Jessica Chasmar

N.J. bill would allow police to search cell phones after crashes

New legislation making its way through the New Jersey State Senate would allow police officers to search the cell phones of those involved in car accidents without a warrant, The Star-Ledger reported Monday.

June 11, 2013

Sen. Bob Menendez: Ted Cruz has ‘Obamaphobia’

Sen. Bob Menendez suggested on MSNBC Tuesday that Sen. Ted Cruz may have "Obamaphobia."

June 11, 2013

Ex-energy secretary praises Solyndra-style loans: ‘More successful than Wall Street’

Ex-energy secretary Steven Chu praised Solyndra-style loans in an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle on Sunday, saying "if you look at what got started" the bankrupt energy firm was successful.

June 11, 2013

10 wounded after terrorists bomb Kenyan church, crowd

At least 10 people were injured on Sunday in two separate attacks in Kenya, including a blast at a church in Mombasa and a grenade hurled in a crowd in Nairobi, eNCA reported

June 11, 2013

Shorthanded Calif. police dept. asks mail carriers, trash collectors for help

The police department in Antioch, Calif., is enlisting the help of mail carriers and trash collectors to help spot crime on city streets, CBS San Francisco reported Monday.

June 10, 2013

Newtown schools briefly on lockdown after threat

Newtown, Conn., schools were reportedly placed on "modified lockdown" Monday afternoon for an unknown threat.

June 10, 2013

Muslim Brotherhood, Islamists in Cairo ‘march to Jerusalem’

Thousands of Islamists and Muslim Brotherhood supporters rallied at the Cairo Stadium on Friday for the "Global March to Jerusalem," Ahram Online reported.

June 10, 2013

Calif. elementary school offers toy gun buyback

Children at a California elementary school were able to turn in their toy guns for books and raffle tickets on Saturday.

June 10, 2013

Ex-MLB player Chipper Jones apologizes for ‘offensive, distasteful’ tweet about illegal immigrants

Former Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones tweeted a public apology on Sunday after facing a massive backlash for suggesting the government fill the Rio Grande River with alligators to prevent illegal immigration.

June 10, 2013

Teacher publicly tortured, beheaded for witchcraft in Papua New Guinea

A female teacher was publicly tortured and beheaded by a mob of villagers in Papua New Guinea after she was accused of using sorcery against a neighbor, the Associated Press reported Monday.

June 10, 2013

Less than half of NYC passed basic road test last year

Only 46 percent of New York City's would-be drivers passed the road test in 2012, down from 52 percent the year prior, the New York Daily News reported.

June 10, 2013

Former Calif. public transit employee made $333K last year without working a single day

A former official of the Bay Area Rapid Transit raked in more than $333,000 last year without working a single day after she resigned under pressure in May 2011.

June 10, 2013

Country music star Craig Morgan rushes to aid accident victims in Tennessee

Country music star and former EMT Craig Morgan jumped into action Sunday morning after he witnessed a crash involving three semi-trucks on Interstate 40 in Humphreys County, Tenn.

June 10, 2013

On taxpayers’ tab: Muslim prayer room, foot baths at San Francisco International Airport

California taxpayers have footed the bill for Muslim airport cabbies to have their very own prayer room and foot baths at the San Francisco International Airport.

June 10, 2013

‘Tomboy’ pageantry raided, energy drinks seized in Saudi Arabia

Morality police in Saudi Arabia raided a hotel party where nearly 100 girls were participating in a contest for the most beautiful "tomboy," Emirates 24/7 reported.

June 10, 2013

Rep. Darrell Issa slams Rep. Elijah Cummings: IRS scandal is not ‘solved’

Rep. Darrell E. Issa blasted Rep. Elijah E. Cummings on Sunday after the latter asserted that the Internal Revenue Service scandal involving the targeting of conservatives had been "solved."

June 9, 2013

Paris museum commemorates Palestinian suicide bombers

A government-subsidized museum in Paris has opened a photography exhibition of Palestinian suicide bombers, remembering them as freedom fighters, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported Friday.

June 9, 2013

300 Muslims detained at prayer room following crackdown by Putin

Russian authorities detained 300 Muslims, including 170 foreigners, on Friday after President Vladimir Putin ordered a crackdown on radical Islamists ahead of next year's Winter Olympics, Fox News reported.

June 9, 2013

4 hot air balloons go down in Denver area; 5 injured

Wind gusts caused four hot air balloons to crash in the Denver area Saturday, injuring at least five people. The unrelated accidents all happened within miles and about an hour of one another, Fox News reported.

June 9, 2013

Texas high school cuts valedictorian’s mic at mention of Constitution

A North Texas high school silenced its valedictorian during his graduation address because he "deviated from the prior reviewed material" and talked about the Constitution.

June 9, 2013