Jessica Chasmar

Obama’s liberal spending: President leaves $46 tip on $90 lunch bill

President Obama stopped for lunch in Rochester, N.Y., on Thursday at a little deli called Magnolia's, double tipping on the already-added 20 percent gratuity.

August 27, 2013

Anthony Weiner celebrates Women’s Equality Day

New York City mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner issued a statement Monday to celebrate Women's Equality Day, arguing that society is better off when men and women have an equal playing field.

August 26, 2013

Al Qaeda urges fighters’ widows to show support through ‘sexual jiihad’

A local official in eastern Iraq revealed that Al Qaeda has asked the widows of its fighters to abide by "Sexual Jihad Fatwa" as a means of support to its guerillas, independent Iraqi TV network Alsumaria reported.

August 26, 2013

Ore. man robs bank for $1 to get free health care in jail: Police

A man robbed a bank in Clackamas, Ore., on Friday morning, but only asked for $1 before sitting down and waiting for police to take him away.

August 26, 2013

UNRWA condemns killing of U.N. staff member by Israeli forces

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) announced Monday that one of its staff members, a 34-year-old father of four, was shot dead by Israeli forces in the West Bank.

August 26, 2013

New York state lawmaker calls for boycott of ‘misogynistic’ Al-Jazeera

A New York state assemblyman and Marine Corps veteran is calling on Verizon, Comcast, DirecTV and Dish Network to drop "the notoriously anti-American, anti-Semitic and misogynistic" Al Jazeera network from their basic cable package.

August 26, 2013

Obama administration, Huffington Post team up for civil rights blog

The Obama administration and The Huffington Post are partnering to create a weblog marking the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington.

August 26, 2013

10-year-old Houston girl charged with rape after game of ‘Doctor’

A 10-year-old Houston, Texas, girl is facing charges for the rape of a 4-year-old boy after playing an alleged game of "Doctor" with a group of neighborhood children.

August 26, 2013

Rodeo clown Tuffy Gessling: Someone threatened to burn my house down

The controversial rodeo clown banned for life from the Missouri State Fair for wearing a President Obama mask and mocking that a bull should run him down spoke out Monday about the death threats and fallout since the incident.

August 26, 2013

Free Syrian Army fatwa forbids killing ‘believer lice growing in blessed beards’: report

The Free Syrian Army has issued a fatwa prohibiting the killing of lice that appear in the Muslim beard or else "be punished with 50 lashes by Sharia," Ahlulbayt News, an English-language Shia Islamic television channel, reported Sunday.

August 26, 2013

Lamar Odom, allegedly heavily addicted to crack, has been missing for 72 hours: report

Lamar Odom is heavily addicted to crack cocaine, and his family is fearing the worst now that the NBA star has been missing for more than 72 hours, TMZ first reported.

August 25, 2013

‘The Beast’ cargo train derails in Mexico; 5 stowaways killed

A cargo train nicknamed "La Bestia," or "The Beast," carrying at least 250 stowaway Honduran migrants, derailed in southern Mexico on Sunday morning, killing five people, officials said.

August 25, 2013

George Zimmerman’s lawyer reprimands him for visiting gun factory

George Zimmerman's lawyer reprimanded him for visiting on Thursday a Kel-Tec factory that makes the type of gun Mr. Zimmerman used to kill 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

August 25, 2013

N.Y. attorney general sues Donald Trump for $40M for ‘Trump University’ fraud

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sued Donald Trump for $40 million on Saturday, claiming Mr. Trump helped run a bogus "Trump University" scheme that promised to help make students millions through expensive seminars.

August 25, 2013

Paula Deen dropped from ads for cooking expo that she’s headlining

Paula Deen is headlining the Metro Cooking and Entertainment Show in Houston next month, but you wouldn't know it because two ticket sellers are refusing to advertise her name, TMZ first reported.

August 25, 2013

Emmett Till’s cousin calls George Zimmerman a ‘white boy’ on MSNBC

The cousin of Emmett Till, the black 14-year-old tortured and lynched in 1955 Mississippi, appeared on MSNBC Friday morning, comparing the murder of his cousin to the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

August 25, 2013

Mike Tyson reveals he’s a ‘vicious’ alcoholic ‘on the verge of dying’

Former heavyweight boxing champ Mike Tyson made some stunning revelations about his ongoing drug and alcohol addiction during a press conference Friday.

August 25, 2013

Rush Limbaugh signs 3-year contract with Cumulus

Speculation has whirled over the fate of the Rush Limbaugh radio program, but he put it all to rest Friday by announcing a three-year contract with Cumulus Media, Breitbart News first reported.

August 25, 2013

Colin Powell calls George Zimmerman’s acquittal ‘questionable’

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said the acquittal of George Zimmerman, the former neighborhood watchman who was charged in the shooting death of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin, was "questionable."

August 25, 2013

Texas rodeo bringing in an Obama clown

The Mesquite Rodeo in Texas is standing in public defiance of the recent controversy surrounding rodeo clown Tuffy Gessling in Missouri, by featuring its own rodeo clown dressed in President Obama's image.

August 25, 2013