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KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — The Bootleg Fire, a wildfire that broke out in southern Oregon’s mountains is spreading in windy, hot and dry conditions. As of Friday morning, the fire had grown to 38,892 acres, more than doubling in size during the past 24 hours. Fire officials have reported between 0% to 1% containment.

The fire is burning in steep, rugged terrain in mixed conifer and lodgepole pine in the Fremont-Winema National Forest, about 10 miles northeast of the unincorporated community of Sprague River.

Continue reading “Bootleg Fire in Southern Oregon grows to 38,892 acres, 3,000 homes threatened”

MSN – ABC News

President Joe Biden signed a wide-ranging executive order Friday afternoon aimed at minimizing the stranglehold of monopolies on certain industries and increasing competition among companies, which the White House believes will benefit consumers by driving down prices.

“For decades, corporate consolidation has been accelerating. In over 75% of U.S. industries, a smaller number of large companies now control more of the business than they did 20 years ago. This is true across health care, financial services, agriculture and more. That lack of competition drives up prices for consumers,” according to a White House fact sheet. Continue reading “Biden signs executive order aimed at increasing competition in US economy”

Yahoo News

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake shook the California-Nevada border Thursday afternoon, with people reporting feeling a jolt hundreds of miles away, as far as the Bay Area, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The earthquake, reported just south of Lake Tahoe, triggered a series of aftershocks with at least one with a 4.6 magnitude, the USGS said.  Continue reading “Magnitude 5.9 earthquake shakes up California-Nevada border, regionally largest ‘in almost two and a half decades’”

The Telegraph

The man arrested and charged in the killing of an Indiana police officer at an FBI office had been a mayoral candidate and federal prisons employee, media outlets reported.

Shane Meehan, 44, was charged Thursday with premeditated murder of a federal agent in the death of Terre Haute police officer Greg Ferency, who was an FBI task force officer. Continue reading “Former mayoral candidate charged with murder in killing of Indiana cop at FBI office”

Yahoo News

A suspect has been arrested in the shooting death of a golf pro at a Georgia country club, media outlets report.

A Cobb County sheriff spokesperson said Bryan Rhoden was arrested Thursday by deputies and U.S. marshals in the shooting death of Gene Siller, a golf pro at Pinetree Country Club in Kennesaw, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Continue reading “Suspect with bodies in truck during killing of Georgia golf pro is arrested, police say”

Fox News

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said Thursday it was “absolutely the government’s business” to know which Americans haven’t been vaccinated yet against the coronavirus.

Responding to GOP criticisms of the Biden administration’s planned “door-to-door” campaign to encourage unvaccinated Americans to inoculate themselves, Becerra told CNN the government has had to “spend trillions of dollars to try to keep Americans alive during this pandemic.”  Continue reading “HHS Secretary Becerra: ‘Absolutely the government’s business’ to know which Americans haven’t been vaccinated”

ABC News

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — A western Indiana police officer was fatally shot Wednesday when he was ambushed near FBI offices in Terre Haute, according to federal officials.

Sgt. Ryan Adamson of the Terre Haute Police Department identified the officer as 30-year veteran Detective Greg Ferency. Ferency had been a federal task force officer since 2010, the FBI said in a statement. Continue reading “Police officer fatally shot in ambush near federal building”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Dramatic video shows the moment a press conference at a NATO airbase in Lithuania was cut short over an emergency alert due to reportedly inbound Russian jets. Lithuania’s president Gitanas Nauseda and Spain’s prime minister Pedro Sánchez had been speaking at a high level briefing when the very NATO jets that served as their backdrop had to be scrambled in order to monitor the Russian jets’ movements in the area. Continue reading “NATO Press Conference Interrupted As Jets Scrambled Over Inbound Russian Fighter ‘Alert’”

Fox News

Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that he will lead class-action lawsuits against Twitter, Google and Facebook over alleged censorship, declaring that “big tech is out of control” and is functioning as “the de-facto censorship arm of the U.S. government.”

“While the social media companies are officially private entities, in recent years they have ceased to be private with the enactment and their historical use of Section 230, which profoundly protects them from liability,” Trump said as he announced the lawsuits in conjunction with the America First Policy Institute.  Continue reading “READ IT: Trump lawsuits against Twitter, Facebook, Google over alleged big tech censorship”

CBS News

Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated on Wednesday at his home by a group of unidentified gunmen, interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph announced. Joseph said the security situation in the country was “under the control” of Haiti’s police and military.

Haiti has suffered for years from political instability, and Moïse had been governing by decree. Critics had accused the 53-year-old of ruling like an autocrat. Continue reading “Haitian President Jovenel Moïse assassinated in “well-coordinated” attack at his home”

Fox News

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order on Tuesday, declaring a “first-in-the-nation” disaster emergency on gun violence, and outlining several steps the state will be taking to quell the bloodshed, particularly that which affects at-risk youth.

Speaking to an audience at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City, the Democratic governor also signed legislation that closed “a loophole that allowed people with outstanding warrants for their arrest to purchase guns,” according to a Tuesday press release. Continue reading “New York Gov. Cuomo announces first of its kind ‘gun violence disaster emergency,’ targets manufacturers”

Anti-War – by Dave DeCamp

Last week, the US Air Force awarded Raytheon with a $2 billion contract to develop a new air-launched nuclear cruise missile as part of Washington’s plan to modernize its massive nuclear arsenal.

The missiles, known as the Long-Range Stand-Off (LRSO) weapon, would replace a 1980s era air-launched cruise missile. The LRSOs would be used on long-range bombers, like B-52s and B-1s. Continue reading “Air Force Gives Raytheon $2 Billion to Develop Nuclear Cruise Missiles”

Anti-War – by Rick Rozoff

In the latest of what have become regular reports on the subject, the Syrian Arab News Agency provides a detailed account of the American military forces illegally occupying part of the country continuing to loot grain and oil from the nation. Continue reading “Syria: US Stealing Grain and Oil, Building Up Military Bases – Turkey Guilty of War Crimes”

Fox News

Ten of the 11 militiamen arrested by Massachusetts State Police following a nine-hour-long armed standoff that shut down a portion of Interstate 95 over the holiday weekend will be arraigned Tuesday.

The alleged militiamen, who authorities say are members of the Rise of the Moors group which adheres to “Moorish Sovereign Ideology,” each have been charged with eight counts of unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, use of body armor in commission of a crime, possession of a high capacity magazine, improper storage of a firearm in a vehicle, and conspiracy to commit a crime.  Continue reading “Massachusetts militiamen to appear in court over hours-long armed interstate standoff incident”

Breitbart – by John Binder

Arkansas Republicans, including Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R), have helped secure professional licenses for illegal aliens enrolled in former President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program thanks to the passage of new state law.

The law, which took effect July 1, will now allow the state’s nearly 5,000 DACA illegal aliens, along with illegal aliens who hold federal government-issued work permits, to obtain professional licenses to hold jobs in education and healthcare, among other industries. Continue reading “Arkansas Republicans Help Give Professional Licenses to Illegal Aliens”

Breitbart – by Hannah Bleau

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is investigating the death of a 13-year-old Michigan boy who died suddenly in his sleep two days after receiving the second dose of the Pfizer mRNA vaccine.

Jacob Clynick received his second coronavirus shot on June 13, days after graduating from the eighth grade. His aunt, Tammy Burages, said he experienced typical symptoms, such as a fever and general fatigue. But on June 15, he complained of a stomachache, went to bed, and never woke up. Continue reading “CDC Investigating Death of 13-Year-Old Who Suddenly Died After Second Coronavirus Shot”

Yahoo News

KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) — A professional golfer and two other men were killed in a shooting at an Atlanta-area country club and the suspect is still at large, authorities said.

Officers found an unresponsive man with an apparent gunshot wound to the head Saturday afternoon near the 10th hole of the golf course at Pinetree Country Club in Kennesaw, Cobb County Police Officer Shenise Barner told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The department identified him Sunday as country club employee and golfer Eugene Siller. Continue reading “Golf pro, 2 others fatally shot at Atlanta-area country club”

Yahoo News

TULELAKE, Calif. (AP) — Ben DuVal knelt in a barren field near the California-Oregon state line and scooped up a handful of parched soil as dust devils whirled around him and birds flitted between empty irrigation pipes.

DuVal’s family has farmed the land for three generations, and this summer, for the first time ever, he and hundreds of others who rely on irrigation from a depleted, federally managed lake aren’t getting any water from it at all. Continue reading “Water crisis reaches boiling point on Oregon-California line”

Yahoo News

Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced Friday to 22 and a half years in prison for the murder of George Floyd, more than one year after Floyd’s death sparked an international movement against police brutality.

Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill, who presided over Chauvin’s murder trial, handed down a sentence of 270 months for charges of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in Floyd’s May 25, 2020, death. Chauvin received a credit of 199 days served in prison. A jury convicted him of the charges on April 20. Continue reading “Judge sentences Derek Chauvin to over 22 years for murder of George Floyd”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

The Justice Department is suing Georgia over a sweeping new voting law passed by the state’s Republican-led legislature, marking the first major step taken by the Biden administration to interfere with state-level election laws enacted since the 2020 election.

According to the New York Times, this will be one of the highest-profile enforcement actions since 2013, when the Supreme Court neutered the government’s ability to stop states from passing laws viewed as facilitating voter discrimination. Continue reading “Biden Justice Department Suing Georgia Over New Voting Law”