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A report released Monday by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) established that the Russian Olympic team that participated in the 2014 Olympic Games took part in government-ordered cheating “beyond a reasonable doubt.”
In May, Grigory Rodchenkov, Russia’s former anti-doping lab director, told the New York Times that he had been ordered by Russian officials to cover up the use of performance-…
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With all of the horrible things happening in the world this week, it is always pleasant to find a story that has a happy ending. Earlier this week, a ten-week-old stray German Shepherd puppy was saved by San Diego County’s Department of Animal Services after the puppy stumbled into a 200 foot ravine about 65 miles northeast of downtown San Diego.
Luckily, the puppy’s fall was stopped by a…
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A few dozen protesters have decided that not enough highways had been blocked off during last weekend’s riots, so they thought they would do it one more time. Black Lives Matter activists in Minnesota, have disrupted the work day of thousands of Americans by blocking all southbound lanes of Interstate 35-W Wednesday during the peak of the morning rush hour. The entire protest lasted about an…
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Four amazing girls in in North Dallas, Texas, not too far from the scene of the deadliest day for cops since 9/11, raised $10,000 with the help of a simple lemonade stand. All proceeds went to support the families of the five Dallas Police officers killed last Thursday when a gunman opened fired on cops during a peaceful protest.
“We felt really bad for all the victims’ families,” 12-year-old…
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Earlier this month, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper released a report giving the official number of drone strikes the U.S. had conducted outside “areas of active hostilities," along with the number of deaths, both civilian and militant, that the drones had caused.
But these official numbers are only a fraction of the casualties that other independent human rights groups have…
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During his visit to Baghdad on Monday, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced that the United States will deploy an additional 560 troops to Iraq to aid in the fight against ISIS. Iraqi forces, in conjunction with the U.S. Army, have been slowly pushing back against ISIS forces and recovering lost land.
Late last month, Iraqi and U.S. forces were finally able to dislodge ISIS militants from…
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California may soon have another way to squeeze money out of their drivers, as the Golden State is looking at replacing its gas tax with a pay-by-the-mile-fee.
The state already has one of the highest gas taxes in the nation, and according to Forbes is already one of the priciest places to own a car.
Right now, California gets most of its road upkeep funding from its high gasoline tax, which…
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A group of parents and a nonprofit organization called “Education 4 All" just filed a suit to overturn a new state law that prohibits children whose parents opted out of vaccinations for "personal reasons" from enrolling in public schools and child care facilities.
Last year, California Gov. Jerry Brown, spurred on by public support, signed Senate Bill 277 into law. Previous law stated that…
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According to a former smuggler, migrants traveling from Africa to Europe who cannot pay their transportation fees are often sold to organ traffickers who kill them and harvest their organs.
This information was given to Italian police by Nuredin Wehabrebi Atta, a former senior human smuggler who was arrested back in 2014 for his role in a nefarious smuggling ring. He was found guilty and was…
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Our tax money will soon go to soldiers so they can have “gender transition surgery.” According to a statement released on Thursday from Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, transgender individuals will now be able to enroll openly in the U.S. Armed Forces. Their gender dysphoria will now be treated like every other medical condition.
According to the Associated Press, Carter wanted to rescind…