The Sackler family, owners Purdue Pharma and makers of OxyContin, used a Swiss bank to transfer millions of dollars from the company to themselves. New York state’s attorney general stated in court papers filed Friday MORE
The actor Felicity Huffman was sentenced on Friday to 14 days in prison for paying $15,000 to rig her daughter’s SAT scores in the college admissions MORE
PACIFIC OCEAN—With his position as National Security Advisor of the United States having come to an end, John Robert Bolton has decided it is time to return to being one of the walruses who inhabit MORE
Friday the 13th is here, and it’s extra spooky because we also get treated to a full moon; well, some of us do, anyway. According to the Farmers Almanac: If you live in the Eastern MORE
A negotiating team from the Taliban arrived Friday in Russia, a representative told The Associated Press, just days after U.S. President Donald Trump declared dead a deal with the insurgent group in Afghanistan. Russian state MORE
Mayor of Prospect Park, New Jersey, Mohamed Khairullah said Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents detained him at JFK International Airport in August MORE
The singer and songwriter Eddie Money, whose singles like “Take Me Home Tonight,” “Baby Hold On” and “Two Tickets to Paradise” were an archetype for 1970s and 1980s rock radio, died Friday morning in Los MORE
NASCAR is facing backlash from gun manufacturers and gun rights organizations after reportedly rejecting certain advertisements from weapons manufacturers. MORE
During last night’s Democratic debate, a few Sinclair-owned, ABC affiliates in New York and Washington, D.C ran a disturbing ad that featured Alex Ocasio-Cortez burning to death and turning into skeletons. The ad’s creator, Elizabeth MORE
Kenya on Friday became the third country to start routinely inoculating infants against malaria, using the world’s first vaccine to combat a disease that kills 800 children globally every day. “This is the most advanced MORE
A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday revived a lawsuit claiming President Donald Trump violated the U.S. Constitution by profiting from foreign and domestic officials who patronized his hotels and restaurants, adding to the corruption MORE
With a few weeks left in the fiscal year, the U.S. budget deficit widened to $1.067 trillion for the first 11 months of the fiscal year, an increase of 19% over this time last year, MORE
The U.S. Department of Justice examined using fentanyl in lethal injections as it prepared last year to resume executing condemned prisoners, a then untested use of the powerful, addictive opioid that has helped fuel a MORE
While ten, Democratic hopefuls took the stage to discuss real issues the United States and the rest of the world face, Trump went to ‘rat infested’ Baltimore to deliver a speech at the GOP’s retreat. MORE
Daniel Johnston, the influential singer-songwriter and visual artist who painted Austin’s famous “Hi How Are You” frog mural on the Drag, died at home last night following a presumed heart attack at age 58. The MORE
Happy Friday, News Viewers, on this post–9/11, post– “Tea with Terrorists,” post–Truth, post–Bolton, post–Bahamas, post–OMG, Vaping!, post–Irish Pence, post —- The United States As We Know It……….Friday. Another week, another word salad from Donald Trump, MORE
On Twitter, Texas legislature Briscoe Cain issued a threat to candidate Beto O’Rourke using Beto’s real name: “My AR is ready for you Robert Francis.” Obviously, Beto’s comments about forcing a government buy-back on ARs, MORE
Like our first Live Discussion on the Democratic 3rd Debate, this will be our first fact check. We will post this with the subject matter, a summary of the beef, and a link to the beef. MORE
Join us for our first Live Discussion the Third Democratic Primary Debate. The Debate begins at 7PM CT/5PM PT and will feature the following candidates: Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker South MORE
After several weeks of baggings on the city non-stop and criticizing one of its Congressmen, Trump heads to Baltimore to deliver a speech at the GOP’s annual retreat. Protesters will greet Trump with a giant-sized, MORE
Viaggio Winery in Acampo, CA issued an apology after receiving backlash for denying to host a same-sex couple’s wedding. Denying services, housing, or employment based on sexual orientation or identity is illegal in California. Dezanea MORE
Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen told former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe on Thursday that his appeal against possible criminal charges against him has been rejected, according to a person familiar with the decision. The MORE
Gregory Cheadle, the black man singled out by President Trump as “my African-American” at a rally, is leaving the Republican Party and pursuing a congressional run as an independent, PBS News reported Thursday. The 62-year-old real estate broker told the outlet MORE
he Trump administration on Thursday is expected to complete the legal repeal of a major Obama-era clean water regulation, which had placed limits on polluting chemicals that could be used near streams, wetlands and water bodies. MORE