Tulsa World – by Darryl Fears

NEW ORLEANS — An oil spill that has been quietly leaking millions of barrels into the Gulf of Mexico has gone unplugged for so long that it now verges on becoming one of the worst offshore disasters in U.S. history.

Between 300 and 700 barrels of oil per day have been spewing from a site 12 miles off the Louisiana coast since 2004, when an oil-production platform owned by Taylor Energy sank in a mudslide triggered by Hurricane Ivan. Many of the wells have not been capped, and federal officials estimate that the spill could continue through this century. With no fix in sight, the Taylor offshore spill is threatening to overtake BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster as the largest ever.

Continue reading “A 14-year-long oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico verges on becoming one of the worst in U.S. history”

CBS New York

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The security force of the future is already patrolling several neighborhoods in the Tri-State Area.

The robotic protectors can see what you’re doing and even talk back to you, but the machines created by a New Yorker have prompted serious privacy concerns, CBS2’s Clark Fouraker reported Tuesday.   Continue reading “Robotic Security Forces On Patrol In NYC Prompt Privacy Concerns For Some”

AOL

Many states around the country are exploring ways to reduce tensions between police and citizens in the wake of recent police shootings. And through the Community Safety Education Act, Texas has come up with a creative one.

The bill signed into law last year “requires any student entering ninth grade in the 2018-2019 academic year and thereafter to participate in a class and watch a video instruction on how to interact properly with officers during traffic stops,” according to the Washington Post.   Continue reading “Texas high school students now required to watch police interaction video before they can graduate”

Middle East Monitor

Israel and the US sent secret military delegations to Ukraine to train against the Russian S-300 missile defence system which was shipped to Syria last month.us

The Israeli and US delegations arrived in Ukraine, where members of the Ukrainian military allegedly instructed them on “the capabilities of the [S-300] system, as well as running through various possible scenarios,” the Times of Israel reported.   Continue reading “Israel, US secretly trained against Russia’s missile system in Ukraine”

Spectrum News Austin

LLANO, Texas – People are being told to seek higher ground if they live near the Llano River on Tuesday.

  • Llano River expected to crest at 41 feet
  • People encouraged to move to higher ground
  • LCRA said it is a dangerous situation  

Continue reading “People Told to Seek Higher Ground as Llano River Rising”

AOL

TORONTO, Oct 15 (Reuters) – As Canadians prepare for the legalization of recreational cannabis this week, 24 students are becoming the first in the country to get formal credentials in growing pot.

Canada will become the first industrialized nation to legalize the recreational use of cannabis on Wednesday, fulfilling a campaign promise by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals who had argued the move would keep pot out of the hands of underage users and reduce related crime.   Continue reading “Cannabis college: Canadian students learn to grow pot”

ABC News

The Trump administration is considering using West Coast military bases or other federal properties as transit points for shipments of U.S. coal and natural gas to Asia as officials seek to bolster the domestic energy industry and circumvent environmental opposition to fossil fuel exports, according to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and two Republican lawmakers.

The proposal would advance the administration’s agenda of establishing American “energy dominance” on the world stage and underscores a willingness to intervene in markets to make that happen. It’s tantamount to an end-run around West Coast officials who have rejected private-sector efforts to build new coal ports in their states.   Continue reading “US eyes West Coast military bases for coal, gas exports to Asia”

Breitbart – by Neil Munro

Progressives are denouncing a draft border-protection plan that would keep Central American adult migrants in border detention with their children for 20 days after they cross the border.

The 20-day plan is being developed as migrants, cartel smugglers, and pro-migration groups have collectively pushed the cross-border flow to a record level of 16,500 parent-and-child border-crossers in September. The plan will likely spur pre-election protests by pro-migration Democrats, was sketched in a Washington Post report:  Continue reading “White House Drafts Plan to Keep Migrant Families Unified in Detention”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

After Hurricane Michael rendered Tyndall Air Force Base a “complete loss” from “widespread, catastrophic damage” – questions remain over nearly two-dozen F-22 Stealth Fighters which are unaccounted for.

According to the New York Times, Tyndall is home to 55 stealth fighters, “which cost a dizzying $339 million each.” Before Michael hit, the Air Force evacuated at least 33 of the planes to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, however they would not comment on the status of the remaining 22 fighters.   Continue reading “Hurricane Cost May Skyrocket As Billions In Stealth Fighter Jets Unaccounted For; Tyndall AFB “Complete Loss””

Activist Post – by Carey Wedler

News circulated recently that the DEA had rescheduled cannabidiol (CBD), the nonpsychoactive ingredient in cannabis, but the technicalities of the agency’s decision actually show their ruling is highly restrictive.

The decision concerned a recently FDA-approved pharmaceutical version of CBD, produced by GW Pharmaceuticals. Due to the federal government’s continued prohibition of cannabis, Epidiolex was prohibited from going to market unless the DEA rescheduled CBD. That’s what the agency did, leading some to believe that “since this FDA-approved medication is pure cannabidiol (CBD) that all CBD products fall into the same category,” Forbes noted.   Continue reading “DEA Grants Pharmaceutical Company Monopoly on Medical CBD”

Weather Channel

A swath of snow will blanket parts of the Rockies and High Plains this weekend, possibly as far south as New Mexico and the panhandles of Oklahoma and Texas, over a month ahead of the average first snowfall in those locations.

Snow is currently falling over parts of the central Rockies and the central High Plains and will continue to spread southward through the night.

Continue reading “Weekend Snow to Spread Down the Rockies, High Plains, Potentially as Far South as the Texas Panhandle”

Bloomberg – by Henry Meyer, Arne Delfs

Russia is urging Germany and France to break ranks with their American ally and help rebuild Syria so that refugees can go home, a senior adviser to the Russian government said.

There’s little prospect of a deal with the U.S., which is now vowing to keep troops in Syria until Iran withdraws, Vitaly Naumkin said in an interview. Russia is instead focused on efforts to organize a Syria summit in Turkey with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron. The plan is being held up by European demands for a transition away from Bashar al-Assad’s rule.   Continue reading “Russia Presses Europe to Break With Trump and Help Rebuild Syria”

RT

Sites dealing with government transparency, pages dedicated to police brutality and alternative media – take a closer look at the top ten accounts with millions of followers that were recently suspended by Twitter and Facebook.   Continue reading “Censorship crackdown? Top 10 alt-media pages newly banned by Facebook & Twitter”

The Weather Channel

Hurricane Michael is headed for a catastrophic, unprecedented Category 4 strike on the Florida Panhandle and Big Bend with a massive storm surge and over 100 mph winds possible not just near the coast, but also inland that could leave some areas without power for over a week.

If Michael makes landfall as a Category 4 storm, as expected, it will be the strongest hurricane to ever come ashore along the Florida Panhandle in records dating to 1851, according to Dr. Phil Klotzbach, tropical scientist at Colorado State University. In fact, Florida’s entire Gulf Coast north of Punta Gorda has never recorded a Category 4-plus hurricane landfall.

Continue reading “Hurricane Michael Just Hours Away From a Catastrophic, Unprecedented Florida Panhandle, Big Bend Category 4 Landfall”

Latest LY

The Californian skies dazzled at night with a spectacular light show as SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was launched yesterday. Elon Musk’s company successfully launched the Falcon 9 Argentine satellite SAOCOM 1A from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Locals were stunned and equally amazed with the light show that left in the sky during the event. The first stage returned back to the Earth base, landing about 8 minutes after its takeoff. The pictures of the mysterious alien skies were shared widely on the internet.    Continue reading “SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Launch in California Lights up The Sky Mysteriously, People Guess Alien and UFOs, Watch Pics and Videos!”

New York Daily News – by Kate Feldman

An investigation into three Nevada brothels run by reality TV star-turned-politician Dennis Hof found immigration violations and indications of possible human trafficking, according to the Lyon County Sheriff’s Department and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Continue reading “Nevada brothels run by Dennis Hof under investigation for immigration violations, possibly sex trafficking”

Weather Channel

Michael has strengthened into a hurricane and is forecast to strike the northeast Florida coastline as a Category 3 with dangerous storm surge flooding, destructive winds and flooding rainfall.

Michael is currently centered about 50 miles south of the western tip of Cuba and is moving north.

Continue reading “Michael Intensifies Into a Hurricane; Dangerous Threat to Florida’s Northeast Gulf Coast”

WTOV 9 News

BELMONT COUNTY, Ohio — The Bellaire Police Department has hired six new officers, including Timothy Loehmann, the former Cleveland Police Officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014 as he held a pellet gun, which made headlines across the country.   Continue reading “Bellaire adds suspended Bethesda police chief, former Cleveland officer to police force”