A Republican Senate candidate from Connecticut on Sunday declared her support for “America’s law” protecting equal marriage rights for LGBT people, even though no such federal law exists. “I absolutely support America’s law for same-sex marriage,” Linda MacMahon said during a debate with Democratic opponent Chris Murphy. “And I wouldn’t…
One man died and three more were arrested after a brawl between two wedding parties at a suburban Philadelphia hotel captured on video by a 15-year-old boy celebrating his birthday. “They just started punching each other and hitting each other,” Max Schultz told KYW-TV. “The police came in and started…
The discovery of a rare species of spider has stalled construction on a multi-million dollar highway project in San Antonio, Texas, NBC News reports. “It’s the first time we’ve seen it in 30 years,” said Molly Keck, an entomologist at Texas A&M University. “A lot of people thought this guy…
CNN host Soledad O’Brien on Monday held Romney senior campaign adviser Tara Wall’s feet to the fire on the former Massachusetts governor “completely contradictory” positions about whether Israel and the Palestinians could live in peace. In a secretly recorded video published by Mother Jones last month, Romney had told a…
NASCAR champion Tony Stewart found himself upside-down and flying through the air on Sunday after he accidentally triggered a 25-car pileup on the last lap at the Talladega Superspeedway. Somehow, driver Matt Kenseth ended up winning the race after narrowly avoiding the mayhem in the video below. Even if NASCAR…
A Russian man claimed responsibility Monday for defacing a painting by American modernist Mark Rothko at London’s Tate Modern gallery, saying it was part of a fringe arts movement he helped create. According to The Telegraph, Vladimir Umanets did not say where he lived but did confess to writing his…
Dr. Paul Butler, a retired physician and Dover School Board member, isn’t happy about it, but he’s determined that the risk of concussion and brain injury to the district’s young players is too high to let the football program continue. “I think it’s bad to take this away, I certainly…
Appearing Sunday morning on ABC News, Republican talk show host Bill O’Reilly refused to name people he referred to as “political assassins” during a Saturday night debate with comedian Jon Stewart. RELATED: Watch: Jon Stewart debates ‘mayor of Bullshit Mountain’ Bill O’Reilly “That’s kinda dangerous territory for anyone in political…
Despite being dismissed by at least one of the country’s two major political parties, third-party presidential candidates engaged in their own debates this week. Saturday, the National Public Radio program All Things Considered hosted a discussion between Green Party candidate Jill Stein and former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, who…
Former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich on Sunday admitted that GOP hopeful Mitt Romney had “changed” positions during last week’s debate when he claimed that he had not proposed a $5 trillion tax cut. “I don’t have a $5 trillion tax cut,” Romney had insisted on Wednesday. “I don’t have…