Year: 2016

RT

The US Supreme Court has struck down abortion restrictions in Texas, ruled that domestic violence misdemeanor convictions are valid grounds to lose gun ownership rights, and raised the bar for prosecuting public officials on corruption charges.

In the Texas abortion law case, known as Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, the Court threw out a previous ruling by an appellate court in a 5-3 decision. Justices Breyer, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor and Kagan were in the majority, while Thomas, Alito and Roberts dissented.   Continue reading “Supreme Court makes major rulings on abortion, gun rights, corruption”

People – by Stephanie Petit

An Oregon mother shot and killed an intruder after coming home to discover him in the bedroom of one of her children early Sunday morning.

According to a statement by Portland police, officers responded to a call from the woman reporting that she opened fire on a stranger inside her home at 1:47 a.m. Police found a dead man inside, the statement said.    Continue reading “Oregon Mother Shoots and Kills Intruder She Discovered in Child’s Bedroom”

CNBC

The Supreme Court weighed in on several closely watched rulings Monday, issuing decisions on a variety of cases including a class-action lawsuit against a debt collector, and a challenge to White House regulations extending minimum wage rights to nearly 2 million home health care workers.

Debt Collection

(Reuters) The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed a class-action lawsuit against debt collector Encore Capital Group Inc to move forward, declining to hear its claim that such companies should be protected from state “usury” laws barring money-lending at unreasonably high interest rates.   Continue reading “Supreme court rules on debt collection case, medical marijuana, and more”

RT

A North Carolina waterpark has closed after a teen girl was killed by a brain-eating amoeba. The 18-year-old got the death disease while taking part in a whitewater rafting.

Authorities said Lauren Seitz was exposed to the amoeba at the US National Whitewater Center (USNWC) when she was riding a raft that overturned.

“Initial test results found naegleria fowleri DNA was present in the whitewater system,” the USNWC said in a statement.   Continue reading “Brain-eating amoeba causes closure of N. Carolina waterpark, after 18-yo girl dies”

RT

A woman has been charged after her six-year-old son accidentally shot and fatally injured his younger brother, aged four, in their home in New Jersey.

The boy was playing with his mother’s loaded gun when he accidentally shot the younger child in the head.

The shooting occurred Saturday around 11:15am at a Norman Street residence in East Orange, according to CBS New York.   Continue reading “Mother charged after 6yo boy fatally shoots younger brother in New Jersey”

Mail.com

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi forces say they have completely liberated the city of Fallujah from the Islamic State group after a monthlong operation, marking one of their biggest victories since the extremists swept across large parts of the country in 2014.

But the IS group still controls parts of northern and western Iraq, including the country’s second largest city, Mosul. And the militants have shown they can still launch large-scale suicide bombings and other attacks. Here’s a look at what lies ahead for Iraq and the U.S.-led military coalition battling the extremists.   Continue reading “A look at Iraq’s war against IS after Fallujah”

Mail.com

LONDON (AP) — European stocks and the pound fell further on Monday as concern grew over the potential economic costs of Britain’s vote to bring its country, the world’s fifth-largest economy, out of the European Union.

The British pound, which last week plunged to its lowest level since 1985, dropped another 2.4 percent to $1.3352, despite the British Treasury’s reassurances that the economy was strong enough to withstand the uncertainty.   Continue reading “Stocks, pound fall again due to UK vote uncertainty”

Mail.com

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The recent deaths of two women during a rafting excursion illustrate not only how unpredictably dangerous Alaska’s wilderness can be, but also how limited resources are in the nation’s largest state.

The women’s families are questioning why it took so long for help to arrive, but one official notes the nearest rescuers had to travel hundreds of miles and deal with all the logistics that go with it. In Alaska, the harsh reality is that people are literally on their own when they veer away from the limited road system of the state, which is more than two-and-a-half times the size of Texas but with a population equal to the metro area of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.   Continue reading “Alaska rafting deaths highlight response challenges”

OPB – by Rob Manning

Harney County Judge Steve Grasty is fighting a recall effort against him. Grasty was among the fiercest opponents of the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Harney County.

His critics collected more than the 444 signatures to put a recall on the county ballot.

Petitioners argued Grasty and other officials in Harney County were hindering the rights of citizens.   Continue reading “Voters To Decide Recall Against Harney County Judge Grasty In June”

Reuters

TransCanada Corp is formally requesting arbitration over U.S. President Barack Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline, seeking $15 billion in damages, the company said in legal papers dated Friday.

TransCanada submitted a notice for an arbitration claim in January and had then tried to negotiate with the U.S. government to “reach an amicable settlement,” the company said in files posted on the pipeline’s website.   Continue reading “TransCanada formally seeks $15 billion NAFTA damages in Keystone XL rejection”

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“Do not allow to slip away from you freedoms the people who came before you won with such hard knocks.”

“The only justice is to follow the sincere intuition of the soul, angry or gentle.”

“It’s bad taste to be wise all the time, like being at a perpetual funeral.”

“One must learn to love, and go through a good deal of suffering to get to it… and the journey is always towards the other soul.”

Jon Rappoport

The EU and its associated financial institutions were built on the premise that no one would escape. That’s the long and short of it.

But of course, nations could get out if they decided to.

Which is what just happened in Britain.   Continue reading “Brexit and the Matrix – Elites: “how horribly stupid Brexit people are””

US Observer – by Lawyer Michael Minns

Federal grand jury indicts Judge Diane Kroupa and husband Robert Fackler on charges of tax evasion, obstruction of a tax audit, conspiracy and making and subscribing false tax returns.

USA – It doesn’t get any more blue-blooded, mixed with legal aristocracy than the 500 Lawyer firm of Faegre & Benson in Minneapolis. If you want legal work done, if money is no object, and perhaps you want a lawyer connected with the Republican Establishment… look no further. Faberge and Benson is the largest law firm in Minneapolis. Now, if you found yourself in the crosshairs of the IRS from 1995 to 2001, you would have sought out the top Tax Lawyer in the firm, Diane Kroupa.   Continue reading “Tax Court Judge Diane Kroupa Indicted for Tax Evasion”

The Daily Sheeple – by Joshua Krause

Other than politicians and the media, there is no other force in our society that is hated more and trusted less than the big banks. Between the bailouts that followed the crash of 2008, and the wealth confiscations that occurred in Cyprus a few years later, it’s become abundantly clear to everyone that the banks are run by criminals, and you can’t trust them to hold onto your savings.   Continue reading “NY Couple Loses $25k Because Their Bank Doesn’t Keep Records”

AlJazeera – by Ali Younes & Mark Mazzetti

Amman, Jordan – Weapons shipped into Jordan by the Central Intelligence Agency and Saudi Arabia intended for Syrian rebels have been systematically stolen by Jordanian intelligence operatives and sold to arms merchants on the black market, according to American and Jordanian officials.

Some of the stolen weapons were used in a shooting in November that killed two Americans and three others at a police training facility in Amman, FBI officials believe after months of investigating the attack, according to people familiar with the investigation.   Continue reading “Weapons for Syrian rebels sold on Jordan’s black market”

RT

Israel and Turkey have reached an agreement to normalize ties, a senior Israeli official told reporters, according to Reuters. This will end bitter rift over the Israeli Navy’s killing of nine Turkish citizens during a Gaza flotilla raid in 2010.

The agreement, which took three years to reach, is expected to be officially announced on Monday, said the official traveling with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is currently in Rome.   Continue reading “Israel, Turkey reach agreement to normalize ties – Israeli official”

The Gazette

LA JUNTA — A jury in southeast Colorado convicted a former Rocky Ford police officer Thursday of second-degree murder for shooting a man he followed into a home.

Jurors deliberated for about 11 hours Wednesday and Thursday before finding James Ashby, 33, guilty in the Oct. 12, 2014, death of Jack Jacquez, 27. Ashby is the first Colorado police officer to face charges for an on-duty shooting in more than 20 years.
Continue reading “Jury convicts Colorado officer who killed unarmed man”