Wall Street Journal – by Colleen  McCain Nelson

President Barack Obama signed an executive order Monday requiring federal contractors to offer paid sick days to their employees and pressed Congress to pass legislation that would provide family and medical leave to private-sector workers.

The president’s executive action was the latest in a series of administration moves imposing new requirements on companies that contract with the U.S. government. It will give about 300,000 employees of federal contractors the chance to earn up to seven days of paid sick leave each year. Some workers who already have sick-leave benefits will have access to additional sick days.   Continue reading “Obama Orders Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractor Employees”

Fox News

Three illegal immigrants were charged Saturday in connection with the murder of a 17-year-old Virginia high school student who was gunned down on his way to a bus stop Friday morning.

According to The Washington Post, Danny Centeno-Miranda, who attended Park View High in Loudoun County, was about 50 yards from the school bus stop when he was shot twice in the back.   Continue reading “3 illegal immigrants charged in shooting death of 17-year-old high school student”

Reuters – by Ben Blanchard

An explosion shook a chemical plant in the Chinese province of Zhejiang, state media said on Monday, though there were no immediate reports of casualties in a country on edge after blasts killed more than 160 people last month.

The blast caused a fire and thick smoke to bellow from the plant in Lishui city shortly before midnight, state radio said on its official Weibo microblog.   Continue reading “Blast reported at chemical plant in eastern China”

Fox News

A Las Vegas police officer reportedly received non-life-threatening injuries after a gunman approached his squad car on Sunday and began firing in an “ambush-style” shooting.

A suspect is in custody in the incident, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department tweeted.

Two officers were leaving the scene of a disturbance call at a .99 Cents Only store when an individual walked up to their patrol car while it was stopped at a traffic light and fired three shots, striking one of the officers in the hand, KTNV reported. Police did not return fire during the encounter, which occurred shortly after noon, local time. The officer who was shot has not yet been named.   Continue reading “Police officer shot in ‘ambush-style’ attack, expected to survive”

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UFP News – by Dave Gibson

On September 4, San Diego-based Andrew & Williamson Fresh Produce (A&W) issued a recall of their “Limited Edition” cucumbers, which are apparently tainted with the bacteria, Salmonella.

The cucumbers were grown and packed by Rancho Don Juanito in Baja California, Mexico, and distributed throughout the United States between August 1 – September 3, 2015, according to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH).   Continue reading “Recall: Mexican-Grown Cucumbers Sicken People in 27 States”

Reuters

A federal judge has upheld part of Arizona’s contentious immigration law, rejecting claims that the so-called “show your papers” section of the law discriminated against Hispanics.

The ruling by U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton on Friday was on the last of seven challenges to the 2010 law. The section being upheld allows police in Arizona to check the immigration status of anyone they stop.   Continue reading “Judge upholds Arizona’s ‘show your papers’ immigration law”

Fox News

Investigators revealed Friday they found “significant” new evidence in a wooded, marshy area where a northern Illinois police officer was gunned down during a pursuit of three suspicious men.

The discovery came after investigators used weed trimmers and machetes to clear the spot where Fox Lake Lt. Joe Gliniewicz, 52, was found shot to death Tuesday and then searched the ground on their hands and knees,MyFoxChicago reported.   Continue reading “Police recover ‘significant’ new evidence in hunt for killers of a northern Illinois police officer”

The Anti-Media – by Claire Bernish

Arrowhead Springs, CA — “If Nestle wasn’t so powerful, I Strongly believe the Forest Service would [err] in the side of stream protection. We (everyone, both scientists and others) know enough to say removing water right now can’t help but make the drought emergency worse for those streams that are already stressed to the max.

“And yet, in all of this, water continues to run in their pipes, robbing it from this very critical watershed. And not just any environment. Very sad.”  — Retired Forest Service biologist with over 40 years on the job, in a statement via email.   Continue reading “Nestle vs. California Drought 2015: Lies, Greed, and Corporate Profiteering”

Benchmark Reporter – by Benzamin H

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is thoroughly investigating a recent incident at an eastern Idaho company that manufactures radioactive products.

The Federal nuclear officials want detailed and specific information provided to them about how the organization determined a worker’s level of radiation exposure after a mishap caused the worker to get exposed to an amount which was initially thought above the maximum level allowed in one whole year.   Continue reading “Feds after More Specific Information from Eastern Idaho Company after Radiation Exposure”

Chron – by James Macpherson

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge in North Dakota said Friday that his injunction blocking a new Obama administration rule aimed at regulating some small waterways applies only to the 13 states that sued to block it, and not nationwide.

The ruling by U.S. District Judge Ralph Erickson clarified the temporary injunction he issued last week at the request of North Dakota and 12 other states. They sought to stop the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers from regulating some small streams, tributaries and wetlands under the Clean Water Act.   Continue reading “Judge: Injunction against water rule limited to 13 states”

Macquirelatory

Marriage License

When it comes to marriage in the United States of America, there are procedures and standards for marriage that one must follow, in which one of those procedures is to acquire a marriage license. Many people go about following the steps outlined for marriage according to the State, without ever knowing the reasoning or history or legal aspect of what they are doing. The word license is derived from the Latin word Licentious, which means lacking restraint, ignoring societal standards, disregard for accepted rules.   Continue reading “Marriage License Truth”

Miami Herald – by MARTHA MENDOZA AND KRISTIN J. BENDER, Associated Press

SAN JOSE, CALIF. Three Northern California jail guards have been arrested after an inmate under their watch was found dead of multiple blunt trauma, authorities said.

Santa Clara County sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. James Jensen said Thursday that the deputies — Rafael Rodriguez, 27, Jereh Lubrin, 28, and Matthew Farris, 27 — remain in custody without bail.

Medical Examiner Dr. Joseph O’Hara said that Michael James Pipkin Tyree, 31, died of multiple blunt force injuries, visceral lacerations and internal bleeding.   Continue reading “3 California deputies arrested; inmate died of blunt trauma”

Fox Carolina – by Joey Brown

ASHLAND, KY (WAVE) – The Kentucky county clerk at the center of a national controversy has refused an offer that would have let her out of jail, the Associated Press is reporting.

Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis said she would not accept a compromise that would have required her not to interfere with the issuance of marriage licenses to same-sex couples in exchange for being let out of jail.    Continue reading “Rowan Co. Clerk Kim Davis rejects compromise, will stay in jail”

Daily Caller – by Jonah Bennett

The five Chinese navy ships off the coast of Alaska may have actually entered into U.S. territorial waters, officials now believe. Both the presence of those ships near Alaska and their potential incursion would be firsts for the modern Chinese navy.

When news of the ships first broke, Pentagon officials declined to say how close the vessels were to the Alaskan coast, preferring only to confirm that the Chinese navy was operating in the Bering Sea, The Wall Street Journal reports. The fleet consisted of three combat ships, a supply vessel and an amphibious landing ship.   Continue reading “Five Chinese Navy Ships Off The Alaskan Coast Actually Entered US Waters”

Northwest Herald – by Kevin P Craver

FOX LAKE – Police investigating the shooting death of Fox Lake Police Lt. Joe Gliniewicz are hopeful that a private resident’s video gives them the break they need to help identify the three suspects still at large.

Investigators have turned the video over to the Department of Homeland Security because it has the equipment necessary to retrieve and view it, Lake County Major Crimes Task Force Cmdr. George Filenko said at a Thursday afternoon news conference.

Continue reading “Fox Lake manhunt: Slain police officer’s gun found; video being analyzed”

The Free Thought Project – by Mike Sawyer

Indianapolis, IN — On Wednesday, the Indiana State Police announced that they have raided 146 marijuana grow plots throughout the southern region of the state.

In an unprecedented show of force, officers from the Indiana State Police, the Indiana National Guard Counter Drug Task Force, Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Forest Service, Civil Air Patrol, Indiana Department of Natural Resources and local agencies, authorities seized thousands of marijuana plants.   Continue reading “Indiana Police Call in the US Military and Raid 146 “Dangerous” Marijuana Plots”

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Free-Man’s Perspective – by Paul Rosenburg

Warnings about Peak Oil have circulated widely in recent years, and if accurate, they are important. Peak oil, however, pales in comparison to something that’s happening right in front of us… and something that is a good deal more dangerous: Peak Obedience.

If that concept strikes you as odd, I can understand why: We’ve all been living inside of an obedience cult. (And I choose these words carefully.)   Continue reading “Peak Obedience”

Boston Globe – by Andy Rosen

A gunman shot at a Millis police cruiser on Wednesday afternoon, causing the vehicle to crash and catch fire, according to State Police.

State Police sent patrols and helicopters to the scene, officials said, adding that they were not aware of any injuries from the incident.   Continue reading “Cruiser crashes, catches fire after being shot at in Millis, Massachusetts”

The Telegraph – by Rob Crilly

Anywhere else and the sprinklers would have been a good idea, cooling off overheated visitors with a fine spray of water at the entrance to one of Poland’s busiest historical attractions.

But not at Auschwitz.

To the visiting Israeli tourists, the new showers outside the entrance to the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp brought images of Nazi gas chambers flooding back through their collective memories.

Continue reading “Tourists horrified by showers at Auschwitz entrance”

ABC News

The parents of a San Francisco woman who was fatally shot by a man in the country illegally said Tuesday that federal and local authorities contributed to the death of their daughter through negligence and bureaucratic bungling.

The family alleges in legal claims that a Bureau of Land Management ranger left his loaded service weapon in a backpack in plain view in his car before the gun was stolen in June.   Continue reading “Parents of Women Killed on San Francisco Pier by Illegal File Claims”