Jessica Chasmar

Outrage after McCain tweet compares Ahmadinejad, monkey

Sen. John McCain came under fire Monday after posting a tweet that compared Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the monkey the Iranian government allegedly launched into space last week.

Study: Israeli, Palestinian schoolbooks instill enmity

A new study reports that textbooks in both Israeli and Palestinian schools are politically biased, depicting each other as enemies and providing only one-sided narratives.

Watchdog group sues Fla. county elections chief over West recount

Elections watchdog group True the Vote has filed a federal lawsuit against St. Lucie County Elections Supervisor Gertrude Walker for failure to comply with federal law after the congressional race and recount between then-Rep. Allen B. West and his challenger, current Rep. Patrick Murphy.

Chicago murder rate far worse since strict gun control

Chicago's murder rate is far worse now than it was during the city's most notorious crime era, Al Capone's "gangland," when gun-control laws hardly existed, ABC reports.

Convicted killer says he shot 3 white women because of academia

An Atlanta man has been sentenced to life in prison for shooting two white women and murdering another, citing that his motives to target whites was due to ideas he learned in college.

Christian club booted off Michigan campus for discrimination

Gibbs: Hagel ‘unimpressive and unprepared’ at hearing

Former Obama White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said he wasn't too impressed with former Sen. Chuck Hagel's performance at his confirmation hearing to become secretary of defense.

‘Don’t be a plain Jane’: Federal agency gives fashion tips to employees

Men and women at the Defense Intelligence Agency were given some odd fashion tips about making themselves more attractive around the office.

Brother: Muhammad Ali ‘could be dead in days’

Rahman Ali, Muhammad Ali's brother, said the legendary boxer no longer can speak and could be dead within days.

SodaStream Super Bowl ad challenges Big Soda, is promptly banned

CBS has banned a SodaStream commercial from Sunday night's Super Bowl after it challenged its top competitors — soda giants Pepsi and Coca-Cola.

Feminists deem economic group’s necktie logo ‘sexist’

A Florida economic group's new logo has sparked an unintended gender debate among business leaders.

Chicago police to respond to lesser crimes via phone

Amid a recent wave of murders, Chicago is implementing a dramatic change to how police respond to 911 calls — only dispatching officers to the most serious crimes.

NYC schools hand out 12,721 ‘morning-after’ pills

New York City schools are offering young girls a full menu of birth control options, free of parental counsel, thanks to an unpublicized project by Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration.

‘American Sniper’ author Chris Kyle shot dead at Texas gun range; ex-Navy SEAL was 38

A 25-year-old man was charged Sunday in the deadly shooting of Chris Kyle, a former Navy SEAL who was the author of "American Sniper," and another man at a Texas firing range.

High school student suspended for gun photo

A high school freshman has been suspended for setting a picture of a gun as the desktop background on his computer.

Bloomberg group to air gun control ad during Super Bowl

A gun control group founded by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is set to air a public service announcement calling for background checks during Sunday's Super Bowl.

Women’s basketball coach shoots attackers to protect students

A 70-year-old women's basketball coach at a Detroit high school shot two men trying to attack him while walking two girls to their cars in the school parking lot Friday night.

Whiteout conditions cause deadly 30-car pileup in Detroit

Whiteout conditions and slick roads lead to the deaths of two children and one adult in a 30-car pileup in Detroit. The two children who were killed appeared to be siblings, police said. The boy, 6, died on the scene and the girl, 9, died after being rushed to a nearby hospital.

Immigrants in the U.S. sending $120B back home

Immigrants working in the United States sent $120 billion back to their home countries, according to reports.

Report: U.S. jobless rate one of the worst in industrialized world

A new report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics reveals that the United States has one of the highest unemployment rates in the industrialized world, only second to Sweden.