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An illegal immigrant from Mexico stands accused of killing college student Mollie Tibbetts and dumping her body in an Iowa cornfield — after he allegedly accosted her during a July 18 jog and she threatened to call police.
Cristhian Bathena Rivera, 24, was charged with first-degree murder Tuesday in Tibbetts’ death, officials confirmed. Continue reading “Mollie Tibbetts murder suspect ID’d as Cristhian Rivera, 24, living in US illegally”
Federal investigators found San Jose tech giant Cisco discriminated against American workers by favoring visa-carrying foreign nationals, according to a new report.
The U.S. Department of Labor concluded that Cisco “secured visas for foreign workers instead of hiring U.S. citizens for certain jobs and paid the visa holders at a lower rate than their American counterparts,” legal-news website Bloomberg Law reported Monday, citing unnamed sources said to be familiar with the probe. Continue reading “H-1B visa-reliant Cisco ‘secured visas for foreign workers instead of hiring U.S. citizens’: report”
The destruction of a Confederate statue in the heart of North Carolina’s flagship university by hundreds of protesters on Monday night was “unlawful and dangerous,” university leaders said.
Carol L. Folt, chancellor of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, condemned the actions of a crowd of protestors who took down the memorial known as “Silent Sam,” which was erected in 1913. Continue reading “UNC calls out protesters’ ‘unlawful and dangerous’ actions after Silent Sam statue taken down”
A California Senate committee and an assembly committee passed a total of seven new gun control bills during the past week.
The majority of the bills expand gun controls that are already in place.
The Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) reported on the seven gun control bills: Continue reading “CA Legislative Committees Pass Seven Gun Control Bills”
MISSOURI CITY, TX (KTRK/CNN) – A man and woman died after an early morning shooting at a Texas plant.
Police say the female shooter worked at The Ben E. Keith Food Distribution Plant in the Metro Houston area.
About 2:30 Monday morning police say the woman walked into the warehouse area and began shooting. Continue reading “Female worker shoots and kills manager at a food distribution center”
Dramatic video shows a 70-year-old man and his son trying to drive through a wildfire in Glacier National Park in Montana.
Justin Bilton posted the video online earlier this week after their miraculous escape, ABCFoxMontana reports. On YouTube he titled the video, “That time we drove through hell in Glacier National Park (Howe Ridge).” Continue reading “Father, son speed through ‘hell’ to escape Montana wildfire”
Wisconsin technology firm Three Square Market has injected 80 employees with their own brand of RFID microchips over the last year, and according to MIT Technology Review, “they love it.”
The implant, which is about the size of a grain of rice, utilizes Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, also found in credit cards, debit cards, key fobs, and smartphones. This technology is considered “passive,” meaning the microchip stores data that can be read by other devices but cannot read data themselves. Continue reading “Wisconsin Company Injecting RFID Microchips Into Hands Of Employees”
A demonstration in support of Second Amendment gun rights drew left-wing counter-protesters Saturday in Seattle, forcing dozens of police to keep the two sides separated. Continue reading “‘Liberty or Death’ gun-rights rally draws counter-protesters, forcing police to keep the peace”
A Phoenix police officer was in critical condition Thursday night after being shot during a traffic stop, officials said.
The suspect who fired also was shot when the officer returned gunfire, said Phoenix police Sgt. Mercedes Fortune.
The shooting took place about 8 p.m. at Cave Creek and Cactus roads, Fortune said. Continue reading “Phoenix police officer in critical condition after being shot”
Aretha Franklin, the undisputed Queen of Soul, died Thursday at her Detroit home, the Associated Press reports, surrounded by family and friends. She had been battling various undisclosed illnesses for years, and, in recent weeks, was receiving hospice care. Franklin was 76.
As news of her declining health spread over the past few days, visitors including Stevie Wonder and the Rev. Jesse Jackson reportedly paid their respects at her bedside. Beyoncé and Jay-Z dedicated their Monday concert in the Motor City to Franklin, declaring the iconic singer. “We love you,” Beyoncé said, adding a word of thanks for “the beautiful music.” Continue reading “Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul and ‘greatest singer of all time,’ dies at 76”
TAOS, N.M. (AP) — A judge’s decision to allow the release of an extended family accused of child abuse at a ramshackle desert compound in New Mexico prompted a political uproar Tuesday by prominent Republican lawmakers.
The controversy was stoked even further when court officials condemned threats of violence made against the judge who issued the ruling and evacuated several administrative court offices as a precaution. Continue reading “ICE takes into custody defendant in New Mexico compound case”
Connecticut police have made an arrest in connection with more than three dozen overdose cases at a New Haven park.
First responders found about 40 people who appeared to have overdosed on the New Haven Green on Wednesday, with 25 of those overdoses occurring within a three-hour span in the morning and some four to six at a time, officials said. Continue reading “Police make arrest after 40 people overdose at Connecticut park”
A Phoenix father is accused of beating a man to death after being told the man had tried to forcibly enter a bathroom stall occupied by his teenage daughter.
A police report published by KPHO/KTVK of Phoenix says the incident happened on Aug. 2 after Melvin Harris, 40, drove to a convenience store to pick up his daughter and two friends. Continue reading “Arizona Dad ‘Killed Man Who Tried to Enter Daughter’s Bathroom Stall’: Police Report”
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Federal authorities say a Mississippi sheriff gave protection for years to a drug dealer who robbed other dealers and kicked back stolen money and drug profits to the lawman.
The illegal partnership began about 15 years ago when Tallahatchie County Sheriff William Brewer — who resigned Tuesday — began helping a then-teenage drug dealer, federal officials allege in a sworn statement . Continue reading “FBI: Sheriff was bribed to shelter drug dealer for 15 years”
The Fundamental Option – by Dr. Eowyn
What I had feared and expected finally happened.
Minutes ago upon waking up this morning, I discovered that WordPress has unilaterally and without warning shut down Fellowship of the Minds for alleged violations of “Terms of Service”. Continue reading “WordPress shuts down Fellowship of the Minds”
Just hours after being arrested and released on bail for allegedly assaulting his wife, a Utah man stole a plane and crashed it into his own home where his wife was staying, police said.
The man, 47-year-old Duane Youd, did not survive the crash Monday, officials stated.
Flames engulfed the house in the city of Payson after the crash and ensuing fire at 2:30 a.m. Continue reading “Hours after domestic violence arrest, husband crashes stolen plane into his own home where wife was staying”
The Florida man who invoked the “stand your ground” self-defense law after shooting a black man in a dispute over a parking space was charged Monday with manslaughter, officials said.
Michael Drejka, 48, was arrested Monday morning in the fatal shooting in July of Markeis McGlockton in Clearwater, Florida — an incident that was caught on video which sparked an uproar after its release. Continue reading “Florida ‘stand your ground’ shooter Michael Drejka charged with manslaughter”
The Trump administration is starting the process of opening up large swaths of land in California to hydraulic fracturing.
In a notice issued Wednesday to the Federal Register, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) said it intends to analyze the impact of hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking, on publicly owned land throughout the state. Continue reading “Trump officials open door to fracking in California”
A Montana man who was accused of filling his water cup with soda at a fast food restaurant has been arrested and charged with multiple misdemeanors and a felony.
Missoula Police Public Information Officer Travis Welsh says police were called to the scene on Thursday around 2:30 pm after Daniel Stine started a fight with a restaurant employee. Continue reading “Man accused of filling water cup with soda at fast food restaurant starts fight, gets Tased, cops say”
A Horizon Air passenger plane crashed on an island in Puget Sound Friday night, not long after a suspect conducted an “unauthorized take-off” from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Washington state, officials said.
Witnesses reported seeing a large plume of smoke in the air above Ketron Island after the plane went down. No passengers were believed to be aboard the Q400 aircraft, airport officials said. Continue reading “Plane crashes after ‘unauthorized take-off’ from SeaTac airport, officials say”