Photo: Rand Paul Facebook Page Republican congressman Rand Paul visited Israel to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, expressing his support for the Israeli state but also his reservations on American foreign aid to the Middle Eastern country. The visit is coming to a close just as Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak arrives in Washington today. These political exchanges come during a period of concern for the Israeli government, as President Barack Obama considers former Republican S...

Photo: Kim Komenich Last week, a shipboard engineer who called out a container vessel that was dumping oil into the San Francisco Bay was ruled against by the federal magistrate regarding collecting a share of the ship owner’s $1.5 million penalty. The Bay Area whistleblower had alerted the Coast Guard to the illegal activity. According to federal law, a judge can award as much as 50 percent of the violator’s penalty to a whistleblower. The captain of the ship in question was found guilty of t...