New York Daily News – Nicole Hensley

A rookie Scranton, Pa., patrolman died of a head injury early Sunday after falling 15 feet while chasing down three teenagers accused of robbing a man at gunpoint.

Scranton Police Department Chief Carol Graziano confirmed Officer John Wilding’s death Sunday “with deepest regret and sadness.”

The 29-year-old police officer leaves behind a wife and two children, ages 3 and 7. He joined the force in April 2014.   Continue reading “Pennsylvania cop dies after 15-foot fall while chasing armed teenagers”

ABC News

Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has escaped from a maximum security prison for the second time.

Guzman, who led the Sinaloa Cartel, escaped from a prison outside Mexico City shortly before 9 p.m. local time Saturday, the Mexican National Security Commission said in a statement today. He was last seen on video surveillance going to the showers. Having not seen him for some time, prison personnel checked his cell and realized Guzman was missing.   Continue reading “Mexican Drug Lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman Again Escapes From Prison”

Dispatch Times

The database that would have supported the background check system for ammunition purchases was never built because the technology for it to operate isn’t available, according to the memo, which was released by Senator James Seward, an Oneonta Republican.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo rammed through the NY SAFE Act after Sandy Hook, hoping that the hastily passed, virtually unread bill would help springboard him towards the 2016 Democrat Presidential nomination.   Continue reading “Cuomo administration, Senate GOP agree on 2 changes to NY’s gun control”

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The Daily Sentinel – by Charles Ashby

The Delta County Sheriff’s Office anticipates filing charges in relation to an illegal marijuana grow operation deputies discovered near Cedaredge late last month, but that may not happen for several more weeks, Sheriff Fred McKee said Friday.

That’s because the office that seized about 2,700 plants — far more than the 300 a medical marijuana caregiver is allowed to grow — has a lot more people to talk to and a lot more investigating to do, the sheriff said.   Continue reading “Colorado Sheriff Uses National Guard In Medical Pot Raid”

MSM – by Kevin McGill, AP

NEW ORLEANS — Noise from hundreds of chanting immigration activists outside a federal appeals court building competed at times Friday with lawyers arguing inside over President Barack Obama’s proposal to shield an estimated 5 million people from deportation who are in the U.S. illegally.

“The three judges felt the vibrancy and power of our movement,” said Marielena Hincapie, of the National Immigration Law Center, speaking to the crowd that rallied while a panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard the case.   Continue reading “Appeals panel hears arguments on Obama immigration action”

New York Times – by James Risen

WASHINGTON — The Central Intelligence Agency’s health professionals repeatedly criticized the agency’s post-Sept. 11 interrogation program, but their protests were rebuffed by prominent outside psychologists who lent credibility to the program, according to a new report.

The 542-page report, which examines the involvement of the nation’s psychologists and their largest professional organization, the American Psychological Association, with the harsh interrogation programs of the Bush era, raises repeated questions about the collaboration between psychologists and officials at both the C.I.A. and the Pentagon.   Continue reading “Psychologists Shielded U.S. Torture Program, Report Finds”

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Before Its News – by SBoone

Update – According to local Denver news outlet reports, the emergency teams investigating the two reports of possible Ricin manufacturing did not find anything, and the HAZMAT teams have now cleared both scenes.

Here in Denver’s Adams County, authorities have descended on two properties because of reports Ricin was allegedly being manufactured.   Continue reading “Update: No Ricin Was Found – Denver HAZMAT Responds To Multiple Ricin Locations”

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Covington VA –-(Ammoland.com)- The Maine Governor has signed a Constitutional Carry bill into law, meaning Virginians won’t need a Maine permit to carry concealed when visiting Maine!

I have looked at the wording of the new law and, contrary to the article below, it DOES appear to apply to non-residents.   Continue reading “Maine’s New Constitutional Carry Bill Appears to Include Non Residents”

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KXAN

BASTROP, Texas (KXAN) – The U.S. military officials announced in March their plan for the largest military exercise to date, to take place in five southern states, including Texas.

The special operation training, known as Operation Jade Helm 15, is scheduled to launch next week in Bastrop and other Texas towns.   Continue reading “Bastrop mayor works to squash Jade Helm rumors”

Washington Examiner – by PETE KASPEROWICZ

More than two dozen Democrats have proposed legislation that would eliminate the words “husband” and “wife” from federal law.

Those “gendered terms” would be replaced by “gender-neutral” words like “spouse” or “married couple,” according to the bill from Rep. Lois Capps, D-Calif.   Continue reading “Dems declare war on words ‘husband,’ ‘wife’”

Fox News – by Dan Springer

The list of things 15-year-olds are not legally allowed to do in Oregon is long: Drive, smoke, donate blood, get a tattoo — even go to a tanning bed.

But, under a first-in-the-nation policy quietly enacted in January that many parents are only now finding out about, 15-year-olds are now allowed to get a sex-change operation. Many residents are stunned to learn they can do it without parental notification — and the state will even pay for it through its Medicaid program, the Oregon Health Plan.   Continue reading “Oregon allowing 15-year-olds to get state-subsidized sex-change operations”

National Journal – by Jason Plautz

July 7, 2015 Democrats are going hard after a right-wing hero this week, with plans to put language on the House floor that some have deemed the “Cliven Bundy amendment.”

Rep. Ruben Gallego of Arizona plans to introduce an amendment to the House fiscal 2016 spending bill for the Department of the Interior and the Environmental Protection Agency that would block the government from issuing grazing permits to people with unpaid grazing fees.   Continue reading “House Democrats Are Planning to Go After Cliven Bundy in Spending-Bill Fight”

Hot Air – by Bruce McQuain

Federal Judge Andrew Hanen, who previously issued an injunction against further enforcement of President Obama’s unilateral executive actions on immigration, has issued an order directing the defendants (to include the HHS secretary) appear before him in court in August to attempt to explain to him why they shouldn’t be held in contempt of court. From his order:   Continue reading “Federal Judge orders Obama administration to court to explain why it has ignored his immigration injunction”

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llinois –-(Ammoland.com)-  The following was released today by the Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA):

“A pathetic and cynical slap at the civil rights movement” is how the ISRA is describing a lawsuit filed yesterday by a group of plaintiffs that includes renegade priest Michael Pfleger.   Continue reading “Crazy Father Pfleger Lawsuit: ‘2nd Amendment Violates The Civil Rights Of Blacks’”

KATU

PORTLAND, Ore. – The former owners of a Gresham bakery found guilty of discriminating against a lesbian couple have now been told to pay their big fine by Friday.

Melissa and Aaron Klein have been ordered to pay the couple $135,000 for refusing to bake a cake for their wedding.

The decision from Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian also slaps a cease-and-desist order on the Kleins, banning them from advertising their beliefs. The couple contends the ruling is too broad and violates their First Amendment rights.   Continue reading “Sweet Cakes owners told to pay fine or face lien on home”

Wall Street Journal – by Gregor Stuart Hunter

Chinese shares made their biggest daily gain in six years Thursday, restoring confidence in Beijing’s suite of attempts to rescue its struggling stock market.

The Shanghai Composite rose 5.8% to 3709.33, after losses in eight of the last 10 trading days. The smaller Shenzhen market rose 3.8%. Still, both indexes have lost around a third of their value in the past month. The small-cap ChiNext board, which has shed some 38% from its June highs, rose 3%.   Continue reading “China Stocks Make Biggest Daily Gain in Six Years”