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A driver jailed for deliberately running over a pedestrian he thought was holding up traffic has previously been convicted of terror offences.
Shahid Ali sped off after driving over Patrick Colbert’s head and his body in his Mercedes in Balsall Heath, Birmingham. Continue reading “Driver jailed for 12 years for running over pedestrian’s head in road rage attack”
The man suspected of killing one Strip casino executive and injuring another was arrested early Thursday in north Texas, Las Vegas police said.
Anthony J. Wrobel, 42, was taken into custody by Texas law enforcement officers without incident near Vega, a town of about 900 people about 35 miles west of Amarillo, Las Vegas police said. Continue reading “Suspect in Las Vegas shooting of Venetian execs arrested in Texas”
On April 19, the Russian Ambassador to the UN Vasily Nebenzya told the Rossiya-1 TV channel that a TV report about a little boy exploited to stage a Douma chemical attack video will be shown ambassadors of the UN Security Council member states.
“At the forthcoming meeting of the UN Security Council we will let everybody see it on the big screen”, Nebenzya stated.
Earlier, the Rossiya-24 channel broadcasted an interview with the boy who was filmed in the White Helmets’ staged video of an alleged chemical attack in Douma. Continue reading “Russia to Show Interview with Boy Filmed in Fake Douma Chemical Attack Video to UN Security Council”
Hanford, Calif. — A couple allegedly tortured and murdered a 70-year-old Vietnam War veteran in Hanford, Calif. in an attempt to gain access to his financial information, police say.
Kenneth Coyle, a retired contractor for Naval Air Station Lemoore first met Stacie Mendoza, one of the accused murderers, in a Hanford restaurant where she worked as a waitress, according to the Hanford Police Department. Continue reading “Police: Couple tortured, killed Vietnam vet before burning body in front of kids”
HONOLULU — Lawmakers are discussing versions of two bills that would tighten the state’s already strict gun regulations.
One bill would ban bump stocks, a device used by the gunman in the Las Vegas shooting last October that killed 58 people. Bump stocks allow guns to be fired like assault weapons. Continue reading “State lawmakers eye bump stock ban”
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SAN ANTONIO — Caught on camera, what looks like a San Antonio Police officer dragging a 16-year-old girl along the counter in her school office.
Both the girl in the video and the San Antonio Police Department say this all started because of cussing. Continue reading “Teen says officer used excessive force while handcuffing her”
Last August, U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis made a journey to the West Coast and met with Google founder Sergey Brin and CEO Sundar Pichai. Over a half day of meetings, Google leaders described the company’s multi-year transition to cloud computing and how it was helping them develop into a powerhouse for research and development into artificial intelligence. Brin in particular was eager to showcase how much Google was learning every day about AI and cloud implementation, according to one current and one former senior Defense Department official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Continue reading “Google is Pursuing the Pentagon’s Giant Cloud Contract Quietly, Fearing An Employee Revolt”
MENLO PARK, Calif. (Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) said on Tuesday it would continue requiring people to accept targeted ads as a condition of using its service, a stance that may help keep its business model largely intact despite a new European Union privacy law.
The EU law, which takes effect next month, promises the biggest shakeup in online privacy since the birth of the internet. Companies face fines if they collect or use personal information without permission. Continue reading “Facebook says users must accept targeted ads even under new EU law”
The big numerical reveal on Wednesday was Amazon.com Inc. finally spilling the beans on the number of Prime members (more than 100 million). It also disclosed another number that shows how much it relies on an army of people moving physical merchandise around the world: $28,446. Continue reading “Amazon Is Defined by Billions and Millions; Median Salary Is $28,446”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
Island County, WA — In 2015, Keaton Farris, 25, was accused of trying to cash a $355 check that wasn’t written out him. After failing to appear for his court date, he was arrested on March 20. He would not leave the jail alive.
Now, after three years of trying to hold the officers responsible for his death accountable, Washington state’s version of “justice” has been served. The officers responsible for his death have been sentenced for their crimes. However, it is a kick in the teeth to Farris’ family. Continue reading “Officers Sentenced to Only 5 Days in Jail for Dehydrating Man to DEATH and Covering It Up”
The Daily Caller – by Christian Datoc
The Hurst (TX) Police Department released dash cam footage Wednesday of a house exploding just feet away from an officer responding to an incident involving a crashed SUV.
Continue reading “Dash Cam Catches Texas House Exploding Feet From Police Officer”
Border Patrol agents arrested a group of heavily armed Mexican nationals who illegally crossed the border into southern Arizona. The agents found three Mexican nationals who were carrying multiple weapons–including “assault-style firearms.”
Tucson Sector agents teamed up with air support from U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Air and Marine Operations (CBP-AMO) to locate the group of men after camera surveillance detected them walking north about 17 miles from the Arizona-Mexico Border, according to information provided to Breitbart Texas from CBP in Tuscon. Continue reading “Illegal Aliens Caught near Border with ‘Assault-Style Firearms,’ Says Border Patrol”
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated during a Thursday press conference that containers filled with chlorine from Germany and smoke bombs manufactured in the United Kingdom city of Salisbury were found in the East Ghouta region of Damascus, the location of the alleged chemical attack by Assad which resulted in the launch of 105 Tomahawks on 3 Syrian targets by US, UK and French forces last Friday. Continue reading “Containers With Chlorine From Germany, Smoke Grenades From UK Found In Syria’s Ghouta: Russia”
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba’s new president, Miguel Diaz-Canel, began his term on Thursday with a promise to defend the socialist revolution led by the Castro brothers since 1959, giving a strident speech that also emphasized the need to modernize the island’s economy.
A stalwart of the ruling Communist Party, Diaz-Canel was sworn in to replace Raul Castro by the National Assembly in a new chapter for the Caribbean island but one that has been carefully managed and is aimed at preserving the political system. Continue reading “Cuba’s new president vows to defend Castro revolutionary legacy”
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Robots in Singapore have completed a task many humans dread – assembling flat-packed IKEA furniture.
Continue reading “Flatpack fear no more? Robot assembles IKEA chair frame”
