Joshua Rhett Miller Archive

Chicago gun laws bar museum from displaying Nazi weapon seized by WWII hero

Published May 15, 2013

Chicago Alderman Edward Burke introduced an ordinance last week that would allow museums in the Windy City to possess and display unloaded guns classified as “curious or relics” after learning that the Pritzker Military Library and other city museums are currently banned from including them in exhibits.

Fishermen falling for new bass species hook, line and sinker

Published May 11, 2013

Coastal river systems in Alabama and the western Florida panhandle are home to the newest member of the black basses: the Choctaw bass, Micropterus haiaka. For decades, biologists and anglers alike confused this species with one of its relatives, the spotted bass. But at least national fishing organization told FoxNews.com that the Choctaw bass will now likely be a top target for catch-and-release fishermen in the southeastern United States.

Feds go digital in hunt for fugitive 'Ship of Gold' treasure hunter

Published May 11, 2013

The U.S. Marshals Service began using alerts on digital billboards in Ohio and Florida late last month to locate fugitive treasure hunter Tommy Thompson, who remains wanted after failing to appear in an Ohio court last year following his 1987 discovery of millions of dollars in gold bars and coins from the SS Central America, a 280-foot ship that sank during a hurricane off the North Carolina coast in 1857.

Back from the brink: Houston Zoo raising, releasing endangered species

Published May 10, 2013

Endangered animals in Texas are getting a second chance at life thanks to the Houston Zoo.

Packing for school: Pennsylvania's Kutztown University lifts ban on guns

Published May 10, 2013

A state-owned Pennsylvania university has revised its campus policy to allow gun owners with concealed weapons permits to carry firearms in open areas, officials announced Thursday.

LA police sued over massive data collection gleaned from cameras

Published May 10, 2013

Show us the data.

That’s the message behind a joint lawsuit filed by a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization and the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California seeking to force the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department  to produce records regarding the usage of automatic license plate readers (ALPRs), which can record as many as 1,800 plates per minute – or a staggering 14,000 during a single patrol car shift.

Igniting debate: School scrubs photo of professors burning book

Published May 08, 2013

A photograph of two San Jose State University professors readying to burn an anti-global warming book has been removed from the school’s website and was blasted as an “ill-conceived” attempt at satire.

Feds duck controversy, restore prize for stamp art to 6-year-old girl

Published May 06, 2013

A 6-year-old South Dakota girl has been reinstated as the winner of a national wildlife artwork contest after her rendering of a canvasback duck ruffled some feathers of critics who thought the work wasn’t authentic.

'I saw her eyes': Mom dons burqa, rescues kidnapped son in Egypt

Published April 28, 2013

Some 20 months after her ex-husband allegedly kidnapped their only child while in Egypt, Kalli Atteya saw her chance to grab 12-year-old Niko through the slit of her hijab. She did not hesitate.

Online support grows for North Dakota newscaster fired following salty start

Published April 22, 2013

A North Dakota newscaster who uttered a profanity to begin his career has been suspended, but online support for the young newsman is growing as the clip goes viral.