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An indictment alleging sex trafficking and sex trafficking conspiracy was unsealed Monday morning against billionaire financier and registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who is set to make his first appearance in a New York City federal court later in the day.

Prosecutors allege Epstein, the 66-year-old wealthy hedge fund manager arrested on Saturday, preyed on “dozens” of victims as young as 14.  Continue reading “Jeffrey Epstein due in federal court after sex trafficking arrest, preyed on young girls, prosecutors say”

ABC News

Six Tempe, Arizona, police officers were asked to leave a local Starbucks on the Fourth of July because a customer said the officers were making them feel uncomfortable, prompting an outcry on social media and an apology from Starbucks.

“Don’t appreciate Starbucks asking our Temp cops to leave on 4th of July 2019,” The Tempe Officers Association posted on Twitter. “Several of those cops are veterans who fought for this country! #ZeroRespect”  Continue reading “Tempe, Arizona, police officers asked to leave local Starbucks, prompting an apology”

Yahoo News

RENO, Nev. – Eight people were injured Friday in an explosion at a University of Nevada, Reno dormitory, authorities say.

According to Steve Leighton, operations chief for the Reno Fire Department, six people were treated at the scene. Two were transferred to the hospital, but have been released. Continue reading “Eight people injured in explosion at University of Nevada, Reno dorm”

Pacific Standard – by Massoud Hayoun

Oregon lawmakers have voted to grant the state’s undocumented residents drivers’ licenses, amid a nationwide push to do so in response to data indicating that minor traffic violations are landing immigrants in deportation proceedings.

State senators voted 17–10 on Saturday to pass a bill granting licenses to all Oregon residents, regardless of citizenship status, which “eliminates [the] requirement that [a] person provide proof of legal presence before Department of Transportation issues [a] noncommercial driver license, noncommercial driver permit or identification card.”  Continue reading “Oregon Will Make Undocumented People Eligible For Drivers’ Licenses Again”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

While the headline payrolls number was stellar, coming in higher than even the most optimistic Wall Street forecast, one aspect of today’s jobs report that will likely become a major talking point for Democrats and other critics of the Trump economy, is that the number of multiple-jobholders soared from 7.855 million to 8.156 million, a monthly surge of 301,000 – the biggest since July 2018, and an indication that the jobs number was far weaker than the headline represents if one excludes all those workers who represented two jobs to the BLS’ various surveys.  Continue reading “It Wasn’t All Great News: Multiple Jobholders Soar To Record High”

ABC News

One person was killed and several others suffered minor injuries from a lightning strike in South Carolina on Thursday, officials said.

The person who was killed was under a tree at Lawshe Plantation in Georgetown County when the lightning hit, according to Georgetown County Fire and EMS officials. The National Weather Service had issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the area at the time of the strike.  Continue reading “1 dead, several injured from lightning strike in South Carolina: Officials”

Market Watch – by Robert Schroeder

The Washington Post reports the National Park Service is diverting nearly $2.5 million in entrance and recreation fees primarily intended to improve parks across the country to cover costs associated with President Donald Trump’s Independence Day celebration on the Mall.

Administration officials, writes the Post, have consistently refused to say how much taxpayers will have to pay for the expanded celebration on the Mall this year, which the president has dubbed the “Salute to America.”  Continue reading “Park Service diverts $2.5 million in fees to pay for Trump’s July 4th celebration”

ABC News 7

CHICAGO (WLS) — Chicago police have arrested 77 people in a gun and drug takedown ahead of the 4th of July holiday, a police spokesman said.

Nearly a dozen weapons were recovered as part of Operation Independence conducted by CPD’s Organized Crime Bureau, the spokesman said Wednesday morning.  Continue reading “77 arrested by Chicago police in pre-4th of July holiday gun, drug take down, Mayor Lori Lightfoot to unveil safety plan”

RT

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law suspending the Cold War-era INF Treaty. Putin announced in February that he would halt participation in the treaty after Washington’s abrupt decision to pull out of the agreement.

The Trump administration announced last October that the US would pull out of the treaty which has been a cornerstone of European security since its signing in 1987. Moscow later promised a “mirror response” to the decision and said it would suspend its own participation.  Continue reading “Putin signs law suspending INF treaty with US”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Just a week after Nike appeared to bow to Chinese authorities’ demands, halting the sale of a range of sports shoes in China after its Japanese designer showed support for Hong Kong protests in an Instagram post; the sportswear company has been implicitly banned from Arizona after nixing the launch of its “Betsy Ross Flag” sneakers after former football player Colin Kaepernick complained.  Continue reading “Arizona Blocks Nike After Kaepernick-Complaint Sparks Virtue-Signaling Sneaker Ban”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

A left-wing agitator using the artwork and a pseudonym associated with a Rolling Stone and Playboy journalist has made serious threats to use muriatic acid for attacks conservatives at the upcoming Demand Free Speech rally on July 6 in Washington DC, according to Big League Politics.

“I just want to toss as many balloons of Muriatic acid in the faces as many Proud Boys I can [sic],” wrote the user “POUND ON YOUR BOY” on a popular right-wing Telegram channel, prompting event co-organizer Enrique Tarrio to contact the FBI and DHS, who will now assist with security at the event.  Continue reading “Antifa Plots Acid Attack At DC Free Speech Rally”

The Defense Post

U.S. Central Command said Monday, July 1 that it carried out airstrikes targeting al-Qaeda leadership at a training facility in northwest Syria.

“This operation targeted AQ-S operatives responsible for plotting external attacks threatening U.S. citizens, our partners, and innocent civilians,” CENTCOM said in a statement.  Continue reading “US targets Al-Qaeda leadership in northwestern Syria”

ABC News

Salmonella linked to papayas imported from Mexico have infected dozens of people in at least eight states in the last six months, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

The 62 cases stem from a strain called Salmonella Uganda, which were reported from Jan. 14 to June 8, but mostly concentrated in April, according to a statement the agency released Friday.  Continue reading “Salmonella outbreak linked to papayas imported from Mexico: CDC”

Yahoo News

MORGAN HILL, Calif. (AP) — A man who had just been fired from a Northern California Ford dealership shot and killed two employees and then killed himself, police and witnesses said.

Police called to the Ford Store Morgan Hill Tuesday evening found a man dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot on the ground near the store’s service bays.  Continue reading “Gunman kills 2 at California car dealer, kills himself”

ABC News

A sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed in Illinois on Tuesday evening — the fifth law enforcement officer shot and killed in just eight days across the country.

Troy Chisum, 39, was shot at about 2 p.m. in Avon, Illinois, about an hour west of Peoria, while responding to a battery and domestic disturbance call, according to the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office.  Continue reading “Illinois sheriff’s deputy becomes 5th officer fatally shot in last 8 days across country”