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A homemade gun allegedly exchanged in a gun buyback program. (Miesota Gun Owners Caucus) A Mieapolis gun buyback program targeting weapons used in street crimes may be shooting blanks, as detractors said a Saturday collection mostly took in antiquated, unused or homemade arms from legal owners and did little to thin the firearm supply actually available to dangerous criminals. Two Mieapolis locations collected about 150 firearms Saturday, but both exchanges were forced to shut down several hours early when officials ran out of Visa gift cards – $25,000 worth, The Mieapolis Star Tribune reported. And at least some of that money helped finance the purchase of even more guns. One anonymous ...

FILE - This June 27, 2011 file photo shows Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky, who drew criticism for sentencing former Stanford University swimmer Brock Tuer to only six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman. (Jason Doiy/The Recorder via AP, File) A judge who came under fire after sentencing a Stanford swimmer to six months in a sexual assault case requested Thursday to remove himself from handling criminal cases, but efforts to recall him still remain. Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky requested that he be assigned to civil court and that request was approved, the county’s Presiding Judge Rise Pinchon said in a statement. "While I firmly beli...

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau. (Video still) Nigeria's military said Tuesday it believes an airstrike has "fatally wounded" Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, but there was no way to confirm yet another claim of the death of Nigeria's Islamic extremist leader. A statement does not say how the military got the information but identifies other commanders as "confirmed dead" in an air raid on Friday. The statement comes as Secretary of State John Kerry is to meet in Abuja, Nigeria's capital, with President Muhammadu Buhari, on a visit to discuss Islamic extremism and regional security. Kerry, speaking Tuesday moing in northe Sokoto city, made no reference to the army's report. BREAKING...

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton reportedly told federal authorities during her questioning over her email practices while at the State Department that former Secretary of State Colin Powell encouraged her to use a private email account. The New York Times reported Wednesday that Clinton’s revelation is part of the FBI’s notes that were given to Congress on Tuesday about the agency’s questioning in July that led Director James Comey not to pursue criminal charges against her over her use of private emails. An email exchange emerged from 2009 between Clinton and Powell during the questioning that revealed that she had asked the former secretary of state about his email ...

June 6, 2013: This photo shows the sign outside the National Security Agency campus in Fort Meade, Md. (AP) An almost day-long outage of the National Security Agency’s website has raised further questions as to whether America's most secretive surveillance agency has itself been compromised, days after a shadowy cybergroup claimed to have obtained some of the NSA's most powerful hacking tools. The NSA.gov website went down late Monday, according to Politico, and was not restored until late Tuesday. A request for comment to the NSA from FoxNews.com was not immediately retued. The outage, however, came after the posting of a cache of hacking tools purportedly by a group known as "The Shado...

Hillary Clinton and her ruing mate Tim Kaine released their 2015 tax retus on Friday – a move meant to put pressure on Donald Trump to disclose his own retus. According to thecampaign release, Bill and Hillary Clinton paid $3.6 million in taxes on an adjusted gross income of $10.6 million. The filings show that the Clintons paid a federal tax rate of 34.2 percent in 2015. The bulk of their income -- more than $6 million -- came from speaking fees for appearances made largely before Hillary Clinton launched her campaign in April 2015. Clinton claimed to be “broke” after leaving the White House. The Clintons' income puts them well within the ranks of the top 0.1 percent of Americans, t...

Police in Dallas say criminals have been installing Bluetooth-equipped skimmers on gas pumps that allow them to steal drivers' credit card data remotely. (Fox 4 News) Police in Dallas are waing drivers about a new method criminals are using to steal credit card information at gas pumps. At least five Exxon stations in the North Dallas area recently have been targeted by tech-savvy criminals who installed Bluetooth-equipped skimming machines on gas pumps, authorities told Fox 4 News. “They're not visible from the outside of the gas pump and appear to be made by the same person or same group,” said Lieutenant Tony Crawford, commander of the Dallas Police Financial Investigations Unit. "The...

Getting pulled over in Virginia can lead a driver down a hard road. (AP) Robert Taylor insists he’s a good guy, but says the state of Virginia has treated him like a bad one ever since he got buried under a pile of unpaid traffic tickets, fees and fines. The 28-year-old Richmond man spends weekends in jail, can't hold a job and does not know how he will ever pay off the nearly $5,000 he owes the state. “I’m not a criminal in any sense of the word,” Robert Taylor told FoxNews.com. Without the availability of a payment plan, Taylor had his license suspended, leaving him unable to work. And being unable to work left him unable to make a dent in what he owes the state, he said. Now, Taylor i...

Getting pulled over in Virginia can lead a driver down a hard road. (AP) Robert Taylor insists he’s a good guy, but says the state of Virginia has treated him like a bad one ever since he got buried under a pile of unpaid traffic tickets, fees and fines. The 28-year-old Richmond man spends weekends in jail, can't hold a job and does not know how he will ever pay off the nearly $5,000 he owes the state. “I’m not a criminal in any sense of the word,” Robert Taylor told FoxNews.com. Without the availability of a payment plan, Taylor had his license suspended, leaving him unable to work. And being unable to work left him unable to make a dent in what he owes the state, he said. Now, Taylor i...

Astronaut Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr., Apollo 12 commander, stands beside the United States flag on the lunar surface during the first extravehicular activity in this November 16, 1969 NASA handout photo (REUTERS/NASA/Handout via Reuters) The rarified group of men who blasted off from Earth on the Apollo missionsin the 1960s and 70s have suffered from much higher rates of death by cardiovascular disease than not only other astronauts, but a slice of the U.S. population as a whole, a new study finds. Researchers looked at the rate of death from cardiovascular disease among astronauts who never flew in space, went to space but stayed in low-Earth orbit, and the Apollo astronauts, who went fu...

Astronaut Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr., Apollo 12 commander, stands beside the United States flag on the lunar surface during the first extravehicular activity in this November 16, 1969 NASA handout photo (REUTERS/NASA/Handout via Reuters) The rarified group of men who blasted off from Earth on the Apollo missionsin the 1960s and 70s have suffered from much higher rates of death by cardiovascular disease than not only other astronauts, but a slice of the U.S. population as a whole, a new study finds. Researchers looked at the rate of death from cardiovascular disease among astronauts who never flew in space, went to space but stayed in low-Earth orbit, and the Apollo astronauts, who went fu...

Close up tattoo artist demonstrates the process of getting black and red tattoo with orange paint. Master works on the professional blue mat in black sterile gloves. (ivan-river.com) Getting inked may lead to long-term skin problems and an increased risk of cancer, according to a new report by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). The regulatory agency is calling for the ban of the tattoo ink, The Sun reported. Risks included serious allergic reactions and painful itching that can last for years. More on this... How tattoos may offer protection from the common cold Better instructions for tattoo care could prevent infections, doctors say Strange designs: 5 weird ways tattoos affe...

Dallas sniper Micah Johnson was shued by the New Black Panther Party after he began encouraging fellow members to take up arms, the hate group's leader X claimed Monday. Houston-based New Black Panther Party leader Quanell X told radio station KTRH he "excused" Johnson when the Army veteran encouraged the group to stockpile guns and ammunition. Related Image Expand / Contract Quanell X,leader of the New Black Panther Party, said he "excused" Johnson from the group when he espoused violence. (Associated Press) "I knew brother, and brother had spent some time with us in New Black Panther Party nation and he also worked some security details for me in events that we had," X said in t...

Dallas sniper Micah Johnson was shued by the New Black Panther Party after he began encouraging fellow members to take up arms, the hate group's leader X claimed Monday. Houston-based New Black Panther Party leader Quanell X told radio station KTRH he "excused" Johnson when the Army veteran encouraged the group to stockpile guns and ammunition. Related Image Expand / Contract Quanell X,leader of the New Black Panther Party, said he "excused" Johnson from the group when he espoused violence. (Associated Press) "I knew brother, and brother had spent some time with us in New Black Panther Party nation and he also worked some security details for me in events that we had," X said in t...

A portrait of the Snapchat logo in Ventura (Reuters.) A lawsuit filed at a U.S. District Court in Los Angeles Thursday alleges that Snapchat doesn’t do enough to wa its young users and parents about the sexual content on its app. According to the Los Angeles Times, the suit takes aim at several articles on the app, including “People share their secret rules for sex” and 10 things he thinks when he can’t make you orgasm.” The lawsuit alleges that the material is “adult-rated” and would probably be prohibited by parents if they knew it was on the app. Snapchat is one of the most popular smartphone apps in the world and is primarily used for users to trade photos with each other. However, s...

A portrait of the Snapchat logo in Ventura (Reuters.) A lawsuit filed at a U.S. District Court in Los Angeles Thursday alleges that Snapchat doesn’t do enough to wa its young users and parents about the sexual content on its app. According to the Los Angeles Times, the suit takes aim at several articles on the app, including “People share their secret rules for sex” and 10 things he thinks when he can’t make you orgasm.” The lawsuit alleges that the material is “adult-rated” and would probably be prohibited by parents if they knew it was on the app. Snapchat is one of the most popular smartphone apps in the world and is primarily used for users to trade photos with each other. However, s...

A portrait of the Snapchat logo in Ventura (Reuters.) A lawsuit filed at a U.S. District Court in Los Angeles Thursday alleges that Snapchat doesn’t do enough to wa its young users and parents about the sexual content on its app. According to the Los Angeles Times, the suit takes aim at several articles on the app, including “People share their secret rules for sex” and 10 things he thinks when he can’t make you orgasm.” The lawsuit alleges that the material is “adult-rated” and would probably be prohibited by parents if they knew it was on the app. Snapchat is one of the most popular smartphone apps in the world and is primarily used for users to trade photos with each other. However, s...

Planes kept at a military base in Arizona are being refurbished amid the shortage. Years of budget cuts have left the U.S. military with a decrepit air fleet that could compromise armed service branches' ability to perform in battle, Pentagon brass told lawmakers Wednesday. Leaders from the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines appeared on Capitol Hill to testify before members of the House Armed Services Committee. All complained that the planes and helicopters needed to protect the nation and project power are getting dangerously long in the tooth. “[If] a B-17 [bomber] that flew in World War II had flown in Desert Storm, the aircraft bombers we are using today are older than those B-17s w...

Planes kept at a military base in Arizona are being refurbished amid the shortage. Years of budget cuts have left the U.S. military with a decrepit air fleet that could compromise armed service branches' ability to perform in battle, Pentagon brass told lawmakers Wednesday. Leaders from the Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines appeared on Capitol Hill to testify before members of the House Armed Services Committee. All complained that the planes and helicopters needed to protect the nation and project power are getting dangerously long in the tooth. “[If] a B-17 [bomber] that flew in World War II had flown in Desert Storm, the aircraft bombers we are using today are older than those B-17s w...

File photo - The new Google logo is seen at the Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Nov. 13, 2015. (REUTERS/Stephen Lam) An age-discrimination lawsuit filed by two people who interviewed unsuccessfully for jobs at Google could expand to encompass other individuals if a motion filed this week is successful. The motion for conditional certification of collective action status was filed in a San Jose federal court Wednesday. Computerworld reports that the motion, which is similar to a class action, aims to include “all individuals who interviewed in-person for any software engineer, site reliability engineer, or systems engineer position with Google in the United States in the time...