Waco Tribune – by Tommy Witherspoon

A McLennan County grand jury, working a marathon nine-hour session to consider evidence in the May 17 Twin Peaks shootout, returned 106 indictments Tuesday charging bikers allegedly involved in the melee with engaging in organized criminal activity.

McLennan County District Attorney Abel Reyna said the grand jury will return to consider charges against the other 80 bikers arrested on identical charges following the incident in which nine bikers were killed and 20 were wounded.   Continue reading “Grand jury indicts 106 bikers in connection with Twin Peaks shootout”

Courthouse News Service – by Tim Ryan

WASHINGTON (CN) – The federal judge who first ruled the government’s collection of cellphone metadata unconstitutional again blocked the National Security Agency program Monday.

The decision comes nearly three months after the D.C. Circuit reversed U.S. District Judge Richard Leon’s original injunction on the grounds that none of the plaintiffs in the case, including conservative legal activist Larry Klayman, could prove their data had been collected.   Continue reading “Injunction Reinstated Against NSA Spying”

Yahoo News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s executive action to shield millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation suffered a legal setback on Monday with an appeal to the Supreme Court now the administration’s only option.

The 2-1 decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans to uphold a May injunction deals a blow to Obama’s plan, opposed by Republicans and challenged by 26 states.   Continue reading “Obama’s immigration action blocked again; Supreme Court only option left”

ABC News – by Jake Pearson, AP

Three people were shot, one fatally, in midtown Manhattan near Penn Station early Monday morning, police said. No suspects were immediately arrested.

The shooting happened at about 6 a.m. near the entrance of a subway station at 35th Street and Eighth Avenue, a block north of Penn Station, one of the nation’s busiest transit hubs.   Continue reading “NYC Officials: 3 People Shot, 1 Fatally, Near Penn Station”

Chron

WATERTOWN, Wis. (AP) — A Canadian Pacific Railway train carrying crude oil derailed Sunday and prompted some evacuations in Wisconsin, the second day in a row a freight train derailed in the state.

The eastbound CP train derailed about 2 p.m. in Watertown, in the southeastern part of the state. The railroad said at least 10 cars derailed, and some were leaking.

No fires or injuries were reported. CP was sending teams to the site.   Continue reading “2nd train derails in Wisconsin in 2 days, spills crude oil”

Reuters – by Megan Rowling

Without the right policies to keep the poor safe from extreme weather and rising seas, climate change could drive over 100 million more people into poverty by 2030, the World Bank said on Sunday.

In a report, the bank said ending poverty – one of 17 new U.N. goals adopted in September – would be impossible if global warming and its effects on the poor were not accounted for in development efforts.   Continue reading “World Bank warns climate change could add 100 mln poor by 2030”

Patch – by Ryan Bonner

A 9-year-old girl died after she was attacked by a pit bull in the backyard of a Long Island home Sunday morning.

According to Nassau Police, a 911 call came in at 10:30 a.m. reporting the dog attack at a home on Holland Avenue in Elmont. When two Fifth Precinct officers entered the backyard, they observed a male pit bull attacking the young girl, police said.   Continue reading “9-Year-Old Girl Killed in Pit Bull Attack on Long Island”

CBS Philadelphia – by Mike Dougherty

BUCKS COUNTY, P.A., (CBS) — An autopsy has been completed on the man who was found shot dead inside a Bucks County motel room yesterday, following a barricade situation that lasted several hours.

Authorities say the man, 34-year-old Lloyd Wayne Franklin, was killed by a self inflicted gunshot wound.   Continue reading “Authorities: Man Found Dead Following Standoff Died From Self Inflicted Gunshot Wound”

NBC News

A giant ‘sinkhole’ about 50-feet wide opened up in an IHOP parking lot in Mississippi over the weekend, swallowing at least 14 vehicles, officials said.

At about 7:15 p.m. CT Saturday night, “we received a call of vehicles going through the pavement at the IHOP in Meridian,” Patrol Lieutenant Rita Jack with Meridian Police told NBC News.   Continue reading “Giant ‘Sinkhole’ Swallows Over Dozen Cars at Mississippi International House of Pancakes”

Yahoo News

Jerusalem (AFP) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he planned to discuss defence aid with President Barack Obama as he left for his first meeting with the US leader in over a year.

Netanyahu is due to meet Obama on Monday in Washington as the two leaders seek to set aside their testy personal relationship and turn the page after a sharp disagreement over the July nuclear deal between Iran and world powers.   Continue reading “Netanyahu stresses defence aid ahead of Obama meeting”

Statesman

State District Judge Julie Kocurek, the presiding felony judge for Travis County, was shot in the driveway of her West Austin home late Friday, authorities said. Police said the injury is not considered life threatening.

Kocurek was taken to University Medical Center-Brackenridge, where she was joined by several other Travis County judges and her court staff. Her condition initially was considered critical, but shortly after midnight officials said her condition had been upgraded to stable.   Continue reading “Travis County judge Julie Kocurek shot outside home, officials confirm”

Sent to us by the author, Kenneth Anton author of ‘Popsicle Man’ and ‘Cancer Vortex’

There is a growing disconnect between the American people and government whose lying statistics proclaim a recovery while 92 million remain out of work; the Middle Class is disappearing; students are overburdened with debt and the top 0.1% control 90% of the wealth. As times get harder and they will, Americans are demanding the truth. Why waste trillions bombing other countries where the enemy (Al Qaeda and Islamic State) are known CIA creations.   Continue reading “Exposing the Greatest Conspiracy of Modern Times”

Fuel Fix – by Jennifer A. Dlouhy

WASHINGTON — A bid by oil export advocates to tether the trade issue to a federal highway bill has hit a dead end.

Oil producers and their allies in Congress had hoped to use the highway bill as a vehicle for unrelated provisions lifting the 40-year-old ban on U.S. crude exports.   Continue reading “End of the road for oil exports on highway bill”

Breitbart – by Joel B. Pollak

Amnesty activists opposed to Donald Trump and his immigration policies have gone beyond piñatas and have launched a new video featuring children yelling obscene profanities at the Republican frontrunner.

The new video, hosted at deportracism.com, is linked to a campaign to keep Trump off NBC’s Saturday Night Live and features a young boy and girl shouting words like “motherf#@kers,” “f#@k,” and “d#@k,” as well as Spanish profanity. At one point, a boy raises a middle finger to the camera while he holds a sign reading, “Deport this.”   Continue reading “Video–Latino Kids Blast Donald Trump: ‘F*ck you, racist f*ck!’”

Thanks to Enemy of the State.

New York Post – by Bruce Golding

A former FedEx driver plans to sue the city for $10 million after he was allegedly beaten to a pulp by cops furious over the fact that he unwittingly gave directions to the gunman who assassinated two cops last year, his lawyer said Tuesday.   Continue reading “Man says NYPD beat him up for mistakenly helping cop killer”

Fox News

An Illinois police officer whose shooting death in September led to a massive manhunt committed suicide due to personal and professional pressures, investigators announced during a Wednesday morning news conference.

Fox Lake Police Lt. Charles Joseph “Joe” Gliniewicz was stealing and laundering money from the Fox Lake Police Explorer’s program and committed suicide due to the “personal stress from scrutiny of his management,” Lake County Major Crimes Task Force Commander George Filenko said.   Continue reading “Illinois police officer’s shooting death called ‘carefully staged suicide’”

Yahoo News – by NASSER KARIMI

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The slogan “Death to America” is not aimed at the American people, but rather American policies, Iran’s supreme leader said in comments reported on his official website Tuesday.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei discussed the slogan while meeting with Iranian students ahead of the anniversary of the takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran on Nov. 4, 1979. Militant students stormed the compound and took 52 Americans hostage for 444 days.   Continue reading “Iran Ayatollah: ‘Death to America’ refers to US policies”