Valerie Richardson

Prosecutors to drop last charges in Cliven Bundy Nevada standoff case

Federal prosecutors moved Wednesday to dismiss the charges against four low-level figures in the 2014 Nevada standoff, including two Bundy brothers, but it wasn't all good news for the Bundy ranching family.

February 8, 2018

Cliven Bundy, sons file lawsuits over public lands, Oregon standoff

The Bundy camp has launched a legal offensive against federal and state authorities, filing three civil lawsuits in the last two weeks challenging public-lands policy in Nevada and alleging official misconduct in the 2016 Oregon standoff.

February 7, 2018

NFL ratings down due to anthem protests: survey

The reasons for the NFL's ratings decline have been hotly disputed, but a newly released survey suggests that the take-a-knee protests were primarily to blame.

February 6, 2018

Super Bowl airs T-Mobile ‘equal pay’ ad, rejects #PleaseStand ad as too political

Conservatives called foul after a T-Mobile ad airing during Super Bowl LII made a plug for "fair and equal pay," referring to the left's much-disputed contention that U.S. women earn less than men as a result of discrimination.

February 5, 2018

Overnight figures show Super Bowl ratings take another tumble

Sunday's broadcast of the Super Bowl drew the big game's smallest audience since 2009, the Nielsen rating company announced Monday.

February 5, 2018

FCC’s Ajit Pai relieved Timberlake Superbowl halftime show avoids ‘wardrobe malfunction’

Justin Timberlake's halftime show Sunday at Super Bowl LII went off without a hitch, or a wardrobe malfunction, prompting a sigh of relief from Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai.

February 4, 2018

Black Lives Matter protesters arrested after blocking light rail to Super Bowl

Minneapolis transit authorities arrested 17 Black Lives Matter protesters Sunday after they blocked a light-rail line taking Super Bowl ticketholders to the stadium.

February 4, 2018

No Eagles, Patriots players kneel during national anthem at Super Bowl LII

President Trump released a pre-Super Bowl message Sunday thanking the Armed Forces "for our freedom as we proudly stand for the National Anthem," and he wasn't wrong.

February 4, 2018

Colin Kaepernick raises $20,000 for Assata’s Daughters

Colin Kaepernick said Friday he has raised $20,000 for Assata's Daughters, named after convicted cop-killer Assata Shakur, through matching donations from his celebrity friends as part of his Million Dollar Pledge.

February 4, 2018

Poll shows 16% of NFL fans say they won’t watch Super Bowl

The Super Bowl has long been viewed as must-see TV, but a newly released poll shows that a growing number of NFL fans are losing interest.

February 2, 2018

Super Bowl ratings jeopardized by anthem protests, fan outrage

Whether the Philadelphia Eagles can beat the New England Patriots is only one of the questions surrounding Super Bowl LII as the NFL struggles with declining ratings, player protests and fan outrage.

February 1, 2018

Georgia Senate OKs resolution slamming NFL for rejecting veterans’ ad

The Georgia state Senate passed unanimously a resolution Thursday condemning the NFL for rejecting a Super Bowl ad from American Veterans while allowing players to kneel during the national anthem.

February 1, 2018

Stand-up team: No Philadelphia Eagles players knelt for national anthem in 2017

If you're planning to watch the Super Bowl but you can't stand the NFL take-a-knee protests, you may want to root for the Philadelphia Eagles.

February 1, 2018

Ad blitz urges NFL before Super Bowl to ‘choose veterans over politics’

Just in time for the Super Bowl, a conservative watchdog group launched Thursday a social-media ad campaign blasting the NFL over the players' take-a-knee protests and left-wing activism.

February 1, 2018

NFL refuses American Veterans’ #PleaseStand ad in public relations fumble

By rejecting the #PleaseStand ad, the NFL inadvertently handed American Veterans the kind of publicity that money can't buy.

January 31, 2018

Todd Rokita, Indiana Republican, asks Colts owner to advocate for #PleaseStand Super Bowl ad

An Indiana congressman has asked Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay to weigh in on behalf of a proposed Super Bowl ad from American Veterans with the message #PleaseStand, which was rejected by the NFL for being too political.

January 31, 2018

Antifa blamed for violence at 2017 Trump speech in Phoenix report

A band of bottle-throwing Antifa radicals instigated the melee outside President Trump's speech last year in Phoenix, prompting police to deploy smoke grenades and tear gas, according to a newly released report.

January 30, 2018

Labor union pooh-poohs Disney’s $175M package of tax-cut bonuses, benefits

Most people would be happy to pocket an extra $1,000, but labor officials were downright grumpy after the Walt Disney Co. announced it would hand out cash bonuses in response to the Trump corporate tax cut.

January 25, 2018

Women’s March crowds drop by half as left-wing group struggles with political divisions

The 2018 Women's March wasn't exactly a bust, but the one-year anniversary event also fell well short of its historic predecessor in terms of crowd size as divisions surfaced within the left-wing movement's ranks.

January 24, 2018

Trump’s grande tax cuts good news for Starbucks employees; company boosts wages

Starbucks will top off the paychecks of its baristas as part of a $250 million wages-and-benefits package stemming from the Trump tax cuts, the company announced Wednesday.

January 24, 2018