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Free Thought Project – by Cassandra Rules

Pharr, TX — Trial is set to begin December 1, in the case of former Pharr police officer Erasmo Mata, Jr., accused of repeated first-degree felony sexual assaults of a child.

A federal civil lawsuit filed with Texas Southern District Court back in May accused Mata of assaulting the minor five times, on five separate occasions, all while on duty.  The suit alleges that the attacks took place in abandoned houses around the city as other Pharr police officers stood by and watched.   Continue reading “Former Cop Headed to Trial for Raping a Child While Other Officers Watched”

ABC News – by GREGORY KATZ, AP

Britain’s Lloyds Banking Group said Tuesday it will eliminate 9,000 jobs over the next three years and shut some 200 branches in a bid to improve efficiency.

The group has been partly owned by the British taxpayer since it was rescued during the financial crisis and has been under pressure to cut costs.

Its executives had pledged three years ago to keep its number of branches at a consistent level despite the cuts, but Chief Executive Antonio Horta-Osorio said Tuesday that strategy has now changed.   Continue reading “Britain’s Lloyds Bank to Cut 9,000 Jobs”

Fox News Latino

MEXICO CITY (AP) –  Mexican authorities searching for 43 missing college students have found human remains in a new area of southern Guerrero state and are testing to see if they belong to the young men who last were seen in police custody a month ago, a government official said Monday.

Authorities came upon the new location based on statements from four people arrested early Monday, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press. The new remains were found in Cocula, a town about 10 miles from where the students last were seen.   Continue reading “In search for missing students, Mexican authorities discover more bodies in Guerrero”

New York Daily News – by Sasha Goldstein

A suspected gunman is in custody as police still search for a second suspect after the shooting of two men outside a rural North Carolina courthouse Tuesday.

Gunfire broke out sometime before noon in front of the Nash County Courthouse, about 45 miles northeast of Raleigh in the agricultural town of Nashville.

The condition of the victims is unknown, though one was on a stretcher and speaking to authorities, Sheriff Dick Jenkins told WNCN-TV.   Continue reading “Suspected gunman arrested after two shot outside Nash County Courthouse in North Carolina”

Fox News

The Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday it has increased security at federal buildings across the county, citing terror threats and recent attacks in Canada and elsewhere.

The announcement was made by Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, who said Federal Protective Service officers are providing the increased security.

Officials said the move was a “precautionary” step and not made in response to any specific threat. But they cited last week’s violence in Canada, and Islamic State threats.  Additional security will be put in place in Washington, other major U.S. cities and unnamed locations across the country.   Continue reading “DHS increases security at federal buildings over terror concerns”

ABC News

The Swiss agency that regulates new drugs said Tuesday it has approved an application for a clinical trial with an experimental Ebola vaccine at the Lausanne University Hospital.

Swissmedic said the trial will be conducted among 120 volunteer participants with support from the U.N. World Health Organization. The experimental vaccine is to be initially administered on healthy volunteers who will be sent as medical staff to fight the Ebola epidemic in West Africa.   Continue reading “Swiss Agency Approves Trial for Ebola Vaccine”

WRAL 5

NASHVILLE, N.C. — A shooting occurred Tuesday morning outside the Nash County Courthouse in Nashville, Sheriff Dick Jenkins said.

Two men were shot and suffered what Jenkins described as non-life-threatening wounds.

Authorities are still looking for two gunmen and a white car, the sheriff said.   Continue reading “Manhunt on for gunmen after two shot outside Nash courthouse”

Bloomberg – by Mario Parker

Coal exports from the U.S. West Coast rose to the highest in more than a decade amid demand from Mexico and Asia, providing a market for the power-plant fuel amid lower domestic consumption.

Shipments from the western U.S. are up 35 percent to about 5 million tons through the first six months of this year, led by an almost six-fold jump in cargoes leaving San Francisco, according to the Energy Information Administration. That comes even as nationwide exports have fallen 15 percent.   Continue reading “U.S. West Coast Coal Exports Rise as Mexico to China Buy”

ABC News – by Cara Anna

A spokesman for Jordan’s mission to the United Nations says his country will request an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting on behalf of the Palestinians, who have written to the council president about “dangerously escalating tensions” in east Jerusalem.

Laith Ibrahim Obeidat confirmed the request in a message Monday and said his country, a council member, will ask the council president to set a date.   Continue reading “Jordan to request emergency UN meeting on Israel”

Examiner – by Kenric Ward

Voting machines that switch Republican votes to Democrats are being reported in Maryland.

“When I first selected my candidate on the electronic machine, it would not put the ‘x’ on the candidate I chose — a Republican — but it would put the ‘x’ on the Democrat candidate above it,” reported Donna Hamilton.   Continue reading “Machines flip GOP votes to Democrats in Maryland”

Washington Post – by Ian Shapira

RED MESA, Ariz. — The fans poured into the bleachers on a Friday night, erupting in “Let’s go, Redskins!” chants that echoed across a new field of artificial turf, glowing green against a vast dun-colored landscape.

Inside the Red Mesa High School locker room, Ted Nugent’s “Stranglehold” blared on the stereo as players hurried to strap on their helmets and gather for a pregame prayer and pep talk.

“This is your time, right?” the team’s assistant coach demanded.   Continue reading “In Arizona, a Navajo high school emerges as a defender of the Washington Redskins”

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ARS Technica – by David Kravets

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) said Monday it’s concerned that intellectual property pirates are being exposed to malware and other dangers.

“It is important to note that websites that traffic in infringing movies, television shows, and other copyrighted content do not harm only the rights holder. Malicious software or malware, which puts Internet users at risk of identity theft, fraud, and other ills, is increasingly becoming a source of revenue for pirate sites,” the lobbying group told (PDF) US trade officials on Monday in its latest report about global “notorious markets” for illegal content.   Continue reading “Who knew? MPAA concerned online pirates are exposed to malware”

ABC 13

ROSWELL, NM — It often takes time for police to nab a suspect. But sometimes, crooks can make it pretty easy for police to catch them, KOAT reported.

Some burglars in Roswell, New Mexico, accidentally reported their own crime to cops when investigators say one of the thieves somehow pocket dialed 911.   Continue reading “Burglars Confess Crime During Pocket Dial 911 Call”

Thanks to Enemy of the State.

Yahoo News – The Daily Caller

Millions of students in public schools don’t understand fractions or pronouns at even a basic level but students in the oceanfront Boston suburb of Revere, Mass. are taking the time to learn all about Islam — in the most embarrassingly shallow and cheerleading way imaginable.

Part of the textbook prints the Muslim Call to Prayer, according to Boston NBC affiliate WHDH.   Continue reading “Massachusetts Father Mad Just Because Public School Teaches ‘There Is No God But Allah’”