From the Trenches World Report
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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”
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”
(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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
(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”
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”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
Austin, TX — In three weeks, Rodney Reed, who has been rotting in a cage for a crime all the evidence says he did not commit, will be executed by the state of Texas. Despite overwhelming evidence that the murder was carried out by a former police officer, the state of Texas is refusing to issue a stay of execution. Continue reading “Texas Man About to Be Executed for a Rape and Murder a Cop Allegedly Admitted To”
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”
A Denton police officer was in critical condition after getting shot during a traffic stop Tuesday morning, police said.
The officer, who has not been identified, was described as “critical but stable” by Denton Assistant Police Chief Bobby Smith during an early morning news conference. Continue reading “Denton police officer in critical condition after shooting during traffic stop”
Zero Hedgge – by Tyler Durden and Nauman Sadiq
Islamic State’s self-styled Caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed (once again) in a United States Special Ops overnight raid Saturday involving helicopters, warplanes and a ground clash on the Turkey-Syria border while fleeing Syria’s northwestern Idlib Governorate, Reuters and Newsweek are reporting, with President Trump making a “major statement” of the biggest symbolic victory of his administration in the war against terrorism. Continue reading “Trump Confirms ISIS Leader Al-Baghdadi Killed In US Raid”
(Bloomberg) — The U.S. has forfeited some $18 billion tied to oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico since 2000 because of a decades-old law that gave energy companies a break on paying royalties when drilling in deep waters, federal investigators concluded Thursday.
The foregone revenue will keep climbing, as energy companies continue to harvest oil and gas royalty-free from dozens of affected tracts in the Gulf, long after lawmakers realized sloppy legislative writing prevented the government from making the price breaks temporary. Continue reading “Oil Drillers Get $18B Break Thanks to Old Law”
On Thursday a car bomb detonated in the town of Tal Abyad, wounding several Turkish-backed Syrian fighters outside their militia headquarters, following at least three other similar blasts this week, which targeted various groups fighting in northeast Syria.
The AP reports “There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombing” and confirmed that “Similar bombings have taken place in the past in another enclave held for several years by Turkey and its Syrian allies on the northwest part of the border.” Multiple civilian casualties have been reported in each case. Continue reading “Car Bombs Rock Northern Syria After “Hundreds” Of ISIS Prisoners Escape”
President Trump announced Wednesday that conditions have been met between Turkey and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) for what he called a “permanent ceasefire” between the two sides and that the United States is lifting sanctions on Ankara that were implemented following the invasion of northern Syria.
Speaking at the White House, Trump said that while a “permanent ceasefire” will be tough to maintain in the volatile region, he hopes it will last and end the conflict between Turkey and the Kurds. Continue reading “Trump announces ‘permanent ceasefire’ in Syria between Turkey and Kurds; lifts sanctions on Ankara”