Fox News

Russian warplanes began bombarding Syrian opposition targets in the war-torn nation’s north Wednesday, following a terse meeting at which a Russian general asked Pentagon officials to clear out of Syrian air space and was rebuffed, Fox News has learned.

A U.S. official said Russian airstrikes targeted fighters in the vicinity of Homs, located roughly 60 miles east of a Russian naval facility in Tartus, and were carried out by a “couple” of Russian bombers. The strikes hit targets in Homs and Hama, but there is no presence of ISIS in those areas, a senior U.S. defense official said. These planes are hitting areas where Free Syrian Army and other anti-Assad groups are located, the official said.   Continue reading “Russia launches airstrikes in northern Syria, senior military official says”

Fuel Fix – AP

LINCOLN, Neb. — The developer of the Keystone XL pipeline is shifting course in Nebraska and will withdraw lawsuits seeking to gain access to the property of landowners who oppose the project, the company announced Tuesday.

TransCanada said it will abandon its current efforts to invoke eminent domain through the courts, and will reapply for state approval despite having received the go-ahead from former Republican Gov. Dave Heineman in 2013.   Continue reading “Keystone XL developer drops eminent domain landowner lawsuits in Nebraska”

The Daily Caller – by Stewart Lawrence

Donald Trump told the CBS News program “60 Minutes” last weekend that he had a “humane” way to send illegal immigrants home. Typically, he didn’t offer many details, but he did mention that the prototype for his plan was a successful round-up and deportation of illegal immigrants in the 1950s. There was indeed such a plan, dubbed “Operation Wetback,” and developed by President Eisenhower to address what was then a growing illegal immigration problem. Ike reached back to his West Point days to find a military officer – General Joseph Swing – whom he trusted to implement his draconian plan, which saw more than a million illegal immigrants deported to Mexico in the space of a year.   Continue reading “Risking Liberal Ire, Trump Invokes Operation Wetback As A ‘Humane’ Solution To Illegal Immigration”

Off the Grid News – by Daniel Jennings

An unpaid parking ticket proved fatal for Michigan resident David Stojcevski. A lawsuit alleges that Stojcevski was jailed after not paying a traffic ticket, and then died of drug withdrawal on the concrete floor of a cell at the Macomb County Jail because authorities intentionally withheld medication that could have saved his life.

“He should have had medical attention,” Dr. Frank McGeorge, an expert in custody death cases, told TV station WDIV. “People do not die from withdrawal all the time. They die from withdrawal when there is neglect associated with it.”   Continue reading “A Death Sentence For $772 Unpaid Traffic Ticket?”

Fox News

The district attorney of one New York county is prohibiting prosecutors from owning a handgun — a rule some law experts claim is unconstitutional.

The Nassau County District Attorney’s Office on New York’s Long Island bars its prosecutors from possessing a handgun, even at home, unless a special exception is made by the Acting District Attorney, Madeline Singas, according to an application for employment.   Continue reading “District Attorney on New York’s Long Island bans prosecutors from owning guns”

The Anti-Media – by Carey Wedler

Los Angeles, CA — The United States government deliberately hid “the worst nuclear disaster in U.S. history,” according to experts and anin-depth investigation by NBC4 Southern California. Whistleblowers have also come forward to expose the little-known catastrophe, which occurred north of Los Angeles in 1959 and leaked over 300 times the allowable amount of radiation into surrounding neighborhoods. That contamination is now linked to up to a 60% increase in cancer in the area, but the government still refuses to acknowledge its colossal mistake.   Continue reading “The Worst Nuclear Disaster in US History That You’ve Never Heard About”

ABC News – by Alexander Mallen

President Obama took on a confrontational tone in his speech this morning to the United Nations General Assembly, specifically calling out Russia, China and Iran for destabilizing activities in various world conflicts.

Obama opened his speech directly decrying “strong states that seek to impose their will on weaker ones,” then alluded to Russian support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.   Continue reading “President Obama Confronts Russia, China and Iran In Speech to UN”

Sent to us by the author, Robert Quinn

Article 1 of our Constitution gave the Press the right to reveal,not conceal news of interest to the American People, yet, fear of disclosure of Obama’s true eligibility status has permeated the MainstreamMedia to this day. For almost six years they have been silent on this issue. Even Fox News, though vocally critical of the “Stimulus” plans, “Czar” appointees,etc. will not mention the existence of eligibility lawsuits presently in the courts. Continue reading “America…Our Stolen Country – Session 6”

Yahoo News – by Katie Reilly

NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo renewed his call for national gun control legislation on Saturday as he delivered a eulogy for the top state attorney who was fatally wounded by a stray bullet in Brooklyn earlier this month.

State officials and family members gathered at Brooklyn’s Emmanuel Baptist Church in a private service for Carey Gabay, 43, who was struck in the head at a pre-dawn outdoor celebration on Sept. 7 before the annual West Indian Day parade, an event plagued by violence in recent years.   Continue reading “New York governor calls for national gun control in eulogy for aide”

Reuters

Los Angeles police shot and killed a woman they said was holding a knife during a confrontation on Sunday at an intersection near downtown, authorities said.

Two officers responded around 9:30 a.m. to reports of a woman behaving erratically and holding a blade, police said.   Continue reading “Los Angeles police fatally shoot woman armed with knife”

PIX 11

NEW YORK — President Barack Obama and the leaders of some of America’s closest allies are addressing a major United Nations summit on its last day Sunday as Syria’s conflict threatens to push the stated topic, global development, onto the sidelines.

The global meeting is focused on fixing some of the world’s greatest problems through a 15-year road map to eliminate poverty and hunger. Endorsed by the U.N.’s 193 members, the plan includes fighting climate change.   Continue reading “President Obama speaks at United Nations summit”

Nature World Report – by Kavita Toor

Scientists from the University of Washington have finally achieved what was seen only in sci-fi movies till now. It is true that scientists had to use some very complicated apparatus and many hours to make this brain connection that would typically take two minutes in spoken words.

Despite all this, the research on these brain-to-brain interfaces, is valuable because it might one day allow patients with brain damage who cannot speak to communicate using other means.   Continue reading “Brain-to-brain communication over internet finally a success”

BBC News

Astronomers are gearing up to spot a rare phenomenon, as a lunar eclipse coincides with a so-called “supermoon”.

A supermoon occurs when the Moon is in the closest part of its orbit to Earth, meaning it appears larger in the sky.

The eclipse – expected to make the Moon appear red in colour – will be visible in North America, South America, West Africa and western Europe.   Continue reading “‘Supermoon’ set to coincide with lunar eclipse”

Pulse Headlines – by Emmanuel Ferreira

After 20 years of being used in Europe, the US approved the use of EMV chip technology in debt and credit cards. This will begin to be applied on Thursday, and it is expected to reduce fraud significantly. EMV stands for Europay,MasterCard, and Visa, the main three companies that created this standard.

Stephanie Erickson, head of authentication and product integration for Visa, told this to NBC News: “In countries that have moved to chip technology, two years after the liability shift date, they see their counterfeit go down 60, 70 percent or more.”

Continue reading “US banks approves use of EMV’s chip on debit and credit cards”

Thanks to Enemy of the State.

Business Insider – by Miles Udland

Caterpillar has some bad news.

On Thursday, the industrial giant announced plans for it to cut as many as 10,000 jobs as part of a restructuring plan in the face of what it called “a convergence of challenging marketplace conditions in key regions and industry sectors — namely in mining and energy.”   Continue reading “CATERPILLAR WARNS: Bad news is ‘converging’ and now we have to make some major changes”

Breitbart – by John Hayward, September 18, 2015

Even the most energetic free-trade enthusiast can find a few things to be queasy about in Bloomberg Businessweek’s announcement of a major joint venture to build a Chinese bullet train connecting Los Angeles with Las Vegas:

A China Railway Group-led consortium and XpressWest Enterprises LLC will form a joint venture to build a high-speed railway linking Las Vegas and Los Angeles, the first Chinese-made bullet-train project in the U.S. Continue reading “Chinese to Build Bullet Train From LA to Las Vegas”

Thanks to Enemy of the State.

Yahoo News

The FBI has arrested a politically prominent Chinese millionaire, the alleged secret source of foreign money in a campaign finance scandal during the Clinton administration, on charges he lied about why he brought more than $4.5 million in cash into the United States over the last two years.   Continue reading “FBI Arrests Chinese Millionaire Once Tied to Clinton $$ Scandal”

ABC News – by MEGHAN KENEALLY

Pope Francis isn’t above sharing the spotlight with others.

The pontiff structured much of his historic speech to Congress by highlighting the work and lives of four Americans.

Two are universally known — President Abraham Lincoln and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. — while two others may prompt a flurry of Google searches. Dorothy Day, the founder of the Catholic Worker Movement and known socialist, and Thomas Merton, a U.S. Catholic writer.   Continue reading “Read Pope Francis’ Historic Speech to Congress”

AP – by MATTHEW BROWN and MATT VOLZ

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Before the applause faded from the U.S. government’s announcement that there would be no endangered species protections for the greater sage grouse, the criticism began over wide-reaching federal conservation plans meant to protect the bird’s habitat across 11 Western states.

The land-use plans were released Tuesday after Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said additional federal protections weren’t needed for the ground-dwelling bird that’s seen its habitat shrink due to oil and gas drilling, grazing and other human activity.   Continue reading “With no protections for Western bird, focus is on land-use”