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ATLANTA (AP) — The man accused of killing eight people at massage parlors in the Atlanta area told police his act was not racially motivated, and that he potentially had a “sex addiction,” officials said Wednesday.
Still, officials said they were investigating whether the deaths were hate crimes amid concerns over a wave of attacks on Asian Americans. Six of the victims were Asian and seven were women. Continue reading “Police: Georgia shooting suspect may have ‘sexual addiction’”
A suspect is in custody after a string of shootings at Atlanta-area massage parlors left eight people dead, six of them Asian women.
The first shooting happened just before 5 p.m. at Young’s Asian Massage in Acworth, Georgia, a northern suburb of Atlanta. Continue reading “A suspect is in custody after 8 were killed in 3 spa shootings in the Atlanta area”
Early on in the pandemic “lockdowns” it was sadly an all too familiar scene to see people getting arrested over standoffs that ensued when patrons of businesses refused to wear a mask. But in Texas despite Governor Greg Abbott having lifted the mask mandate and opened the state back up “100%” it’s still happening, apparently.
The mask mandate was lifted statewide on March 10, but the very next day on Thursday a 65-year old Texas woman found herself being tackled to the ground by police after being told by a Galveston Bank of America branch to mask up. Continue reading “65-Year Old Texas Woman Tackled, Arrested For Refusing To Mask A Day After Abbott Lifted Mandate”
A 39-year-old Utah mom died just four days after receiving her second dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, according to a Wednesday report that investigated vaccine side effects.
Kassidi Kurill, who lived in Ogden, took the second dose on Monday, Feb. 1. By Friday evening that week, she was dead, according to 2News, which was the first to report on Kurill’s case. Continue reading “Utah mother dies four days after taking second COVID-19 vaccine dose”
A 2018 report found people in the United States own about 393 million guns. Gun purchases spike whenever gun rights advocates feel threatened — either by challenges to the Second Amendment or by societal upheaval. The COVID-19 pandemic, for example, provoked the largest spike of gun sales in U.S. history. Get ready for another run on guns.
Rep. Jim McGovern, chairman of the House Rules Committee and a Massachusetts Democrat, said, “We now have a Democratic Senate and a Democratic president, and I hope we can finally make these reforms a reality.” Continue reading “Gun control proposals: New Biden agenda”
A Dickson state representative who leads the criminal justice committee that will vote Wednesday on the governor’s permitless gun carry bill said he understands law enforcement concerns — including former Dickson County sheriff Jeff Bledsoe who heads the state sheriff association.
But Rep. Michael Curcio, R-Dickson, believes the legislation unburdens law-abiding citizens and “hammers people who actually misbehave with guns.” Continue reading “‘Constitutional Carry’: Committee votes today on permitless gun bill; sheriffs oppose”
There’s yet more significant escalation in Iraq as it appears pro-Iranian militia forces may have ‘hit back’ in a potential retaliation strike against US forces, as the Pentagon has confirmed at least ten rockets were fired on the the Ain al-Asad airbase in Iraq’s Anbar province Wednesday morning.
There were initial reports of no casualties and Iraq’s military reported “no significant losses”. A US Coalition statement said that according to its initial assessment “10 IDF rockets targeted an Iraqi military base, Al Asad Airbase, hosting Coalition troops, on March 03, 2021 at approx 7:20 a.m. (Iraqi time).” Continue reading “Iran’s Revenge? At Least 10 Rockets Slam Into US Base In Iraq”
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court provided the most recent signal that it’s rethinking the doctrine of qualified immunity — a rule the Court created in 1982 to shield government workers from constitutional accountability. The case, McCoy v. Alamu, was filed by a Texas prisoner named Prince McCoy. Four years ago, a prison guard pepper-sprayed McCoy for no reason. The officer was agitated with another prisoner, who had twice thrown water at him. But because this other prisoner was out of reach, the guard took it out on McCoy, an innocent — and asthmatic — inmate. Video taken after the incident shows McCoy pacing his cell, unable to breathe. Continue reading “The Supreme Court is rethinking qualified immunity”
Epoch Times – by Jack Phillips
The Supreme Court on March 1 formally rejected two of Sidney Powell’s lawsuits that challenged the results of the Nov. 3 election.
The Supreme Court didn’t offer any comment about dismissing the lawsuits. One lawsuit was filed in Wisconsin and the other in Arizona.
“The petitions for writs of mandamus are denied,” the court stated. Continue reading “Supreme Court Rejects Sidney Powell’s Lawsuits Challenging Election Results in Wisconsin, Arizona”
Israel is blaming Iran for the Thursday incident in the Gulf of Oman wherein a cargo vessel owned by an Israeli businessman was hit by a ‘mystery’ explosion, forcing it to divert to the nearest port after sustaining severe damage.
Defense Minister Benny Gantz has announced as part of an “initial assessment” that Tel Aviv believes Iran was behind a bomb attack on the car-carrier vessel, identified as the Helios Ray. Suspicion of Iran’s involvement has been rampant in Israeli media since the blast. However, there’s yet to be definitive proof or evidence that either a state actor or terrorist elements were involved, much less any specific details released to the public. Continue reading “Israel Says Iran Behind Blast On Israeli-Owned Ship In ‘Initial Assessment’”
The House passed President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package on early Saturday, moving the legislation to the Senate for a vote where it likely will meet even more resistance.
The Democratic-controlled House voted 219-to-212 to pass the “American Rescue Plan.” The package will now go to the Senate where it requires 51 votes to pass through reconciliation. Continue reading “House passes Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief package including $1,400 stimulus checks”
Bloomberg reports a train carrying coal collided with an 18-wheeler in Cameron, Texas, Tuesday morning.
Local television station KVUE said the incident occurred around 7 a.m. local time.
The Milam County Sheriff’s Office said there was no timing when the fire would be under control. Continue reading “Massive Explosion Rocks Cameron, Texas After Train Collides With 18-Wheeler”
Global stocks, US equity futures and cryptocurrencies all tumbled on Tuesday as the recent surge in inflation, bond yields and commodity prices continued to hammer technology shares while investors awaited fresh reassurance from U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on the path for monetary policy in United States.
The MSCI world equity index fell 0.1% to fresh two-week lows, having earlier risen on gains in commodity-heavy equity indexes in Asia. After rising during the Asian session, S&P 500 futures also fell once Europen came online, and were last down 0.4%. Continue reading “Futures Tumble As Tech Stocks, Cryptocurrencies Crash”
The House version of the coronavirus stimulus bill contains more than $100 million for an underground rail project in Silicon Valley for which planning has been going on for several years but hasn’t yet broken ground.
The funding for the project, phase two of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) expansion, was tucked into the House Transportation Committee’s section of the bill under a funding provision for “all projects under section 3005(b) of Public Law 114-94 that received allocations for fiscal year 2019 and 2020” except “projects open for revenue service.” Continue reading “House COVID bill includes over $100 million for controversial Silicon Valley underground rail project”
Epoch Times – by Matthew Vadum
This morning the Supreme Court threw out a series of remaining challenges to election processes and election results in several states left over from the recent presidential election cycle.
One of the lawsuits was brought by Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) who challenged President Joe Biden’s victory over former President Donald Trump. Kelly had asked the Supreme Court to consider his lawsuit which challenged mail-in voting policies in his home state of Pennsylvania. Continue reading “Supreme Court Dismisses Slew of 2020 Presidential Election Lawsuits”
Senators on Saturday initially voted to call witnesses in President Donald Trump‘s second Senate impeachment trial — but that was nixed after both sides came to an agreement to enter a key statement into record.
Senators were expected to vote on a single article of impeachment — incitement of insurrection — for Trump’s alleged role in the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riot. Continue reading “Senators avoid witnesses in Trump impeachment trial, amid day of twists”
Senators on Saturday voted to call witnesses and therefore extend former President Donald Trump‘s second Senate impeachment trial.
Senators were expected to vote on a single article of impeachment — incitement of insurrection — for Trump’s alleged role in the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riot. Continue reading “Senators vote to call witnesses, extend Trump impeachment trial”
New York Post – by Bernadette Hogan, Carl Campanile, Bruce Golding
Governor Cuomo’s top aide privately apologized to Democratic lawmakers for withholding the state’s nursing-home death toll from COVID-19 — telling them “we froze” out of fear the true numbers would “be used against us” by federal prosecutors, The Post has learned.
The stunning admission of a cover-up was made by Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa during a video conference call with state Democratic leaders in which she said the Cuomo administration had rebuffed a legislative request for the tally in August because “right around the same time, [then-President Donald Trump] turns this into a giant political football,” according to an audio recording of the two-hour-plus meeting. Continue reading “Cuomo aide admits they hid nursing home data so feds wouldn’t find out”
Fox News has canceled “Lou Dobbs Tonight,” the program hosted by one of Donald Trump’s most ardent defenders, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.
Dobbs, 75, praised Trump on a nightly basis, excoriated the former president’s perceived enemies and promoted the false claim that the 2020 election had not been decided fairly by the American people. Continue reading “Fox News cancels Lou Dobbs’s show”