Hospitals Face Extensive Losses with Obamacare

May 14 - Obamacare could cost hospitals billions of dollars nationwide over the coming years, according to a rough estimate released by federal health officials. According to those projections, hospitals could lose as much as half a billion dollars next year alone. The losses come from less federal funding given to states to...

Liberty Hospital laying off 129 employees, blames Obamacare

May 14 - More than 100 workers at Liberty Hospital are getting their pink slips. The hospital said in a statement Tuesday that 129 employee positions are being eliminated this week as part of an effort to reduce expenses by $20 million. The layoffs are in a variety of departments including maintenance and nutritional services.

US Jobless Claims Jump to Highest Level in 6 Weeks

May 16 - The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid rose 32,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 360,000, the most since late March. The jump comes after applications fell to a five-year low. The Labor Department said Thursday that the less volatile four-week average rose just 1,250 to 339,250, a level consistent with...

German growth too weak to lift eurozone from recession

May 15 - The eurozone economy continues to shrink as Germany's economy grew by a meagre 0.1 percent in the past three months, while France slid back into recession, according to data from the EU statistics office Eurostat published on Wednesday (May 15). Shrinking by 0.2 percent in the first three months of 2013...

When Christians become a 'hated minority'

May 5 - When Peter Sprigg speaks publicly about his opposition to homosexuality, something odd often happens. During his speeches, people raise their hands to challenge his assertions that the Bible condemns homosexuality, but no Christians speak out to defend him. “But after it is over, they will come over to talk to me...

Hezbollah chief: Syria to supply strategic weapons

May 9 - Hezbollah chief Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah says Syria will supply his Lebanese militia with "game-changing weapons." Nasrallah spoke Thursday, less than a week after Israeli officials said Israeli aircraft twice struck shipments of advanced weapons believed to be bound for Hezbollah in Lebanon. Syria has been the...

Syria: We'll respond immediately, harshly to future Israeli attacks

May 9 - Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad said that Damascus will respond "immediately and harshly to any additional attack by Israel." The official said in an interview that "an order was given to immediately respond to any new Israeli aggression," following the airstrikes in Damascus over the weekend, attributed...

Palestinian official longs to nuke Israel

May 9 - There is a very good reason for Israel taking the Iran nuclear threat so seriously. There are a lot of people in this region, many of them holding positions of authority, who would like nothing more than to use a nuclear weapon against Israel, the consequences be damned. One such figure admitted as much in an interview...

Senator Targets Gun Powders with Explosives 'Background Check' Law

May 8 - After reports that the Boston Marathon terrorists had used black powder for the explosive component of their pressure cooker bombs, Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) proposed major changes to federal laws regulating loose gun powder and explosives. On April 23, Lautenberg introduced S. 792, the Explosive Materials...

EU Leader: Federal Europe to Become 'a Reality'

May 9 - Jose Manuel Barroso, the most powerful leader in the European Union, says Europe will become a united political federation within the next few years. The European Commission president is laying out plans for an "intensified political union" that matches the economic cooperation in the EU. That includes plans...

Del. Governor Signs Gay Marriage Bill into Law

May 8 - Delaware has become the 11th state to legalize gay marriage. Gov. Jack Markell signed a measure into law Tuesday shortly after the state Senate approved it Tuesday afternoon. "I think this is the right thing for Delaware," Markell said after the 12-9 Senate vote. "It took an incredible team effort." Under the...

Boston Commissioner: More City Cameras Needed

May 9 - In the first congressional hearing Thursday on the Boston Marathon bombings, Boston's police commissioner will tell lawmakers more public surveillance cameras will be needed to fight the war on terror. Commissioner Edward Davis' prepared remarks show that he will call for tighter security at public events...

Studies Show Significant Drop in Gun Violence

May 9 - As gun control advocates continue to push for tougher restrictions, two new studies show gun violence is actually decreasing in the United States. Tuesday's Justice Department report reveals gun related homicides are down 39 percent from their peak in 1993. Another report by the Pew Research Center found...

European Commission to criminalize nearly all seeds and plants not registered with government

May 6 - A new law proposed by the European Commission would make it illegal to "grow, reproduce or trade" any vegetable seeds that have not been "tested, approved and accepted" by a new EU bureaucracy named the "EU Plant Variety Agency." It's called the Plant Reproductive Material Law, and it attempts to put...

Eagle Scout Facing Expulsion over Gun Charge

May 1 - Eagle Scout Cole Withrow was just a few weeks from graduating with honors from his North Carolina high school, but now the active church member is facing a felony weapons charge and a precarious future after accidentally leaving a shotgun in his pickup truck in the school parking lot. Most members of the...

Myth of Dangerous Salt: Are All the Warnings Wrong?

May 2 - What if everything you’ve been told about the harmful health effects of salt is wrong? For decades, salt has been cast as a dietary demon. The National Institutes of Health advises Americans to cut back on sodium to combat high blood pressure. And the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this year said 9 in 10 people eat...

Pro-Gun Billboard Has Some Native Americans Upset

May 1 - Some Native Americans [formerly known as Indians] in Greeley, Colorado are upset over a billboard that shows three men "dressed in traditional Native attire," and the words, "Turn in your guns. The government will take care of you." The billboard is intended to show that people who have accepted the government's promise...

Benghazi Whistle-Blowers Threatened by White House

April 30 - Victoria Toensing, Republican Counsel to the Senate Intelligence Committee, says her client, a State Department official now considered a whistle-blower in the investigation of the September 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, has been "threatened" by Obama administration officials. According to Toensing, these...

France Legalizes Gay Marriage

April 24 - French lawmakers voted Tuesday to legalize gay marriage. This comes after months of heavy debate and protests that flooded the streets of Paris. Opponents of the law say France is not ready to legalize adoption for same-sex couples. And polls show the country is sharply divided on the issue. Gay men have recently...

Troops Ordered to Remove Verses from Scopes

April 24 - The United States Army is directing troops to remove scripture that was etched into their military scopes. The passages from John and II Corinthians were inscribed there by the company Trijicom. Soldiers at Fort Wainwright in Alaska told Fox News they had to submit their scopes so the references could be...

Record Floods Devastate Midwest, Worst to Come

April 24 - In parts of the Midwest, it's being called the the most devastating flood in recorded history, and the worst of it may still be upstream. Authorities attribute at least three deaths in Indiana and Missouri to raging waters that swept cars away. In Peoria, Ill., the Illinois River crested at a record 29.3 feet and flooded...

Obama P. Parenthood Appearance Riles Pro-Lifers

April 25 - President Obama will no longer deliver the keynote address at Planned Parenthood's annual fundraising gala in Washington Friday. However, he is still speaking there on Friday morning. It's a move supporters of the unborn don't like. They say the President of the United States shouldn't be so closely tied to...

Girls Told to Ask for Lesbian Kiss at School

April 25 - Parents of children attending a Red Hook, New York, middle school are outraged after a recent anti-bullying presentation at Linden Avenue Middle School. The workshop for 13 and 14-year-old girls focused on homosexuality and gender identity. They were also taught words such as "pansexual" and "genderqueer." Parents...

Student Returns to School Wearing Same NRA Shirt That Led to Suspension, Arrest

April 24 - An eighth-grader who was suspended from school and led away in handcuffs by police after an argument with a teacher over his NRA T-shirt returned to school this week – wearing that same shirt that started all the fuss. Other students in Logan, W.Va., wore NRA T-shirts to school Monday in solidarity with 14-year-old...

Kerry compares Israeli military to terrorists

April 23 - While visiting Turkey on Monday, US Secretary of State John Kerry compared the deaths of nine Turkish nationals in the 2010 Gaza flotilla raid to those killed in the recent Boston Marathon bombing. By extension, Kerry was comparing the Israeli military to terrorists. Speaking in Istanbul, Kerry said that after what...

Record Number of Households on Food Stamps-- 1 out of Every 5

April 25 - The latest available data from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) shows that a record number 23 million households in the United States are now on food stamps. The most recent Supplemental Assistance Nutrition Program (SNAP) statistics of the number of households receiving food stamps...

French unemployment at new high

April 25 - The number of unemployed people in France rose to a fresh high last month, official data shows. There are now some 3.2 million people seeking work in France, 11.5% more than a year ago and 1.2% more than in February, the labour ministry said. The number of jobseekers is the highest since records began in...

Spanish unemployment rate at record 27.16%

April 25 - Spain's unemployment rate soared to a new record of 27.16 percent of the workforce in the first quarter of 2013 as the number of those without jobs surpassed six million, official data showed on Thursday. The unemployment rate jumped from 26.02 percent in the previous quarter. The number of unemployed...

Lawmakers, aides may get Obamacare exemption

April 24 - Congressional leaders in both parties are engaged in high-level, confidential talks about exempting lawmakers and Capitol Hill aides from the insurance exchanges they are mandated to join as part of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, sources in both parties said. The talks — which involve Senate Majority...

Gun Shops Rationing Ammo: 'We Have Police Departments that are Scrambling'

April 25 - Gun shops across the country are reporting ammunition shortages as many Americans continue to stock up on whatever they can get their hands on. Jeff Dillard, who runs National Armory in Pompano, Florida says, "I have never seen ammo so impossible to get." Bruce A. Pelletier, owner of Pelletier's Sports in Jaffrey...

Two-year-old boy killed by family dog in Fulton County

April 24 - A 2-year-old boy has died after being attacked by his family's pit bull. The attack happened on Sierra Trail in the Wexford subdivision Wednesday afternoon. Neighbors who tried to help the boy's mother in the moments after the attack described the scene inside the home. "It was like a horror movie. It was like something...

Obama Cut Domestic Bomb Prevention Budget by 45%

April 17 - The Obama Administration cut the budget for domestic bomb prevention by 45%, according to former Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection Robert Liscouski. In an interview with the Daily Mail, Liscouski said under President George W. Bush the Department of Homeland Security allocated...

Obama Snubs Thatcher Funeral

April 18 - President Barack Obama’s decision not to attend the funeral of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Wednesday was blasted by a former Reagan administration official and Fox News analyst who called it shameful, “cheap, small and petty.” Writing on Fox News.com, Fox National Security Analyst Kathleen Troia...

Uruguay Legalizes Gay Marriage

April 12 - Uruguay is now the third country in the America's to legalize gay marriage; 71 out of 92 members of the county's chamber of deputies voted in favor of the measure. It's called "The marriage equality project." One provision of the law will allow gay couples to come to the South American county just to marry.

Lesbians Win Case against Christian B&B Owner

April 17 - A Hawaiian bed and breakfast lost a discrimination lawsuit filed by a Southern California lesbian couple. The verdict was announced by Lambda Legal Monday. The couple sued Aloha Bed and Breakfast after the Christian owner, Phyllis Young, said she was uncomfortable with them staying in her home because of her...

New York Gun Registration Law Takes Effect

April 16 - New York's new gun registration measure is set to kick in Monday. Under the new law, some firearms have been re-classified as "assault weapons," and those who own them are supposed to start registering them immediately. The new law also limits the number of bullets in magazines to seven. But the New York...