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HETH, Ark. (WREG) — An Arkansas dad is using a handmade sign on his rural St. Francis County property to defend and protect his 16-year-old daughter.
Shelton Kitchens said he learned recently that his daughter was in a sexual relationship with a 21-year-old man.
“I find my daughter like she’s almost eaten alive. It’s sickening when you raise her shirt and look at it. Hickeys all over,” he said. Continue reading “Angry father posts ‘child molester’ sign in his neighbor’s yard”
Washington Post – by Drew Harwell
Workers at a factory in China used by the company that makes clothing for Ivanka Trump’s fashion line and other brands worked nearly 60 hours a week to earn wages of little more than $62 a week, according to a factory audit released Monday.
The factory’s 80 workers knit clothes for the contractor, G-III Apparel Group, which has held the exclusive license to make the Ivanka Trump brand’s $158 dresses, $79 blouses and other clothes since 2012. The company also makes clothes for Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger and other brands. Continue reading “Workers endured long hours, low pay at Chinese factory used by Ivanka Trump’s clothing-maker”
Fox News anchor Heather Nauert has been hired by the State Department to be its spokeswoman.
Nauert, 47, has been a news anchor on “Fox & Friends” since 2012 and has been with Fox News and local New York Fox affiliate Fox 5 for most of the past 20 years, save for a two-year stint at ABC News from 2005-2007. Continue reading “‘Fox & Friends’ anchor to be State spokeswoman”
New York Times – by Nicholas Fandos
WASHINGTON — President Trump has selected Randolph D. Alles, a retired Marine Corps general and acting deputy commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, to lead the Secret Service, the White House announced on Tuesday.
Mr. Alles, who retired from the Marine Corps as a two-star general in 2011, is the first Secret Service director in at least a century not to have served in the agency’s ranks.
Continue reading “Randolph Alles, Retired General, Is Chosen to Lead Secret Service”
I am deeply honored to speak with you tonight, as the World Jewish Congress gathers in New York City with the leaders from across the world.
First, I want to thank Ronald Lauder, not only for his many years of friendship – and he truly has been my good friend, he even predicted early that I was going to win the presidency – but also for his leadership of this organization. He has done a fantastic job. Continue reading “FULL TRANSCRIPT: Donald Trump’s Remarks on Holocaust Remembrance Day”
New York Post – by Susan Edelman
City public schools would have to serve halal and kosher meals to any student who requests them if a new bill becomes law, The Post has learned.
State Assemblyman David Weprin (D-Queens) has introduced legislation requiring public schools to offer food that meets a student’s religious dietary restrictions. Continue reading “NYC public schools may be required to serve kosher, halal options”
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Sunday that Penn Station needs major improvements in coordination, training and staffing following a panic and stampede a week ago Friday.
In the incident a week ago Friday, a disabled NJ TRANSIT train first led to widespread delays and left the train depot packed and crammed.
Then, as frustrated passengers crowded the platforms, Amtrak police used a Taser on a suspect, which some people mistook for the sound of gunshots. Continue reading “Schumer Demands Better Police Coordination At Penn Station After Stampede”
At the end of a long gravel road in East College Station, the world’s first cloned cat — now 15 years old — lives in what longtime Texas A&M Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Science researcher Duane Kraemer describes affectionately as a “kitty barn.”
CC, also known as Copy Cat, was born in December 2001, the result of the 87th attempt at cloning a cat by Kraemer’s lab at Texas A&M after several years of trying.
Continue reading “First cloned cat ‘like any other’ 15 years later”
A Fresno State professor is under federal investigation for reportedly tweeting that “Trump must hang.”
Breitbart reported on Lars Maischak’s tweets about a week ago, quoting one of his posts from February as saying, “To save American democracy, Trump must hang. The sooner and the higher, the better. #TheResistance #DeathToFascism.” Continue reading “Fresno State professor under fire for reportedly tweeting ‘Trump must hang’”
North Korea attempted to fire a missile it introduced at a massive military parade – but it was an embarrassing failure when the weapon blew up four or five seconds after being launched.
It is thought to be one of the country’s new ‘game-changer’ intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) which was revealed to the world in a display of military might yesterday.
The South Korean defence ministry said it had detected a failed launch from Sinpo – where North Korea’s biggest submarine base is located. Continue reading “North Korean ballistic missile launch FAILS”
The Washington Post – by Anna Fifield and Simon Denyer
TOKYO — North Korea put on a huge military spectacle Saturday to celebrate its founder’s birthday, parading its series of new and technologically advanced missiles in front of Kim Jong Un, and in a defiant show of force in front of the world.
North Korea did not, however, carry out another nuclear test or ballistic missile launch, against widespread speculation that it would seek to celebrate Kim Il Sung’s 105th birthday with a bang. Continue reading “North Korea shows off new missiles in huge military parade, but doesn’t test nuke”
DENVER — A church for marijuana enthusiasts is planning its official grand opening in Denver, just in time for the “high holiday” of April 20.
The International Church of Cannabis has taken over a former Lutheran church at 400 S. Logan St. and claims to be the first large venue in the world where cannabis can be legally consumed in a social environment. Continue reading “Former Christian church in Denver converted into ‘International Church of Cannabis’”
Washington Post – by Thomas Gibbons-Neff
U.S.-led aircraft accidentally bombed friendly Syrian forces fighting the Islamic State in northern Syria on Tuesday, killing 18, the Pentagon said Thursday. The April 11 bombing marks the worst confirmed friendly-fire incident in the nearly three-year-old war against the terrorist group.
The U.S.-led coalition said in a statement that the airstrike was requested by “partnered forces” near the town of Tabqa who accidentally targeted a group of Kurdish and Arab fighters known as the Syrian Democratic Forces, or SDF. The partnered forces believed that the SDF’s position belonged to the Islamic State, the statement said. Continue reading “U.S.-led coalition accidentally bombs Syrian allies, killing 18”
US President Donald Trump has said Nato is “no longer obsolete”, reversing a stance that had alarmed allies.
Hosting Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the White House, Mr Trump said the threat of terrorism had underlined the alliance’s importance.
He called on Nato to do more to help Iraqi and Afghan “partners”.
Continue reading “Trump says Nato ‘no longer obsolete’”
WASHINGTON – South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s decision to launch warplanes from Shayrat Airfield just hours after it was bombed by U.S. cruise missiles was a “huge mistake.”
“Here’s what I think Assad’s telling Trump by flying from this base: ‘F you,'” Graham said on “Meet The Press.” “And I think he’s making a huge mistake. Because if you’re an adversary of the United States and you don’t worry about what Trump may do on any given day, then you’re crazy.” Continue reading “Sen. Graham: Assad Saying ‘F You’ to Trump By Flying From Bombed Airfield”
Syrian warplanes took off from the same airbase hit by US missiles on Friday to carry out bombing raids on rebel-held areas, including the town targeted in a chemical attack.
The aircraft took off from inside the Shayrat base just hours after the US strike and struck targets in the eastern Homs countryside, according to a a monitoring group.
The Syrian airstrikes were carried out on Khan Sheikhoun – the same town Bashar al-Assad is accused of attacking with chemicals – and seven other towns. Continue reading “Syrian warplanes take off from airbase targeted by US cruise missiles just hours later”