The Sleuth Journal – by Joe Martino

When it comes to taking herbs as a form of treatment for illness, it seems the mainstream belief is that they are not as effective and not worth taking. While effectiveness of each herb and their use has not been studied deeply to determine how effective it can be across the population, the same could be said for most pharmaceutical drugs. Much of the time, pharmaceutical drugs attempt to mimic a compound that occurs naturally in nature (herbs) but often bring the risk of side effects.   Continue reading “15 Plants And Herbs That Can Boost Lung Health, Heal Respiratory Infections And Repair Pulmonary Damage”

USA Today

Six people died and at least two others were missing Sunday after heavy rains in Texas and Kansas caused severe flooding. In one case near Austin, which received nine inches of rain this week, a vehicle with two people was swept off a flooded roadway.

Threats of floods prompted authorities to evacuate thousands of prisoners near Houston, and inmates in another prison on Saturday fought with correctional officers after flooding caused a power outage.   Continue reading “Flooding, severe weather devastate Texas”

ABC News 13

HOUSTON (KTRK) — A terrifying shootout in west Houston left two people dead and six more injured. One of those deceased is a suspect and the other is a citizen.

According to Houston police, it started as a shooting in progress call at 13200 Memorial Drive at around 10:15am. When an officer arrived, at least one of the suspects began firing. More units and a SWAT team were called in and a perimeter was set up around the scene.

At some point, one of the suspects was shot and killed, apparently by the other suspect. That other suspect was then shot by a SWAT team. The second suspect was taken to the hospital in unknown condition.   Continue reading “Two Dead, 6 Injured After Terrifying Shootout In West Houston”

New York Times – by MONICA DAVEY and MITCH SMITH

CHICAGO — During Memorial Day weekend, this city reopens its Lake Michigan beaches, regular fireworks displays start at Navy Pier, and the downtown streets and spruced-up Riverwalk are crowded with tourists.

But the holiday weekend is often seen here as the start of heightened violence as well. That has been particularly worrying this year to community leaders and city officials, as they grapple with a rise in gun violence that has traumatized some neighborhoods and left city officials searching for new ways to subdue street crime.   Continue reading “Pleading for Peace in Chicago Amid Fears of a Bloody Summer”

Daily Caller – by Luke Rosiak

Conflict of interest disclosure reports filed by top federal officials were removed from public view by the Obama administration in recent months, a move that government transparency and accountability advocates condemn as a major setback.

The Office of Government Ethics (OGE) reports are the primary tool that watchdog journalists, political activists and interested voters can use to guard against presidential appointees using their positions to enrich themselves or others.   Continue reading “Obama Admin Deletes Conflict Of Interest Disclosures For Top Bureaucrats”

The Blaze – by Billy Hallowell

The Obama administration has appointed a transgender individual to the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-based Neighborhood Partnerships, selecting Barbara Satin for a post along with two representatives of minority faiths.

Satin, who was born a man but identifies as a woman, is an Air Force veteran, a member of the United Church of Christ and currently works with the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, according to CBN News.   Continue reading “Obama Appoints Transgender Leader to Advisory Council on Faith-Based Neighborhood Partnerships”

RT

Military veterans, particularly those suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), may soon get access to medical cannabis in states that allow it after Congress voted to lift a federal ban.

Both the House and Senate approved measures Thursday to block the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) from enforcing its rule that prohibits its doctors from even discussing the treatment.   Continue reading “Medical cannabis for military veterans passes Congress, heads to Obama’s desk”

RT

After nearly two decades of development and costs approaching $4.4 billion, the US Navy has taken delivery of the DDG 1000, named after the legendary Admiral Elmo Zumwalt. The 610-foot stealth destroyer is the first of its class.

“Today, we celebrate the world’s greatest Navy taking ownership of the world’s greatest ship,” Rear Admiral (select) James Downey said in a statement after the ceremony at the General Dynamics Bath Iron Works in Brunswick, Maine.   Continue reading “Captain Kirk takes delivery of US Navy’s futuristic stealth destroyer”

CBS Pittsburgh – by Kym Gable

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Our relationships with our smartphones: for some, it’s attachment, for others, it’s addiction.

Several new studies show how the devices might be impacting our health.

Terms like ‘text-neck’ and ‘screen-sightedness’ didn’t exist several years ago.  But, the lingo is becoming more commonplace among medical professionals.   Continue reading “Techitis: Constantly Using Smartphones Causing Widespread Health Problems”

NBC News – by Jackie Benson

D.C. police have charged a security guard at a Giant grocery store with simple assault after a transgender woman said the guard forced her out of the women’s restroom.

Ebony Belcher, 32, said she went to the Giant in northeast D.C. with a friend to pick up a delivery from the Western Union.

While at the Giant, she asked a store employee to point her to the restroom and passed a female security officer standing in the hallway.   Continue reading “Guard Charged With Assault After Confronting Transgender Woman Using Women’s Restroom, Police Say”

CBS News

Morley Safer, the CBS newsman who changed war reporting forever when he showed GIs burning the huts of Vietnamese villagers and went on to become the iconic 60 Minutescorrespondent whose stylish stories on America’s most-watched news program made him one of television’s most enduring stars, died today in Manhattan. He was 84. He had homes in Manhattan and Chester, Conn.

Safer was in declining health when he announced his retirement last week; CBS News broadcast a long-planned special hour to honor the occasion on Sunday May 15 that he watched in his home.   Continue reading “60 Minutes’ Morley Safer dies at 84”

New York Times – by Declan Walsh

CAIRO — Egypt and Greece mounted a marine search-and-rescue operation in the southern Aegean Sea early Thursday for an EgyptAir passenger jet with 66 people on board that suddenly disappeared over the Mediterranean shortly before it was due to land in Cairo.

The reason for the plane’s disappearance was unclear, but the developments touched off fears about terrorism and investigations in Egypt, Greece and France, where the plane took off. Aviation security in Egypt has been under intense scrutiny since a bomb brought down a Russian airliner over the Sinai Peninsula in October, killing all 224 people on board, and France has tightened airport security after a series of terrorist attacks last year.

Continue reading “EgyptAir Flight Disappears Over Mediterranean”

Town Hall – by Courtney O’Brien

Illegal immigrants, or “undocumented workers,” as New York lawmakers like to classify them, were just given the green light to teach children in the Empire State. The state Board of Regents ruled on Tuesday that people who are enrolled in President Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals plan will be eligible to apply for teaching credentials.   Continue reading “Illegal Immigrants Will Soon Be Allowed to Teach in NY”

True Activist – by Amanda Froelich

Thanks to Shell oil company, a 2 mile by 13 mile sheen of oil is now visible in the sea about 97 miles off the Louisiana coast. This is a result of 88,200 gallons of crude oil leaking from the company’s pipeline that flows underwater, according to the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE).

Reuters relays that the flow line was connected to four wells and Shell’s Brutus platform, which floats in seas that are about a half mile deep in the Green Canyon area of the Gulf. While it is believed that the sheen came from a release of oil from subsea infrastructure, authorities are still investigating the cause of the incident.   Continue reading “Shell Dumps THOUSANDS Of Barrels Of Oil Into Gulf Of Mexico”

The Dollar Vigilante – by Jeff Berwick

In this Jubilee Year 2016, Pope Francis affirmed communism as the best structure for humankind and the European Union.

He did so upon receiving the Charlemagne Prize last week and made a speech that included the following comment: “We need to move from a liquid economy prepared to use corruption as a means of obtaining profits, to a social economy that guarantees access to land and lodging through labor.”   Continue reading “Pope Francis Calls For Worldwide Communist Government”