Month: September 2017

CBC News

RCMP say a police dog managed to pull the trigger of a handgun and discharge the weapon after the animal located the discarded firearm following an assault outside a grocery store in Chestermere, Alta.

The police dog wasn’t injured in the incident, which happened Thursday evening in the community of about 20,000 people located just east of Calgary city limits.

Chestermere RCMP responded to a report of an assault with a weapon in a grocery store parking lot around 6:30 p.m.   Continue reading “Police dog fires handgun found during search for assault suspects east of Calgary”

Yahoo News – by Jonathan Spyer, Foreign Policy Magazine

JERUSALEM – Israeli officials believe that Iran is winning its bid for dominance in the Middle East, and they are mobilizing to counter the regional realignment that threatens to follow. The focus of Israel’s military and diplomatic campaign is Syria. Israeli jets have struck Hezbollah and Syrian regime facilities and convoys dozens of times during Syria’s civil war, with the goal of preventing the transfer of weapons systems from Iran to Hezbollah. In an apparent broadening of the scope of this air campaign, on Sept. 7 Israeli jets struck a Syrian weapons facility near Masyaf responsible for the production of chemical weapons and the storing of surface-to-surface missiles.   Continue reading “Israel Is Going to War in Syria to Fight Iran”

CNN – by Shachar Peled

Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby’s office released the updated numbers Wednesday. She said the actions of eight officers indicted for racketeering have affected 295 cases, and three more incidents of questionable use of body-worn cameras have impacted a total of 569 cases. Overall, she said up to 338 cases have been or could be dismissed.   Continue reading “Baltimore prosecutor says more than 850 cases impacted by questionable police conduct”

Fox News

Every player on both sides of the field stood during the national anthem ahead of Thursday night’s NFL game.

Players, coaches and staff on the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears were all linked arm-in-arm, and some with hands on their hearts, as American country singer Tyler Farr sang.  Continue reading “Packers, Bears stand during anthem before NFL game”

New York Post – by Marisa Schultz

The Justice Department filed suit against a Colorado company Thursday ​saying it discriminated against American workers​ by hiring seasonal foreigners instead.​

The Loveland-based Crop Production Services Inc. refused at least three US citizens work in 2016 because ​it​ preferred to hire temporary ​workers with H-2A visas, according to​ the​ Justice Department.   Continue reading “Justice Department sues company for hiring foreigners”

Fox News

As part of a massive illegal immigration sweep, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Thursday that officials this week arrested nearly 500 illegal immigrants living in sanctuary cities across the country.

The raid, referred to as “Operation ‘Safe City’” in a news release, spanned four days in cities through the U.S., and ended Wednesday.   Continue reading “ICE arrests nearly 450 illegal immigrants in sanctuary city raids”

New York Daily News – by Blake Alsup

An Idaho woman was confronted by police after breaking a glass door to help rescue a child in a burning truck.

Truck driver Tequila Isaacson was at a rest stop in Snoqualmie Pass, Wash. on Sunday when she noticed a family trying to get their child out of a burning pickup truck in the parking lot, she wrote in a Facebook post.

Isaacson searched for a fire extinguisher while someone called 911. She was unable to find one until she noticed an extinguisher behind the locked door of Red Mountain Coffee.  Continue reading “Woman scolded after helping to rescue child from burning truck”

ABC News

A retired sheriff’s officer in Florida was injured when a trainee fired a gun with a blank at him during a use of force training exercise.

Jacksonville Sheriff’s Director Tom Hackney says Chip Williams was training 10 officers Wednesday at the Criminal Justice Center in Jacksonville.

The Florida Times-Union reports Williams initially fired a weapon and corrections officer Tyler Kovacs was supposed to respond with his own gun loaded with soap-tipped simulated bullets.   Continue reading “Instructor injured in sheriff’s use-of-force drill”

Yahoo News

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A hunk of rock “the size of an apartment building” fell off the granite face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park on Wednesday, killing one person and injuring another on a mountain at the height of climbing season, officials and witnesses said.

At least 30 climbers were on the wall at the time, but it was not clear if the victims were climbers or tourists, ranger Scott Gediman said.

“It was witnessed by a lot of people,” he said.   Continue reading “Massive granite slab falls kills 1, injures 1 in Yosemite”

The Australian – by Olivia Caisley, September 26, 2017

The reporter, who went by the name Oz4skinboi, spoke with another unnamed man for more than two years in conversations amounting to child pornography, a charge that carries a maximum penalty of 15 years imprisonment.   Continue reading “Nine reporter pleads guilty on child porn, calls himself a ‘proud ped’”

The Daily Caller – by Richard Pollock

A company whose president is “best friends” with Chelsea Clinton received more than $11 million in contracts over the last decade from a highly secretive Department of Defense think tank, but to date, the group lacks official federal approval to handle classified materials, according to sensitive documents TheDCNF was allowed to review.

Jacqueline Newmyer, the president of a company called the Long Term Strategy Group, has over the last 10 years received numerous Defense Department contracts from a secretive think tank called Office of Net Assessment.   Continue reading “Chelsea Clinton’s ‘Best Friend’s’ Defense Company Got $11 Mil In Contracts But Doesn’t Have Federal Security Clearance”

Collective Evolution – by Kalee Brown

It’s astonishing that there’s still such high demand for fur, leather, and other animal products in the fashion industry when there are so many cruelty-free alternatives that are equally as affordable, durable, and aesthetically appealing. Most of us living in industrialized nations are no longer living in the wild and require fur for warmth, as the vast majority of us have access to houses with heating and jackets with man-made fillers to keep us warm.

Yet, we still see this obsession with fur and other animal products in the fashion industry. Fashion is not fuelled by necessity, but rather consumerism. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for expressing yourself and I encourage people to dress however they please, but does an innocent animal really need to die in order for you to do so?   Continue reading “Undercover Investigation Reveals Photos Of Foxes Bred 5X Their Normal Size & Killed For Their Fur”