WASHINGTON – Three Mexican police chiefs have requested political asylum in the U.S. as violence escalates in the Mexican drug wars and spills across the U.S. border, a top Homeland Security official told The Associated Press. In the past few months, the police officials have shown up at the U.S. …
Read More »HIV-Positive Man Sentenced 35 Years for Spitting On Officer
DALLAS – An HIV-positive man convicted of spitting into the eye and mouth of a Dallas police officer has been sentenced to 35 years in prison. Because a jury found that Willie Campbell used his saliva as a deadly weapon, the 42-year-old will have to serve half his sentence before …
Read More »Turkish Warplanes Bomb Kurdish Rebel Bases in Iraq
ISTANBUL, Turkey – Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish rebel bases deep inside Iraq for three hours overnight, a rebel spokesman said Friday. Warplanes bombed Iraq’s Qandil region as well as 10 other sites near the Iraq-Iran border in an operation that began Thursday night and stretched into early Friday, rebel spokesman …
Read More »China Urges Burma to Work With International Community On Disaster Aid
BEIJING – China urged close ally Burma on Thursday to work with the international community to recover from a cyclone that killed tens of thousands of people. Burma’s government has confirmed that nearly 23,000 people died and more than 42,000 were missing from Saturday’s cyclone. U.N. humanitarian chief John Holmes …
Read More »Police Investigate Apparent Killing of Canadian Man in Cayman Islands
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands – Authorities in the Cayman Islands are investigating the apparent slaying of a Canadian man who worked for a local construction company. Police spokeswoman Debora Denis says the body of the 47-year-old was found Tuesday in a seaside home he was renting. Relatives have identified the …
Read More »Police Find $11 Million Worth of Marijuana in Georgia Woods
CHEROKEE, Ga. – Acting on a tip, sheriff’s deputies in Cherokee County confiscated more than 9,300 marijuana plants in a remote wooded area. Sgt. Jay Baker, a sheriff’s spokesman, said the pot was seized Wednesday on land leased by a hunting club. He said the illegal crop was found growing …
Read More »Spells Cast at Anti-Marine Rally in California
Members of the anti-war group Code Pink gathered Friday with a cauldron of flowers outside a controversial Marine Corps Recruiting Center in Berkeley, Calif., to use witchcraft to rally against the Iraq war. Code Pink members unfurled a pink banner reading “Troops Home Now” and waved signs as they began …
Read More »Mobile Phone Use While Pregnant May 'Seriously Damage Baby,' Study Says
Pregnant women who regularly use mobile phones are more likely to have children with behavioral problems, according to a study by a UCLA researcher who had previously written there was no proof of “any adverse health effect.” Mothers who used their mobile phone while pregnant were 54 percent more likely …
Read More »Rescued Scuba Divers Recount Ordeal of Floating Lost Overnight
BRISBANE, Australia – A British diver thought he and his American girlfriend would be eaten alive by sharks as they spent a night floating over Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, a newspaper reported Sunday. Dick Neely, 38, and Alison Dalton, 40, were plucked by a helicopter from the ocean Saturday off …
Read More »'Special Report' Panel Discusses the Rev. Wright Controversy and Whether We're Really in a Recession
This is a rush transcript of “Special Report With Brit Hume” from April 30, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) SEN. BARACK OBAMA, (D) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I made a statement yesterday that was hard to make, but it is …
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