Jessica Chasmar

5-month-old dies in freak conveyor belt accident at Spanish airport

A 5-month-old baby boy, believed to be American, died Wednesday night after getting trapped on a baggage collection conveyor belt at the Alicante-Elche Airport in Spain.

September 19, 2013

New anti-Obamacare ad campaign uses ‘Creepy Uncle Sam’ to target health care law

A Virginia-based group of conservatives has just launched a new anti-Obamacare advertisement that aims to make its audience cringe.

September 19, 2013

Pilot from History Channel’s ‘Ax Men’ dies in freak helicopter accident

The logging pilot from History Channel's "Ax Men" died in an Oregon forest Tuesday in a freak helicopter accident, and police are trying to figure out what exactly went wrong.

September 19, 2013

Daughter of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair threatened at gunpoint

The daughter of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was threatened at gunpoint in a botched robbery Monday night, the Daily Mail reported.

September 19, 2013

Nintendo pioneer Hiroshi Yamauchi dies at 85

The man who introduced the world to Super Mario died Thursday morning of pneumonia at a hospital in Japan.

September 19, 2013

Obama fundraising group invokes Navy Yard shooting for gun control push

Organizing for Action, the successor of Obama's 2012 re-election campaign, sent out an email blast Thursday invoking the tragic shooting at Washington's Navy Yard on Monday to urge for more gun control.

September 19, 2013

Former San Diego Mayor Bob Filner gave $86K in raises before resigning

Bob Filner handed out $86,000 in raises to several of his staff members prior to resigning in disgrace as mayor of San Diego, a local television station revealed.

September 19, 2013

Al-Qaeda-linked Syrian rebel snipers haunt Christian town of Maaloula

Al-Qaeda-linked Syrian rebels continue to haunt the predominantly Christian town of Maaloula as regime fighters struggle to regain power there.

September 19, 2013

French legislators approve ban on child beauty pageants

French legislators approved a sweeping ban on parents from entering children under 16 into beauty competitions or face hefty penalties and jail time.

September 18, 2013

Okla. police find 6 submerged bodies that could have been missing for decades

Investigators in Custer County, Okla., recovered two submerged cars from a lake Tuesday morning, discovering six dead bodies that could prove to be people who have been missing for decades.

September 18, 2013

Chinese woman rescued after 16 days at bottom of well

Chinese firefighters rescued a 48-year-old woman Wednesday who had been stranded at the bottom of a well for 16 days.

September 18, 2013

Ala. resident rakes in $70K for homeless Boston man who turned in large sum

After hearing reports of a Boston homeless man turning in a bag filled with $42,000 in cash and travelers checks, a man in Alabama decided to pay it forward.

September 18, 2013

Carlos Santana falls asleep at wheel, totals Fisker Karma

Carlos Santana totaled his Fisker Karma in Las Vegas Friday night after he fell asleep at the wheel, police told TMZ.

September 18, 2013

No bail for West African man charged in Iran uranium plot

Bail was denied for a Sierra Leone man before he goes to trial on U.S. charges that he tried to broker a deal to ship uranium ore to Iran, The Associated Press reported.

September 18, 2013

Mark Wahlberg earns his high school diploma at 42

Mark Wahlberg penned a blog for the Huffington Post over the weekend, revealing he earned his high school diploma this summer, years after dropping out in 9th grade.

September 18, 2013

2 policemen injured by Palestinian stone-throwers on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount: report

Worshippers at the Al Aqsa mosque on Jerusalem's Temple Mount attacked Israeli police officers Wednesday morning, injuring two, Israeli media reported today.

September 18, 2013

Pa. school boots student from football game, issues suspension for turning in hunting knife

A high school student in Fox Chapel, Pa., said he was booted from his school's football game and suspended for 10 days for trying to do the right thing by turning in his hunting knife to a security guard, a local television station reported.

September 18, 2013

ACORN chief returns to the top with role in Bill de Blasio’s NYC win: ‘We’re baacccck’

ACORN's former leader Bertha Lewis played critical, behind-the-scenes roles in getting Bill de Blasio elected mayor and Kenneth Thompson for Brooklyn district attorney, the New York Post reported.

September 18, 2013

Muslim schools in Britain imposing strict dress codes on girls

Muslim schools all over Britain are forcing girls as young as 11 to wear full-face veils as the "desired dress code of a Muslim female," the Telegraph reported today.

September 18, 2013

Elton John: Lady Gaga is in ‘a dangerous place’

Elton John had some tough words for Lady Gaga, the godmother to his two sons, during an interview this week saying she is in "a dangerous place" by letting her persona take over her life, the New York Post reported.

September 17, 2013