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Members of the Michigan National Guard are headed to Flint to help dole out bottled water, filters and other supplies to residents dealing with a drinking water crisis that began months ago.
Gov. Rick Snyder activated the National Guard late Tuesday, and some members were expected to arrive as soon as Wednesday to assist state authorities and volunteers in the distribution effort. Continue reading “Michigan National Guard, FEMA Help Flint Amid Water Crisis”
Ten U.S. sailors detained by Iran were released early Wednesday, officials said.
The sailors — nine men and one woman — were held overnight on Iran’s Farsi Island. They were taken into custody Tuesday when their two small U.S. navy riverine vessels drifted into Iranian-claimed waters during a training mission. Continue reading “U.S. Sailors Detained by Iran Are ‘Safely Returned’”
BELLEVUE, Wash. — Seattle police raided a suspected burglar’s Bellevue home on Monday and found a cache of stolen guns, ammo and body armor.
Police originally responded to a commercial burglary on New Year’s Eve in the 500 block of Colorado Avenue South. The thief, who made off with dozens of guns and suppressors, was long gone by the time officers arrived, but detectives learned that the prime suspect was a white man driving a late 1990s Toyota Forerunner, according to the Seattle Police Department. Continue reading “Police find cache of stolen guns, ammo in suspected burglar’s home”
Free Thought Project – by Justin Gardner
While Syria is torn apart by the warring of U.S. imperialists and Islamic fundamentalists—leaving its children to die of starvation—another country plans to take advantage of the chaos by stealing resources from Syria’s southern region. The theft will be carried out by the most notorious pushers of military hegemony, and they don’t care that it violates international law. Continue reading “Cheney, Rothschild, and Fox News’ Murdoch to Drill for Oil in Syria, Violating International Law”
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The Great Recession – by David Haggith
An economic apocalypse upon us. My 2016 economic predictions provide the full explanation as to why 2016 will bethe year of the Epocalypse — a word that encompasses the roots “economic, epoch, collapse” and “apocalypse.” I needed a word big enough to describe all that is about to befall the world in 2016. When you see the towering forces that are prevailing against failing global economic architecture and the pit of debt beneath that structure, as laid out here, I think you’ll recognize that the Epocalypse is here, and it is everywhere. The Great Collapse has already begun. Continue reading “2016 Economic Predictions: Year of the Epocalypse”
Police investigators in Salt Lake City are taking a second look at a an officer involved shooting dating back to Jan. 8, 2015, because new cellphone video may show that the officer shot the victim in the back while he is on the ground.
Salt Lake City Police Officer Matthew Taylor was cleared last year in the shooting death of 42-year-old James Dudley Barker. According to Taylor, he feared for his life after Barker swung a snow shovel at him resulting in fractures to his arm and a foot. Continue reading “Utah police reopen shooting investigation with new video reportedly showing cop shooting man in the back”
An NYPD officer was shot in the right foot and was among seven people taken to a local hospital early Saturday after a shootout in the Bronx, police and witnesses said.
The shooting occurred on E. 137th St. and Lincoln Rd. in Mott Haven about 2:10 a.m., officials said. Police responded to a party where a fight broke out in which there were bats, knives and guns. Continue reading “25-year-old NYPD police officer shot in leg, three in critical after shootout in Bronx”
VIENNA, Va., Jan. 8 (UPI) — A 19-year-old Virginia woman received a lifesaving award for lifting a pickup truck to free her father and rescuing the rest of her family from a fire.
Eric Heffelmire said he was working on his GMC pickup truck in the garage of his family’s Vienna home Nov. 28 when his jack slipped and the truck fell, pinning him to the ground and spilling gasoline that quickly caught fire. Continue reading “Woman, 19, honored for lifting pickup truck off pinned father during fire”
Two refugees arrested this week on federal terrorism-related charges were in communication with each other, a law enforcement official told CNN.
Both men are Palestinians who were born in Iraq and came to the United States as refugees, according to the U.S. Justice Department. And both are accused of lying to immigration officials about their alleged ties to terrorist organizations. The two men were arrested Thursday. Continue reading “Feds arrest 2 Middle East refugees on terror-link charges”
MEXICO CITY— The world’s most wanted drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was recaptured in western Mexico on Friday after a fierce pre-dawn gunbattle that left five people dead, the stunning culmination of a furious manhunt that began when Guzman tunneled out of a maximum-security prison nearly six months ago, according to Mexican authorities. Continue reading “Notorious drug lord ‘El Chapo’ recaptured by Mexican authorities nearly 6 months after brazen escape”
The suspect in the wounding of a Philadelphia police officer in an execution-style ambush told officers he carried out the attack “in the name of Islam,” police said Friday.
Police Commissioner Richard Ross said the suspect, Edward Archer, 30, fired 13 shots from a semiautomatic pistol that hit Officer Jessie Hartnett, 33, and his car Thursday night. Hartnett returned fire, hitting the gunman at least three times. Archer was quickly taken into custody by other officers after fleeing the scene, police said. Continue reading “Police: Suspect says he shot Philly cop ‘in the name of Islam’”
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Authorities say a Philadelphia police officer is recovering after he was shot several times during an ambush late Thursday night in West Philadelphia.
Philadelphia police commissioner Richard Ross says the officer was sitting in his patrol car around 11:30 p.m. at 60th and Spruce Streets when a gunman fired 13 shots through the driver’s side of the car. Continue reading “Police Officer Ambushed, Shot Multiple Times In West Philly”
Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the world’s largest retailer, faces a lawsuit in Pennsylvania claiming store employees negligently allowed an underage, intoxicated customer to buy a box of bullets later used to commit three murders.
The lawsuit, filed in Philadelphia by families of the victims, seeks compensatory and punitive damages from Wal-Mart and several employees at its Easton, Pennsylvania, store, where the bullets were purchased by Robert Jourdain on July 5 at 2:56 a.m. The Bentonville, Arkansas-based company operates stores under the Walmart name. Continue reading “Wal-Mart sued over sale of bullets used in Pennsylvania murders”
Washington Post – by Mark Berman and Carissa Wolf
BURNS, Ore. — This small community has been the focus of national attention since an armed group arrived and occupied a nearby wildlife refuge, holding periodic news conferences to say they had no plans to leave and to insist that they were there to help residents. But the sheriff has his own message for the occupiers: Please go home.
“They’re welcome to leave, and I’ll escort them out of the county,” Harney County Sheriff David Ward said at a community meeting Wednesday evening. Continue reading “Oregon sheriff meets with armed group occupying wildlife refuge and asks them to leave”
TransCanada Corp. opened one of the largest trade appeals ever brought against the U.S., seeking to recoup $15 billion tied to the Obama Administration’s rejection of the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
The Canadian company intends to start a claim for costs and damages under the North American Free Trade Agreement against the U.S. after President Barack Obama’s rejection of the $8 billion project in November, according to filings Wednesday. The pipeline builder also sued the U.S. government, arguing Obama didn’t have the constitutional power to decide on the cross-border line. Continue reading “TransCanada Fights Keystone Denial With $15 Billion Trade Appeal”
Huffington Post – by Dominique Mosbergen
It was the selfie seen around the world; a toothy snap taken inadvertently by a grinning macaque monkey.
As the selfie went viral, a question arose: Just who owned the copyright to this extraordinary photograph — the monkey, the photographer whose camera was left unattended or the public? Continue reading “Monkey Cannot Own Copyright To Viral Selfie, Says Federal Judge”
A man who authorities say was wearing a homemade tactical-style vest, carrying a BB gun and taking photographs of schools was shot and killed by police in a far suburb of Chicago Wednesday.
Lake County Sheriff’s Detective Christopher Covelli said the man was shot after he led officers on a foot chase and a struggle ensued. Investigators did not release any identifying information about the man, except to say that he was a white 38-year-old. Continue reading “Man photographing schools and carrying BB gun shot and killed by Illinois police”
Iran on Thursday accused Saudi Arabia of deliberately launching an air strike on its embassy in Yemen’s capital Sanaa.
The state-run IRNA news agency reported that a number of guards at the embassy were injured, and part of the building’s wall was damaged in the strike by Saudi warplanes on Wednesday night. Continue reading “Iran accuses Saudis of attacking Yemen embassy”