Video: Texas Man Shoots His Abductors
Authorities say a Houston-area man turned the tables on two bank robbery suspects who had abducted him and his wife by pulling a gun on the unsuspecting duo and shooting them both, killing one of them.
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RNC Threatens Boycott of CNN and NBC Over Hillary Clinton Shows
Reince Priebus told networks the RNC will not partner with them for 2016 primary debates unless Hillary Clinton films are canceled.
Florida Police: Maintenance Man Uses Dying Man’s ATM Card before Calling 911
The maintenance man at a Gainesville apartment complex has been arrested after police allege he found a tenant either dead or dying and, before calling 911, used the man’s ATM card to withdraw more than $600.
Terror Threat Intelligence Not New (+video)
Intelligence regarding al Qaeda plans to attack U.S. embassies, officials, and interests last Sunday was known for months by U.S. intelligence agencies but was used only recently to trigger the closure of embassies and issuance of public warnings of impending attacks.
U.S. Directs Agents to Cover Up Program Used to Investigate Americans
A secretive U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration unit is funneling information from intelligence intercepts, wiretaps, informants and a massive database of telephone records to authorities across the nation to help them launch criminal investigations of Americans.
Circuit Court: ‘Unsettled’ if 2nd Amendment Applies Outside of Home
In a case over New Jersey’s requirement that a citizen demonstrate “justifiable need” for a carrying a firearm before receiving a concealed carry license, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that such a requirement “does not burden conduct within the scope of the Second Amendment’s guarantee.”
Snake Escaped from Pet Shop ‘Strangles’ Two Young Boys to Death in Canada
Two young boys were killed by a python after it escaped its enclosure at a pet store in Canada and entered their apartment through the ventilation system.
FBI Can Hack Your Android to Remotely Activate Cell Phone Microphones
The feds can remotely activate the microphones in phones running Google’s Android software to record conversations, one former U.S. official said. It can do the same to microphones in laptops without the user knowing.
Japan Nuclear Body says Radioactive Water at Fukushima an ‘Emergency’
Highly radioactive water seeping into the ocean from Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is creating an “emergency” that the operator is struggling to contain, an official from the country’s nuclear watchdog said on Monday.
Study Finds Late-Night Comics Using Democrats as Punchlines Post-Election (+video)
President Barack Obama, the joke’s on you. A study of gags by late-night comics during the first half of the year found an abrupt change from 2012. Now Obama and Democrats are providing the lion’s share of punchlines.