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The Intercept – by RYAN GALLAGHER

At an 18th-century mansion in England’s countryside last week, current and former spy chiefs from seven countries faced off with representatives from tech giants Apple and Google to discuss government surveillance in the aftermath of Edward Snowden’s leaks.

The three-day conference, which took place behind closed doors and under strict rules about confidentiality, was aimed at debating the line between privacy and security.   Continue reading “Apple and Google Just Attended a Confidential Spy Summit in a Remote English Mansion”

Washington Post – by Amber Phillips

Rick Perry isn’t just a longshot running for president four years after a disastrous 2012 bid. He’s also running for president with the dubious — and rare — distinction of being under indictment.

The former Texas governor, who announced his candidacy for president Thursday, is facing two felony charges that he abused his power to cut off funding for the state’s ethics agency and tried to coerce a public servant.   Continue reading “The indictment hanging over Rick Perry’s 2016 presidential bid, explained”

Reuters – by Courtney Sherwood

Gun-control advocates on Wednesday decried as a misguided political maneuver a vote by Oregon county commissioners against enforcement of new statewide gun background check requirements.

Lane County’s commissioners in a 4-1 vote on Tuesday decreed that local government could not afford to investigate violations of the new law, and affirmed the “right of the people to keep and bear arms” under the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment.

Proponents of the stricter gun-sale rules, which go into effect in August, questioned whether the Lane County resolution would have any practical effect.   Continue reading “Oregon county votes against enforcing state gun law sparks outcry”

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Yahoo News – by Jason Sickles

As questions remain unanswered about last month’s deadly biker rampage in Waco, Texas, police there are trying to clamp down on public information about the case.

The move comes as scrutiny intensifies over the Waco Police Department’s handling of the sensational shootout that killed nine bikers, injured 18 and saw an unprecedented 175 people arrested and charged with engaging in organized crime.   Continue reading “Waco police seeking to bar information about Texas biker shooting”

ABC News – by MIKE LEVINE and AARON KATERSKY

A Boston police officer has shot and killed a man who had been under surveillance by the FBI‘s Joint Terrorism Task Force, ABC News has learned.

An officer and an FBI agent approached the suspect at about 7 a.m. today in the parking lot of a CVS in Roslindale, Massachusetts, police said. The suspect pulled a “military-style knife,” prompting the officer to use lethal force, according to police.   Continue reading “Boston Police Officer Shoots and Kills Possible Terror Suspect”

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(Reuters) – A series of moderately powerful earthquakes struck off the coast of Oregonovernight and on Monday, but did not trigger tsunamis, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

On Monday, a magnitude 6.0 quake struck off the coast of the West Coast state at a depth of 8.1 miles (13 km) at about 1:11 p.m. local time. Earlier, a 5.5-magnitude earthquake hit at 3:46 a.m. at a depth of 9.3 miles (15 km).   Continue reading “Earthquakes hit off Oregon coast”

New York Post – by Aaron Feis, Jennifer Bain, Aaron Short and Laura Italiano

A surge in New York City murders — including four people slain in just five bloody hours as the weekend began — has grieving family members begging Mayor de Blasio to bring back the NYPD’s right to search for guns.

“We need stop-and-frisk,” Stacey Calhoun, the devastated uncle of one of the four fatalities, said Saturday afternoon, tears filling his eyes over the nephew he had just lost.   Continue reading “Shooting victim’s family begs de Blasio: ‘We need stop-and-frisk’”

Spokesman Review – by Mike Prager

Three people were found dead Tuesday in a fire that consumed part of a Deer Park-area house owned by a lieutenant in the Spokane Fire Department.

Fire officials were unable to contact Lt. Terrance Barnett-Canfield after the early-morning blaze at 20 E. Chattaroy Road southeast of Deer Park, and two of the victims were burned so badly that visual identification was not possible, Assistant Spokane Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer said in an email to fire department staff.    Continue reading “Three dead at scene of early morning fire”

KMOV

DENVER (CNN) – Two mysterious shootings on a Colorado highway are connected, according to police.

In the first attack, a woman was shot in the neck while she was driving.

A month later, a cyclist was killed.   Continue reading “2 mysterious Colorado shootings are linked”

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The Last Bastille – by Kyle Rearden

Imprisonment, like war, is hell. Understanding the nature of it is vital to empathizing with the grievances of those prisoners who are suffering because the government arbitrarily decided to tax, ban, or regulate something produced by the free market. First hand accounts of prison experiences, even if offered by a convicted felon, are incredibly valuable to those without any criminal record, due to the likely probability that such eyewitness testimony foreshadows the tribulations any man faces, especially considering that the sphere of legally permitted human action is noticeably shrinking as the police state coerces larger segments of the American citizenry.   Continue reading “Caged Arbitrarily: KC Massey on Government Dungeons”

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Antonius Aquinas 

Despite the barrage of catastrophic financial data throughout the Western world, there may be a glimmer of hope coming from the tiny Nordic island of Iceland.

It must not be forgotten that it was Iceland which was one of the first to feel the fallout of the financial crisis of 2007-08. Unlike most of the other nations, however, Iceland showed tremendous backbone and did not allow, for the most part, any of the NWO monetary agencies to intervene in its affairs. So, any Icelandic currency reform considerations must be taken seriously.   Continue reading “Monetary Reform in Iceland: Maybe There is Still Hope?”

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Yahoo News – by Robert Ferris

Texas’ farmers were among the first to applaud the rain that abruptly halted a grueling multiyear drought that had tormented the region.

But what began as a blessing has turned quickly into a disaster, as corn and wheat crops rot in flooded fields.   Continue reading “Texas farmers facing ‘total loss for this year’”

CNBC – Reuters

The U.S. economy contracted in the first quarter as it buckled under the weight of unusually heavy snowfalls and a resurgent dollar, but activity has rebounded modestly.

The government on Friday slashed its gross domestic product estimate to show it shrinking at a 0.7 percent annual rate instead of the 0.2 percent growth pace it estimated last month.   Continue reading “US 1Q revised GDP contracted 0.7% vs. 0.8% drop expected”

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Alive 11 – by Christopher B Buchanan

FORT BENNING, Ga. — Officials with the Fort Benning Police Department have confirmed a shooting near Columbus, Ga.

Police have taken one person into custody but they are still searching for between three and five black males who are believed to be in the woods in the Patton Village area.   Continue reading “Shooting reported in Fort Benning; one in custody”

Fox News

The Obama administration issued controversial new rules Wednesday aimed at protecting the nation’s drinking water but decried by congressional critics as a regulatory “power grab.”

The Environmental Protection Agency, in announcing the finalized Clean Water Rule along with the Army Corps of Engineers, said the changes mark a “historic step for the protection of clean water” and would help roughly 117 million Americans who get drinking water from streams not clearly protected before these regulations. The rule would clarify which smaller streams, tributaries and wetlands are covered by anti-pollution and development provisions of the Clean Water Act.   Continue reading “EPA unveils comprehensive water regs, critics decry ‘power grab’”

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Express and Star

Officers arrived at the branch where Church Road meets Ladypool Road in Birmingham at about 8.40 am yesterday, while the suspects were still inside.

West Midlands Police arrested three men, who were reportedly armed with machetes, at the scene.   Continue reading “Police foil machete gang during raid on Post Office”

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PITTSBURGH, PA — A police lieutenant has been charged with three felonies involving child sexual abuse.

Lt. Stites faces a count of lewd molestation as well multiple charges of sexual abuse.

The victim is said to be under 12 yrs old.

In fact, reports say that Lt. Stites assaulted a 3-yr-old girl multiple times.   Continue reading “Cop Charged with Lewd Molestation and Abuse of 3-Yr-Old Girl”

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Border Community Action

Residents of Arivaca, Arizona and supporters are shutting down the US Border Patrol checkpoint on Arivaca Road, calling on US Congressman Grijalva to deliver on his promise to hold a federal hearing on the issue before DHS officials. Community members are demanding the removal of all internal Border Patrol checkpoints, starting with the one on Arivaca Road, and are calling for an end to the militarization of their community. Today’s protest is part of a day of action being organized by communities throughout the Arizona-Mexico borderlands and on the Tohono O’odham Nation.

The Hill – by Julian Hattem

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is running out of time to save sections of the Patriot Act that the White House deems crucial to national security.

Top lawmakers and their aides are scrambling to find a last-minute deal to save the law, which is speeding toward expiration — at midnight Sunday — after a series of Senate votes failed to resolve an impasse over the National Security Agency (NSA).   Continue reading “Scramble begins as Patriot Act teeters”