Douglas Ernst

Jade Helm 15 media blackout: Press not given access to controversial military exercises

Controversial military exercises that will soon take place in the U.S. with roughly 1,200 special operations forces will be off limits to the press.

July 9, 2015

Vladimir Putin: Russia, China will jointly ‘overcome all the problems before us’

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that the Kremlin would work together with China to "overcome all the problems before us."

July 8, 2015

Plastic pellet guns banned in Peshawar, Pakistan

Officials in Peshawar, Pakistan, have issued a temporary ban on plastic pellet guns in hopes that it will reduce violence in the city.

July 8, 2015

U.S. cedes Arctic to Russia: ‘We’re not even in the same league,’ says Coast Guard chief

Coast Guard Commandant Paul F. Zukunft says that the U.S. is essentially ceding the Arctic's emerging trade routes and natural resources to Russia.

July 8, 2015

Giant robot battle between the U.S. and Japan to happen: ‘I’ll fight. Absolutely’

The U.S. and Japan are heading for another showdown -- with giant robots.

July 8, 2015

Explosives, 200 detonators stolen from French military site: ‘It wasn’t cotton candy’

A military site in France had plastic explosives, grenades and roughly 200 detonators stolen last weekend.

July 8, 2015

Ariana Grande, pop singer, says ‘I hate America,’ then licks doughnuts at store

Pop singer Ariana Grande was caught on camera saying she hates America and apparently licking a doughnut shop's merchandise for paying customers.

July 8, 2015

Russell Wilson says God spoke to him after Super Bowl interception

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson recently told an audience in San Diego that God spoke to him immediately after he threw a decisive interception to seal his team's Super Bowl loss in February.

July 7, 2015

Bill Cosby Quaaludes testimony doesn’t sway Whoopi Goldberg: ‘He has not been proven a rapist’

Bill Cosby's 2005 testimony that he gave Quaaludes to at least one woman he had sex with hasn't swayed Whoopi Goldberg's opinion of him.

July 7, 2015

Ohio woman arrested after 911 call for Chinese food complaint

Ohio police arrested a 44-year-old woman for using 911 emergency services to complain about the quality of Chinese food she ordered.

July 7, 2015

World War II-era tank confiscated from elderly German man’s basement

Most people have dusty exercise equipment in their basement. A 78-year-old man in northern Germany had a World War II Panther tank.

July 7, 2015

Bernie Sanders: ‘Real unemployment’ rate under Obama is 10.5 percent

Sen. Bernie Sanders said Monday that the Obama administration is not being forthright with the American people about the real unemployment rate.

July 7, 2015

John McCain: Obama’s stance on Islamic State and Iran a ‘delusion’

Sen. John McCain said Monday that President Obama is suffering from a "delusion" as to how the U.S. can defeat the Islamic State group.

July 7, 2015

Rahm Emanuel’s Chicago to begin taxing online entertainment

Digital media companies and Chicagoans will now be slapped with a 9 percent "cloud tax" on streaming services, including popular entertainment outlets such as Netflix, through which city officials aim to generate $12 million. Collections will begin Sept. 1.

July 5, 2015

Kathryn Steinle fatally shot in San Francisco; suspect was deported five times: ICE

A man accused of gunning down a woman Wednesday along a popular San Francisco waterfront is a convicted felon who has been deported several times, government officials said.

July 3, 2015

William Shatner defends George Takei amid ‘blackface’ flap

William Shatner injected himself into the George Takei "blackface" controversy, defending his "Star Trek" cohort's comment about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas amid the court's ruling last week on same-sex marriage.

July 3, 2015

Chicago imposes ‘cloud tax’: Officials aim to collect $12M from digital services like Netflix

Chicago officials have found a way to tax "the cloud."

July 3, 2015

Fourth of July Lego masterpiece: Word’s largest American flag made out of plastic toy

The world's largest American flag was made Wednesday out of Lego bricks.

July 3, 2015

Terror fears prompt U.S. Air Force base in U.K. to cancel Fourth of July festivities

A U.S. Air Force base in the U.K. has nixed its Fourth of July plans due to concerns of a possible terror attack.

July 3, 2015

Ann Coulter ‘Adios America’ event crashed by screaming activists with Mexican and anarchist flags

An Ann Coulter book event in Costa Mesa, California, was crashed by illegal-immigration activists vowing to "fight back" because they are allegedly "under attack."

July 3, 2015