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HOLMDEL — A middle school and high school were placed in lock down Tuesday morning after a possible hoax report, police said.
In a post on Twitter, Holmdel police said the possible swatting incident happened at The William R. Satz School and both that middle school and Holmdel High School were placed in lockdown. Continue reading “2 schools in lockdown after possible swatting incident, police say”
KOOTENAI COUNTY, Idaho – The Idaho State Police are investigating a shooting that left a Coeur d’Alene police officer in critical condition early Tuesday morning.
Coeur d’Alene Police Chief Lee White speaking at the press conference said, at approximately 1:35 a.m. Tuesday morning, Sergeant Greg Moore was shot at the 2800 block of West Wilbur Ave.
Moore is in “very critical condition” at Kootenai Health, and is fighting for his life, according to White. Continue reading “Coeur d’Alene officer in critical condition after shooting”
Think Progress – by NATASHA GEILING
As California farmers face a fourth year of the state’s historic drought, they’re finding water in unexpected places — like Chevron’s Kern River oil field, which has been selling recycled wastewater from oil production to farmers in California’s Kern County. Each day, Chevron recycles and sells 21 million gallons of wastewater to farmers, which is then applied on about 10 percent of Kern County’s farmland. And while some praise the program as a model for dealing with water shortages, environmental groups are raising concerns about the water’s safety, according to a recent story in the Los Angeles Times. Continue reading “California Farmers Are Watering Their Crops With Oil Wastewater”
Never before seen types of military hardware, including new Armata main battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, will be showcased during the Moscow Victory Day Parade on May 9.
The Russian Defense Ministry posted on its website photos of its latest, most advanced models of military hardware that will be displayed in the Moscow Victory Day Parade on May 9. Continue reading “Armata, Kurganets & Co: Sneak Peak at Russia’s Brand New Military Equipment”
The second gunman suspected in the attack on a free speech event in Garland, Texas, has been identified as Nadir Soofi, the roommate of the previously identified attacker Elton Simpson, according to several reports. Both men reportedly lived together in Phoenix.
While Simpson was reportedly known by the FBI and convicted in 2010 for lying to authorities about plans to travel to Africa, Soofi was apparently not under surveillance by law enforcement or widely known. Continue reading “Second Suspected Gunman in Attack on Free Speech Event in Texas Identified”
Econintersect – by Niall McCarthy
Statista’s latest chart featured in The Independent took a glance at the history of the British empire.
According to the book “All the Countries We’ve Ever Invaded: And the Few We Never Got Round To”, there are only 22 countries Britain never invaded throughout the course of history. Continue reading “Only 22 Countries have Never been Invaded by Britain”
St.Louis Tribune – by Michael McFall
A West Jordan man is suing the city’s police department after one of its dogs chewed on his face — several seconds after he put up his hands in surrender, the complaint alleges.
Martin Lee Hoogveldt, 33, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Wednesday against the department, and specifically one of its officers, Ian Adams, alleging illegal entry and excessive force. Continue reading “Man sues West Jordan, Utah police; K-9 cop attacked his face during tree-burning incident”
Thousands of families whose homes were destroyed by Hurricane Sandy are being ordered to repay some of the compensation they received from the government.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is not only demanding interest on what it says were overpayments, but Washington is ready to call in debt collectors to recoup the cash.
That is not the only blow faced by families whose lives were devastated by the October 2012 hurricane which claimed 117 lives in the US and caused an estimated $50 billion (£32.5 billion) damage.
Continue reading “Anger as Hurricane Sandy victims have to pay back emergency aid with interest”
The latest in a series of Congressional bills intended to scale back the federal war on marijuana would make it easier for state-legal cannabis businesses to access banking services.
The Marijuana Business Access to Banking Act of 2015, introduced by 18 Democrats and one Republican, would protect banks from criminal penalties and asset forfeiture proceedings that they currently risk under federal law when doing business with entities in the marijuana industry. Continue reading “Congress Considers Banking Access for Marijuana Businesses”
CNS News – by L. Brent Bozell III and Tim Graham
The last year could be described as The Year of Transgender Propaganda. The Hollywood and news media push on the latest frontier of “gender fluidity” demonstrates the libertine left’s absolute arrogance that the LGBT revolution is an unstoppable juggernaut.
Time placed Laverne Cox on a “Transgender Tipping Point” cover last June, and the aggressive culture tipping took off. Amazon created a series around a retiree and father of three deciding he was a woman in “Transparent,” and won Golden Globes. Fox’s “Glee” had their female football coach grow a beard and be celebrated by a “historic” 200-member transgender choir. Continue reading “The ‘Upgrading’ of Bruce Jenner”
The information necessary to hack a military drone is freely available to the public, in academic publications and online documents, according to an Israeli defense manufacturer.
One such paper was published just a month before Iran claimed it downed a CIA stealth drone in 2011, Esti Peshin said Monday at the Defensive Cyberspace Operations and Intelligence conference in Washington DC. Peshin is the director of cyber programs for Israel Aerospace Industries. Continue reading “Just Google It: Info On How To Hack A Military Drone Is Already Online”
It hasn’t been a good day for the Baltimore Fraternity Order of Police Lodge 3 (FOP). The police union published a public letter this morning that asked State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby to assign a special prosecutor to investigate Freddie Gray’s death and included a subtle threat to the political career of her husband, City Councilman Nick Mosby, only to have Marilyn Mosby announce charges against six officers a few minutes later. Baltimore citizens celebrated in the streets when the charges were announced, and Mosby got a flood of press coverage, with a New York Times headline announce she is “Seen as Tough on Police Misconduct” and a New York magazine post calling her a “certified bad ass.” Continue reading “Union for Baltimore police attempts to raise funds for arrested officers, gets fundraiser almost immediately shut down”
More than one in four U.S. renters have to use at least half their family income to pay for housing and utilities.
That’s the finding of an analysis of Census data by Enterprise Community Partners, a nonprofit that helps finance affordable housing. The number of such households has jumped 26 percent to 11.25 million since 2007. Continue reading “1 in 4 U.S. renters must use half their pay for housing costs”
Following shocking revelations of child sexual abuse by French peacekeeping troops in the Central African Republic, the UN has warned that it is “horribly possible” that information about more such cases may emerge.
As the investigation continues into the alleged French crimes and troop misconduct, UN human rights spokesman, Rupert Colville admitted that “it is possible, it’s horribly possible,” that further inquiries will reveal more unreported instances. Continue reading “‘Horribly possible’: More child-rape cases by peacekeepers could emerge – UN”
With the right expertise in molecular biology, one could start a basic laboratory to modify human embryos using a genome-editing computer technique all for a couple thousand dollars, according to a new report.
Genetic modification has received heightened scrutiny recently following last week’s announcement that Chinese researchers had, for the first time, successfully edited human embryos’ genomes. The team at Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangzhou, China, used CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced palindromic repeats), a technique that relies on “cellular machinery” used by bacteria in defense against viruses. Continue reading “Lab for genetic modification of human embryos just $2,000 away – report”
I’d like to share with you a life-changing experience that happened to me when I was in the worst shape physically (and psychologically) that I had ever been in.
My troubles began on Christmas morning in ’95, as I was driving a friend to her son’s house in San Pedro. We were sitting at a red light behind a Toyota Forerunner for at least a half a minute, when a car (a Cadillac with a drunk driver, no less) hit us from behind. Unfortunately, I happened to be talking to Lee at that moment, and I was facing her. I never saw it coming. We were slammed into the truck in front of us, and my head was snapped sideways. The impact tore the custom bumper most of the way off the truck, but didn’t do much damage to my car. Continue reading “The ‘other’ MSM”
High Country News – by Sarah Gilman
In October of 2013, a helicopter sprayed a cocktail of herbicides over four clearcuts in a valley north of Gold Beach, Oregon, a coastal community at the mouth of the Rogue River. Logging companies rely on the practice to keep weeds and shrubs from outcompeting tree seedlings. The chemicals, though – including 2,4-D, an ingredient in Agent Orange – spread beyond their intended targets. As Rebecca Clarren reported in a cover story for High Country News last November, 35 nearby residents fell ill on the same day, reporting diarrhea, rashes, nosebleeds, bleeding lungs, and sickened animals. Continue reading “For rural Oregonians, protections from herbicides come up short”
Charlotte Observer – by Franco Ordoñez
North Carolina’s Republican senators have joined Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, to file legislation prohibiting people with gang ties from gaining immigration benefits.
The bill comes after federal immigration officials admitted that, in 2013, they stopped the deportation of a gang member who is now the suspect in the February slayings of four people in Charlotte.
Emmanuel Jesus Rangel-Hernandez was granted special immigration status two years ago, despite being listed in a federal database as a gang member. Continue reading “NC Senators: Don’t let gang members get immigration benefits”
