From the Trenches World Report
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Several rural Illinois counties have taken a stand for gun rights by co-opting a word that conservatives associate with a liberal policy to skirt the law: sanctuary.
At least five counties recently passed resolutions declaring themselves sanctuary counties for gun owners — a reference to so-called sanctuary cities such as Chicago that don’t cooperate with aspects of federal immigration enforcement. Continue reading “Illinois counties declare ‘sanctuary’ status for gun owners”
NEW YORK — The Trump administration said Friday that it is ending special immigration protections for about 57,000 Hondurans, adding them to hundreds of thousands of immigrants from other countries battered by violence and natural disasters who are losing permission to be in the United States.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s widely anticipated decision not to renew temporary protected status for Hondurans means an estimated 428,000 people from several countries face rolling deadlines beginning late this year to leave or obtain legal residency in other ways.
Continue reading “US ends immigration protections for thousands of Hondurans”
A man was mauled to death by a wounded bear this week when he foolishly tried to take a photograph alongside the apex predator — the third wild animal-related selfie fatality in this region of India in less than a year, according to reports.
The victim, identified by local media as Prabhu Bhatara, was driving a group of people home from a wedding in an SUV when he stopped to relieve himself in a forest area in the eastern Indian state of Odisha on Wednesday evening, the Hindustan Times reported. Continue reading “Man mauled to death by bear while taking selfie with it”
Gun Owners of America – by Michael Hammon
Illegal Bump Stock Regs to go beyond Johnson, Clinton, and Obama in Anti-Gun Reach!
When campaigning, Donald Trump said he would respect and honor the Second Amendment.
Instead, he continues to push ahead on bump stock regulations which would turn 500,000 gun owners into felons. And the regulations would arguably do the same for the millions of Americans who own semi-automatic rifles. Continue reading “Trump’s Bump Stock Regulations Can Turn 500,000 Gun Owners into Felons”
TIJUANA (Reuters) – Dozens more Central American caravan migrants were let into the United States to begin pleading their case for asylum on Thursday despite sharp criticism from U.S. President Donald Trump, bringing the total to 158 since last weekend.
Seventy men, women and children were allowed into the crowded port of entry border crossing early Thursday morning, according to Alex Mensing, a caravan organizer with advocacy group Pueblos Sin Fronteras. Continue reading “Dozens more caravan asylum seekers let in to U.S. from Mexico”
Illegal immigration along U.S.-Mexico border surged 230 percent in April compared to last year, according to new numbers released Thursday that experts said expose major loopholes in American immigration law.
Chief among the loopholes is the de facto “catch-and-release” policy that sees most illegal immigrants caught at the border quickly put back out on the streets, with the hope that they’ll return to be deported later. Continue reading “Illegal immigration surges 230 percent in April on southwest border”
An ATF agent was critically wounded in a shooting on Chicago’s South Side early Friday morning.
The agent was on a federal mission with Chicago police assisting when shots rang out near West 45th Street and South Hermitage Avenue in the city’s Back of the Yards neighborhood. Continue reading “ATF agent shot in head in Back of the Yards; manhunt underway”
DUSON, La. (AP / KATC) – A fire broke out at a chemical plant in Duson, Louisiana, sending massive smoke plumes in the air and prompting an evacuation for a mile all around.
Louisiana State Police have said that no injuries have been reported from the fire at FlowChem Technologies, which provides products and services to the oil and gas industry. Continue reading “Explosion, fire at Duson, Louisiana chemical plant”
NEW YORK – An omnibus bill full of measures to improve the relationship between Israel and the United States has passed the US Senate, after being delayed since May.
The bill declares Israel a “major strategic partner” of the US; enhances Israel’s trade status to expedite export licensing; increases cooperation on energy, water engineering, research and development; and expands authority for forward-deployed US weapons stockpiles in the Jewish state. Continue reading “US Senate Elevates Israel’s Status As ‘Major Strategic Partner’”
The Israeli parliament has approved a law empowering the country’s prime minister and defense minister to declare war without full Cabinet approval in “extreme circumstances.”
While Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a presentation showcasing intelligence on Iran’s nuclear program on live television, his coalition quietly pushed through a bill on Monday expanding his authority to order military operations. Continue reading “Israel’s parliament approves bill allowing PM to declare war”
NORTH HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A barn behind a house in Connecticut exploded Wednesday night while police and a SWAT team were negotiating with a man who had taken his wife hostage, leaving seven people including at least six officers injured, officials said.
The officers were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after the explosion around 8:30 p.m., North Haven First Selectman Michael Freda said. Continue reading “Officers injured after explosion at barricade scene”
A C-130 military cargo plane crashed Wednesday in Port Wentworth, Georgia, killing all five passengers on board.
A spokeswoman for the Port Wentworth Fire Department said a call came out and “everyone scrambled” to the scene. She could see black smoke “pouring” into the sky from her location, she said.
Continue reading “5 Dead After C-130 Military Cargo Plane Crashes In Georgia”
NEW YORK (AP) — The first death has been reported in a national food poisoning outbreak linked to romaine lettuce.
The death was reported in California, but state and federal health officials did not immediately provide any other details. Continue reading “1st death reported in romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak”
Residents in a central Florida neighborhood have been forced to evacuate due to massive sinkholes that have formed over the last week.
At least a dozen sinkholes have been reported in the Wynchase neighborhood of Ocala, Florida, about 80 miles northwest of Orlando, according to local media reports. The holes have been forming around a retention pond. Continue reading “Residents in Florida neighborhood evacuated due to massive sinkholes”
Las Vegas police have finally released partial footage from police body cameras that showed officers nearing the hotel room where gunman Stephen Paddock unleashed a hail of gunfire on concert-goers last October.
The video released on Wednesday comes from officers Sgt. Joshua Bitsko and David Newton, the Las Vegas Journal-Review reported. The first officer to enter the room, Levi Hancock, did not activate his body camera, for reasons that remain unknown to investigators. Continue reading “Police release body cam footage from Las Vegas Massacre”
North Korea has released three U.S. citizens from years-long detentions in a suspected labor camp, giving them medical treatment and “ideological education” at a hotel near Pyongyang, says human rights advocate Choi Sung-ryong, as reported by the Financial Times. Continue reading “North Korea Releases US Prisoners Ahead Of Historic Trump Summit”
Garden City, Georgia, law enforcement officials are sharing reports of a plane crash at Georgia Highway 21 before noon on Wednesday.
Chatham County EMS confirmed that the plane crashed at the intersection of the highway and Crossgate Road and that roads will be shut down.
Garden City Police Department said sections of Highway 21, Highway 25 and side roads in the area will be shut down. Drivers are asked to avoid the area. Continue reading “Military plane crashes in Savannah area”
Texas Tribune – by Emma Platoff
Following through on a months-old promise, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit Tuesday to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, leading a seven-state coalition against an Obama-era immigration measure that protects hundreds of thousands of immigrants nationwide from deportation, including more than 120,000 in Texas.
Paxton first threatened in June 2017 to sue over the program if President Donald Trump’s administration had not ended it by September. After federal court rulings blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to end the program, Paxton wrote in January that he would consider filing suit if DACA still stood in June. Continue reading “Texas and 6 other states sue to end DACA”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday revealed a cache of files he claims were obtained from Iran and prove Tehran ran a secret program to build nuclear weapons.
Iranian leaders have long said their nuclear program is only for peaceful purposes. But Netanyahu on Monday revealed tens of thousands of pages of documents, which he said were copied from a “highly secret location” in Iran. Continue reading “Netanyahu: Iran had secret ‘Project Amad’ to design, produce and test warheads”