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A person driving a black SUV hopped the sidewalk and hit multiple pedestrians on the Upper East Side of Manhattan Thursday.
The vehicle struck at least three victims before crashing into a storefront at Madison Avenue and E. 46th Street. Continue reading “Speeding SUV Jumps Curb, Strikes Pedestrians In Manhattan”
A Hialeah, Florida man took matters into his own hands to remove AT&T workers from his property on Wednesday.
Jorge Jove, a 64-year-old retired Miami-Dade firefighter, shot the tires of two AT&T trucks, as seen in video captured of the incident and posted on Twitter.
Hialeah Police Sgt. Carl Zogby told WSVN that Jove was “upset that the trucks were parked in front of his house” and that he “asked them to move.” Continue reading “Florida Man Shoots Out Tires of an AT&T Truck Outside Home”
Washington Free Beacon – by Andrew Kugle
The city of Toronto estimated that it would cost $65,000 to build stairs for a local park, but one resident took it upon himself to build the stairs—and only spent $550.
The city has now threatened to tear down the stairs, CTV News reports.
Retired mechanic Adi Astl decided to build stairs that lead to a community garden in Tom Riley Park, in Etobicoke, Ontario after several neighbors fell and hurt themselves trying to walk on the steep path. Some of Astl’s neighbors chipped in for the cost of the project, which ended up being $550. Continue reading “City of Toronto Estimates $65,000 to Build Park Stairs, Man Does It Himself for $550”
44-year-old mother might seem an unusual visitor on the drug corners of Baltimore, but Erricka Bridgeford has shown up for weeks to make her pitch for peace.
Forget your grudges for one weekend, she urges the young men she finds. Help bring a 72-hour truce to a city besieged by gun violence.
“It’s a citywide call,” she tells them, “but I’m talking to you.” Continue reading “‘Nobody kill anybody’: Murder-free weekend urged in Baltimore”
February was a bad month for Larry Burruel and thousands of other retired Ohio iron workers. His monthly take-home pension was cut by more than half from $3,700 to $1,600.
Things have been rough in the Rust Belt, but this was a particularly powerful punch in the pocketbook for Burruel, who started in the trade at 19 and worked 36 years before opting for early retirement to make way for younger workers. Unfortunately, this sagging industry doesn’t have enough younger workers to pay for retirees like Burruel, whose pension plan is in what the U.S. Treasury Department calls “critical and declining status.”
Continue reading “Another blow for heartland workers: Slashed pensions”
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has been diagnosed with brain cancer, the Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix said Wednesday.
The tumor was discovered after the senior Arizona senator underwent a minor procedure last week to remove a blood clot from above his left eye. Continue reading “John McCain diagnosed with brain cancer”
The Daily Caller – by Ryan Pickrell
The second highest-ranking U.S. military official said Tuesday that the U.S. should consider the use of military force against North Korea.
North Korea successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile that can range certain parts of the U.S. earlier this month, although it could not do so with “any degree of accuracy,” Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Paul Selva told the Senate Arms Services Committee Tuesday, adding that the missile — the Hwasong-14 — appears to lack the necessary guidance capabilities. Continue reading “Top US General: ‘We Have To Entertain’ The Possibility Of Military Action In North Korea”
The Gateway Pundit – by Jim Hoft
Dr. Milton Wolf is a board-certified diagnostic radiologist in Kansas. The good doctor is also President Barack Obama’s second cousin, once removed. Dr. Wolf ran for the US Senate against Senator Pat Roberts in 2014 and narrowly lost to the longtime senator in the GOP primary.
This weekend Senator John McCain had surgery.
The senator’s office called the procedure routine.
Continue reading “Dr. Milton Wolf: Media Covering for John McCain – Senator’s BRAIN SURGERY Is Serious, Can Be Life Ending”
Continuing the immoral, unethical (and probably unconstitutional) practice of “asset forfeiture” by Attorney General Jeff Sessions is bad enough.
Now President Trump’s top lawman said he plans to increase the practice, which involves law enforcement seizing the personal property from suspected criminals without them having ever being charged with a crime. Continue reading “Jeff Sessions Announces Plans To INCREASE Asset Forfeiture, Despite Widespread Opposition”
Transgender parent in Canada fights to have the world's first "gender-neutral" baby. pic.twitter.com/ylQ2cBzLVq
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) July 18, 2017
In the sometimes hostile waters of the Persian Gulf looms the US Navy’s first — in fact, the world’s first — active laser weapon.
The LaWS, an acronym for Laser Weapons System, is not science fiction. It is not experimental. It is deployed on board the USS Ponce amphibious transport ship, ready to be fired at targets today and every day by Capt. Christopher Wells and his crew. Continue reading “CNN witnesses US Navy’s drone-killing laser”
The Daily Sheeple – by Will Porter
The number of civilian casualties inflicted in the U.S.-led coalition’s war on the Islamic State is set to double under the Trump administration, according to an investigation conducted by Airwars, a group that monitors noncombatant deaths in Iraq and Syria.
Airwars estimates that at least 2,300 civilians were killed in coalition strikes overseen by the Obama White House, about 80 per month in Iraq and Syria. As of July 13, however, already more than 2,200 additional casualties have been inflicted under the Trump administration, about 360 per month, or 12 more civilians killed every single day. Continue reading “Civilian Casualties In Iraq And Syria Set To Double Under Trump”
The Free Thought Project – by Rachel Blevins
A recent report on the number of sexually exploited children in Florida gives insight into a horrific world that is often ignored by the media, and that rarely holds millionaires, politicians and even local officials accountable for their involvement.
A report from the Florida legislature’s Office of Program Policy Analysis & Government Accountability concluded that the state’s Department of Children and Family (DCF) and its lead agencies “have not resolved issues related to serving commercially sexually exploited children.”
Continue reading “Child Sex Trafficking in the US is Exploding, Govt Admits They Aren’t Stopping It”
The Daily Caller – Jonah Bennett
Both the White House and Secretary of Defense James Mattis reportedly asked Congress not to prohibit Pentagon funds from being used for gender transition treatments.
According to Michigan GOP Rep. Justin Amash, who voted against the amendment that would have blocked the Department of Defense from using funds on gender transition treatments, the White House and Mattis requested that Congress not support Missouri GOP Rep. Vicky Hartzler’s amendment until the Trump administration presents a fully fleshed out transgender policy. Continue reading “White House, Mattis Urged Congress Not To Block DOD Funds For Gender Transitions”
Town Hall – by Jennifer Van Laar
This year California legislators passed the largest gas tax increase in decades, a move which will hit the middle class the hardest. When middle class taxpayers got upset, Gov. Brown hit back, calling them “freeloaders” and invoking the “everyone has to pitch in for society!” talking points.
Maybe they’d have more money if they weren’t spending it on things people don’t rely on the government to provide. Continue reading “California Doesn’t Have Money to Fix Roads, But Drops Millions on Gun Violence Research”
The Hill – by Julia Manchester
Olympic gold medalist and transgender activist Caitlyn Jenner is the latest celebrity to reveal she has considered launching a run for Senate, telling radio host John Catsimatidis she is in the process of determining her future in activism and politics.
“I have considered it. I like the political side of it,” Jenner, who is a Republican, told Catsimatidis on AM 970 in New York.
Continue reading “Caitlyn Jenner weighs run for Senate”
U.S. Sen. John McCain on Friday underwent a medical procedure at Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix to remove a blood clot from above his left eye, the 80-year-old Arizona Republican’s office announced Saturday afternoon.
McCain’s recovery from the procedure will cause him to be absent from the Senate next week, forcing an unexpected delay in Senate Republicans’ efforts to pass their controversial health-care legislation. Continue reading “Sen. John McCain undergoes surgery for blood clot, delaying key health-care vote”
Former Haitian government Klaus Eberwein was found dead in a motel room earlier this week from a gunshot wound to the head. The Miami-Dade medical examiner is ruling it a suicide.
What’s suspicious about this ‘suicide’? Eberwein was set to testify against the Clinton Foundation. Interesting. Continue reading “Another Victim of Clinton Arkancide? Man Set to Testify Against Clinton Foundation Found Dead of Apparent Suicide”