Father of Shot Man Linked to Boston Suspects Wants FBI Tried
The father of a Chechen immigrant shot dead during FBI questioning over his links with the Boston bombing suspects said on Thursday that the U.S. agents responsible should face trial.
Entries by Joe Miller
Self-Funded Candidates Almost Always Lose
With the cost of campaigns ballooning, political parties, and Republicans in particular, are increasingly turning to wealthy candidates who can fund their own bids. The only problem is that those self-funders generally lose.
Empire State DA: I Won’t Prosecute Cuomo’s New Gun Law
An upstate New York prosecutor told Human Events he will not go after an individual for a misdemeanor violation of the Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act, signed into law on Jan. 15, in a extraordinary two-minute-drill session of the state’s legislature.
Activist Cancels Plans for Armed March on Washington
An activist has canceled a planned armed march into the District on July Fourth that drew a confrontational response from the city’s police chief.
Even After Boy Scouts Allow In Homosexuals, California Votes to Strip BSA of Nonprofit Status
The California Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that would revoke the Boy Scouts’ nonprofit status because the group does not allow openly gay adults to join.
Waters Continue to Rise in Galena Flooding
State emergency officials say more than 300 people have been evacuated out of Galena, or left on their own after Yukon River flooding hit the community hard.
Ann Romney: Government Breach of Trust ‘Deeply Troubling’
In her first solo interview since the 2012 presidential election, Ann Romney says the recent scandals have created a “breach of trust” in the country right now that is “deeply troubling.”
Unprecedented: FBI Dealt Child Porn to Nab Criminals
The FBI seized and ran a child pornography service late last year as investigators worked to identify its customers, one Western Washington man allegedly among them.
Syria’s Assad ‘Confident in Victory’ in Civil War
Syrian President Bashar Assad said in an interview broadcast Thursday that he is “confident in victory” in his country’s civil war, and he warned that Damascus would retaliate for any future Israeli airstrike on his territory.
11 Vanish From Mexico City Bar in Suspected Mass Kidnapping
Eleven young people were brazenly kidnapped in broad daylight from an after-hours bar in Mexico City’s Zona Rosa, a normally calm district of offices, restaurants, drinking spots and dance clubs, anguished relatives said Thursday.