” thousands of Iraqis who are trapped and threatened by Islamist militants, and has authorized air strikes and humanitarian flights over northern Iraq. President Obama spoke hours after U.S. military aircraft dropped relief supplies to help thousands of Iraqis stranded on Iraq’s Mount Sinjar without food […]
Lawyer for freed prisoner of war Bowe Bergdahl, Eugene Fidell said on Tuesday that the military will be questioning his client about the circumstances of his capture by the Taliban. Fidell did not say what he will say to the questioning officer, Major General Kenneth Dahl, but did say that Bergdahl will cooperate with the […]
A North Carolina couple pleaded guilty for leading a Costa Rican sweepstakes fraud scheme that defrauded hundreds of elderly Americans.Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Anne M. Tompkins of the Western District of North Carolina made the announcement.Jessica Anne Brown, 39, of Greensboro, North Carolina, pleaded […]
Election concerns won out over those of the environment and health in Colorado today as Democrats there pulled two controversial initiatives from the ballot on the day of the deadline for submission. The initiative would have severely restricted the use of fracking to draw natural gas from its location in shale deposits. The measures would […]