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The White House was under a brief lockdown Friday night, as protests over Minneapolis man George Floyd’s death expanded nationwide. Continue reading “White House briefly locked down as unrest spreads to Atlanta, DC, NYC after George Floyd death”
Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin was arrested and charged with murder and manslaughter Friday in connection with the agonizing caught-on-video death of black man George Floyd.
Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced the charges after deafening calls for justice from Floyd’s relatives, their lawyers, countless protesters, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and officials around the country. Continue reading “Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin charged with 3rd degree murder in George Floyd’s death”
CNN reporter Omar Jimenez and his crew were arrested while broadcasting live on air Friday morning from the scene of the overnight protests in Minneapolis.
Jimenez was reporting on the network’s “New Day” a little after 6 a.m. ET when he was approached by state troopers in riot gear. Jimenez identified himself as a reporter with CNN and repeatedly offered to move locations at the officers’ request, but they interrupted him to inform him he was being arrested. Continue reading “Police arrest CNN reporter during live broadcast of Minneapolis riots”
Protests in Minneapolis over the death of George Floyd took a dramatic turn for the worse Wednesday night as city police responded to stores in the city being looted and burned as well as a deadly shooting at a protest location.
Multiple reports indicated that Mayor Jacob Frey reached out to Gov. Tim Walz to deploy the National Guard to the city. The mayor’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News seeking comment. Continue reading “Deadly shooting near George Floyd protest as looting, arson grip Minneapolis”
US President Donald Trump will sign an executive order targeting social media firms, the White House has said.
It comes after he threatened to shut down social media platforms he accused of stifling conservative voices. Continue reading “Trump to ‘sign executive order about social media’”
A Florida man in his 70s fatally shot a home intruder who busted through the glass front door and began attacking his wife on Tuesday, investigators said.
Deputies arrived at the Panama City home around 6:05 a.m. and found 31-year-old Nathan Jerrell Edwards laying on the floor dead and a handgun on the counter, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office said. Continue reading “Florida man shoots, kills home intruder who was attacking his wife, police say”
MINNEAPOLIS — About 24 hours after George Floyd’s death, hundreds packed the streets of Minneapolis, many gathering at the intersection where Floyd was pinned to the ground by police officers shortly before he died. Continue reading “Police spray tear gas as hundreds protest after George Floyd’s arrest, death in Minneapolis”
Conservative Review – by Daniel Horowitz
Most people are more likely to wind up six feet under because of almost anything else under the sun other than COVID-19.
The CDC just came out with a report that should be earth-shattering to the narrative of the political class, yet it will go into the thick pile of vital data and information about the virus that is not getting out to the public. Continue reading “The CDC confirms remarkably low coronavirus death rate”
A shooting Wednesday night at the Westgate Entertainment District in Glendale, Ariz., prompted a massive police response and a complete lockdown of the area.
Authorities said that one suspect is in custody and three people were struck by gunfire. Glendale police told the public to stay out of the area while they investigate. Continue reading “Shooting reported at Arizona shopping center, suspect in custody”
The Oregon Supreme Court overruled a judge’s order stopping the governor’s statewide coronavirus restrictions late Monday.
State Supreme Court Presiding Justice Thomas A. Balmer granted the state’s emergency motion to hold the lower court’s injunction designating the state coronavirus restrictions “null and void,” Oregon Live reported. Balmer ruled the hold will remain in place until the higher court reviews the state’s petition to dismiss the lower judge’s ruling. Continue reading “Oregon Supreme Court overrules judge’s order halting coronavirus restrictions”
EDENVILLE, Mich. (AP) — Rapidly rising water overtook dams and forced the evacuation of about 10,000 people in central Michigan, where the governor said one downtown could be “under approximately 9 feet of water” by Wednesday. Continue reading “Thousands evacuated as river dams break in central Michigan”
A New Jersey gym owner said on Monday that after three months of complying with the Garden State’s stay-at-home order to help mitigate the spread of the coronavirus, residents and business owners are “sick and tired” of their rights being “trampled.” Continue reading “NJ gym opens in defiance of governor’s lockdown: ‘We will not stand down’”
Eleven firefighters were injured in a large explosion at a warehouse in Los Angeles, the city’s fire department has said.
Fire crews were called to the building, which is used by a hash oil manufacturer, after a fire had been reported. Continue reading “LA explosion: Huge blast at hash oil warehouse injures 11 firefighters”
Remember when Jeff Bezos agreed to buy the Washington Post back in 2013 for a paltry ~$250 million?
Well, nearly 10 years later, Facebook has reportedly agreed to pay ~$400 million for Giphy, described by Axios as “a popular platform for animated images”. The deal comes as the Trump Administration DoJ cranks up anti-trust scrutiny of tech titans. Continue reading “Facebook Buys Giphy For $400 Million As Tech Giant Pledges To Banish All “Hateful Memes””
Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced he was officially reopening his California electric car plant in defiance of local government lockdown orders amid the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading “Elon Musk defies local pandemic lockdown orders to reopen California Tesla plant”
Since President Trump pulled the US out of the JCPOA (better known as “the Iran nuclear deal”), Iran has suffered one embarrassing mishap after the next. Earlier this year, the IRGC accidentally shot down a Ukrainian passenger airliner filled with young Iranian students. The fact that the regime ineptly lied about the shoot-down, before finally coming clean in the face of overwhelming evidence, only compounded the embarrassment. Continue reading “19 Killed & 40 Missing Or Wounded After Iranian Destroyer Mistakenly Fires On Own Warship”
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and Oglala Sioux Tribe leaders have rejected South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s demand that they remove checkpoints meant to regulate traffic through their reservation, set up to prevent the spread of coronavirus on tribal land. Continue reading “South Dakota Governor Demands Tribe Leaders Remove Checkpoints Set Up to Prevent the Spread of COVID-19”
DALLAS (AP) — Republican Sen. Ted Cruz on Friday got his hair cut at a Dallas salon that became a rallying cry for conservative protests against coronavirus lockdown orders in Texas after the owner refused to shut down and ultimately went to jail. Continue reading “Ted Cruz gets haircut at salon whose owner flouted orders”
A GoFundMe account for Shelley Luther, who made national headlines after she was sentenced to 7 days in jail after refusing to tell a court she was “selfish” for reopening her salon despite an ongoing stay-at-home order, has now been officially closed to new donations after racking up a stunning $500,110 in just a few days.
Continue reading “GoFundMe For Dallas Salon Owner Raises Massive Money”