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A North Carolina judge sent a prospective juror to jail after he refused an order to wear a mask, despite there being no mandate on the books.
“I never thought I would show up to jury duty and end up behind bars. So it happened,” Gregory Hahn told Tucker Carlson on “Tucker Carlson Tonight.” Continue reading “North Carolina judge sends prospective juror to jail for refusing to wear mask in mask-optional courthouse”
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A 15-year-old boy fatally shot two people in the streets of a neighborhood in North Carolina’s capital city, then fled toward a walking trail, where he opened fire, killing three more people and wounding two others, police said Friday. Continue reading “Police: Teen kills 2 in neighborhood, 3 more along greenway”
BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Two police officers who were shot dead in Connecticut had apparently been drawn into an ambush by an emergency call about possible domestic violence, authorities said Thursday. A third officer was wounded in the gunfire. Continue reading “Police: Officers may have been lured into deadly ambush”
More than 2,600 federal officials either own or have traded stock in companies their agencies oversee, according to a damning report by the Wall Street Journal. Continue reading “WSJ: 2,600+ Federal Officials Trade Stock in Companies Their Agencies Oversee – Especially Big Tech”
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A now-former San Antonio police officer was charged Tuesday with two counts of aggravated assault by a peace officer for shooting and gravely wounding a teen eating a hamburger in his car in a McDonald’s parking lot. The teen had begun driving away when the officer opened fire. Continue reading “Ex-Texas cop charged for shooting teen eating hamburger”
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take up a challenge to a legal defense called qualified immunity that has been employed to shield police officers accused of unlawfully using excessive force in a case involving a Michigan police officer who fatally shot a man as he drove away in a car. Continue reading “U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs challenge to police qualified immunity defense”
An Army base in Washington state spent part of the long holiday weekend searching for a missing part to a .50-caliber machine gun, the latest incident after the service was criticized for lost weapons. Continue reading “Army Base Still Searching for Machine Gun That Went Missing Days Ago”
President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has given cellphones, with the intent of tracking their whereabouts, to more than 255,000 border crossers and illegal aliens released into the United States over the last year. Continue reading “DHS Gives Cellphones to over 255K Border Crossers, Illegal Aliens Released into U.S.”
Update (Sunday):
Twitter censored Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo’s tweet about a new Covid vaccine study that “the public needs to be aware of.” He said, “this analysis showed an increased risk of cardiac-related death among men 18-39. FL will not be silent on the truth.” Continue reading “Twitter Removes Florida Surgeon General’s Vaccine Warning Tweet”
The suspect accused of killing two people and injuring six others during a stabbing rampage on the Las Vegas Strip is in the U.S. illegally, sources told Fox News. Continue reading “Las Vegas stabbing suspect is in US illegally, has criminal record in California: source”
New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) has declared a state of emergency after the ‘sanctuary city’ was unprepared to provide sanctuary to migrants arriving from Texas and elsewhere. Continue reading “‘Sanctuary City’ NYC Mayor Declares State Of Emergency After Migrants Overwhelm Resources”
President Biden on Thursday announced he’ll pardon thousands of people with federal marijuana possession convictions, and ordered a review of the plant’s classification as a “Schedule I” drug. Continue reading “Biden Pardons Thousands Of Pot Convicts, Orders Review Of Schedule I Status”
Most of the heartless looters busted in hurricane-ravaged Florida were illegal immigrants, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Tuesday — as he said he’d like to “drag them out by the collars” and “send them back to where they came from.” Continue reading “DeSantis blasts ‘illegal alien’ looters after Hurricane Ian in Florida”
WASHINGTON — American officials are intensifying efforts to build a giant stockpile of weapons in Taiwan after studying recent naval and air force exercises by the Chinese military around the island, according to current and former officials. Continue reading “U.S. Aims to Turn Taiwan Into Giant Weapons Depot”
The attorneys for the family of a Los Angeles Police Department officer who died during a training exercise earlier this year say he was investigating another officer involved in the exercise for gang rape. Continue reading “LAPD officer killed during training exercise by cops he was investigating for sexual assault: attorney”
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Citing a U.S. Supreme Court decision earlier this year, gun rights groups and firearms owners have launched another attempt to overturn Connecticut’s ban on certain semiautomatic rifles that was enacted in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Continue reading “Gun owners, rights groups challenge Connecticut firearms ban”
Breitbart – by Chris Tomlinson
Alberta Justice Minister Tyler Shandro said his province will not participate in any attempts to seize firearms the federal government under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has recently prohibited, including so-called “assault rifles.” Continue reading “Canadian Province Refuses To Participate in Trudeau’s Federal Gun Confiscation”
The Biden administration awarded $41 million in taxpayer-backed government contracts to a new liberal nonprofit working to help illegal immigrants fight deportation amid the escalating border crisis, Fox News Digital has discovered. Continue reading “Biden admin awards $41M in contracts to new left-wing group that helps illegal immigrants fight deportations”