Jessica Chasmar

Bill Maher: Islamic violence ‘more than just a fringe element’

Comedian Bill Maher butted heads Friday night with Brian Levin, a professor at California State University at San Bernardino and director of its Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, after the late-night host took issue with comparing Islamic extremism with all fundamentalism.

April 21, 2013

Czech ambassador: Stop confusing us with Chechnya

As news broke that two Chechens, Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, are linked to Monday's Boston Marathon bombings, so did the misinformation that comes with social networking.

April 21, 2013

W.Va. student arrested, charged for wearing NRA shirt

A West Virginia eight-grader was arrested and charged with two counts of obstruction and disturbing the education process Thursday after he wore a National Rifle Association T-shirt to school.

April 21, 2013

U.S. veteran faces Turkish prison for collecting beach ‘stones’

An American tourist planning only a 6-day vacation with his wife in Turkey who collected stones as a hobby was detained Sunday and faces trial for attempting to smuggle "historical artifacts" from the country.

April 18, 2013

China suspects human-to-human transmission of H7N9

After a new strand of bird flu previously unseen in humans killed 17 of the 87 people it has infected, Chinese officials are looking into the possibility of human-to-human transmission of the H7N9 strain.

April 18, 2013

Cal State L.A. evacuated amid reported bomb threat

California State University's Los Angeles campus was evacuated Thursday after a bomb threat, a local television station reported.

April 18, 2013

ACLU: Detroit police remove homeless, dump them outside city

The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan has filed a complaint with the U.S. Justice Department and sent a letter to Detroit police demanding they end the "disturbing practice" of removing homeless people from downtown and dropping them off miles away.

April 18, 2013

Homebuilders scrap the term ‘master bedroom’ because of connotations

Increasingly more homebuilders in the Washington area are ditching the term "master bedroom" for the more politically correct "owner's bedroom."

April 18, 2013

Janet Napolitano calls Boston terror question on Saudi ‘not worthy of an answer’

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano dismissed a question "not worthy of an answer" by Rep. Jeff Duncan during a Capitol Hill hearing Thursday, who asked about the alleged deportation of a Saudi national who was questioned as a witness in the Boston bombings.

April 18, 2013

Allen West warns ‘left-wing groups’ to stop harassing his wife

A stern warning by Allen West went viral Wednesday after the former representative posted to Facebook that "it is a promise" he will take action against the "left-wing groups" allegedly harassing his wife.

April 18, 2013

Sharpton attacks CNN’s John King for ‘dark-skinned male’ report on Boston bombing

MSNBC host Al Sharpton railed against CNN's John King Wednesday night, not because he gave a report that later proved to be false, but because he described a supposed suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing as a "dark-skinned male."

April 17, 2013

Apple loses throne as world’s biggest company to Exxon Mobile

Exxon Mobile unseated Apple Inc. as the world's largest company Wednesday, after the technology giant's steep slide in shares knocked it down to second place.

April 17, 2013

Fox pulls ‘Family Guy’ episode picturing mass deaths at Boston Marathon

Fox has pulled an episode of the hit animated series "Family Guy," that depicts mass deaths at the Boston Marathon.

April 17, 2013

Obesity battle gets French weapon: Forks that vibrate on quick eaters

French inventors have developed a new gadget they hope can help fight obesity — a fork that tells you when you're eating too quickly.

April 17, 2013

Study: Taste of beer makes people want to drink more

Researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine have found that simply the taste of beer can influence someone to drink more.

April 17, 2013

New Zealand legalizes gay marriage

Gay-rights advocates celebrated at New Zealand’s Parliament Wednesday night as the country become the 13th in the world to legalize gay marriage.

April 17, 2013

Krauthammer rips Obama for calling Boston bombing a ‘tragedy’

Charles Krauthammer came to Bill O'Reilly's defense Tuesday night after the host criticized the president for using the word "tragedy" to describe the terror attack in Boston.

April 17, 2013

Expert: ‘Little indicators’ point to right-wing extremists for Boston terrorism

One of the world's leading experts on counterterrorism told an Australian paper Wednesday that Monday's Boston Marathon bombings have the markings of right-wing domestic terrorists, not jihadists.

April 17, 2013

MSNBC analyst: ‘This did happen on tax day in Boston, the place of the Tea Party’

MSNBC analyst Adam Lankford attempted to point a finger at the Tea Party for Monday's terror attack on the Boston Marathon, saying, "This did happen on tax day in Boston, the place of the Tea Party."

April 17, 2013

Actor Jay Mohr calls for gun ban in wake of Boston Marathon bombing

Just hours after the tragic bombings in Boston, actor and comedian Jay Mohr took to Twitter to lambast the Second Amendment, saying it's creating a "culture of violence."

April 16, 2013