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Posted: May 3, 2019
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Posted: May 2, 2019
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U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents arrested 424 migrants attempting to cross the southern border on Tuesday in the “largest” collective arrest in the agency’s history.
CBP agents encountered and ultimately apprehended “a group of what seemed to be over 400 illegal aliens” early Tuesday morning near the border town of Sunland Park, N.M., according to an agency press release. Continue reading “Border Patrol Arrests 424 Migrants in Largest Bust on Record”
Posted: May 1, 2019
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A man armed with a pistol opened fire on students at a North Carolina university during the last day of classes Tuesday, killing two people and wounding four, police said. Officers who had gathered ahead of a campus concert raced over and disarmed the suspect.
The shooting prompted a lockdown at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte and caused widespread panic across campus as students scrambled to take shelter. Continue reading “2 dead, 4 injured in North Carolina campus shooting”
Posted: April 30, 2019
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The Venezuelan foreign minister has accused the US-backed opposition of planning Tuesday’s coup attempt in Washington, and said the government would work to keep the peace.
Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza told Reuters by telephone that only around 30 soldiers had supported the coup instigated by opposition leader Juan Guaido. He described the plot as “another chapter” of an American effort to topple the government of President Nicolas Maduro. Continue reading “Venezuelan coup attempt ‘directly planned in Washington’ – FM”
Posted: April 29, 2019
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A 25-year-old man is accused of killing seven people — including his parents and uncle — in slayings that unfolded at two separate crime scenes in Sumner County, Tennessee, authorities said.
Sumner County District Attorney Ray Whitley called the killings one of “the most horrific cases” he has covered. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Director David Rausch on Monday described it as “gruesome” and “complex.” Continue reading “Suspect’s parents, uncle among 7 killed in ‘gruesome’ mass slayings in Tennessee”
Posted: April 29, 2019
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has claimed that radio advertisements in Central America are encouraging a wave of migrants to come to the U.S. for the “American dream.”
During a ride-along tour of the southern border in El Paso, Texas, Assistant Chief Patrol Jose Martinez told Fox Business’ Maria Bartiromo that “the word is definitely out” among would-be immigrants. Continue reading “Radio ads offer to ‘help out’ migrants trying to enter US, Border Patrol official says”
Posted: April 29, 2019
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A standoff with the federal government is putting the future of Burning Man at risk.
The problems started when the event’s organizer, Burning Man Project, applied for a permit from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to hold the event in northern Nevada’s Black Rock Desert for another 10 years. Continue reading “Government squaring off with Burning Man organizers over barriers, lasers and trash cans”
Posted: April 26, 2019
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TAPACHULA (Reuters) – More than a thousand migrants broke out of a detention center in southern Mexico on Thursday evening, authorities said, in a fresh sign of how a surge in arrivals has stretched the country’s resources to the limit.
More than half of the roughly 1,300 migrants later returned to the Siglo XXI facility in the border city of Tapachula in Chiapas state, but about 600 are still unaccounted for, the National Migration Institute said in a statement. Continue reading “Over 1,000 migrants break out of southern Mexico detention center”
Posted: April 26, 2019
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Fort Bragg in North Carolina conducted a cyber-attack military exercise for 12 hours overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning that simulated how personnel would respond to an attack that crippled the base’s power supply, reported The Charlotte Observer. And according to several Facebook post from base officials, the exercise was an unannounced military exercise. Continue reading “Widespread Blackouts Strike Fort Bragg During Cyber-Attack Drill”
Posted: April 26, 2019
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A state judge in Massachusetts was indicted Thursday for refusing to allow ICE to take custody of an undocumented immigrant, according to court papers.
Judge Shelley M. Richmond Joseph, 51, of Natick, was charged in the case along with a court officer, Wesley MacGregor, 56, of Watertown. Continue reading “Judge indicted in Massachusetts for refusing to allow undocumented immigrant to be detained”
Posted: April 24, 2019
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(Bloomberg) — President Donald Trump is seriously considering waiving the requirement that only U.S. flagged vessels can move goods from American ports to Puerto Rico or energy-starved areas of the Northeast, according to people familiar with the deliberations.
The issue was debated during an Oval Office meeting on Monday, following requests from Puerto Rico and pressure from oil industry leaders to ease the nearly 100-year-old Jones Act requirements, according to three people. Although top administration officials are divided on the issue, Trump is now leaning in favor of some kind of waiver, said two of the people, who asked for anonymity to discuss the private discussions. Continue reading “Trump mulls allowing foreign vessels to ship US gas within country”
Posted: April 24, 2019
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A sheriff’s K-9 was punctured by hundreds of porcupine quills while pursuing a suspect in Oregon over the weekend.
The Coos County Sheriff’s Office deployed the dog, named Odin, in the Barview area on Saturday evening to track down a man wanted on several felony charges and who’d fled a deputy on foot. Continue reading “Quilled in the line of duty: K-9 cop punctured by porcupine in search for suspect”
Posted: April 23, 2019
The FBI has arrested Larry Mitchell Hopkins, the head of a militia group that has been detaining would-be migrants at the US-Mexico border. The FBI announced that Hopkins, 69, had been arrested on April 20 in Sunland Park, New Mexico on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. Continue reading “Larry Mitchell Hopkins: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know”
Posted: April 22, 2019
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(Reuters) – Church-goers tackled a woman who held a 10-month-old baby, waved a gun and threatened to blow up the building at an Easter Sunday service in San Diego, leading to her arrest, police said.
The baby and the 31-year-old woman’s 5-year-old daughter were taken into protective custody, police said. Continue reading “San Diego church-goers tackle woman holding baby, waving gun”
Posted: April 20, 2019
Yellow Vests protests brought clashes and tear gas back to the streets of Paris, despite politicians’ calls for “unity” in the wake of the Notre Dame fire. For protesters, the response to the fire only showed more inequality.
Saturday’s protests mark the 23rd straight weekend of anti-government demonstrations, but the first since Notre Dame de Paris went up in flames on Monday. Officials were quick to criticize the protesters for returning to the streets so soon after the disaster. Continue reading “1st since Notre Dame fire: Yellow Vests back in action despite ‘unifying’ disaster & they are angry”
Posted: April 19, 2019
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Revolutionary War Archives – Sons of Liberty Chapter – by Donald N. Moran
It can be argued that April 19th, 1775 is the most important date in American history. The Battle of Lexington, Concord and Battle Road was the opening engagement of the American Revolution. And, it is not surprising that after two hundred and twenty-two years, some of the details are still the subject of some debate.
Since our readership is very familiar with the battle, we will only present an overview of the battle as background to our biography. Continue reading “Never Too Old: The Story of Captain Samuel Whittemore”
Posted: April 19, 2019
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(Reuters) – The Trump administration lost a court bid on Thursday aimed at striking down California’s “sanctuary” statutes that prevent local law enforcement from helping the U.S. government’s crackdown on illegal immigration.
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco largely affirmed a July ruling from a lower court, which had found the California laws do not conflict with federal immigration rules. Continue reading “U.S. court upholds most of California’s ‘sanctuary’ migrant laws”
Posted: April 18, 2019
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Under President Trump’s new tax law, 60 of America’s biggest corporations paid $0 in federal taxes. in 2018, despite earning billions of dollars in profits.
Amazon, Netflix, General Motors, Chevron, JetBlue, IBM and U.S. Steel were all among the companies that avoided taxes last year using a diverse array of loopholes and tax breaks, according to a new report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonpartisan think-tank. Continue reading “Amazon isn’t the only company that paid $0 in federal taxes last year”
Posted: April 18, 2019
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WASHINGTON – The Americas saw the greatest deterioration in press freedom of any part of the world during the last year, a press advocacy group said Thursday.
The 2019 World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders shows that Nicaragua fell 24 places from the previous year’s list due to attacks on journalists covering protests against President Daniel Ortega. Some journalists fled abroad, fearing they might be jailed on terrorism charges. Continue reading “Group: Americas saw greatest deterioration of press freedom”
Posted: April 17, 2019
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A manhunt for a woman allegedly “infatuated” with the Columbine massacre who traveled from Florida and forced schools in Colorado to close after threatening violence came to an end Wednesday after she was found dead of an apparent suicide in the mountains southwest of Denver.
Sol Pais,18, was found near the base of Mount Evans in Clear Creek County, located about 60 miles southwest of Denver, according to Jefferson County Sheriff Jeff Shrader. Shrader said that Pais was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Continue reading “Woman ‘infatuated’ with Columbine, connected to Colorado school threats found dead, source says”