Victor Morton
Articles by Victor Morton
Obama had NSA spy on Israel during Iran nuclear deal negotiations
President Obama vowed in 2013 to cut back on spying on U.S. allies. But in the interests of negotiating his Iran nuclear deal, according to the Wall Street Journal, he made an exception in the case of Israel and thereby also caught communications of U.S. Congress members in that dragnet. Published December 29, 2015
Iran conducts live-fire exercise near U.S. aircraft carrier Harry S Truman
In what the U.S. military called an "unnecessarily provocative" move, the Iranian Navy reportedly sent a ship less than a mile from a U.S. aircraft carrier and began conducting a live-fire exercise using unguided rockets. Published December 29, 2015
Ethan Couch, ‘affluenza’ teen, reportedly in custody
Ethan Couch, the 'affluenza' teenager given probation for a DUI accident that killed four people, is reportedly in custody after having fled with his mother to Mexico. Published December 28, 2015
Lemmy Kilmister, singer of Motorhead, dies at 70
Lemmy Kilmister, the lead singer of the heavy metal band Motorhead, died of a recently discovered cancer on Monday, according to an announcement on his band's Facebook page. He was 70. Published December 28, 2015
Tamir Rice officers not charged in fatal shooting
Calling the Tamir Rice shooting "a perfect storm of human error," a prosecutor announced Monday that a grand jury had declined to indict two Cleveland police officers in the shooting death of the 12-year-old boy who was playing with a pellet gun in a park. Published December 28, 2015
Charlotte Northlake mall hit by shooting; gunman killed
A fight between two rival groups who went to a North Carolina shopping mall on Christmas Eve looking for trouble escalated into a gunbattle that ended with an off-duty policeman killing a teenage rapper who had pointed a gun at him. Published December 24, 2015
Rival Democrats slam reports of Obama’s deportation push
Reports that President Obama's Homeland Security Department is planning raids against illegal-immigrant families from Central America prompted an immediate backlash Thursday from liberal advocacy groups and politicians, who especially lamented the timing of the Christmas-week news break. Published December 24, 2015
Donald Trump takes credit for Homeland Security’s planned illegal immigrant raids
The report that the Homeland Security Department plans raids against illegal immigrants was widely attacked Thursday by liberals, but it did pick up one prominent supporter -- Donald Trump. Published December 24, 2015
Daquan Westbrook, aka Donkey Cartel, is man killed in Charlotte, North Carolina, mall shooting
Daquan Westbrook, 18, was a rapper who performed as "Donkey Cartel" and has released a mixtape titled "Convicted Felon With a Weapon," the cover of which shows him in a prison cell wearing an orange jumpsuit. Published December 24, 2015
Homeland Security plans raids to deport illegal immigrant families
President Obama's Homeland Security Department is reportedly planning to target illegal-immigrant families from Central America for a series of raids, with raids coming as early as next month. Published December 23, 2015
One FC bans weight cutting to curb extreme dehydration
Asia's largest mixed martial arts promotion made a potentially revolutionary change in the sport Wednesday by banning the practice of "weight-cutting" and requiring its athletes to fight at their natural weights. Published December 23, 2015
Washington Post pulls political cartoon depicting Ted Cruz’s daughters as monkeys
The Washington Post pulled a political cartoon Tuesday night that portrayed the daughters of Ted Cruz -- ages 7 and 4 -- as monkeys. Published December 22, 2015
Hillary Clinton favors closing half the nation’s schools
Hillary Clinton's America would be like Garrison Keilor's Lake Wobegone, where all the children are above average. Published December 22, 2015
Sandra Bland case: No indictment in black woman’s police custody death
A Texas grand jury will not indict anyone on criminal charges in the police-custody death of Sandra Bland, according to several Houston news outlets. Published December 21, 2015
Lakeisha Holloway, Las Vegas Strip crash driver, won Role Model award in 2012
The image that emerged Monday of the suspect in the Las Vegas Strip car attack was of a woman who once won a role-model award from a Portland alternative school, but had changed her name and by Sunday night was homeless and stressed from being chased away from the gambling mecca's casinos. Published December 21, 2015
Las Vegas Strip car crash causes multiple injuries near Miss Universe venue
A car drove onto the Las Vegas Strip on Sunday night near the Miss Universe pageant, causing dozens of injuries and one death in a rampage that authorities said was intentional and will lead to murder charges against the driver. Published December 20, 2015
Nashua, N.H., schools closed Monday due to threats of violence
Another public school system has decided to close all schools for a day in response to threats of violence -- this time, in Nashua, New Hampshire. Published December 20, 2015
Apparent hoax identifies Tayyeep Bin Ardogan as second San Bernardino suspect
Police have named a second suspect in the San Bernardino shootings, a 28-year-old Qatari citizen named Tayyeep bin Ardogan, according to Fox News. Published December 2, 2015
Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik identified as San Bernardino killers
The two gunmen in the San Bernardino massacre were officially named by authorities early Thursday, as 28-year-old Syed R. Farook and 27-year-old Tashfeen Malik. Published December 2, 2015
Guantanamo Bay closure plan rejected by White House as too costly
The White House has reportedly rejected the Pentagon's proposal to close the terrorist detention facility at Guantanamo Bay and replace it with a facility in the U.S. Published December 1, 2015