Mail.com

BEIRUT (AP) — After taking in a million Syrian refugees, Lebanon has quietly changed course in recent months, forcing refugees to return to Syria — where they are at risk of persecution or death — or stay illegally, leaving them vulnerable to exploitation and abuse.

The situation is drawing attention at a time when Turkey and Jordan have also tightened their admission policies. A Human Rights Watch report published Tuesday warned that Lebanon’s new regulations have “set the stage for a potentially explosive situation.”   Continue reading “Once accommodating neighbors now turn back Syrian refugees”

Mail.com

NIPTON, Calif. (AP) — Waiting in the longest line ever outside what officials call the busiest lottery store in the nation, 74-year-old William Burke had three hours to think about what he’ll do if he wins a multi-state Powerball jackpot estimated at $1.5 billion.

“I’d certainly take care of my family,” the Nevada resident said as he emerged from the store in Nipton, California, just over the state line, 40 miles south of Las Vegas. “But I would also set up a charity to help as many kids go to college as I could.”   Continue reading “Nevadans long for lotto, the bit of gambling they can’t have”

Mail.com

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish police have arrested one person suspected of a direct link to the deadly suicide bombing that killed 10 Germans in Istanbul’s main tourist area, officials said Wednesday.

More than a dozen other suspected IS militants were detained Wednesday in other parts of the country and 59 a day earlier, but officials say they don’t appear to be tied to Tuesday’s attack just steps from the Blue Mosque in Istanbul’s historic Sultanahmet district.   Continue reading “Turkey arrests suspect with reported link to Istanbul blast”

Liberty Fight – by Martin Hill

A heckler at a Marco Rubio campaign event in Dallas Texas disrupted and shocked the entire room when he stood up and shouted very clearly “Marco Rubio is owned by Jews! Jews! And Freemasons!”

A large man in a black shirt sitting directly behind the heckler quickly stood up and grabbed the heckler by the shoulders, immediately pulling the thin man down to the ground. He resembled Brutus from the Popeye cartoons, lol. It was a brutal and immediate takedown.   Continue reading “Heckler Shouts “Marco Rubio IS OWNED BY JEWS!” In Dallas, Assaulted Immediately By Rubio Fan”

MassPrivateI

DHS will stoop to any level to profit from the war on terror, even writing books that claim terrorist attacks are imminent. For more info. about how Homeland Security will do anything to profit from the Police State, read my article ‘Homeland Security Corporation, incorporated 9/12/01 is profiting from pot businesses, breathalyzers and pot kiosks.’

Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee Michael McCaul’s new novel claims, terrorists could easily target Disney World, the Academy Awards and shopping centers like the Mall of America with biological attacks.    Continue reading “Fear-mongering DHS chairman claims terrorists could target malls, Disney World etc.”

CBS Los Angeles

MORENO VALLEY (CBSLA.com) — Dramatic video captured an unmanned car doing doughnuts in reverse in Moreno Valley.

“I’ve lived out here a long time and I’ve seen a lot but I’ve never seen anything like this before,” said Tommy Anderson, a Moreno Valley resident.

Anderson caught the incident on tape.   Continue reading “Dramatic Video Captures Driverless Car Doing Doughnuts On Busy Residential Street”

Bloomberg – by Patrick Clark

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan held a sidewalk press conference last week in Baltimore’s Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood. He promised to revitalize the city by spending $75 million to tear down 4,000 vacant houses.

“Fixing what is broken in Baltimore requires that we address the sea of abandoned, dilapidated buildings that are infecting entire neighborhoods,” he said.   Continue reading “Can We Fix American Cities by Tearing Them Down?”

Washington Post – by Tom Jackman

The criminal justice system in Virginia appeared to be on the verge of radical change, at last. In a state where defendants are not entitled to the police reports in their case, the witness statements against them or even a witness list, a prominent committee issued a detailed report late last year proposing to carefully change all that, and more.

“Where trial by ambush has been the norm,” committee chair and retired Loudoun Circuit Court Judge Thomas D. Horne wrote, “there is now clarity and transparency.”   Continue reading “Va. decides not to change rules that withhold documents from defense”

Fox News

A wanted man who police in Ohio said sent them a selfie because he didn’t like the mugshot that had been made public was arrested in Florida Tuesday morning.

The Lima News reported that Donald “Chip” Pugh, 45, was arrested outside a public library in Century, Fla., just across the border from Alabama.   Continue reading “Fugitive who sent police selfie to replace ‘terrible’ mugshot arrested in Florida”

ABC News

Members of the Michigan National Guard are headed to Flint to help dole out bottled water, filters and other supplies to residents dealing with a drinking water crisis that began months ago.

Gov. Rick Snyder activated the National Guard late Tuesday, and some members were expected to arrive as soon as Wednesday to assist state authorities and volunteers in the distribution effort.   Continue reading “Michigan National Guard, FEMA Help Flint Amid Water Crisis”

NBC News

Ten U.S. sailors detained by Iran were released early Wednesday, officials said.

The sailors — nine men and one woman — were held overnight on Iran’s Farsi Island. They were taken into custody Tuesday when their two small U.S. navy riverine vessels drifted into Iranian-claimed waters during a training mission.   Continue reading “U.S. Sailors Detained by Iran Are ‘Safely Returned’”

Courthouse News Service – by NICHOLAS IOVINO 

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – The city of Oakland has settled a wrongful death suit accusing five police officers of killing a man wrongly suspected of invading his own home.

Hernan Jaramillo, 51, died from asphyxiation under the weight of five police officers attempting to subdue him in front of his house on the 2300 block of 21st Street in Oakland on July 8, 2013.   Continue reading “Oakland Settles Family’s Wrongful Death Suit”

Washington Examiner – by PETE KASPEROWICZ

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration inappropriately paid an Amtrak employee more than $850,000 over 20 years to provide information on passengers who may be smuggling drugs, according a report from the Justice Department’s Office of Inspector General.

The OIG also released a separate report saying the DEA arranged to pay a government airport screener to act as a confidential source. The screener, however, never provided information of any value to the DEA.   Continue reading “Watchdog: Feds paid Amtrak worker to spy on passengers”

The Guardian – by Ryan Felton

Naked, agitated and restrained in a chair, Jack Marden pleaded with officers to remove a “spit hood” covering his face, to let him breathe.

The clash on 11 February began when the 56-year-old, locked up in Midland County jail on assault charges, became combative with sheriff’s deputies following brief questioning by a pair of healthcare workers.   Continue reading “Lawsuit over Michigan man’s death in jail focuses on officers’ use of ‘spit hood’”

Free Thought Project – by John Vibes

The Texas activist group Don’t Comply was making waves again this week after they were ejected from a bioterrorism drill for filming. Members of Don’t Comply signed up to be “crisis actors” in a mock government drill, which is said to train police and emergency crews for an actual attack.

Don’t Comply members Matthew Short, Murdoch Pizgatti, Brett Sanders and others were accepted to take part in the drill, and they decided to bring their cameras and film the event so they could give the public a better idea of how these drills work and ultimately, how their tax dollars are spent. The group had responded to a public call for volunteers that was broadcast through NBC News. The article asked for 200 volunteers play the role of a “patient” in a mock bioterrorism attack.   Continue reading “Activists Sign Up As “Crisis Actors,” Infiltrate Govt Terrorism Drill Before Being Kicked out for Filming”

Freedom Outpost – by Tim Brown

“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” – Second Amendment to the United States Constitution

Clearly the idea behind the phrase “shall not be infringed” has been completely ignored not only by the current administration, but by various Congresses and Presidents throughout our history. However, at no time in our history has the issue of guns been such a target as they have been under Barack Hussein Obama Soetoro Sobarkah. Now, another piece of unconstitutional legislation is being pushed by the Obama administration in 2016, courtesy of Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) that seeks to ban semi-automatic rifles and handguns in a fictitious “assault weapons ban.”   Continue reading “The New Assault Weapons Ban Bill Targets Every Semi-Automatic Rifle, Handgun and Shotgun”

Reuters

A suicide bomber killed at least 15 people, most of them police, outside a polio eradication center in the Pakistani city of Quetta on Wednesday, the latest militant attack on the anti-polio campaign in the country.

Two militant groups – the Pakistani Taliban and Jundullah, which has links with the Taliban and has pledged allegiance to Islamic State – separately claimed responsibility for the attack.   Continue reading “Suicide bomber kills at least 15 outside Pakistan polio center”