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Environmental groups and some Democrats are furious that Congress’s bipartisan spending bill would lift the ban on crude oil exports.
Greens said the extensions of wind and solar power tax breaks does not justify a provision that would generate billions of dollars for the oil industry. Continue reading “Critics seethe over end to oil export ban”
Suspended Secret Service Uniformed Division Officer Arthur Baldwin was shot and killed in the District of Columbia Tuesday afternoon. The DC Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the incident.
“The Secret Service is aware of this information. We express our condolences to the family of our employee,” according to a statement by the Secret Service. “Any inquiries regarding the investigation of this homicide should be directed to Washington Metropolitan Police Department.” Continue reading “Suspended Uniformed Division Secret Service Officer Shot and Killed”
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U.S. gun control activists called for expanded background checks for firearms purchasers and for a ban on sales to people on federal watch lists on Monday, in a protest marking the third anniversary of the massacre at a Connecticut elementary school.
Speakers including U.S. Representative Gerry Connolly, a Virginia Democrat, and survivors of recent U.S. mass shootings made their call outside the Fairfax, Virginia, headquarters of the National Rifle Association lobbying group. About 100 people attended the protest in the Washington suburb. Continue reading “On Sandy Hook anniversary, U.S. activists call for gun restrictions”
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Less than two weeks after 14 people were fatally shot in San Bernardino, a California congressman is hosting a hearing Monday aimed at finding ways to reduce gun violence.
It’s the latest step by proponents of stricter gun laws who say Congress must do more after a series of shootings that have left dozens dead across the country. Continue reading “California congressional hearing aims to avert gun violence”
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There’s been so much debate over Donald Trump’s statement that the U.S. should ban all Muslims attempting to enter the country. We are going to look at one major question: is it lawful?
This is a Reality Check you won’t see anywhere else.
“Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what the hell is going on.” Continue reading “Reality Check: Trump Right About Legal Authority to Ban Muslim Immigrants, Other Pres. Candidates Hypocritical on Muslims?”
A University of North Texas police officer shot and killed a student who allegedly threatened him with an ax early Sunday.
The student was identified as Ryan McMillan, who had celebrated his 21st birthday Sunday. University spokeswoman Kelley Reese told the Dallas Morning News. McMillan was a sophomore transfer student from Fort Worth studying pre-hospitality. Continue reading “Ax-wielding University of North Texas student shot and killed by campus police”
Russia says one of its warships fired warning shots at a Turkish fishing boat in the Aegean Sea to avoid a collision.
A Russian defence ministry statement said the Turkish vessel approached to 600m (1,800ft) before turning away in response to Russian small arms fire. Continue reading “Russian warship fires warning shots at Turkish fishing boat”
EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) – Authorities say a man armed with two handguns and a machete has been shot and killed by police inside a northeastern Pennsylvania Wal-Mart store.
The Pocono Record reports that witnesses told police that a man entered the store shortly after 10 p.m. Saturday and began threatening customers. Officials say there were about 100 customers in the store at the time.
Continue reading “Man with guns and machete is shot, killed at Pa. Wal-Mart”
An investigator in Mississippi says a man charged with capital murder in the slaying last May of two Hattiesburg police officers died after being found unconscious in his jail cell.
Nick Calico with the Forrest County Sheriff’s office says 30-year-old Marvin Banks was found unresponsive in his cell in the county jail Friday evening. Calico says emergency personnel performed CPR and Banks was taken to a hospital. Banks was pronounced dead at 7:40 p.m. Continue reading “Man Jailed in 2 Miss. Police Slayings Dies; Autopsy Planned”
Negotiators in Paris appear close to approving a proposed climate accord to curb the rapid growth of greenhouse gases and prevent a dangerous warming of the planet. Here are the main elements, based on the latest text:
The temperature target: The text says that nations of the world will try to limit “the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels.” If this language is accepted, it would be a huge win for small island states and other developing nations that argue a temperature increase above 1.5 degrees would be devastating for them. Continue reading “5 things you should know about the proposed climate agreement”
Advisers to President Barack Obama reportedly are finalizing a proposal to expand background checks on would-be gun buyers without congressional approval.
The Associated Press reported that White House adviser Valerie Jarrett told a Wednesday night vigil for victims of the 2012 mass shooting in Newtown, Conn. that Obama had asked his team to complete a proposal and submit it for his review “in short order.” Continue reading “Obama administration reportedly readies proposed expansion of background checks”
In an instant, Chesapeake Energy Corp. will erase the equivalent of 1.1 billion barrels of oil from its books.
Across the American shale patch, companies are being forced to square their reported oil reserves with hard economic reality. After lobbying for rules that let them claim their vast underground potential at the start of the boom, they must now acknowledge what their investors already know: many prospective wells would lose money with oil hovering below $40 a barrel. Continue reading “Billions of Barrels of Oil Vanish in a Puff of Accounting Smoke”
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CT Governor Malloy announces he’ll sign an “executive order” stripping 2nd Amendment rights from anyone the cabal puts on the “terror watch list?”
Wait, don’t “domestic terrorists” include Christians, Tea Party folks, outspoken people, and non-Muslims?
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy of Connecticut announced on Thursday that he would sign an executive order that would bar people on federal terrorism watch lists from buying firearms in the state. Continue reading “Malloy exec order ends 2nd Amendment?”
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Two white males were doused with gasoline and set on fire by a black male co-worker in Baltimore County. Both victims were severely injured. The media is censoring the story. There is no descriptions or pictures of anyone involved. This is probably because it was a black on white crime. Continue reading “Two Men Doused With Gasoline And Set On Fire Near Baltimore. Media Censoring Story.”
GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump said Thursday that he is no longer meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his home turf later this month.
“I have decided to postpone my trip to Israel and to schedule my meeting with @Netanyahu at a later date after I become president of the U.S.,” he tweeted. Continue reading “Trump cancels trip to Israel”
Tech Crunch – by Josh Constine
Mark Zuckerberg urged the world not to “succumb to cynicism” despite bigots like Donald Trump calling for Muslims to be banned from entering the United States. Today, Facebook’s CEO posted on his site that “I want to add my voice in support of Muslims in our community and around the world…As the leader of Facebook I want you to know that you are always welcome here and that we will fight to protect your rights”. Continue reading “Zuckerberg Says Muslims Will Always Be Welcome On Facebook”
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LOWNDES CO., GA (WALB) – Two Afghan national flight team members, maintainers, or aircraft mechanics, who have been training to fly with the 81st Fighter Squadron at Moody Air Force Base, are missing.
Multiple law enforcement agencies received an alert from Moody Officials. They referred all initial calls to the Air Force Press Desk at the Pentagon. Phone calls to that office have not yet been returned. Continue reading “Afghan flight training members missing from Moody AFB”