Jessica Chasmar

Union boss Karen Lewis blames ‘rich white people’ for Chicago’s education woes

Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis tore into Mayor Rahm Emanuel's kitchen cabinet Tuesday, blaming racism and "rich white people" for why the city's schools are in a fiscal crisis, the Chicago Tribune reported.

June 19, 2013

1 arrested after gun rights, gun control activists clash at N.H. rally hosted by Bloomberg group

A man was arrested after reportedly assaulting two people, including a police officer, at a gun control rally in front of the New Hampshire state Capitol Tuesday.

June 19, 2013

‘He was really struggling’: Chris Matthews laments sun blocking Obama’s use of teleprompters

Chris Matthews lamented the elements this morning after he blamed the setting sun for blocking President Obama's view of the teleprompters and ruining his "dramatic windup" during a speech in Berlin.

June 19, 2013

Obama admin puts the heat on the NBA to help sell Obamacare

The Obama administration has reportedly tried to enlist the NBA in helping it sell Obamacare to the American people.

June 19, 2013

31 killed in bomb attack on Shiite mosque in Baghdad

At least 31 people were killed and 60 others wounded when two terrorists blew themselves up inside a Shiite mosque in Baghdad on Tuesday.

June 19, 2013

Seattle butcher markets marijuana, vodka fed pork

A butcher shop in Seattle is turning heads with its marijuana and vodka-fed pork.

June 18, 2013

Teen used ‘WWE-style wrestling moves’ to kill 5-year-old sister

Police charged a 13-year-old New Orleans boy with second-degree murder after he killed his 5-year-old sister using wrestling moves imitated from TV.

June 18, 2013

Family suing Fox News after airing live footage of father committing suicide

A family is suing Fox News after the network accidentally aired live footage of their father shooting himself in the head.

June 18, 2013

Kim Jong-un hands out Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ as party favors

Kim Jong-un handed out copies of Adolph Hitler's jailhouse memoir "Mein Kampf" at his Jan. 8 birthday party, New Focus International first reported Monday.

June 18, 2013

Cereal fibber? Cap’n Crunch fights charge he’s really a commander

As a Foodbeast blogger painfully discovered last week, the beloved cereal mascot Cap'n Crunch is not really a captain at all, he's a mere commander.

June 18, 2013

Java’s last synagogue demolished as U.S. students visit on religious pluralism tour

Just hours after six American students arrived in Surabaya, Indonesia, on Friday evening, media reported that one of the country's last remaining vestiges of its Jewish community had been reduced to a pile of rubble.

June 18, 2013

‘Hero cop’ who sat next to Michelle Obama at State of the Union accused of raping women at gunpoint

A former Philadelphia police officer once hailed as a hero who sat next to the first lady during the 2009 State of the Union address was indicted yesterday after being accused of forcing two women to take heroin at gunpoint before raping them.

June 18, 2013

Florida fishermen find $2.5 million bale of cocaine

Five fisherman on a commercial expedition off the Florida panhandle on Wednesday found a package containing 55 pounds of cocaine floating in the water, worth an estimated $2.5 million, before handing it over to police, FoxNews.com reported.

June 18, 2013

Bill Ayers: Obama should be tried for war crimes

Former domestic terrorist Bill Ayers says that while he still likes President Obama personally, he deserves "a failing grade" on the presidency and should be tried for war crimes.

June 18, 2013

U.K. city council member claims to have fathered alien love child

A city council member in a small seaside town in the U.K. is defending his beliefs in extraterrestrial life — after claiming to have fathered a child with an alien.

June 18, 2013

U2 can dine with Bono in Dublin if you’re Michelle, Malia and Sasha Obama

First Lady Michelle Obama and her daughters Sasha and Malia dined with U2 singer Bono and his family in Dublin this afternoon after visiting Glendalough, Irish media reported.

June 18, 2013

Celebs urge Obama to push for ‘world without nuclear weapons’

A new video starring top Hollywood celebrities urges President Obama to set forth a plan for disarming the world of nuclear weapons at this week's G-8 Summit in Northern Ireland.

June 17, 2013

Muslim cleric gets 11 years in prison for burning Bible

An Islamic cleric was sentenced to 11 years in prison for burning a Bible outside the U.S. Embassy in Cairo during protests in September against an anti-Islam film.

June 17, 2013

U.S. education slipping in world rankings: report

The U.S. education system is not as globally competitive as it used to be, a study by the Council on Foreign Relations revealed on Monday.

June 17, 2013

Montreal Interim Mayor Michael Applebaum arrested on fraud charges

Montreal's interim mayor was arrested at his home early Monday on 14 criminal counts including fraud, breach of trust and conspiracy, CNN reported.

June 17, 2013