FORT SMITH, Ark. – A man charged with threatening to assassinate President Bush because of U.S. military action in Afghanistan has been found not guilty by reason of insanity. Ahmad Dost, 35, was indicted May 3, 2006, by a federal grand jury for “threats against the president and successors to …
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WASHINGTON – A classified Pentagon assessment concludes that long battlefield tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, along with persistent terrorist activity and other threats, have prevented the U.S. military from improving its ability to respond to any new crisis, The Associated Press has learned. Despite security gains in Iraq, there is …
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When it comes to Hollywood Week, there are certain things that are simply a given. We know, for instance, that dramatic music will play, breakdowns will ensue and tears (of the happy and sad variety) will flow from beginning to end. But this year we were hit with a slew …
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NEW YORK – William F. Buckley Jr., the erudite Ivy Leaguer and conservative herald who showered huge and scornful words on liberalism as he observed, abetted and cheered on the right’s post-World War II rise from the fringes to the White House, died Wednesday. He was 82. His assistant Linda …
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A recent study in the UK found that a range of efforts to get people at risk of type 2 diabetes to increase their physical activity were ineffective. The year-long study conducted by ProActive UK and published in The Lancet, found that face-to-face and phone intervention programs were no better …
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JAKARTA, Indonesia – A soldier shot dead an endangered Sumatran tiger that was caught in a trap in western Indonesia, then skinned it and distributed its meat to villagers, a conservationist said Thursday. The incident happened Sunday in Tenggayun, a village in Riau province, after residents asked the soldier to …
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Detectives in three states on Thursday were hunting for clues in the mysterious shooting murders — a day apart — of two college coeds from Georgia, and sources have told FOX News that an arrest may be imminent in one of the killings. Police in Auburn, Ala., said Thursday afternoon …
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OXNARD, Calif. – An agriculture helicopter crash landed in pieces in an Oxnard strawberry field this morning. The pilot walked away from the wreckage uninjured. Ventura County fire spokesman Bill Nash says firefighters were called at 8:07 a.m. and told a helicopter crash landed in a field near Etting Road …
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CAIRO, Egypt – Police arrested three antiquities smugglers and confiscated the four mummies they had stolen Wednesday south of Cairo, a security official said. Wrapped in layers of linen and decorated with ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, the mummies were found in the southern province of Minya, 220 kilometers (135 miles) south …
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As the United States heads into the sixth year of the war in Iraq, Hollywood still hasn’t figured out how to deal with the subject. Audiences have stubbornly avoided films like “Redacted” and “In the Valley of Elah.” Steven Bochco’s Iraq war TV series “Over There” flopped, while less ambiguous …
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