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KINSHASA, Congo — The United States is prepared to give Congo $30 million in aid for stability and democracy-building – but wants President Joseph Kabila to agree to step down at the end of his current term in office, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday.
Kerry said Congo’s government also needs to schedule elections soon. The vote is tentatively set for 2016, although a firm date has not yet been set. Continue reading “U.S. pledges $30 million to Congo for democracy-building”
Thousands of people fled a deadly wildfire burning across 4,000 acres in Oklahoma, officials said early Monday.
Some 30 fire departments battled the blaze overnight.
A 56-year-old man died after he chose not to evacuate his home near Guthrie, Okla., the city’s Fire Chief Eric Harlow said. Continue reading “Oklahoma Wildfires Turn Deadly, Destroy Homes”
The New American – by Alex Newman
The Founding Fathers created the U.S. government for the express purpose of securing the God-given individual rights of Americans, according to the Declaration of Independence. A poll released last month, however, confirmed yet again that a majority of voters now view the perpetually expanding Leviathan as a threat to those rights and individual liberty. More than one in three Americans even fears the federal government, the recent poll showed, confirming other surveys finding broad public agreement that Washington, D.C., has become dangerous and out of control. Continue reading “Poll: Most Americans View Feds as Threat to Liberty”
Have you ever chased a slick-skinned, sixteen inch bullfrog around the kitchen while your mama’s hollering, “get that frog out of my house”? Fried frog legs were a staple when I was growing up. Not the whole frog, just the back legs. Nothing better – nothing tastier, more succulent than fried frog legs. Yep, its true. Those legs would twitch and sometimes jump clean out of the pan. Always keep the lid on. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County had nothing on these big boys once they warmed up from the ice chest. Continue reading “Fried Frogs and Commissars”
Washington Post – by Danny Franklin
Danny Franklin is a partner at Benenson Strategy Group, a strategic consulting firm, and a member of its team advising the White House on public opinion and communications.
When Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signed his state’s so-called guns everywhere law, it marked the latest in a string of legislative defeats for gun-control activists. Since the December 2012 Sandy Hook murders, 20 states have loosened gun laws . Georgia has now upped the ante with a bill that allows people to carry concealed weapons into bars, churches, schools and airports and prohibits law enforcement from requiring someone to show their gun owner’s license. Continue reading “Framing the danger of guns as a public health risk will change the debate over gun control”
Vice President Joe Biden extoled immigration as crucial to American innovation Saturday at a college graduation ceremony in South Florida.
The Miami Dade College graduates from two campuses and their families, 2,000 strong, cheered as a procession of 39 flags from their home countries, entered the gym and opened the program. Biden acknowledged that he was addressing many immigrants and the children and grandchildren of immigrants, many from South America and the Caribbean. Continue reading “Biden: 11 Million Illegal Immigrants In U.S. Are “Already Americans””
For those of you who don’t know …at the very bottom of this article the attorney who authored this is John Wayne’s daughter, also a Graduate of USC…
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ODESSA, Ukraine (AP) — Outrage over the deaths of pro-Russian activists in riots in Odessa triggered new violence Sunday in the Black Sea port, where a mob of protesters stormed police headquarters and freed dozens of their jailed allies.
The activists had been jailed for their involvement in clashes Friday that killed more than 40 people — some died from gunshot wounds, but most from a fire that broke out in a trade union building. It was the worst violence in the Ukrainian crisis since more than 100 people died in Kiev in February, most of them shot by snipers. Continue reading “Pro-Russian crowd storms police HQ in Ukraine port”
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A platform collapsed during an aerial hair-hanging stunt at a circus performance Sunday, sending eight acrobats plummeting to the ground. Nine performers were seriously injured in the fall, including a dancer below, while an unknown number of others suffered less serious injuries.
The accident was reported about 45 minutes into the Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus’ 11 a.m. Legends show at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence. Stephen Payne, a spokesman for Feld Entertainment, the parent company of Ringling Bros., said the accident happened during an act in which eight performers hang “like a human chandelier” using their hair. Continue reading “Acrobats fall during Ringling Bros. circus stunt”
BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — Sinn Fein party leader Gerry Adams was released without charge Sunday after five days of police questioning over his alleged involvement in a decades-old IRA killing of a Belfast mother of 10, an investigation that has driven a dangerous wedge into Northern Ireland’s unity government.
Addressing reporters and supporters at a Belfast hotel, Adams said he wanted his party to provide help to the children of Jean McConville, the 37-year-old widow taken from her home by the Irish Republican Army in 1972, killed and dumped in an unmarked grave. He also rejected claims by IRA veterans in audiotaped interviews that he had ordered the killing. Continue reading “Sinn Fein’s Adams freed after 5 days in custody”
NEW YORK (AP) — Coca-Cola is dropping a controversial ingredient from its Powerade sports drink, after a similar move by PepsiCo’s Gatorade last year.
The ingredient, brominated vegetable oil, had been the target of a petition by a Mississippi teenager, who questioned why it was being used in a drink marketed toward health-conscious athletes. The petition on Change.org noted that the ingredient is linked to a flame retardant and is not approved for use in Japan or the European Union. Continue reading “Powerade drops controversial ingredient”
The people in Bunkerville do support the Bundy’s contrary to what media and represent.
BUNKERVILLE, NV (FOX5) – An emotional crowd gathered for a town hall meeting on Thursday evening in Bunkerville.
Residents and council members praised militia members gathered there in support of embattled rancher Cliven Bundy, but had nothing but vitriol for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie and the local and national media. Continue reading “Bunkerville residents sound off about BLM, police, media”
Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s deputies spotted 51-year-old Gary Galloway pedaling by on a child-sized bike on March 10, 2014. The hot pink bicycle he was riding had flower-shaped pedals, pink training wheels, drawings of Disney princesses on the frame, and bright, white rubber tires. The sight of a grown man on such a tiny bike immediately raised suspicions that it did not belong to him. Galloway was arrested for theft.
The Voice of Russia – by John Robles
Press Secretary for the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov has stated that the so-called authorities in Kiev will, in the end, have to answer primarily to the Ukrainian people for their actions with regard to the ordering of military operations against civilians in the south eastern part of Ukraine. However the members of the junta government in Kiev who are responsible for ordering what they have tried to label as an “anti-terrorist” operation, one which has seen the participation of fighter aircraft, armed troops and the death of protestors continue to operate with impunity.
Continue reading “The selling out of Ukraine: what the CIA does not want Ukrainians to know”
Terrorists with links to Al Qaeda may have been behind the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
A total of 11 terrorists, who were reportedly arrested in the capital Kuala Lumpur and in the state of Kedah last week, have been interrogated on suspicion of being involved in the disappearance of the missing aircraft.
The suspects are said to be members of a violent new terror group who have been planning bomb attacks in Muslim countries. Continue reading “Malaysia Flight MH370: 11 Terrorists Arrested on Suspicion of Involvement in Disappearance of Flight”
PBS Newshour – by Lara Jakes
NBC News – by Alexander Smith
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IB Times – by Prija Joshi