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In honor of Veterans Day, the Oklahoma State football program (OSU) is rolling out a new set of military-style uniforms during their game against the University of Kansas on Saturday.

The team has partnered with Nike on developing custom design uniforms to commemorate all those who have served in the armed forces, according to a team news release – with the team Twitter account announcing, “Saturday is for the troops.” Continue reading “Oklahoma State football team honors veterans with military style uniforms”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

The generational wealth gap has widened to historic levels, according to a recent study comparing millennial earnings to older generations’, according to CNBC.

When adjusted for inflation, millennials earn 20% less than baby boomers did at the same stage in their careers, according to the study, entitled “the Emerging Millennial Wealth Gap”. Median incomes for workers aged 18 to 34 are way down from their levels in the 1980s. The disparity is nothing new: Other studies have arrived at a similar conclusion. Despite being the most well-educated generation of all time (aside from Gen Z, probably), millennials earn comparatively less than their older peers did during similar periods.  Continue reading “Even With Better Education, Millennials Earn 20% Less Than Baby Boomers, Study Finds”

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The teenager who shot five fellow students in a 16-second killing rampage at a Southern California high school has died, authorities announced Friday night.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Nathaniel Tennosuke Berhow died at about 3:30 p.m. Friday at a hospital with his mother nearby. Berhow had been in critical condition after shooting himself following the rampage, which killed two other students. Continue reading “Teen gunman who killed two in shooting rampage at California high school dies in hospital”

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Attorney General William Barr announced a new initiative Wednesday that would better enforce the U.S. gun background check system, coordinate state and federal gun cases and ensure prosecutors quickly update databases to show when a defendant can’t possess a firearm because of mental health issues.

The push, known as Project Guardian, was unveiled at a news conference in Memphis, Tennessee, alongside officials from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, on the same day public impeachment hearings against President Donald Trump began in Washington.  Continue reading “Justice Dept. rolls out new program to combat gun violence”

Yahoo News – CBC

An apparent step-up of receipt and shopping bag checks at Walmart has sparked customer complaints, raising concerns about shoppers’ rights.

“It was not a request, it was a demand,” said Penny Rintoul of Vaughan, Ont., about a recent receipt check just before she exited Walmart with her purchases. She said her local Walmart increased its checks in the spring.  Continue reading “‘Treated as a criminal’: Walmart receipt and bag checks anger customers. Your rights explained”

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The FBI has begun a corruption investigation into how Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration came to issue permits for construction on a multibillion-dollar pipeline project to carry highly volatile natural gas liquids across Pennsylvania, The Associated Press has learned.

FBI agents have interviewed current or former state employees in recent weeks about the Mariner East project and the construction permits, according to three people who have direct knowledge of the agents’ line of questioning.  Continue reading “FBI eyes how Pennsylvania approved pipeline”

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(Reuters) – A federal judge on Tuesday struck down the Trump administration’s effort to allow blueprints for making guns from 3-D printers to be posted online.

U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik said the State Department violated federal law by letting Defense Distributed, a Texas-based nonprofit, publish downloadable blueprints for the untraceable, undetectable, mainly plastic firearms, as part of a June 2018 legal settlement.  Continue reading “Judge blocks White House from allowing downloads of 3-D printed gun blueprints”

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Militants in Gaza sent a barrage of at least 50 rockets over the border into Tel Aviv early Tuesday, vowing further revenge after the Israeli military carried out a pair of targeted airstrikes on senior Islamic jihad commanders in Gaza and in Syria.

“The response to this crime will have no limits,” Islamic Jihad said in a statement.  Continue reading “Gaza militants fire rockets into Israel after Islamic jihad leader killed”

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Chilling new details are emerging in the case of Adrienne Quintal, who’s been missing since she called a friend for help while visiting a remote cabin in the woods of northern Michigan last month.

On Oct. 17, Quintal, 47, a mother of one from Warren, was at her family’s cabin in Honor, in Benzie County, near Lake Michigan, when she called a friend at 2:34 a.m. saying she needed help, the Benzie County Sheriff’s Office says in a new release. Continue reading “Mich. Woman Who Vanished From Cabin Was in Shootout with 2 Men Before Calling Friend for Help: Police”

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A 21-year old protester was shot by police with a live round and a pro-China man was set on fire as Hong Kong woke up Monday to chaos on its streets.

Protesters, answering an online call, attempted to disrupt the Monday morning commute all across the city with what they dubbed as “Operation Dawn.” Groups of protesters fanned out across the city setting up blockades and vandalizing subways stations and intersections.  Continue reading “Hong Kong protester shot by police while a pro-China man is set on fire”

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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has discovered a new oil field in the country’s south with over 50 billion barrels of crude, its president said Sunday, a find that could boost the country’s proven reserves by a third as it struggles to sell energy abroad over U.S. sanctions.

The announcement by Hassan Rouhani comes as Iran faces crushing American sanctions after the U.S. pulled out of its nuclear deal with world powers last year. Continue reading “Iran’s president: New oil field found with over 50 billion barrels”

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An employee of a Buffalo Wild Wings in Massachusetts died and 10 others were hospitalized Thursday night after being exposed to a floor cleaner inside the restaurant.

Just after 5:30 p.m. Thursday, emergency responders in Burlington were called to the scene following the report of a “sick individual and a potential chemical release,” interim Fire Chief Michael Patterson told reporters in a video from the scene.  Continue reading “Buffalo Wild Wings employee dies after exposure to ‘common’ cleaning agent, 10 others hospitalized”

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A suspect was arrested near the Arizona border with Mexico in connection with the deaths of nine U.S. citizens – six children and three women – Monday who were living in a Mormon community about 70 miles south of Douglas, Ariz., investigators said early Wednesday.

The victims’ convoy came under fire during the day in an ambush by gunmen believed to be affiliated with a drug cartel in Mexico.  Continue reading “Mexican cartel massacre: Suspect with 2 hostages, assault rifles, bulletproof SUV arrested in border town”

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(Reuters) – A suspected undocumented immigrant was shot and killed in Sunland Park, New Mexico on Monday after he fired at the U.S. patrol officers who were investigating a possible illegal border crossing, officials said.

The Customs and Border Protection officers were investigating in an area close to the border between the United States and Mexico, which is when they encountered the suspect and chased him on foot, the New Mexican state police said in a statement posted online. Continue reading “U.S. border patrol officer kills suspected undocumented immigrant”

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Mexico City (AFP) – At least three women and six children from an American Mormon community based in northern Mexico have been killed in an ambush, a relative of the victims said on Monday.

Julian Lebaron said his cousin was on her way to the airport when she was attacked and shot in her car along with her four children in Rancho de la Mora, an area notorious for drug traffickers and bandits of all kinds.  Continue reading “At least nine American Mormon community members killed in Mexico”

24/7 Wall Street – by Paul Ausick

Outplacement firm of Challenger, Gray & Christmas on Thursday released its job-cuts report for October, showing that a total of 50,275 planned U.S. job cuts were announced in the month, an increase of 21% compared with announced September cuts. However, compared with cuts announced in October 2018, this year’s total is 33.5% lower and marks two consecutive months in which the totals were lower than the year-ago month. Monthly totals were higher in the other eight months of this year.  Continue reading “2019 Job Losses at 4-Year High as Tech, Retail Chop More Workers”

Breitbart – by John Binder

A convicted illegal alien child rapist is now on the run after the Georgia Department of Corrections accidentally released him from prison.

Tony Maycon Munoz-Mendez, a 31-year-old illegal alien, was accidentally released from prison in Georgia after serving just four years of his three life-in-prison sentences for repeatedly raping a ten-year-old girl.  Continue reading “Illegal Alien Child Rapist on the Run After Accidentally Freed by Georgia Prison”

Washington Examiner – by Stephen Dinan

President Trump’s border wall may eventually stop illegal immigrants, but right now it has created a new way for them to sneak into the U.S. thanks to the flurry of construction in Southern California.

The Washington Times has learned that migrants are blending into the construction crews building the wall, even donning orange work vests to fit in with the surroundings. The smugglers are using the vests too and going so far as to “clone” construction company trucks to try to fool Border Patrol agents.  Continue reading “Smugglers exploit wall construction, help illegal immigrants breach border”