NBC New York

A pair of New Jersey police officers were suspended after one of them was caught on camera pushing a manager at a Domino’s against a wall because their pizza didn’t get delivered on time.

Video obtained exclusively by News 4 shows the two Jersey City police officers storming one of the pizza chain’s locations on Communipaw Avenue and pushing the branch’s manager up against a wall in an incident the manager, Mena Kirolos, said was spurred because of a missed pizza delivery Tuesday evening.   Continue reading “NJ Police Officers Suspended After Storming Domino’s Over Undelivered Pizza”

New York Times – by Eileen Sullivan

WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Wednesday that the Second Amendment — the right to keep and bear arms — “will never be repealed,” responding to an opinion piece written by a retired Supreme Court justice who called for just that.  Continue reading “Trump Says Second Amendment ‘Will Never Be Repealed’”

Weather Channel

The threat of flooding has returned to portions of the South, mid-Mississippi Valley and Ohio Valley this week due to the combination of a slow-moving system and plentiful moisture.

Already, clusters of heavy rain have developed from Texas to southern Ohio as of Wednesday morning.
Continue reading “Heavy Rain to Bring Flash Flooding, River Flooding in the South, Mid-Mississippi Valley, Ohio Valley”

Huffington Post – by Ed Mazza

The frontman of Eagles of Death Metal, the U.S. rock band that was performing in a Paris theater in 2015 when it was hit by a terrorist attack, has publicly slammed the teens behind last weekend’s March For Our Lives protest.

Jesse Hughes called the survivors of last month’s mass shooting at a Parkland, Florida, high school “vile abusers of the dead,” and claimed they were “exploiting” the deaths of their fellow students with their demonstrations and media appearances.

Continue reading “Eagles Of Death Metal Singer Jesse Hughes Slams ‘Pathetic’ Teen Shooting Survivors”

Weather Channel – by Chris Dolce

April kicks off what is typically the most active and dangerous three-month period of the year for tornadoes in the United States.

During the 20 years from 1997 to 2016, the U.S. averaged 1,225 tornadoes annually, 55 percent of which were sandwiched between April and June.  Continue reading “Peak of Tornado Season Approaches: April, May and June Are Most Active and Dangerous Months of Year”

CBS DFW

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A passenger mutiny onboard a Greyhound bus bound for Dallas forced a driver out from behind the wheel.

Terrified passengers say that driver was falling asleep and it led to a confrontation caught on video.

CBS11 spoke with three passengers who were on the bus that arrived in Dallas seven hours late from Phoenix.   Continue reading “Mutiny On Greyhound Bus To Dallas As Driver Was Falling Asleep”

ABC 11 News

RALEIGH, NC (WTVD) — The 20-year-old mother of the 1-year-old baby seen smoking in a viral video on Facebook has been arrested by Raleigh Police and faces multiple charges.

According to the arrest warrant, the child was inhaling marijuana in the video.  Continue reading “Warrant: Raleigh baby was smoking marijuana on Facebook video”

WFAA 8 News

PFLUGERVILLE, Texas – A serial bomber whose family describes him as shrouded in mysterious “darkness” left a 25-minute video confession on his cellphone, claiming responsibility for murder and creating widespread panic.

Austin Police Chief Bryan Manley said law enforcement recovered the confession made by Mark Anthony Conditt while scouring through his possessions. Conditt, a 23-year-old unemployed college dropout, blew himself up early Wednesday as a SWAT team closed in.  Continue reading “‘Very challenged young man’: Austin serial bomber left confession on cellphone”

Dallas Morning News – by Lauren McGaughy, Jackie Wang

PFLUGERVILLE — Neighbors in this little corner of Pflugerville, a 30-minute drive north of Austin, had the same reaction to finding out the suspected Austin serial bomber’s family lived around the corner.

“Well, I’ll be damned.”   Continue reading “Who is Mark Conditt? What we know about the Austin bombing suspect”

Statesman

PFLUGERVILLE – The suspected Austin serial bomber who apparently killed himself early Wednesday as authorities closed in on him was Pflugerville resident Mark A. Conditt, local and federal law enforcement sources told the American-Statesman and KVUE.

As the sun rose, neighbors of the 23-year-old, who was home-schooled growing up and went to Austin Community College, struggled to wrap their minds around the news that authorities were linking him to the bombings.

Continue reading “Authorities: Bombing suspect was Pflugerville resident Mark A. Conditt”

WTVR

AUSTIN, Texas — A suspect in a wave of bombing attacks in Austin killed himself inside his car with an explosive device early Wednesday as authorities closed in, police said.

Since the bombings started on March 2, investigators frantically searched for clues, calling the attacks the work of a”serial bomber” who increasingly changed tactics. The bombings killed two people and left the Texas capital terrorized with fear for 19 days.  Continue reading “Austin bombing suspect killed in Texas explosion”

AOL

NEW YORK, March 17 (Reuters) – Authorities alerted by a Walmart worker arrested a former Cornell University student accused of stockpiling a semi-automatic rifle, more than 300 rounds of ammunition, bomb-making materials and other deadly devices at his apartment near the upstate New York elite school.

Maximilien Reynolds, 20, of New Jersey, a one-time student at the Ivy League school in Ithaca, New York, now enrolled at a local community college, was federally charged with possession of an unregistered destructive device and a silencer as well as making false statements to acquire a firearm.   Continue reading “Walmart worker tips police to arms cache in New York college town”

Air Force Times

WASHINGTON — A U.S. military helicopter has crashed in western Iraq with seven service members on board, U.S. officials said Thursday.

A defense official confirmed to Military Times that an HH-60 Pave Hawk crashed in Anbar Province near the town of Qaim in Iraq. The helicopter, which used by the Air Force for combat search and rescue, was not under fire and was on a routine route to move the helicopter from one location to another, the official said.

Continue reading “US helicopter crashes in western Iraq”

Huffington Post

A longtime personal assistant to President Donald Trump was reportedly fired and escorted out of the White House on Monday, with one report claiming the ouster was due to a criminal investigation.

John McEntee was unceremoniously removed from his position because the Department of Homeland Security is investigating him for “serious financial crimes,” CNN reported, citing an unidentified source familiar with his termination. The alleged crimes are said to not be related to Trump.

Continue reading “Trump Personal Assistant Reportedly Fired Over Security Issue”

Bakersfield.com

A Kern County court commissioner has ordered the body of notorious cult leader Charles Manson to be given to his grandson, Jason Freeman, who will decide how to dispose of the remains.

Commissioner Alisa R. Knight in her ruling Monday wrote, “Freeman is hereby determined to be the surviving competent adult next of kin of the decedent. No sufficient probative evidence was provided to this court to refute Freeman’s claim.”

Continue reading “Remains of cult leader Charles Manson to be given to grandson, Kern County court rules”

Dear Neighbor:

I’ve chartered a bus to Washington, D.C. for the March for Our Lives against gun violence and would love for you to join and make your voice heard. The bus, which I am cosponsoring with Assemblymember Deborah Glick, Assemblymember Richard N. Gottfried and Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal, will depart from the west side of Manhattan at 5:00 am and return by 9:30 pm.   Continue reading “Proof that they are bussing in protesters.”

CNN

The section of a Baltimore park that once hosted a Confederate monument was rededicated on Saturday in honor of famed abolitionist Harriet Tubman.

A tree-filled area of Wyman Park Dell, near Johns Hopkins University, was renamed the Harriet Tubman Grove as part of a ceremony marking the 105th year since her death. Residents gathered in the park on Saturday to celebrate her life and the renaming of the grove.   Continue reading “Baltimore renames former Confederate site for Harriet Tubman”

AOL

President Donald Trump took the first step toward arming America’s teachers on Sunday night, promising Justice Department assistance to help fund firearms training for school personnel.

The controversial proposal, which the president announced last month after a former student killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, was part of a series of school safety measures the White House released Sunday evening.  Continue reading “White House promises federal aid to train armed teachers”

Mercury News

YOUNTVILLE — The gunman suspected of killing three veterans’ workers and himself Friday had served a year in Afghanistan and had been awarded for his combat service, an Army spokeswoman said Saturday.

Described as, “one of our heroes who clearly had demons,” Albert Cheung Wong was being treated for post-traumatic stress disorder at the Yountville Veterans Home in Napa County, where he took the three victims hostage and shot them to death Friday.  Continue reading “Gunman who shot and killed veterans’ workers served in Afghanistan”