ABC 

Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO and former hedge fund manager Martin Shkreli, who was heavily criticized for raising the price of a drug used to treat a life-threatening infection by more than 4,000 percent, has been arrested by federal authorities.

Shkreli was arrested early Thursday morning and charged with securities fraud by federal prosecutors for allegedly plundering Retrophin, a biopharmaceutical company he used to run, for personal gain, a FBI spokeswoman and law enforcement officials confirmed to ABC News.   Continue reading “Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli Arrested for Securities Fraud”

RT

One hundred and fifty years after the end of the US Civil War, New Orleans City Council is set to vote on whether to remove statues of what some people call pro-slavery “traitors” and others call “Confederate heroes.”

Thursday morning’s vote is expected to draw protesters from both sides and security has been increased.   Continue reading “New Orleans to vote on toppling ‘terrorist’ statues”

Mail.com

IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter acknowledged on Thursday that he used a personal email account to conduct some government business until “a few months ago.”

“I should have known better,” Carter told reporters traveling with him in Irbil, Iraq, the regional capital of the Kurds. “It’s not like I didn’t have the opportunity to understand what the right thing to do was. I didn’t do the right thing.”   Continue reading “Pentagon chief: ‘I should have known better’ on email use”

Mail.com

NEW YORK (AP) — Congress may have declined to ban the sale of guns to people on federal terrorism watch lists, but one state — New Jersey — has, at least theoretically, been stopping such purchases since 2013.

It isn’t clear whether New Jersey’s ban has actually stopped a would-be extremist from buying a firearm. But the system could potentially serve as a model for a handful of other states, including New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Illinois and California, where lawmakers have been exploring ways to restrict sales without an act of Congress.   Continue reading “States explore blocking gun sales to terror watch lists”

Mail.com

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — The bodies of a husband and wife behind the California shootings that killed 14 people have been released by authorities and buried.

Attorneys for family members told NBC News Wednesday that the Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik were buried on Tuesday afternoon in Southern California. The attorneys, David Chesley and Mohammad Abuershaid, confirmed the burial to NBC News, but gave no further details.   Continue reading “Couple behind attack is buried in Southern California”

Washington Post

U.S. law enforcement officials said that gun charges are expected to be announced Thursday against Enrique Marquez, who bought the assault rifles used in the deadly San Bernardino attack.

It is not clear if Marquez, 24, has been arrested yet.   Continue reading “Gun charges expected against San Bernardino shooter’s friend”

ABC News

The streets of Baltimore were calm overnight as activists urged peace and healing after the Wednesday announcement of a mistrial in the trial of police officer William Porter.

People gathered across the city to protest the decision, but they remained largely peaceful.   Continue reading “Calm in Baltimore Overnight After Freddie Gray Mistrial”

Fox 2 Now

CAMDEN COUNTY, MO – Police are revealing more about a report of a group of men asking about the Bagnell Dam. Miller County Sheriff Bill Abbotttells Lake News that the Camden County Sheriff’s Office forwarded a security tip regarding the hydroelectric facility to the FBI.

Police tell KMIZ-TV that the incident happened about two weeks ago at the Golden Corral in Osage Beach. A deputy was eating lunch and the wait staff told him about the group of men. Staffers said the men were asking questions about the dam. They wanted to know if they could rent a boat and tour the dam.   Continue reading “FBI alerted about group of men asking about Bagnell Dam”

ABC News

In the wake of a series of mass shootings around the country, one university is beefing up security by arming campus police with semi-automatic rifles.

Northeastern University, in the heart of Boston, has announced a controversial plan to arm campus officers, despite opposition from city law enforcement officials.   Continue reading “Northeastern University to Arm Campus Police With Rifles in Wake of Mass Shootings”

RT

Germany has created a new counter-terrorism police unit that will have up to 250 agents. The move followed analysis by national security revealing that German officers are not trained to deal with Paris-style terrorist attacks.

The new unit has been named the Beweissicherungs- und Festnahmeeinheit plus (“Evidence collection and arrest unit plus”), also referred as “BFE+,” Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere has announced.   Continue reading “Germany unveils new counter-terrorism unit in wake of France attacks”

RT

Parents in the United Kingdom are urged to be on the lookout for signs their children might be about to set themselves ablaze… due to yet another trending online “challenge.”

What may sound like a ridiculous warning comes hot on the heels of an internet fad which sees teenagers pour flammable liquid over their body and light it on fire – seriously.   Continue reading “Darwin prize hopefuls? Parents warned over internet ‘Fire Challenge’”

Alt-Market – by Brandon Smith

Faith in an ideology based on a desire for power over others and the need to feel personally superior without any legitimate accomplishment is perhaps the most dangerous state of being an individual or society can adopt. I would refer to such a mindset as “zealotry,” an integral element of cultism and an extreme result of the elitist side of faith.   Continue reading “Ecological Panic: The New Rationale For Globalist Cultism”

CNS News – by Allen West

An interesting case was just brought before the U.S. Supreme Court that could have massive ramifications for our electoral system. It centers around the definition of “one person, one vote.” The question is, exactly what does that mean? When districts are created, right now it’s based on population, but should that definition be refined?

I was reading a recent piece by Drew Desilver of the Pew Research Center, which said the following:   Continue reading “US Supreme Court Decision Could Change Election Results Forever”

Activist Post – by Kevin Samson

When it comes to predictions, perhaps no organization on the planet is better able to make dreams a reality than the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Their “mad science” reputation already has given the world humanoid robots, drones, and the world’s most advanced surveillance systems. But they are telling us that there is much more to come.   Continue reading “DARPA’s Top 3 Predictions For The Future”

Fox News

A proposal to admit 10,000 Syrian refugees to the United States has ignited a bitter debate in Washington, but more than 10 times that number of people from the embattled country have quietly come to America since 2012, according to figures obtained by FoxNews.com.

Some 102,313 Syrians were granted admission to the U.S. as legal permanent residents or through programs including work, study and tourist visas from 2012 through August of this year, a period which roughly coincides with the devastating civil war that still engulfs the Middle Eastern country. Experts say any fears that terrorists might infiltrate the proposed wave of refugees from United Nations-run camps should be dwarfed by the potential danger already here.   Continue reading “As lawmakers clash over refugees, Syrian immigration quietly tops 100,000 since 2012”