Let the 2016 Presidential Race Begin. Ted Cruz Announces Bid

Texas Senator Ted Cruz, a conservative firebrand who frequently clashes with leaders of his Republican Party, became the first major figure from either party to jump into the 2016 U.S. presidential election race on Monday when he announced his candidacy on Twitter.

“I’m running for President and I…

Tragedy! Seven Children Killed in NY House Fire

Seven children died as flames ripped through a house in New York’s Brooklyn borough early on Saturday, an emergency official said.

Witnesses told the New York Daily News that the children, aged five to 15, were trapped inside as their mother jumped out of a window.

“I heard the…

Several Killed in Museum Attack in Tunisia

Gunmen in military uniforms stormed Tunisia’s national museum, killing 17 foreign tourists and two Tunisians on Wednesday in one of the worst militant attacks in a country that has largely escaped the region’s “Arab Spring” turmoil.

Visitors from Italy, Germany, Poland and Spain were among the dead in…

US Rep. Aaron Schock Resigns Amid Spending Scandal

U.S. Representative Aaron Schock, a Republican from Illinois whose Downton Abbey-styled office launched a series of media reports questioning his use of taxpayer dollars, announced on Tuesday that he is resigning from Congress.

The 33-year-old congressman from Peoria, Illinois had been a rising star in House…

'The Jinx' Robert Durst Arrested for Murder

Robert Durst, scion of one of New York’s largest real estate empires, has been arrested in New Orleans on a murder warrant issued by Los Angeles County, the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office said.

Durst, born in 1943, is known for life twists that led him to be questioned…