DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The portfolio of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard keeps on growing. Its troops watch over nuclear facilities, its rocket scientists enlarge Iran’s missile arsenal and its engineers have taken on a rail line as their latest big-ticket project. Could media mogul be next? Sometime early next year, …
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Teen Pleads Guilty in Border Patrol Agent's Killing
SAN DIEGO – A 17-year-old pleaded guilty Friday to killing a Border Patrol agent who was shot eight times while chasing suspected illegal immigrants in the mountains east of San Diego. Christian Daniel Castro Alvarez said he lured Agent Robert Rosas out of his car last July 23 and struggled …
Read More »Arrests of Immigrants With Criminal Records on the Rise
LOS ANGELES – Immigration agents assigned to track down people who have ignored deportation orders have increasingly arrested immigrants with criminal records during the past year, new data show. Data from Immigration and Customs Enforcement show a shift from the prior three years, when more than 70 percent of immigrants …
Read More »Ghosts of Clinton Health Care Past Haunt Obama
This is a rush transcript from “On the Record,” September 3, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. MARTHA MACCALLUM, FOX NEWS GUEST HOST: (INAUDIBLE) history repeats itself, and President Obama is set to address a joint session of Congress. He’s going to …
Read More »Swedish TV Program Claims Top Vatican Officials Knew About Holocaust-Denier
STOCKHOLM – A Swedish TV program to be aired Wednesday claims that top Vatican officials knew that an ultraconservative British bishop was a Holocaust-denier when his excommunication was lifted in January. The program, which was obtained by The Associated Press prior to broadcast, could add new fuel to the controversy …
Read More »Mexican president to skip APEC summit over Peru relations dispute
Mexico’s president said on Thursday that he will skip the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in November in San Francisco because his country “has no relations” with Peru. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has claimed previously that Peru’s current government was installed by a coup and that he still considers ousted …
Read More »Alex Murdaugh's lawyer says jurors heard weeks of unrelated evidence as defense seeks new trial
ORLANDO, Fla. – EXCLUSIVE — A high-profile defense attorney for disgraced South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh believes jurors were deaf to “very, very strong” evidence in favor of his innocence after sitting through weeks of damning testimony on unrelated fraud, theft and grift. “That jury had heard almost three weeks …
Read More »Razor blades and poisoned candy: A history of Americans fearing Halloween
As children and adults throughout the nation prepare for the arrival of Halloween, the age-old urban legend of malicious candy distributors tainting Halloween treats with razor blades and poison could be a topic of discussion despite lacking evidence. This enduring myth has haunted parents and caregivers for generations, and it …
Read More »Lawyer says Mahone not welcome at Notre Dame with pending felony charges, seeks to return
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – A lawyer for Will Mahone says the receiver hopes to return to Notre Dame but has been told by the university he is not welcome while felony charges are pending. Attorney James Gentile said Tuesday he hopes to reach a plea agreement before Mahone is due …
Read More »Heat President Pat Riley speaks out, insists Miami will still compete without LeBron
MIAMI – Miami Heat President Pat Riley is speaking out at length for the first time since LeBron James left the franchise, saying that he wants the team “to be as good as it’s ever been” going forward. Riley spoke with reporters Wednesday after the team completed the signing of …
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