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Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com For many college students (and their parents), there’s a lot of concern that future salaries won’t be enough to cover the huge student loans many students today take on. In Michigan, Adrian College is tackling that fear head on: they’re offering to pay all to some of student loan…
With the Nov. 4 midterm elections over, focus now turns to the 2016 presidential race. And among the vast field of prospective Republican candidates, one former governor has amassed a double-digit lead. According to a new CNN/ORC poll, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush tops the list of GOP 2016 presidential contenders, snagging 23 percent of…
New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton today relayed the concerns of police officers across the country and said they feel “under attack” by the federal government in the wake of the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. In an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” with host Chuck Todd, Bratton said he hopes national leaders,…
U.S.-based charity Spirit of America was founded more than a decade ago to support American troops and diplomats by providing assistance to local communities in more than 30 countries around the world. In this TV clip, “CBS This Morning” highlights one recent example in Iraqi Kurdistan, where the group is sending tens of thousands of boots to…
A florist in Washington state is being sued for adhering to her Christian beliefs in declining to make flower arrangements for one couple’s wedding. Before the lawsuit, Barronelle Stutzman, owner of Arlene’s Flowers in Richland, Wash., had employed workers who identify as homosexual and sold floral arrangements to gay and lesbian customers. One such customer turned…
An informal survey of 500 people at a Denver homeless shelter reveals that 30 percent of new inhabitants came to Colorado because of the state’s legally available marijuana. >>> 7 Harmful Side Effects Pot Legalization Has Caused in Colorado “The older ones are coming for medical (marijuana), the younger ones are coming just because it’s legal,”…
Withdrawing or cutting off taxpayer funding from a New York legal-aid group would be difficult despite its role in a rap video about killing police officers, a civil liberties lawyer says. Bronx Defenders, the legal group depicted in the video “Hands Up” by rappers Uncle Murda and Maino, has been awarded at least $1.5 million in…
PITTSBURGH — The Brentwood Borough Council voted to give police chief Robert Butelli a lucrative settlement package, worth more than $200,000, in exchange for his retirement. The deal reportedly will cost the Pittsburgh suburb more than $400,000 over the next three years. Butelli will receive $199,998 in three payments, starting in January. Butelli, 62, was…
Using smart phones, tablets, e-readers and other electronic devices before bedtime could be disrupting our sleep patterns, a new study finds. If that doesn’t come as a surprise, here’s the kicker: Besides making us tired, such gadgets also could affect our long-term health. The study, published Dec. 22 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of…
MADISON, Wis. – We told somebody something, and that’s good enough. That’s effectively the line of defense from the state Government Accountability Board in the wake of stunning documents released Friday that allege the GAB was an out-of-control agency hell-bent on pursuing a partisan John Doe investigation into dozens of conservative groups and the campaign of Gov….
Beleaguered members of Congress who support Obamacare and squeaked by in the recent election now have a nemesis – a PAC of doctors, surgeons and nurses demanding they change their ways because the health-care law will only wreak more havoc in 2015. “A lot of the Democrats in Congress have gotten the message in this…
RICHMOND, Va. — In a hurry this holiday? Beware that Virginia ranks as one of the toughest states on speeders, and police are proud of it. Driving 20 mph over the speed limit qualifies as reckless driving in Virginia law. That offense is not a mere traffic citation, but a Class One criminal misdemeanor punishable…
The pro-democracy protests that captured the energy of youth in Hong Kong — and earned sympathy around the world — ended flatly earlier this month, leaving hopes for free elections unsatisfied. But as Hong Kong police moved on a court order to disband the last of the protest camps, extinguishing nearly three months of sit-ins,…
President Obama’s administration began celebrating Christmas early by announcing 9.7 million Americans have enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program in the past year. “As we approach the New Year, we take time to reflect on the many individuals and families who have been helped by the Affordable Care Act,” began the U.S. Department…
Your member of Congress might get a nicer office for the next session, but you will foot the bill for his or her move. At the start of each Congress, newly elected freshmen participate in a lottery for offices suites for themselves and their staff. Returning members, in turn, seek to leave the quarters they…
Hydraulic fracturing is now a no-no in New York state. And that has 64-year-old Marchie Diffendorf, a lifelong resident of the rural town of Kirkwood, N.Y., most unhappy. “It’s angered and upset me,” Diffendorf said. “I think it was purely political.” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced last week that the Empire State has banned…
As 2014 ends, we thought we’d share some of the times we laughed the hardest this year: When Jay Leno shared something he would miss about hosting the Tonight Show: When Jimmy Fallon found “actual footage” of “President Obama’s” phone call with “Vladimir Putin:” When David Letterman noticed something odd about the August recess: …and…
Larry Schweikart recently spoke at the Heritage Foundation about the newly released 10th anniversary edition of the book he co-authored with Michael Allen, “A Patriot’s History of the United States: From Columbus’s Great Discovery to America’s Age of Entitlement.” "A Patriot’s History" had a rather unusual journey from publication to fame; becoming a No.1 New…
It’s easy to see why Barbara Walters named billionaire Elon Musk one of 2014’s most fascinating people. In the waning days of his 2014 re-election campaign, Gov. Andrew Cuomo turned to Musk to bail him out of a $1 billion economic development deal that was going down in flames — and could very well take…
Just over half of Americans view Christmas as a religious holiday, according to a Pew Research poll conducted a year ago. To them, President Obama’s remarks at the 92nd annual lighting of the national Christmas tree appropriately focused on Christ’s command to “love one another as I have loved you.” >>> Commentary: What Christmas Means…