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Federal agents said they’ve located a man who associated with the Manhattan man who sped a truck down a New York City bike path, killing eight people and injuring nearly a dozen others.
Earlier Wednesday FBI released a wanted poster for Mukhammadzoir Kadirov, but authorities said at a news conference about an hour later the man had been located by federal authorities. Continue reading “Person of Interest in NYC Terror Attack Has Been Found: Feds”
The man taken into custody by the New York Police Department after Tuesday’s terror attack that killed at least eight is 29-year-old Sayfullo Saipov of Tampa, Florida, according to an ABC News report.
Police stopped Saipov in Mount Holly Springs Borough, Pennsylvania, just south of Carlisle, in March 2015 and he gave police a Paterson, New Jersey address, according to court records. He also was stopped in 2012 in Palmyra, Pennsylvania, just east of Hershey, and also listed a Paterson address. Continue reading “New York terrorist attack: Alleged killer Sayfullo Saipov has N.J. ties”
The following is the text of Sen. Jeff Flake’s remarks from the floor of the U.S. Senate on Oct. 24, 2017, as prepared for delivery. Ronald J. Hansen, political reporter for The Republic and azcentral, annotates the speech here. Click on yellow highlighted text to learn more.
Mr. President, I rise today to address a matter that has been much on my mind, at a moment when it seems that our democracy is more defined by our discord and our dysfunction than it is by our values and our principles. Let me begin by noting a somewhat obvious point that these offices that we hold are not ours to hold indefinitely. We are not here simply to mark time. Sustained incumbency is certainly not the point of seeking office. And there are times when we must risk our careers in favor of our principles. Continue reading “Read Flake’s bombshell Senate speech: ‘Mr. President, I rise today to say: Enough’”
PICHER, Oklahoma (KFOR) — They are the most polluted places in America, specifically targeted because they are a danger to human health. Every year, millions of federal dollars are earmarked for clean-up of these areas, known as Superfund sites. When the Superfund program first began in the 1980s, Picher, Oklahoma, was #1 on the National Priorities list.
Today, it is a virtual ghost town.
It has been a decade since the federal government first declared the area uninhabitable. The Environmental Protection Agency bought out every willing resident, closed the schools, dismissed the mayor and dissolved the charter. Continue reading “Oklahoma ghost town is one of the most toxic places in America”
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Equifax Inc said on Thursday it has taken one of its customer help website pages offline as its security team looks into reports of another potential cyber breach at the credit reporting company, which recently disclosed a hack that compromised the sensitive information of more than 145 million people.
The move came after an independent security analyst on Wednesday found part of Equifax’s website was under the control of attackers trying to trick visitors into installing fraudulent Adobe Flash updates that could infect computers with malware, the technology news website Ars Technica reported. Continue reading “Equifax takes down web page after report of new hack”
President Donald Trump will try to make the case that corporate tax breaks would benefit middle-class wage earners Wednesday evening — and an excerpt of his speech suggests he’ll use a measure of salesmanship.
Trump is expected to say the typical American household would get “a $4,000 pay raise” from facets of the planned legislation that would cut the corporate tax rate and end the current U.S. practice of taxing corporations’ foreign earnings, according to part of the speech released by the White House.
Economists disagree on just how much individuals benefit from corporate tax breaks, but even Trump’s own economic advisers have said that the $4,000 benefit he plans to highlight would only materialize over eight years. On an annual basis, it’s closer to $500. Continue reading “Trump to Pitch Americans a $4,000 ‘Pay Raise,’ But It Could Take 8 Years”
President Trump plans to gear his tax-reform pitch Wednesday in Pennsylvania to truckers, arguing that his plans to make business tax changes will put more money in people’s pockets.
“We will eliminate the penalty on returning future earnings back to the United States. And we will impose a one-time low tax on money currently parked overseas so it can be brought back home to America – where it belongs,” Trump plans to say, according to an excerpt provided by the White House. Continue reading “Trump to focus on truckers in tax-reform pitch”
A New York City man has been arrested on federal charges for allegedly threatening a Las Vegas-style attack on a Colorado Internet company that had caught on to his apparent efforts to milk its referral bonus program, according to a criminal complaint.
Victor Casillas allegedly sent photos of assault weapons to the firm and threatened, “Get ready 4 Las Vegas part two,” according to the criminal complaint.
Officials stress they did not find any assault weapons when they arrested the Manhattan man. Continue reading “Manhattan Man Mad Over Unpaid Bonuses From Internet Company Threatens ‘Las Vegas Part 2’: Feds”
So far, no one has tried to yank the Christopher Columbus statue off its pedestal in South Philadelphia, but that doesn’t mean everyone reveres the monument or the man.
Vienna Enos and Signe Espinoza-Nelson don’t.
Both young women launched online petitions: one to abolish Columbus Day, the other to remove two city memorials that celebrate the Italian explorer. Continue reading “Should Philadelphia say ‘Goodbye, Columbus?’”
PLANO — Meet Harvey the Hurricane Hawk.
That’s what the birdie was named after she reportedly hailed a taxi in Houston and refused to leave.
According to the cab driver recording the video, she swooped into the cab and perched herself in the front seat. Continue reading “Hawk that escaped Hurricane Harvey in a taxi released in Plano”
New York Post – by Kirstan Conley
Local cops in towns and counties around New York state are robbing taxpayers blind with astronomical yearly salaries — including one officer who pulled down $442,000, a new report shows.
Tom Donnelly, who retired as a Ramapo school safety officer in August, earned the investment-banker-sized paycheck over a 12-month period ending in March — making him the highest paid local cop anywhere outside New York City, according to a report from the Empire Center. Continue reading “Cops’ massive salaries are robbing taxpayers blind”
LEBANON, N.H. — A suspect has been taken into custody after an active shooter alert was issued Tuesday at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center’s main campus in Lebanon, state police said.
The hospital was evacuated Tuesday afternoon after an “active shooter” alert was issued, but there was no immediate confirmation of a shooting. Continue reading “Suspect in custody after active shooter alert at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center”
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Angry Houston residents shouted at city officials on Saturday over decisions to intentionally flood certain neighborhoods during Hurricane Harvey, as they returned to homes that may have been contaminated by overflowing sewers.
A town hall grew heated after City Council member Greg Travis, who represents parts of western Houston, told about 250 people that an Army Corps of Engineers official told him that certain gauges measuring water levels at the Buffalo Bayou – the city’s main waterway – failed due to a decision to release water from two municipal reservoirs to avoid an overflow. Continue reading “Houston residents confront officials over decision to flood neighborhoods”
One of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded in Mexico and a raging hurricane dealt a devastating one-two punch to the country, killing at least 61 people as workers scrambled to respond to the twin national emergencies.
The 8.1 quake off the southern Pacific coast just before midnight Thursday toppled hundreds of buildings in several states. Hardest-hit was Juchitan, Oaxaca, where 36 people died and a third of the city’s homes collapsed or were uninhabitable, President Enrique Pena Nieto said late Friday in an interview with the Televisa news network. Continue reading “Deadly earthquake, Hurricane Katia a one-two punch for Mexico; at least 61 dead”
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Thursday rejected the Trump administration’s effort to temporarily bar most refugees from entering the country, ruling that those who have relationships with a resettlement agency should be exempt from an executive order banning refugees.
A three-judge 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel also ruled that grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins of legal U.S. residents should be exempted from President Donald Trump’s order, which banned travelers from six Muslim-majority countries. Continue reading “U.S. appeals court rejects Trump’s bid to bar most refugees”
HOUSTON, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Five former U.S. presidents joined forces on Thursday to raise funds for victims of Hurricane Harvey, aiming to help rebuild some of the thousands of homes and businesses destroyed from Texas to Louisiana.
The presidents will launch “One America Appeal,” to start collecting funds with a plea broadcast during Thursday night’s National Football League season opener, the group said in a statement. Former presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter are behind the effort. Continue reading “Five ex-US presidents join forces to support Harvey victims”
A massive earthquake struck off the southern coast of Mexico late Thursday and was felt as far away as Mexico City, where residents fled violently swaying buildings and electrical transformers exploded.
The Mexican Seismological Institute said the earthquake measured 8.4 in magnitude, making it the most powerful to strike Mexico since the disastrous earthquake of 1985, which caused extensive damage in Mexico City and left at least 5,000 people dead.
The epicenter of Thursday’s earthquake was about 60 miles off the coast of Chiapas state, near the border with Guatemala, according to the United States Geological Survey, which measured the quake’s magnitude at 8.1. Continue reading “Mexican authorities report an 8.4 earthquake off southern coast”
KDVR 31 Denver – by Tammy Vigil
HUDSON, Colo. — The tiny town of Hudson in northeastern Colorado is building its first elementary school since 1962.
And some of that money is coming from potheads.
The new Hudson Academy of Arts and Sciences will cost more than $15 million to build.
The school won a grant of $4.2 million, paid in part with marijuana taxes. Continue reading “Marijuana taxes partially fund new elementary school in small town”
A man armed with a knife was shot at Miami international Airport following a confrontation with a Miami-Dade police officer, according to authorities.
The conflict unfolded Thursday night and prompted the evacuation of Terminal J, CBS Miami reported. The airport confirmed there was a “security incident involving a single suspect & @MiamiDadePD.” Continue reading “Man with knife shot by police at Miami International Airport as travelers scramble to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Irma”