Author: Spike Bowan
Masked werewolf and clown, rob Florida convenience store
Pasco deputies say two men robbed a convenience store Thursday morning, one wearing a clown mask and the other wearing what appears on video to be a werewolf mask. (FOX)- The masked men entered the 7-Eleven at 27219 Wesley Chapel Boulevard at around 1:30 a.m. One suspect pointed a gun at the clerk and demanded […]
Read MoreCivil War era house vandalized
A Civil War-era house in Mississippi where Ulysses S. Grant launched a major campaign has been vandalized. (FOX)- A press release Thursday from Mississippi’s Department of Archives and History says thieves took four wooden support beams from the 200-year-old home on a Civil War battlefield. The damage at the Shaifer House was discovered April 1 […]
Read MoreAtlanta MARTA shooting: One killed, three injured by gunfire on train
One person was killed and three others were injured Thursday after a shooting on board a public train in Atlanta. (FOX)- Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) police said the suspected gunman boarded a Blue Line train at the H.E. Holmes station west of downtown Atlanta and opened fire at around 4:30 p.m. local time. […]
Read MoreVeterans Affairs chief vows to clean up DC facility after scathing report
Veterans Affairs secretary David Shulkin said Thursday that he would initiate a top-down review of the VA medical center in the nation’s capital after an urgent watchdog report warned that patients were being put at risk due to bad inventory practices from potentially dirty syringes to medical supply shortages. (FOX)- Shulklin said he had installed one […]
Read MoreWhat is a MOAB?
GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Or as I like to call it, the MOTHER OF ALL BOMBS! When I started out in the Military, I was an Ammunition Specialist 55B, in the US Army Reserves. (Let the BB counter jokes ensue) I got to handle a variety of munitions, but NEVER did I see anything […]
Read MoreRussia, Iran and Syria issue warning to US
Russia, Syria and Iran strongly warned the United States Friday against launching new strikes on Syria and called for an international probe into last week’s chemical attack there. (FOX)- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who hosted his Iranian and Syrian counterparts at a trilateral meeting in Moscow, denounced last week’s U.S. attack on Syria as […]
Read MoreDaughter of NYC cop killed in 9/11 attacks joins NYPD
The daughter of a New York Police Department officer killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks has been sworn in as a member of the force. (FOX)- Brittney Roy, of Massapequa Park on Long Island, was sworn in Thursday along with 473 other recruits during a ceremony held at the city’s police academy in Queens. Her […]
Read MoreWhack Job, wanted in weapons thefts, threatening manifesto, is arrested
Joseph Jakubowski, the Wisconsin man accused of stealing more than a dozen guns and sending a threatening 161-page manifesto to President Trump, has been arrested after a manhunt that stretched on for more than a week, investigators confirmed on Friday. (FOX)- Police caught him in the southwestern Wisconsin village of Viola, Fox 6 reported. Jakubowski, 32, […]
Read MorePolice launch investigation after Korans found in toilet at Texas college
Authorities launched an investigation Thursday after two copies of the Koran were found inside a toilet bowl at a Texas college. (FOX)- Two students at the University of Texas at Dallas found the copies of the Muslim holy book in the men’s bathroom on March 28 and alerted authorities, according to the school’s student newspaper. […]
Read MorePalestinian kills British tourist in Jerusalem
A British woman has died after being attacked by a Palestinian man with a knife in Jerusalem, Israeli police said. (FOX)- The woman in her early 20s was travelling on the Jerusalem Light Rail near Old City when she was attacked, officials said. Israel’s Shin Bet security agency identified the assailant as 57-year-old Jamil Tamimi […]
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