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Syrian government forces carried out airstrikes against the Islamic State, killing at least 31 jihadists on Sunday. The moderate rebels are calling for US strikes, as in neighboring Iraq, saying the regime is not fighting the Islamic State hard enough.

At least 26 airstrikes targeting Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) positions in Syria were carried out on Sunday by government forces, Reuters reports, citing the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.   Continue reading “Syrian Air Force strike ISIS positions in Raqqa”

Breitbart – by Kristin Tate

HOUSTON, Texas — While the national unemployment rate rose during the last month, Texas’ remained relatively low at just 5.1 percent, according to new data from the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC).

Texas’ current unemployment rate is well below the national average, which currently sits at 6.2 percent.

Midland is home to Texas’ lowest unemployment rate; according to the TWC, only 2.9 percent of the population there is jobless.    Continue reading “Texas Job Market Flourishing as National Unemployment Rate Increases”

KRGV 5 News

ROMA- A church in Roma is said to offer refuge to illegal crossers. CHANNEL 5 NEWS investigated.

Border patrol agents say they have no jurisdiction on the church or school grounds and smugglers are aware of it. Agents tell CHANNEL 5 NEWS illegal crossers try to skirt the law by hiding on church grounds like Our Lady of Refuge.   Continue reading “Church Said to Offer Refuge to Illegal Crossers”

KRGV 5 News

HIDALGO – A particular group of National Guards is assigned to sky towers owned by municipalities, sheriff departments and the U.S. Border Patrol in Hidalgo and Starr counties.

Two of them are in the city of Hidalgo. The police chief there welcomes the extra manpower.   Continue reading “National Guards Assigned to Sky Towers in the Valley”

USA Today – by Alison Young

More than 1,100 laboratory incidents involving bacteria, viruses and toxins that pose significant or bioterror risks to people and agriculture were reported to federal regulators during 2008 through 2012, government reports obtained by USA TODAY show.

More than half these incidents were serious enough that lab workers received medical evaluations or treatment, according to the reports. In five incidents, investigations confirmed that laboratory workers had been infected or sickened; all recovered.   Continue reading “Hundreds of bioterror lab mishaps cloaked in secrecy”

The Guardian – by Rose Hackman

Detroit police chief James Craig – nicknamed “Hollywood” for his years spent in the LAPD and his seeming love of being in front of the camera – has repeatedly called on “good” and “law-abiding” Detroiters to arm themselves against criminals in the city.

His words have not fallen on deaf ears.   Continue reading “Police tell Detroiters to buy guns in city riven by race issues and crime”

ABC News

Students going back to school in Dubuque, Iowa, are going to find it a little harder to slack off in gym.

Public middle and high school students will have to wear heart rate monitors in gym class to make sure they are actually being physically active.   Continue reading “Iowa Students to Wear Heart Rate Monitors”

Yahoo News – by Ellen Wulfhorst

FERGUSON Mo. (Reuters) – One person was shot and critically wounded and seven arrested early on Sunday as police in Ferguson, Missouri, clashed with protesters when a curfew was imposed following days of unrest over a black teenager being shot dead by a white police officer.

Scores of demonstrators had remained in the streets after the curfew took effect at midnight (0500 GMT). Law enforcement officials used loudspeakers to warn protesters to disperse immediately. Officers, equipped with gas masks and full-length shields, stood among and on top of armored vehicles.   Continue reading “One shot, seven arrested in clashes after curfew in Ferguson, Missouri”

CNN – by Ralph Ellis, Jason Hanna and Shimon Prokupecz

Ferguson, Missouri (CNN) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon on Saturday declared a state of emergency and implemented a midnight to 5 a.m. curfew in Ferguson, where the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager sparked a week of protests and sporadic looting.

“I’m committed to making sure the forces of peace and justice prevail,” Nixon said at a community meeting. “If we’re going to achieve justice, we first must have and maintain peace.”   Continue reading “Missouri governor imposes curfew in Ferguson, declares emergency”

USA Today – by Niraj Warikoo

DETROIT — A Detroit-area school district with a growing Arab-American population has agreed to improve its programs for students with limited English skills and to potentially hire more educators of Arab descent.

In a 31-page agreement with the Department of Justice, the Crestwood School District in Dearborn Heights says it “shall take appropriate action to overcome language barriers that impede equal and meaningful participation by” students with limited English skills.   Continue reading “Mich. district to boost programs for immigrant students”

Yahoo News

Mexico City (AFP) – Mexico’s foreign ministry late Friday protested Texas Governor Rick Perry’s deployment of National Guard troops to the southern US border to halt the surge of child migrants.

Mexico “reiterates, in a firm and categorical way, its rejection of this measure,” read a statement from the foreign ministry.

“No circumstance at all or change in border security exists that justifies this measure taken by the state.”   Continue reading “Mexico protests Texas National Guard troops on US border”

Breitbart – by Tony Lee

A Texas rancher who spends $20,000 a year repairing damage that illegal immigrants do to his land says his biggest fear is getting sued by illegal immigrants who may get hurt or killed trespassing on his private ranch.

Presnall Cage, a Brooks County rancher who has found numerous dead illegal immigrants on his ranch, told the Guardian that he and other landowners were angered by “a wrongful death lawsuit filed against a neighbor” in 2007 by the family of illegal immigrants.    Continue reading “TX Rancher: Biggest Fear Is Getting Sued By Illegals Trespassing on Land”

Yahoo News – by Jason Sickles

FERGUSON, Mo. — Six months before he shot and killed an unarmed teenager, police Officer Darren Wilson earned a commendation for his “extraordinary effort in the line of duty.”

Yahoo News confirmed the award through the February 11 Ferguson City Council meeting minutes and photos Wilson’s father posted to his Facebook page.

“Very proud of my son, Darren Wilson on his receiving a Commendation from his Police Department,” John Wilson wrote on February 11. “Congratulations Son.”   Continue reading “Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson earned police honor before fatal shooting”

Breitbart – by Bob Price

HOUSTON, Texas—Breitbart Texas has learned that a story released yesterday by the Associated Press (AP), and subsequently picked up by other news outlets across Texas, is not correct. While there are Texas National Guardsmen on the border, they are not part of the Texas controlled deployment of 1,000 members of the Texas National Guard (TNG).

Yesterday, the AP reported that the deployment of TNG forces had begun as part of Texas Governor Rick Perry’s deployment of 1,000 soldiers to a portion of the Rio Grande Sector of the Texas-Mexico Border.  Subsequent to the AP’s report, several media outlets across Texas picked up the story. The outlets quoted TNG Master Sergeant Ken Walker as saying that several dozen soldiers deployed in the Rio Grande Valley are part of the up to 1,000 troops called up by Perry last month.    Continue reading “AP, Most Media Wrong on Texas Guard Border Deployment”

Your typical “Problem-Reaction-Solution” story here:

Yahoo News – by Michael Isikoff

U.S. counterterrorism officials have dramatically ramped up their warnings about the threat posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), concluding that the well-armed group is expanding its ambitions outside the Middle East and may be planning terror attacks against western Europe — and even the U.S. homeland.   Continue reading “ISIL could pose threat to US, Europe, officials say”

Breitbart – by Merrill Hope

DALLAS, Texas — Room 1060 at the Earl Cabell Federal Building in downtown Dallas was the most compassionate place on earth, Monday, August 11, for minors who were in the various stages of the legal process for “Hearings on Removal Procedures” because they entered the United States through Texas illegally. This was the big rescheduled immigration court date, the result of the August 4 “no-show Monday.”   Continue reading “Illegal Minors Have A Field Day in Dallas Immigration Court”

Breitbart – by Caroline May

In response to an inquiry about unaccompanied minors from one of its school divisions, Virginia’s Department of Education issued a memo this month reminding its 132 divisions about their obligation to educate all children.

“In light of the heightened media coverage of the issue of undocumented immigrant children, VDOE provides the following updated information for your use in responding to community questions or issues,” says the memo distributed to the commonwealth’s 132 school divisions and obtained by Breitbart News.   Continue reading “Immigrant Children to Be Classified as ‘Homeless’ to Avoid School Enrollment Documentation Requirements”