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Environmental scientist Paul J. Lioy, whose work focused on the health effects of the dust produced by 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York, died suddenly at the age of 68 at Newark Liberty International Airport.
The cause of Lioy’s death has yet to be determined, according to his wife Jean Lioy. Continue reading “Scientist Who Analyzed Dust From 9/11 Attacks Dies Suddenly”
Las Vegas Review Journal – by Henry Brean
Conservation groups are blasting a plan in Congress that could split Desert National Wildlife Refuge north of Las Vegas and hand half of it over to the U.S. Air Force.
The change, tucked quietly into the House version of a massive defense authorization bill now in conference committee, would make land withdrawals permanent for the Nevada Test and Training Range and put the Department of Defense in charge of almost 850,000 acres currently managed by both the Pentagon and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Continue reading “Military takeover of Nevada wildlife refuge angers conservationists”
Six British bank staff members have been sacked after filming themselves staging a mock Isis-style execution during a team-building day out.
The HSBC workers were dressed in overalls and balaclavas at a go-karting centre when they staged a beheading scene, the Sun reported. Continue reading “Bank staff sacked for mock execution video”
An Orangeburg County man who shot and wounded a DEA agent during a surprise pre-dawn drug raid outside his home last fall was sentenced to eight years in prison Monday.
Just before U.S. Judge Michelle Childs passed sentence on Joel Robinson, 33, the agent Robinson shot told the judge there was no excuse for Robinson’s shooting him and that he almost lost his life. Continue reading “Man gets eight years in prison for shooting DEA agent during surprise raid on his house. No drugs were found during the raid.”
Natural Blaze – by Erin Elizabeth
This has been a tragic few weeks and our hearts go out to family and friends of the doctors. First we had controversial Autism researcher Dr. Jeff Bradstreet MD who was found in a river with a gunshot wound to his chest and died in or around June 19th. His friends and family started a memorial page on June 20th in his honor on Facebook. I waited 3 days after that to report the story out of respect. A few still write that I shouldn’t cover these stories, but I am a journalist, and as I’ve repeatedly said, it brought me no joy to report the news. Dr. Bradstreet had lived just 45 minutes from us here in Florida. Continue reading “Murdered: 3rd “Alternative” Prominent Doctor From Florida Found Dead in 2 Weeks”
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A Ten Commandments monument on the Oklahoma Capitol grounds is a religious symbol and must be removed because it violates the state’s constitutional ban on using public property to benefit a religion, the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
The court said the Ten Commandments chiseled into the 6-foot-tall granite monument, which was privately funded by a Republican legislator, are “obviously religious in nature and are an integral part of the Jewish and Christian faiths.” Continue reading “Oklahoma court: Ten Commandments monument must come down”
Denver, CO -(AmmoLand.com)- In yet another decision that thumbs it’s nose at the Supreme Court’s landmark D.C. v. Heller and McDonald v. Chicago rulings, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals held today that the Second Amendment does not protect gun rights outside of one’s home.
The case, Bonidy v. United States Postal Service, challenged 39 C.F.R. § 232.1(l), which prohibits the storage and carriage of firearms on USPS property. The district court decision found that the law was unconstitutional as applied to its prohibition on guns in parking lots, but not the ban on carry inside government buildings. Continue reading “Another Federal Circuit Court Unravels Second Amendment Gun Rights”
Market Watch – by Silvia Ascarelli
Here’s what it looks like in Greece today, after a weekend in which the government walked away from negotiations with creditors and declared a referendum on debt-holder demands for this Sunday: Banks are closed, and there are lines outside ATMs, where withdrawals from a Greek account are limited to just 60 euros.
That’s if there is still money in the ATM. Continue reading “7 photos that sum up what it looks like in Greece today”
Remember back when newspapers were considered the leading defenders of the First Amendment and free speech? Apparently that’s over. Newsday (the newspaper I grew up reading) has an editorial up by Anne Michaud (the publication’s “interactive editor”) in which she argues for adismantling of the First Amendment when it comes to “hate speech.” These kinds of arguments have become popular again lately (in fact, many in the US seem to think that hate speech isalready not protected under the First Amendment). Michaud’s piece starts out by highlighting how she, herself, explored the white supremacist world a few years ago: Continue reading “Newsday Editor: Carve Hate Speech Out Of First Amendment, Hold Websites Responsible If Users Post Hate Speech”
Las Vegas Review Journal – by Ron Paul Gavino
Las Vegas celebrated the legalization of same-sex marriage in the only way it knows how: with big, bright lights shining through the night.
After the Supreme Court’s Friday ruling that the U.S. Constitution provides same-sex couples the right to marry,Nevadans showed their approval all over the state. Continue reading “Las Vegas city hall lit up as a rainbow to celebrate gay marriage”
Las Vegas Review Journal – by Alex Stedman
LOS ANGELES — Chris Squire, known for co-founding and playing bass for prog rock band Yes, died Saturday night just a month after revealing that he had been diagnosed with leukemia. He was 67.
Yes confirmed the news on their Facebook page, saying Squire died peacefully in Phoenix. Continue reading “Bassist and co-founder of Yes, Chris Squire, dies at 67”
The Confederate flag in front of the South Carolina Statehouse was removed by an African-American woman on Saturday. She was arrested by local authorities, and the flag was soon raised again.
The woman, identified as 30-year-old Bree Newsome of Raleigh, NC., was halfway up the 30-foot flagpole when State Capitol police told her to come down. Ignoring their calls, she continued up the pole and removed the flag. Continue reading “Woman arrested for removing Confederate flag from SC Capitol”
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