Extortion, bank robbery fuel ISIS bloody drive to establish Sharia caliphate

Extortion, bank robbery fuel ISIS bloody drive to establish Sharia caliphate
Long before it looted the Iraqi central bank in Mosul of $ 429 million, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant/Syria (ISIS) was well-funded in its quest to establish a Shariah caliphate, thanks to a raging criminal enterprise of extortion, bank ...
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Surplus US military gear, including MRAPs, going to local police
FLORENCE, S.C. – The large armored truck parked outside the Florence County Sheriff's Office in South Carolina offers deputies more protection than they're likely to ever need. “But if it exceeds our needs, then it will obviously meet our needs ...
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Bergdahl held in solitary confinement for 2 years, sources say
American Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, while held prisoner in Afghanistan, was locked in solitary confinement for two straight years and did not see another human face for that entire time, senior military sources with knowledge of his "reintegration process ...
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AOL.com Article - Ukrainian troops drive rebels out of Mariupol

AOL.com Article - Ukrainian troops drive rebels out of Mariupol
MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) -- Ukrainian troops attacked pro-Russia separatists Friday in the southern port of Mariupol, apparently driving them out of buildings they had occupied in the city. About 100 soldiers emerged triumphant from the previously ...
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AOL.com Article - Grad loses diploma after stripping at ceremony
Quinton Murphy, former student at Jack Britt High School in Fayetteville, created an uproar when he disrobed at his graduation ceremony, according to WRAL. Although the crowd erupted in cheers and laughter, administrators were not as amused.
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AOL.com Article - Rockefeller great-grandson dies in NY plane crash
NEW YORK (AP) -- A small plane crashed outside New York City on Friday, killing a great grandson of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller, a family spokesman said. The single-engine plane took off from Westchester County Airport just after 8 a.m. ...
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AOL.com Article - Daring pig makes escape after death-defying jump
Out of the frying pan and, well ... out of the frying pan: A daring pig dives for freedom off the top of a moving truck on the way to the slaughter house. In a video that's making the rounds on social media, a hog makes a harrowing leap of faith and ...
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