Raw Story – by TOM BOGGIONI

Police investigators in Salt Lake City are taking a second look at a an officer involved shooting dating back to Jan. 8, 2015, because new cellphone video may show that the officer shot the victim in the back while he is on the ground.

Salt Lake City Police Officer Matthew Taylor was cleared last year in the shooting death of 42-year-old James Dudley Barker. According to Taylor, he feared for his life after Barker swung a snow shovel at him resulting in fractures to his arm and a foot.   Continue reading “Utah police reopen shooting investigation with new video reportedly showing cop shooting man in the back”

New York Daily News

An NYPD officer was shot in the right foot and was among seven people taken to a local hospital early Saturday after a shootout in the Bronx, police and witnesses said.

The shooting occurred on E. 137th St. and Lincoln Rd. in Mott Haven about 2:10 a.m., officials said. Police responded to a party where a fight broke out in which there were bats, knives and guns.   Continue reading “25-year-old NYPD police officer shot in leg, three in critical after shootout in Bronx”

UPI – by Ben Hooper

VIENNA, Va., Jan. 8 (UPI) — A 19-year-old Virginia woman received a lifesaving award for lifting a pickup truck to free her father and rescuing the rest of her family from a fire.

Eric Heffelmire said he was working on his GMC pickup truck in the garage of his family’s Vienna home Nov. 28 when his jack slipped and the truck fell, pinning him to the ground and spilling gasoline that quickly caught fire.   Continue reading “Woman, 19, honored for lifting pickup truck off pinned father during fire”

CNN

Two refugees arrested this week on federal terrorism-related charges were in communication with each other, a law enforcement official told CNN.

Both men are Palestinians who were born in Iraq and came to the United States as refugees, according to the U.S. Justice Department. And both are accused of lying to immigration officials about their alleged ties to terrorist organizations. The two men were arrested Thursday.   Continue reading “Feds arrest 2 Middle East refugees on terror-link charges”

The Washington Post

MEXICO CITY— The world’s most wanted drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was recaptured in western Mexico on Friday after a fierce pre-dawn gunbattle that left five people dead, the stunning culmination of a furious manhunt that began when Guzman tunneled out of a maximum-security prison nearly six months ago, according to Mexican authorities.   Continue reading “Notorious drug lord ‘El Chapo’ recaptured by Mexican authorities nearly 6 months after brazen escape”

USA Today

The suspect in the wounding of a Philadelphia police officer in an execution-style ambush told officers he carried out the attack “in the name of Islam,” police said Friday.

Police Commissioner Richard Ross said the suspect, Edward Archer, 30, fired 13 shots from a semiautomatic pistol that hit Officer Jessie Hartnett, 33, and his car Thursday night. Hartnett returned fire, hitting the gunman at least three times. Archer was quickly taken into custody by other officers after fleeing the scene, police said.   Continue reading “Police: Suspect says he shot Philly cop ‘in the name of Islam’”

CBS News – by Justin Finch

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Authorities say a Philadelphia police officer is recovering after he was shot several times during an ambush late Thursday night in West Philadelphia.

Philadelphia police commissioner Richard Ross says the officer was sitting in his patrol car around 11:30 p.m. at 60th and Spruce Streets when a gunman fired 13 shots through the driver’s side of the car.   Continue reading “Police Officer Ambushed, Shot Multiple Times In West Philly”

Reuters

Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the world’s largest retailer, faces a lawsuit in Pennsylvania claiming store employees negligently allowed an underage, intoxicated customer to buy a box of bullets later used to commit three murders.

The lawsuit, filed in Philadelphia by families of the victims, seeks compensatory and punitive damages from Wal-Mart and several employees at its Easton, Pennsylvania, store, where the bullets were purchased by Robert Jourdain on July 5 at 2:56 a.m. The Bentonville, Arkansas-based company operates stores under the Walmart name.   Continue reading “Wal-Mart sued over sale of bullets used in Pennsylvania murders”

Washington Post – by Mark Berman and Carissa Wolf

BURNS, Ore. — This small community has been the focus of national attention since an armed group arrived and occupied a nearby wildlife refuge, holding periodic news conferences to say they had no plans to leave and to insist that they were there to help residents. But the sheriff has his own message for the occupiers: Please go home.

“They’re welcome to leave, and I’ll escort them out of the county,” Harney County Sheriff David Ward said at a community meeting Wednesday evening.   Continue reading “Oregon sheriff meets with armed group occupying wildlife refuge and asks them to leave”

Bloomberg – by Rebecca Penty

TransCanada Corp. opened one of the largest trade appeals ever brought against the U.S., seeking to recoup $15 billion tied to the Obama Administration’s rejection of the Keystone XL oil pipeline.

The Canadian company intends to start a claim for costs and damages under the North American Free Trade Agreement against the U.S. after President Barack Obama’s rejection of the $8 billion project in November, according to filings Wednesday. The pipeline builder also sued the U.S. government, arguing Obama didn’t have the constitutional power to decide on the cross-border line.   Continue reading “TransCanada Fights Keystone Denial With $15 Billion Trade Appeal”

Huffington Post – by Dominique Mosbergen

It was the selfie seen around the world; a toothy snap taken inadvertently by a grinning macaque monkey.

As the selfie went viral, a question arose: Just who owned the copyright to this extraordinary photograph — the monkey, the photographer whose camera was left unattended or the public?   Continue reading “Monkey Cannot Own Copyright To Viral Selfie, Says Federal Judge”

Fox News

A man who authorities say was wearing a homemade tactical-style vest, carrying a BB gun and taking photographs of schools was shot and killed by police in a far suburb of Chicago Wednesday.

Lake County Sheriff’s Detective Christopher Covelli said the man was shot after he led officers on a foot chase and a struggle ensued. Investigators did not release any identifying information about the man, except to say that he was a white 38-year-old.   Continue reading “Man photographing schools and carrying BB gun shot and killed by Illinois police”

USA Today

Iran on Thursday accused Saudi Arabia of deliberately launching an air strike on its embassy in Yemen’s capital Sanaa.

The state-run IRNA news agency reported that a number of guards at the embassy were injured, and part of the building’s wall was damaged in the strike by Saudi warplanes on Wednesday night.   Continue reading “Iran accuses Saudis of attacking Yemen embassy”

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Anna Von Reitz

Although it may come as a surprise to many Americans we have been mischaracterized and misidentified as British Crown Subjects for the better part of a hundred years. This travesty has never been corrected; instead, the British Crown, a commercial investment organization, has kidnapped and press-ganged American land assets into the international jurisdiction of the sea and has pillaged our labor and our resources without mercy in criminal conspiracy and contempt of our Constitution. They have been aided and abetted in this activity by members of the American Bar Association and the Internal Revenue Service acting as licensed privateers.   Continue reading “Regarding the Take Over of BLM Facilities in the Western States”

Huffington Post

WASHINGTON — As many as a million Americans will be kicked off food stamps this year thanks to the return of federal rules targeting unemployed adults without children.

That’s according to a new analysis by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a liberal Washington, D.C. think tank, which finds that no fewer than 500,000 people will lose benefits.    Continue reading “Don’t Expect Food Stamps If You’re Unemployed And Childless”

Fox 5 Atlanta

– A Georgia State Senator wants to make it harder for certain people going through a divorce to buy a gun.  State Senator Doc Rhett, Democrat from Marietta, said SB250 would prevent a person who is going through a divorce and has a violent history or a restraining order, from buying a gun without a judge’s permission. SB250 would not pertain to a spouse who wants a gun for protection.  “If they want to purchase a gun to protect themselves, that’s fine because they’re not the aggressor,” said Sen. Rhett.    Continue reading “Ga Senator Wants New Gun Laws For People Going Through Divorce”

CNN

Ammon Bundy, a leader of the armed protesters who took over a federal building in Oregon, and his family are known for battling the federal government.

But Bundy told CNN on Tuesday that he’s not opposed to government and said that taking a six-figure loan from the Small Business Administration doesn’t conflict with his political philosophy.   Continue reading “Leader of armed protesters in Oregon took out $530,000 federal loan”

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Jim Stone Freelance – by Christian Yingling

Ok …Everybody… please gather around and listen to what I am about to say..Then either shut your mouth, or share this far and wide. If you have ANY faith in me as a leader you will heed what I am about to say. If not..I want nothing to do with you. simple as that.   Continue reading “Here is real word from the Oregon standoff”