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The NarcoSphere – by Brenda Norrell
The Apache Stronghold Convoy visited the graves of the children who never came home at Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania, remembering the Chiricahua Apache children who were held as prisoners of war.
“We need to know our history, where we have been will guide us to where we are going. ” said Wendsler Nosie Sr., Apache. Continue reading “Apache Stronghold Convoy nears DC for repeal of law desecrating Oak Flat for copper mining”
Members of the Apache tribe stood chanting in a circle with drums and posters in the center of New York’s Times Square on Friday, to protest against a bill that will hand over land they hold sacred to a foreign mining corporation.
Times Square was the latest stop for activists from the Apache tribe who are travelling across the United States to battle for Oak Flat and to draw attention to a bill introduced by Arizona representative Raúl M Grijalva to repeal the decision to hand the land over to Resolution Copper. Continue reading “Apache tribe brings battle for Oak Flat to New York’s Times Square”
Update, 6 p.m.: Staten Island Borough President Jimmy Oddo says Staten Island’s bridges are reopening. However, the NYPD tells Patch that police checkpoints are still operating at all the bridges as they continue to search for the suspects, causing major traffic delays.
Police now believe the suspects were carrying paintball guns, not rifles. You can find the NYPD’s most recent statement on the situation in Staten Island at the bottom of this post.
Continue reading “Staten Island on Lockdown as NYPD Hunt for Possible Armed Gunmen”
America’s 1st Freedom – by Clay Turner
Gun-banning billionaire Michael Bloomberg has launched a “gun news” site called The Trace. By way of introduction, The Trace’s editors admitted, “We do bring a point of view to the issue of gun violence: We believe there is too much of it.”
As admissions go, this one doesn’t admit much guilt. But The Trace editors show their true colors before they can exit the paragraph, backhanding the ban on funding for CDC’s positioning of gun violence as a “public health issue”; complaining that anti-gun politicians and journalists (like those at The Trace) can’t get at gun trace data in order to manipulate it; misrepresenting the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act; and expressing apoplexy that doctors are prevented from prying into the lives of gun owners. Continue reading “No Trace Of Truth | Michael Bloomberg Launches An Anti-Gun News Service”
A corrections officer escorting an inmate to his cell was beaten to death Wednesday at a far northeast Texas prison, Department of Criminal Justice officials said.
The officer was escorting the inmate from a dayroom at the Telford Unit when he was attacked with an object, prison agency spokesman Jason Clark said. Officials did not immediately identify the weapon. Continue reading “Texas Corrections Officer Killed in Inmate Attack”
Indian Country – by Simon Moya-Smith
As many as 100 people marched through the streets of Denver on Tuesday to protest the death of a mentally ill Native American man who was shot multiple times by police late Sunday.
A Denver police officer, whose name has not been released, shot Paul Castaway, 35, four times in the torso after officers said Castaway had gotten “dangerously close” with a knife, The Denver Post reported. Continue reading “Police Shoot, Kill Mentally Ill Native American Man; Family Demands Justice”
The Food and Drug Administration is strengthening its warnings about painkillers like ibuprofen, saying they do raise the risk of heart attack or stroke.
People should think carefully about taking these drugs, both over-the-counter versions and prescription pills, the FDA says. It’s asking manufacturers to change the labels. Continue reading “FDA Strengthens Heart Safety Warnings on Painkillers”
Actor Omar Sharif, best known for his roles in classic films Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago, has died aged 83.
Egypt-born Sharif won two Golden Globe awards and an Oscar nomination for his role as Sherif Ali in David Lean’s 1962 epic Lawrence of Arabia. Continue reading “Omar Sharif: Lawrence of Arabia star dies aged 83”
The angry wife of the ousted Clinton Correctional Facility warden said Gov. Cuomo has made her husband and his right-hand men scapegoats for the daring prison break by two killers.
Superintendent Steven Racette’s spouse went off after the Department of Corrections announced he had been placed on administrative leave. Continue reading “Clinton Correctional warden’s wife blasts Cuomo after prison officials put on leave: ‘He’s definitely looking for a scapegoat’”
The superintendent at the prison where two killers broke out has been placed on leave along with his security chief and 10 other staff members amid an internal investigation into how the inmates pulled it off, a state official said Tuesday.
The 12-member group is in addition to the guard and the prison tailor shop instructor who have been arrested on charges they helped the escapees. Continue reading “Official: Prison Chief, 11 Others Put on Leave After Escape”
ALBANY, NY (AP) – A prosecutor says the inmate captured 22 days after breaking out of a northern New York prison claims to have used no power tools in the breakout.
That’s contrary to official accounts from soon after the June 6 breakout at the maximum-security Clinton Correctional Facility.
Clinton County District Attorney Andrew Wylie, who will prosecute Sweat for the escape says Tuesday that the injured cop-killer told investigators from his hospital bed that he started cutting through steel cellblock walls in January using only a hacksaw blade. Continue reading “Sweat: No power tools used in escape”
Ammoland – by Eric at the Gunmart Blog
United States –-(Ammoland.com)- I’ll make this short and sweet… I don’t care what your opinions on the Confederate flag are, nor does it matter what my opinion on the matter is.
Thats not what I want to discuss.
What I want to point out is that the only reason the Confederate flag card was thrown was to create racial strife and division. The left doesn’t want the flag to come down… in fact, the bigger “win” for them is in a loss. Continue reading “The Left Wants More Than The Confederate Flag Burned”
MALONE – The manhunt is over.
David Sweat, who escaped from Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, 23 days ago with Richard Matt, was shot by a state trooper in the Town of Constable Sunday afternoon, roughly three miles from the Canadian border. Continue reading “Source: David Sweat was shot in the back as he fled from trooper”
MALONE – Richard Matt has been shot and killed near Malone, two sources have told The Buffalo News.
The sources said that a shootout occurred and that Matt was killed.
The FBI and other law enforcement were involved in the incident. No police were injured.
David Sweat is believed to be in a nearby wooded area, and a furious ground search is underway, one source told The News. Continue reading “Sources: Escapee Richard Matt killed in shootout near Malone”
The Washington Post – by Tom Jackman
Sitting in his surgical gown inside a large medical suite in Reston, Va., a Vienna man prepared for his colonoscopy by pressing record on his smartphone, to capture the instructions his doctor would give him after the procedure.
But as soon as he pressed play on his way home, he was shocked out of his anesthesia-induced stupor: He found that he had recorded the entire examination and that the surgical team had mocked and insulted him as soon as he drifted off to sleep. Continue reading “Anesthesiologist trashes sedated patient — and it ends up costing her”
New York Daily News – by Thomas Tracy
Not everyone’s happy with Mayor de Blasio’s surprise decision to add close to 1,300 officers to the NYPD’s ranks.
The head of the police union said Tuesday that the paltry number is just a “drop in the bucket.”
“We have lost nearly 7,000 (cops) since 2001,” Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association President Pat Lynch said in a statement. “Understaffing not only empowers criminals, but it leads management to make bad policy decisions.” Continue reading “Police union, advocates critical of decision to add 1,300 cops to NYPD”
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday handed President Barack Obama the biggest legislative victory of his second term, with a dramatic vote clearing the way for major trade agreements with Pacific Rim nations and the European Union.
The vote all but ensures the passage of legislation that will allow Obama to “fast-track” the trade pacts he negotiates through Congress, preventing filibusters or amendments. Liberals have long assailed Obama’s trade agenda, but Republicans successfully wooed a bloc of Democrats led by Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) to secure enough votes to overcome a filibuster. Continue reading “Senate Gives Obama Huge Win On Trade”
WSOC TV – by Jim Bradley and Blake Hanson
Charlotte, NC – A Burke County man has been charged with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
A criminal complaint was filed Monday in federal court, charging Justin Nojan Sullivan, 19, of Morganton with one count of attempting to provide material support to ISIL, one count of transporting and receiving a silencer in interstate commerce with intent to commit a felony and one count of receipt and possession of an unregistered silencer, unidentified by a serial number. Continue reading “Morganton, NC teen accused of planning attacks to support ISIS, DOJ says”
There was a stunning surprise today when the local chapter of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals presented its annual National Hero Dog Award.
The winner was a cat.
Tara, a 7-year-old tabby from Bakersfield, bested “man’s best friend” to claim the award and its accompanying prize — which was adjusted from a year’s supply of dog food to 12 months’ worth of cat chow, courtesy of PurinaOne. Continue reading “Cat Named Dog of the Year”
