Jessica Chasmar

TLC pulls ‘19 Kids and Counting’ amid Duggar molestation scandal

TLC has pulled "19 Kids and Counting" from its schedule following an apology by Josh Duggar after reports that he molested five underage girls when he was 14.

May 22, 2015

Georgia man holds would-be carjacker at gunpoint: ‘You woke up stupid this morning’

A Georgia man says he has no regrets after he turned the tables on a would-be carjacker and held him on the ground at gunpoint until police arrived.

May 22, 2015

Erika Menendez gets 24 years for fatal subway push motivated by post-9/11 bigotry

A woman who admitted to pushing a Hindu man to his death on a New York City subway track said she did it because of her hatred for Muslims and Hindus since the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, police said.

May 21, 2015

McDonald’s blasts SEIU ‘union attack’ on fast-food industry

McDonald's blasted what it called a "union attack" on its brand, after thousands of protesters gathered outside the company's annual shareholder meeting Thursday in Oak Brook, Illinois.

May 21, 2015

Tom Cotton: ‘We should not be ashamed’ of Iraq War

Republican Sen. Tom Cotton argued in an interview published Thursday that the U.S. shouldn't be ashamed of the Iraq War and that President George W. Bush made the best decision based on the intelligence he was given.

May 21, 2015

NYPD told to focus on drug offenders under 40 years old: report

The New York City Police Department has reportedly directed its narcotics division to stop wasting resources on drug offenders over the age of 40.

May 20, 2015

Ahmed Mohammed, Ground Zero hot dog vendor, under fire for $30 snacks

A New York City hot dog vendor at Ground Zero has caused several fights to break out after charging customers, particularly tourists, as much as $20 and $30 for a hot dog.

May 20, 2015

Eric Haritakis, MMA fighter, hog-ties suspected bank robber in Fla. until police arrive

A Tampa Bay-area MMA fighter chased a man down and hog-tied him with duct tape after he witnessed the man rob a bank teller.

May 19, 2015

James Brown, Army soldier, repeatedly screamed ‘I can’t breathe’ before dying in Texas jail

An Army combat soldier who checked into the El Paso County Jail for a two-day DWI sentence repeatedly screamed "I can't breathe" as he was being pinned by officers before his abrupt death in July of 2012, according to newly released video.

May 19, 2015

William Bratton, NYC police chief, wants 450 more officers to fight Islamic State

New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton said Sunday that he's seeking funding for 450 additional police officers to fight new terrorist threats posed by the Islamic State militant group.

May 19, 2015

Baltimore corrections officers charged for looting snacks from 7-Eleven during riots

Two Baltimore correctional officers were charged and placed on leave Wednesday after looting snacks from a downtown 7-Eleven last month during riots spurred by the death of Freddie Gray, officials said.

May 15, 2015

Mom sues school board for teen’s arrest, suspension over NRA shirt

A West Virginia mother is suing the Logan County Board of Education for violating her teenage son's constitutional rights after he was charged and suspended for wearing an National Rifle Association T-shirt to school.

May 13, 2015

Ted Cruz: ‘Of course’ invading Iraq was a mistake

Sen. Ted Cruz said Tuesday that given "what we know now," he never would have ordered the U.S. military to invade Iraq.

May 13, 2015

Veteran, 53, commits suicide in Phoenix VA parking lot

A veteran drove to the Phoenix VA headquarters and fatally shot himself in the parking lot Sunday night, police said.

May 12, 2015

Matthew Kohr: Starbucks not liable for spilled coffee that burned N.C. police officer

A North Carolina jury has decided that Starbucks is not liable for the medical fees and emotional suffering that a police officer claimed to have endured after spilling a complimentary cup of hot coffee on himself.

May 12, 2015

Harry Reid blasts NFL for punishing Tom Brady, ignoring ‘racist’ Redskins name

Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid on Tuesday blasted the the NFL for being more concerned with "deflategate" than the Washington Redskins' "racist" name.

May 12, 2015

Alaska program offers free pregnancy tests in bar bathrooms

An Alaska state-funded project is putting free pregnancy tests in bar bathrooms in an effort to prevent fetal alcohol syndrome.

May 11, 2015

Lindsey Graham: As president, ‘I would veto any bill’ without path to citizenship

Likely Republican presidential candidate Sen. Lindsey Graham predicted Thursday that the GOP will lose the 2016 presidential election unless they win over Hispanic voters by supporting a "long, hard path to citizenship."

May 8, 2015

Brandon Valle, Army soldier, takes down knife-wielding student at University of Nebraska Omaha

Brandon Valle, an Army soldier and student at the University of Nebraska Omaha, is being hailed a hero after he helped take down a knife-wielding attacker at the college library.

May 8, 2015

Idris Elba breaks U.K. ‘flying mile’ speed record in Bentley

British actor Idris Elba broke the U.K.'s "flying mile" speed record on Sunday while driving a Bentley on a beach in Wales.

May 8, 2015