For the past 15 years, a Lexington woman who was kidnapped and sexually assaulted near her State Street home said she has feared for her life as the person who attacked her remained free. The survivor said her life has been affected in every way possible since that day in 2009. Her mental health has […]
When Kenny Leahman interviewed for a CIA job in 1985, he was given a routine polygraph test involving a series of yes or no questions about illegal activity, drug use and espionage — but one line of questioning took him by surprise. “They asked me directly, ‘Are you gay?’ and ‘Do you ever have gay […]
An actor from Boston who is known for his roles in the television series “Kingdom” and “City on the Hill,” is being hailed a hero after he recently interrupted a home invasion and rescued a terrified family. Jonathan Tucker sprang into action in a real-life drama on Sunday night, calling the Los Angeles Police Department […]
The sound of exploding airbags awoke a family of five recently as an SUV burned in the driveway of their Maryland home. Vicki and Philip Hill, who have 5-year-old twins and a 7-year-old, told FOX 5 that if their SUV had been parked in their garage when it suddenly caught fire, it could have caused the […]
Birds circled confusedly in the sky. Mokie, an Australian shepherd-poodle, jumped up and down on a couch, more hyper than ever, though she never whimpered or barked. “Animals know before we do,” Cramerton resident Patricia “Ollie” Frye told The Charlotte Observer on Friday about the instincts of animals for bad weather. Cramerton resident Patricia “Ollie” […]
Amber Rodriguez was “terrified” in the weeks before she died and had been granted an order of protection against Elias Huizar, her ex-husband, who was accused of fatally shooting her outside the elementary school where she worked on the day his teenage girlfriend was found dead in Washington state. Rodriguez filed for divorce from Huizar […]
Jon Stewart slammed Arab states for not granting citizenship to the Palestinians. Stewart said the states were “scared shitless” of all the Islamists they helped foster in Palestine. “Look they’re all terrified of Hamas and Hezbollah,” Stewart told his guest, Christiane Amanpour. “The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart says the Arab nations have a “dirty little […]
A ferry carrying nearly 100 tourists caught fire in Thailand early Thursday, forcing some of them to jump overboard in fear while others were saved by a rescue boat. The boat was on its way to the island of Koh Tao, a tourist hot spot known as “Death Island,” when the fire broke out in […]
To call it a farce does not even come close. The Brexit saga has tipped into the realms of national tragedy. For some reason, it is taboo for Leavers such as myself to admit that the project has been a calamity. When it comes to “The B Word”, British politics has become gripped by a […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two hotels and several residents of San Francisco’s troubled Tenderloin district sued the city on Thursday, alleging it is using the neighborhood as a containment zone for rampant illegal drug use and other vices, making residents terrified to leave their homes and businesses unable to recruit staff. Plaintiffs do not seek […]
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Saturday Night Live put up its best cold open in quite a while this week, with a comedic peek at what the GOP’s boot-lickingest politicians really might really think about Donald Trump. In the wake of Trump’s big South Carolina victory, Jim Risch (Mikey Day), Marco Rubio (Marcello Hernandez), Lindsey Graham (James Austin Johnson), and […]