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MARION, Ohio (AP) — The thousand-mile journey to the Texas border was supposed to bring the Guatemalan teenagers to a better life. Instead, it was the beginning of a terrible ordeal: Prosecutors say they were fraudulently plucked from U.S. custody by conspirators posing as friends or family who forced them to work as virtual slaves.

As the country’s immigration system was being overwhelmed by an unprecedented flow of unaccompanied children fleeing unrest in Central America, one of their countrymen orchestrated the scheme to force them to work on egg farms in Ohio, prosecutors said.   Continue reading “Man admits forcing immigrant teenagers into egg farm work”

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A rising politician’s meeting with his mentally ill son at a restaurant turned deadly when the young man pulled out a large kitchen knife and stabbed his father to death while his mother and other horrified witnesses looked on, police said Monday.

Christian Costello, 26, was being held on a preliminary first-degree murder charge Monday after the Sunday night killing of his father, Oklahoma Labor Commissioner Mark Costello, a two-term politician who was expected to run for higher office in 2018.   Continue reading “Police: Oklahoma politician killed by son with wife nearby”

The San Diego Tribune – by Kristina Davis

ENCINITAS — A confrontation over a drone flying above beachgoers ended with damaged equipment, a man behind bars and lingering questions over the line between public air space and personal space.

Augustine Lehecka, a Carlsbad electronic engineer, said he was enjoying the ideal summer afternoon at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas with friends on Sunday. A rock ‘n’ roll band was on stage, the water was warm for bodysurfing and the beach was packed.   Continue reading “Downing drone at beach leads to jail”

The Newspaper

A Mississippi Highway Patrol officer who issued bogus traffic citations to meet his ticket quota was fired on Friday by the state supreme court. All nine justices agreed that the department was right to terminate Sammy William Ray and that the state Court of Appeals was wrong to intervene to give him his job back, with full back pay.   Continue reading “Mississippi Supreme Court Busts Lying, Ticket Quota Cop”

My Fox Memphis

UPDATE Monday 8 a.m.:

Sunday night, the Dickson County School District sent an email to FOX13 to set the record straight about a story we first brought you this weekend.

School leaders in Dickson County decided, after a summer of controversy surrounding the confederate flag, the wise thing to do would be to ban all flags and banners.

They now say they are not banning all flags at school, they are only banning flags from flying on the back of pick-up trucks on school property.   Continue reading “School district issues email clarifying flag ban”

CNN – by Holly Yan

One year ago today, Charles Vacca’s children received the horrific news: Their father, a shooting instructor, was accidentally killed by a 9-year-old girl with an Uzi submachine gun.

Vacca’s children have publicly forgiven the girl. But now, they’ve launched an online petition pushing for legislation to prevent children from shooting fully automatic weapons.   Continue reading “Slain gun instructor’s family wants law to ban children from automatic weapons”

MSN – by DONNA BLANKINSHIP and BRIAN SKOLOFF, Associated Press

OKANOGAN, Wash. (AP) — The massive fire burning in north-central Washington is now the largest in state history.

The Okanogan Complex of wildfires has surpassed last year’s Carlton Complex blazes, fire spokesman Rick Isaacson said Monday morning.   Continue reading “Washington wildfire is now largest in state history”

BBC News

People who work illegally in England and Wales will face up to six months in prison, under proposals to be included in the forthcoming Immigration Bill.

The bill, to be introduced in the autumn, will also contain measures against takeaway restaurants and off-licences which employ illegal migrants.   Continue reading “UK Immigration Bill: Illegal workers ‘may face six months’ jail’”

BATRhttp://www.batr.org/totalitariancollectivism/082515.html

The bastion of Totalitarian Collectivism is based upon a culture of political correctness. Before authoritarians impose their rigid formulas for shaping and defining a false reality, the ground needs to be prepared for molding public opinion. The details and narrative of mind control works best when people have already adopted an urbanity of collective singularity. The nature of “TC” is the next level beyond political correctness.   Continue reading “All out Warfare on Political Correctness”

KOB 4 – by Devin Neeley

A contractor for the Environmental Protection Agency delivered nine large tanks of water to the Navajo Nation Friday, promising fresh, clean water. But the Navajo Nation, already skeptical of the EPA’s response to the Gold King mine spill, say the tanks are dirty oilfield tanks and are now even further incensed.

The water in the tanks – intended for crops and livestock – is brown and smells, and the tank it came in is far from clean.   Continue reading “Navajo president, Shiprock leaders incensed at dirty crop, livestock water delivered by EPA contractor”

Reuters – by Isela Serrano

Signatories of a major treaty aimed at regulating the international arms trade should agree a number of key steps for its implementation at a conference this week, host nation Mexico said on Sunday.

Officials from over 100 governments are expected to attend the first conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), a pact to regulate the trade that took force in December but has yet to agree fine print on how it will be implemented.   Continue reading “Mexico expects agreement on arms trade treaty fine print at meeting”

RT

Although the US accounts for just 5 percent of the world’s population, it was home to almost one-third of the world’s mass shootings between 1966 and 2012. A new study says the rate is due to shattered “American dreams” and the ease of gun ownership.

The research – titled ‘Mass Shooters, Firearms, and Social Strains: A Global Analysis of an Exceptionally American Problem’ – is the first quantitative analysis of all reported public mass shootings around the world. The study was presented at the American Sociological Association’s annual meeting in Chicago on Sunday. Continue reading “Propaganda Alert: ‘No coincidence’: US leads world in gun ownership & mass shootings, study says”

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BEIRUT (AP) — A resident in the Syrian city of Palmyra says Islamic State militants have demolished the ancient temple of Baalshamin after laying explosives around it for over a month, confirming earlier reports.

The U.N. cultural watchdog UNESCO called the destruction of the temple a “war crime” and an “immense loss for the Syrian people and for humanity.” The witness, who goes by the name Nasser al-Thaer, said Monday the bombing took place a day earlier. He said he feared for the other ancient sites in Palmyra but that no explosives have been placed around them.   Continue reading “Witness confirms IS destruction of ancient temple in Syria”

RT

Police in Boston have said they thwarted a potential massacre at the Pokemon World Championship.

Security forces detained James Austin Stumbo, 27, and Kevin Norton, 18, for “threats of violence made over social media,”as they attempted to gain entry to the contest on Thursday.   Continue reading “Police prevent potential massacre at Boston Pokemon World Championship”

USA Today – by John Bacon

A Louisiana state trooper died Monday after authorities say he was shot in the head and then taunted when he stopped to provide aid to a man whose truck was stuck in a ditch.

Col. Mike Edmonson, head of the State Police, said Kevin Daigle shot Senior Trooper Steven Vincent, then said, “You’re lucky, you are going to die soon.”   Continue reading “Louisiana trooper dies after being shot, taunted”