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On Tuesday, a federal judge ruled against the Department of Justice in its case against AT&T T, -6.20% and Time Warner TWX, +1.68% allowing the $85.4 billion merger deal to proceed. The judge ruled that the DOJ could not block the merger from proceeding even if it were to launch an appeal. Continue reading “Why the AT&T-Time Warner merger could be bad news for consumers”
Millions of dollars in additional federal money may soon flow to the Port of Corpus Christi’s project to widen and deepen its ship channel to allow tankers to leave the port with larger loads of crude from Texas oil fields.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said another $23 million has been added to the corps’ 2018 work plan for the Port of Corpus Christi’s ongoing $327 million channel deepening project. Continue reading “Project to boost Texas oil exports to get more federal funds”
CHICAGO (AP) — With frustration mounting over lawmakers’ inaction on gun control, the American Medical Association on Tuesday pressed for a ban on assault weapons and came out against arming teachers as a way to fight what it calls a public health crisis.
At its annual policymaking meeting, the nation’s largest physicians group bowed to unprecedented demands from doctor-members to take a stronger stand on gun violence — a problem the organizations says is as menacing as a lethal infectious disease. Continue reading “Frustrated AMA adopts sweeping policies to cut gun violence”
Four young children were discovered dead at a west Orlando apartment complex late Monday, nearly 24 hours after a standoff that began when an Orlando police officer was shot responding to a domestic violence call.
The gunman was also found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a closet when SWAT officers entered the apartment at about 9 p.m., Orlando Police Chief John Mina said at a news conference just before midnight. Continue reading “4 children, gunman found dead nearly 24 hours after Orlando standoff began”
WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. — It’s time to get out that tinfoil hat.
A mysterious object was spotted by a local photographer over the skies of Whibey Island early Sunday morning, leading to lots of speculation and questions, but no solid answers. Continue reading “Missile launch? Lens flare? Mysterious object spotted over Whidbey Island raises questions”
The violent gang MS-13 has infiltrated a predominantly Hispanic school in Maryland, bringing terror and the campaign to recruit young students, with teachers calling the situation a “ticking time bomb.”
William Wirt Middle School in Riverdale has reportedly become a battleground after the gang established its presence at the school. Continue reading “Teachers reportedly fearful after MS-13 infiltrates Maryland school”
President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ended their historic meeting with a Singapore by signing a joint statement. The document promised “complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula” without detailing exactly what that would entail.
“President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un conducted a comprehensive, in-depth, and sincere exchange of opinions on the issues related to the establishment of new U.S.-DPRK relations and the building of a lasting and robust peace regime on the Korean Peninsula,” the statement said, using the North’s acronym for Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Continue reading “Trump and Kim sign joint statement promising ‘complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula’”
A rebellion by moderate House Republicans to force an immigration vote is widely expected to succeed this week, pushing members in at least one chamber of Congress to address one of the most hot-button topics in American politics months before the midterm elections and against the wishes of GOP leadership.
The final congressional signatures are likely to be added to a proposal in the next 36 hours that would bypass the wishes of House Speaker Paul Ryan and his deputies and ensure moderates a vote on immigration later this month. Continue reading “House DACA talks prepare to enter new high-stakes stage”
Ten-thousand Palestinians gathered and burned tires in five locations along the Israel-Gaza border fence Friday afternoon, according to the IDF spokesperson’s unit.
IDF soldiers used crowd dispersal measures in accordance with IDF rules of engagement and “are keeping high-alert.” Continue reading “10,000 Palestinians Participate In Gaza Border Fence Protest, 6 Wounded”
ORLANDO, Fla. – An Orlando police officer suffered a “very serious and significant injury” late Sunday when he was shot while responding to a domestic violence dispute at an apartment complex, where a standoff with hostages is underway, Chief John Mina said.
Orlando police swarmed the Westbrook Apartments on Eaglesmere Drive off Kirkman Road near Universal Orlando, and a standoff is underway with man who has barricaded himself while holding four children, ages 1 to 12, hostage, Mina said. Continue reading “Man holds children hostage after shooting Orlando officer, police say”
It just never ends. No matter how much publicity these scams get, no matter how many years old the internet is, people still hand over their money to scammers.
It doesn’t matter how old you are; last year, in fact, more consumers age 20 to 29 reported losing money to fraud than the over-70 crowd did. Continue reading “9 internet scams we’re still falling for in 2018”
While President Trump insults his erstwhile foreign partners in a colorful twitter tirade ahead of a G-7 (or rather, G-6+1) summit in Quebec, exposing the very real fragmentation of longtime western partnerships as the US cracks down on unfair foreign trade practices, a productive meeting between China’s “Emperor for Life” Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin has been completely overshadowed, as Bloomberg points out.
The two leaders held their first meeting this year on Thursday ahead of the June 9 Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting – an eight-member group led by China and Russia – which will be held in the port city of Qingdao. Continue reading “As G-7 Fractures In Canada, Putin Meets Xi In China”
Longtime former director of security for the Senate Intelligence Committee, James A. Wolfe, was indicted and arrested Thursday night on charges of giving false statements to FBI agents in 2017 about repeated contacts with three reporters, according to the Washington Examiner. Continue reading “Leaker Crackdown Begins: Top Senate Staffer Arrested In Leak Probe; NYT Journo’s Records Seized”
LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles woman has been sentenced to six months of home detention for her role in a multimillion-dollar “pay-to-stay” scheme that helped hundreds of foreign nationals remain in the United States by falsely claiming they were students.
Eun Young “Jamie” Choi was sentenced Thursday. Continue reading “Woman gets home detention for ‘pay-to-stay’ immigration scam”
President Trump won on the promise to strengthen U.S. immigration policy, but Rep. Steve King of Iowa, says a group of Republicans are plotting with Democrats to force votes on bills that would offer amnesty for every illegal immigrant who entered America as minors.
Continue reading “King: Group of Republicans plotting with Dems for amnesty”
A bipartisan group of Senators is slamming Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen for recently allowing U.S. businesses to import an additional 15,000 low-skilled foreign workers to the country.
In a letter to Nielsen on Wednesday, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) blasted her latest move that allows businesses to import thousands of low-skilled foreign workers to the U.S. to take blue-collar American jobs through the H-2B visa program, as Breitbart News reported. Continue reading “Senators Slam DHS Secretary Nielsen for Allowing Businesses to Import More Low-Skilled Foreign Workers”
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and Arizona police are pushing back on claims from a veterans group that a homeless encampment uncovered in Tucson last week was the site of a child sex-trafficking operation.
The allegations from Veterans on Patrol, a group that works to assist homeless vets, have been widely circulating on social media since the living space was found off Interstate 19 on May 29. Continue reading “Police, child advocacy group dismiss claims that Arizona homeless encampment is a sex trafficking site”
Several US citizens have been evacuated from the US consulate in Guangzhou, China, after falling ill with various neurological symptoms from mysterious “sonic attacks” similar to incidents reported in Havana Cuba which left 20 State Department employees with serious injuries.
On Wednesday night, consulate worker Mark Lenzi and his family were evacuated after hearing strange noises over the course of several months, which Lenzi described as “marbles bouncing and hitting a floor then rolling on an incline with a static sound,” according to the Washington Post. Continue reading “Americans Evacuate From US Consulate In China After Debilitating Sonic Attacks”
The woman who was captured on video being repeatedly punched by a police officer on a Jersey Shore beach over the Memorial Day weekend is still grappling with the emotional “trauma,” she said Wednesday.
“Now that this happened, it’s a trauma,” Emily Weinman, 20, said in an interview on ABC News’ “Good Morning America” with co-anchor Amy Robach. “It’s going to take me a while to look at a police officer the same way, and it’s sad because you have police officers out here that aren’t doing their job and then you have police officers out here that are doing their job and they get the bad rap.” Continue reading “Woman punched by police officer at NJ beach shares her side of the story”