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London (CNN)The first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United Kingdom is back in the hospital with a complication from the virus, and doctors say her condition is serious.
Pauline Cafferkey, who was initially discharged from a hospital in January after recovering from the virus, is being treated in a high-level isolation unit at London’s Royal Free Hospital. Continue reading “UK’s first Ebola patient back in hospital in serious condition after complication”
A man leaping from a luxury lower Manhattan apartment building met a grisly end Thursday when he was decapitated after crashing into a railing, horrified witnesses said.
The unidentified man jumped from a West St. building at about 11 a.m., officials said. His body exploded apart after it hit the railing bordering Battery Place and the underpass that leads to FDR Drive — leaving stunned onlookers covered in blood. Continue reading “Another Banker Suicide Added To The List Of 72 Dead By Un-Natural Causes!”
The number of sanctuary cities has exploded since July, when the issue came into the national spotlight after a young woman was gunned down by an illegal criminal immigrant on a pier on San Francisco.
In July, there were 276 sanctuary cities and counties. Now there are 340, according to a new report by the Center for Immigration Studies citing data from the Department of Homeland Security. Continue reading “41 new sanctuary cities in just 4 months”
Telegraph – by Matthew Holehouse
Nato is to beef up its posture towards Moscow after condemning a“troubling escalation” in Russia’s air campaign in Syria, provocative Russian incursions into Turkish airspace and the continued menacing of the Baltic states, defence ministers said on Thursday night.
Jens Stoltenberg, the Nato secretary-general, said that the organisation intended to “send a clear message” to show that the world’s most powerful military alliance was prepared to act in defence of its citizens. “Nato will defend you, Nato is on the ground, Nato is ready,” he said.
Continue reading “Nato chief says prepared to send troops to defend Turkey”
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Vatican City (AFP) – Pope Francis has warned bishops at a global Church meeting on the family not to be taken in by conspiracy theories, as conservatives and liberals reportedly engage in Machiavellian attempts to manipulate the synod.
Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi on Thursday confirmed reports that the pontiff had warned Catholic bishops and cardinals behind closed doors on Tuesday not to get caught up in “the hermeneutic of conspiracy”. Continue reading “Pope warns against conspiracy theories of Vatican skullduggery”
Bloomberg – by Margaret Newkirk
James Parkey spent more than a decade crisscrossing the U.S. selling poor counties on a way to get rich quick. He’d help local governments issue tax-free bonds to build private prisons that would rent beds to the federal government, mainly to hold undocumented immigrants. Parkey’s model for financing lockups, which he promoted with help from a team of bond dealers, consultants, and lawyers, led to a boom in prison construction. While the jails succeeded in many places, almost two dozen defaults followed in cities and counties from Florida to Montana as the prisons struggled to fill beds amid the sudden glut. Then the IRS got involved. Continue reading “How Local Governments Got Burned by Private Prison Investments”
(Reuters) – A shooting at Northern Arizona University killed one person and injured three others, the school said on Friday, adding that the suspect was in custody.
“Situation is stabilized,” the university in Flagstaff, Arizona, said in a post on Twitter. The campus was not on lockdown, the university said. Continue reading “One dead, three injured after shooting at university in Arizona”
Courthouse News Service – by June Williams
YAKIMA, Wash. (CN) – Benton County, Wash. runs a “modern-day debtors’ prison” where poor people who can’t afford fines are sent to jail or put on work crews, a class action claims in state court.
Benton County, pop. 176,000, is in south central Washington along the Columbia River, whose twists and turns form the southern, eastern and northern borders of the county. Only 6,000 people live in the county seat, Prosser; the largest cities are Kennewick, pop. 76,000, and Richland, with 48,000. Continue reading “‘Debtors’ Prison’ Challenged in Washington”
NBC News – by ALEX MOE and MATTHEW GRIMSON
Senate Democrats unveiled plans on Thursday for gun control reforms that include closing background check loopholes, expanding the background check database, and tightening regulations on illegal gun purchases.
The push is being led by Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., who on Wednesday sent a letter to their Senate colleagues outlining the proposals. During the press conference the lawmakers recounted deadly mass shootings across the nation over the past several years and stressed that personal conversations with the victims’ relatives and friends helped underscore the need for “sensible gun reform legislation”. Continue reading “Senate Democrats Unveil Sweeping Gun Control Proposal”
Pueblo County High School was on lockdown for almost two hours after authorities say a student was apprehended wearing a trench coat and gas mask.
The lockdown was lifted around 10:30 a.m.
A spokesperson with the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office says the girl was not carrying any weapons, and told staff at the school that her outfit was a Halloween costume. Continue reading “Student Wearing Gas Mask, Trench Coat Facing Expulsion”
As Russian forces continue to pound ISIS positions in Syria, the architects of the massive deception which the group represents are squirming. Once again Vladimir Putin has shown himself a formidable foe of the enemies of mankind.
Trained by the CIA in Afghanistan to fight the Russians and the progressive Tariki government in Kabul in the late 1970’s, these former mujahadeen have since been used by the Agency and its masters at British Intelligence to fight proxy wars against left-wing governments worldwide. Continue reading “The ISIS Fairy Tale”
Washington Post – by Juliet Eilperin
In response to the latest mass shooting during his presidency, President Obama is seriously considering circumventing Congress with his executive authority and imposing new background-check requirements for buyers who purchase weapons from high-volume gun dealers.
Under the proposed rule change, dealers who exceed a certain number of sales each year would be required to obtain a license from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and perform background checks on potential buyers. Continue reading “Obama weighs expanding background checks through executive authority”
Liberty Blitzkrieg – by Michael Krieger
On Monday, we learned that global “leaders” had come to an agreement on the infamous Trans Pacific Partnership, or TPP. While discouraging, this doesn’t mean the game is over — far from it.
Although politicians have come to a secret agreement, this democracy killing, corporate monstrosity still has to pass the U.S. Congress. So it’s now up to all of us to create an insurmountable degree of opposition and make sure this thing is dead on arrival. Continue reading “How the TPP Could Lead to Worldwide Internet Censorship”
A senior Russian military official has vehemently rejected US allegations that Russian cruise missiles launched from the Caspian Sea and aimed at Daesh positions in Syria have crashed in Iran.
“Any professional knows that during these operations we always fix the target before and after impact. All our cruise missiles hit their target,” Russia’s Defense Ministry spokesman, Major General Igor Konashenkov, said in a statement on Thursday. Continue reading “No Syria-bound Russian missiles landed in Iran: Moscow”
Yahoo News – by KATHERINE FAULDERS
Republican candidate Ben Carson continued his controversial remarks about guns Thursday — suggesting in a new interview that the Jews may have been able to diminish the likelihood of the Holocaust if they were armed.
Carson made the remarks, which drew swift condemnation — on CNN. He said that passengers on Flight 93, which crashed on 9/11, helped avoid further tragedy by rushing the gunman. Continue reading “Ben Carson Suggests Holocaust Would Have Been Less Likely if Jews Were Armed”
According to an Arizona Dept. of Child Safety document churches are working with social workers to spy on families and they’re also using “Child Safety and Risk Assessments“.
According to a Tuscon.com article church leaders are openly encouraged to collaborate with the gov’t. The article goes on to explain how religious organizations will spy on families and help the gov’t decide whether they should remove a child from their family! Continue reading “Churches are paying the gov’t up to $100 a month to spy on families!”
ROSEBURG, Ore. — A planned visit by President Barack Obama to visit the families of victims of the mass shooting at Umpqua Community College has led to divisions within the Southern Oregon community.
Elected officials say they welcome the visit, despite having different political views than the president.
Gun rights groups have also been vocal, condemning his visit after Obama said he plans to keep gun control at the forefront of political discussions. Continue reading “Multiple protests planned for Obama visit in Roseburg”