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There is tangible evidence on the laptop of a former DNC staffer that confirms he was talking to WikiLeaks prior to his murder, a private investigator suggested Monday.
Seth Rich was killed last July in what authorities have called a robbery gone awry.
But Rod Wheeler, a former D.C. homicide detective and Fox News contributor, is leading a parallel investigation into Rich’s murder. Continue reading “Slain DNC staffer had contact with WikiLeaks, investigator says”
ESTACADA, Ore. (AP) — A man carrying what appeared to be a human head walked into a grocery store in Oregon and stabbed an employee just minutes before authorities discovered a woman’s body in a home in a nearby town.
The two incidents were connected, authorities said. Continue reading “Man holding human head stabs worker at Oregon grocery store”
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities say an unarmed man has died after police officers used a stun gun and neck grab to subdue him during an arrest on the Las Vegas Strip.
Las Vegas police said the arrest happened about 1 a.m. Sunday, which began with the man approaching two uniformed officers inside The Venetian casino-hotel. Continue reading “Police used stun gun, neck grab in fatal Vegas Strip arrest”
Bloomberg – by Christine Buurma , Naureen Malik , and Ryan Collins
America’s shale gas could soon head to China under long-term contracts for the first time, bolstered by a new trade deal that may not even change existing rules.
Cheniere Energy Inc., the first exporter of natural gas from the lower 48 states, sees the agreement as “amplifying and accelerating conversations about new long-term contracts” with China, said Eben Burnham-Snyder, a spokesman for the Houston-based company. While the deal announced Thursday by President Donald Trump’s administration doesn’t appear to alter access for Chinese companies to U.S. gas cargoes, it welcomes China to receive shipments and engage in long-term contracts with American suppliers. Continue reading “US LNG industry to get a boost from China deal”
New York Post – by Aaron Short
They’re super troopers — at least when it comes to slinging traffic tickets.
State Police officers doled out 14,542 summonses to New York City motorists in the first four months of this year — an astonishing 759 percent increase from all of last year, when they scribbled just 1,692, records show. Continue reading “Troopers are handing out traffic tickets at astronomical rate”
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The American Thinker – by Salvatore DeGennaro
There is a particular strain of humanity now deeply rooted in Western culture that we can refer to as the Ivory Tower Man. This individual is the product of an entire cultural philosophy. He is the result of several generations that have faced no immediate danger or challenge to life itself; he is the spawn of the Nanny State. The Ivory Tower Man is found throughout all current age groups and academia is especially rife with this character. Continue reading “The Ivory Tower Man: Why Academia Hates Guns”
In an apparent snub to the administration’s trade policy plans, GE CEO Jeff Immelt – who sits on the Trump-appointed manufacturing council – said he “very supportive” of NAFTA adding that he was “optimistic about Mexico.”
Just a day after we showed Mexico’s Manufacturing industrial production surge 8.5% year-over-year – the greatest surge since August 2010… Continue reading “Trump-Appointed Manufacturing Tzar Backfires – Supports NAFTA, Backs Mexico”
Nearly 1,000 students, teachers and staff in 32 schools in northern California’s Yolo County have contracted the gastrointestinal illness norovirus, the county announced Friday. Continue reading “Nearly 1,000 sick with norovirus at 32 schools in northern California’s Yolo County”
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — In a sharp reversal, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has cleared a way for a company to seek permits to develop a massive copper and gold deposit near the headwaters of a world-class salmon fishery in southwest Alaska.
As part of a court settlement with the Pebble Limited Partnership, the EPA agreed to begin the process of withdrawing proposed restrictions on development in the Bristol Bay region, an area that produces about half of the world’s sockeye salmon. Continue reading “EPA allows mine company to pursue permits near Alaska bay”
The White House said Thursday that it has struck agreements with China on several persistent trade irritants that will help reduce the massive trade deficit with Beijing.
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced deals that will send U.S. beef exports to China, allow Chinese imports of cooked poultry, expand U.S. electronic payment services and provide for faster regulatory approval of biotechnology products by Beijing. Continue reading “US, China reach access deals for beef, poultry”
KIRKERSVILLE, Ohio — An officer was shot at a central Ohio nursing home, WLWT News 5’s NBC affiliate in Columbus NBC4 reports.
Police responded to reports of an active shooter at the Pine Kirk Care Center in Kirkersville, which is about 25 miles east of Columbus. Continue reading “Officer shot at central Ohio nursing home”
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to protect American innovation and values, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Cybersecurity of Federal Networks. Continue reading “Presidential Executive Order on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure”
Immigration and Customs Enforcement‘s investigative division arrested 1,378 people after a six-week long, national gang operation that concluded this week.
Of those apprehended, 1,098 were arrested on federal or state criminal charges, and the remaining 280 were arrested on non-criminal immigration violations. There were 933 U.S. citizens and 445 foreign nationals arrested, according to ICE. Continue reading “ICE arrests more than 1,000 people in targeted gang operation”
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is reversing one of the central elements of the Obama administration’s criminal justice reform agenda: a Justice Department policy that led to prosecutors in drug cases often filing charges in a way that avoided triggering mandatory minimum sentences in federal law.
Sessions is withdrawing a 2013 directive from Attorney General Eric Holder that instructed federal prosecutors not to specify the amount of drugs involved when charging low-level and non-violent drug offenders. That policy effectively gave judges discretion to set sentences lower than the mandatory punishments ranging from five years to life in prison federal law dictates when someone is convicted of a crime involving a certain quantity of illegal drugs. Continue reading “Sessions moves to lengthen drug sentences”
Russia’s air force scrambled to intercept a U.S. aircraft above the Black Sea, sending a fighter jet that came within 20 feet of its American counterpart.
Moscow claimed that the U.S. jet was “approaching the state border of the Russian Federation” when forces in southern Russia deployed an Su-30 fighter jet to follow it. Continue reading “Russian jet intercepts U.S. aircraft above Black Sea, comes within 20 feet”
While Republicans rewrite the Affordable Care Act in Washington, the future of the current law has grown hazier with the nation’s third-largest health insurer completely divorcing itself from state-based insurance markets.
Aetna said late Wednesday that it won’t sell individual coverage next year in its two remaining states — Nebraska and Delaware — after projecting a $200 million loss this year. It had already dropped Iowa and Virginia for next year. The insurer once sold the coverage in 15 states, but slashed that to four after losing about $450 million in 2016. Continue reading “Aetna drops last 2 state markets under Affordable Care Act”
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Off the Grid News – by Sean Shado
When Google Earth first debuted in 2005, privacy advocates reacted by overwhelmingly rejecting the new satellite imagery platform. Google Earth provides the public with the ability to access satellite pictures of any coordinates just by simply dragging the mouse. This gross invasion of privacy can involuntarily give the world a glimpse at your home, your belongings and your surroundings. Google Street View pushed the boundaries of personal privacy even further by providing a street-side picture of your home or business for the world to see. Continue reading “Google’s Newest High-Res Satellites Can Monitor Your Every Move … In Real Time”
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at strengthening the federal government’s cyber security and protecting the nation’s critical infrastructure from cyber attacks, a senior administration official told reporters on a call.
A copy of the signed order was not immediately available. Continue reading “Trump Signs Cyber Security Executive Order”
The Trump administration has withdrawn a controversial proposal that would have forced offshore oil and gas companies to give more work to American ships and crews when drilling in U.S. waters.
Announced in the final days of the Obama administration, the proposal would have done away with decades of exemptions by U.S. Customs and Border Protection that allowed international maritime crews to perform works historically reserved for Americans under a U.S. law titled the Jones Act. Continue reading “Trump administration withdraws Jones Act review”