This is a rush transcript from “Hannity,” August 5, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. SEAN HANNITY, HOST: With each new day it seems that more and more Americans are speaking out against the direction in which Democrats are now taking this …

ANKARA, Turkey – A Turkish government official says more than 3,300 Syrians have crossed into Turkey in the past two days fleeing fighting between Islamic State militants and Kurdish forces in northern Syria’s Tel Abyad region. The official said Thursday the refugees entered Turkey at the Akcakale border crossing. He …

LISBON, Portugal – The Portuguese government is studying improved offers from two bidders for the heavily-indebted national airline TAP Portugal. Transport Secretary Sergio Monteiro said late Friday he hoped the two consortiums had “significantly improved their proposals.” Portugal announced last month it will consider bids for 61 percent of the …

For nearly two decades, the U.S. Army has provided an honor guard for an Independence Day celebration at a Baptist church that predates the founding of the nation. But this year – that tradition has come to an end. Officials at Fort Gordon say they will not be able to …

MADRID – Spain’s air traffic controllers have staged the second set of partial strikes but there are no immediate reports of major flight delays or cancelations. A spokesman for Spain’s air navigation company, Enaire, said 1,217 flights were to take place during the strike periods between 10 a.m. and noon …

My high school colors were green and white. At graduation the boys wore green robes and the girls wore white. No one considered the girls inferior because of the color of their robes. Today, we live in different times. My alma mater, Walter Johnson High School in Montgomery County, Md., …

LONDON – Standard & Poor’s is warning that it may downgrade its credit rating on Britain sometime in the next two years following the government’s decision to hold a referendum on the country’s membership of the European Union. In a statement, the agency said Friday that “economic policymaking could be …

One Florida dad is arguing he had to deliver his wife’s baby in a hospital – without a nurse or doctor present. But the hospital is disputing his claim. According to a report in the Palm Beach Post, Zaheer Ali took his wife, Indira, to Bethesda Hospital East in Boynton …

NAIROBI, Kenya – Kenyan authorities say they are trying to establish whether one of the bodies of two white men, among the suspected extremists killed in an attempted attack on an army camp in Lamu County over the weekend, is that of Briton Thomas Evans. Military spokesman Col. David Obonyo …

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Two migrants who were on a people-smuggling boat at the center of claims Australia’s navy paid the crew to turn back to Indonesia say they saw the money handed over. The allegation of payments to people smugglers has strained relations between Indonesia and Australia, which has a …