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The US Coast Guard has removed a team member from duty after he was accused of making a “white power” sign on air.
The unidentified employee was seen glancing at the camera during an MSNBC interview on Friday night before briefly making the hand gesture. Continue reading “US Coast Guard employee removed for ‘white power sign’ on air”
HOUSTON (AP) — A U.S. Border Patrol agent suspected of killing four women was arrested early Saturday after a fifth woman who had been abducted managed to escape from him and notify authorities, law enforcement officials said, describing the agent as a “serial killer.”
Juan David Ortiz, an intel supervisor for the Border Patrol, fled from state troopers and was found hiding in a truck in a hotel parking lot in Laredo at around 2 a.m. Saturday, Webb County Sheriff Martin Cuellar said at a news conference in the border city about 145 miles (235 kilometers) southwest of San Antonio. Continue reading “Sheriff: Border Patrol agent suspected of killing 4 women”
Dallas News – by Ray Leszcynski
Texas Central Partners has secured a $300 million loan to continue its pursuit of a new 240-mile high-speed rail route from downtown Dallas to Houston.
The company said it will use the financing to move ahead on permitting, design and engineering on what would be the first high-speed rail in America. Continue reading “Texas Central lands $300 million loan for Dallas-to-Houston bullet train project”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
Portland, OR – A community is outraged after a father and U.S. Navy veteran was shot and killed by police while witnesses claim he was being a good Samaritan and trying to break up a fight, but when his handgun fell out of its holster and he reached to pick it up, police did not hesitate to open fire on him. The handgun was legal and the victim had a permit to carry it concealed.
Although the incident happened in June, the body camera footage was just released on Friday after a grand jury ruled that neither of the cops would be charged for killing Jason E. Washington, 45, a beloved father of three daughters who married his high school sweetheart, served in the Navy, and was working as a U.S. postal worker. He was also the only one who attempted to break up a fight that broke out on a street corner in downtown Portland while nearby police did nothing to help. Continue reading “Cops Dump 17 Rounds Into ‘Good Samaritan’ Veteran as He Tried to Break Up a Fight”
ANCHORAGE (KTUU) – Alaska’s most active volcanoes sit far from the state’s population centers, and often spurt ash or steam, but for pilots in the Alaska Peninsula and Aleutians, a sighting of a volcano isn’t out of the ordinary.
Captain Joe Timmreck, who flies for Ace Air, captured dramatic video of lava flows on the side of Veniaminof Volcano in Southwest Alaska Wednesday. Timmreck says he and his copilot Nicholas Huling were flying a usual route between Anchorage and Sand Point when they caught sight of the lava flows. With Huling’s help flying, Timmreck was able to capture more than three minutes of footage of lava flows making their way down the side of the remote mountain. Continue reading “Lava spews from Veniamanof Volcano in Southwest Alaska”
As Hurricane Florence hammers North Carolina’s coastline with relentless rain and wind, first responders are scrambling to rescue residents who didn’t heed evacuation orders and are now stranded in their homes, cars and even on rooftops amid rising floodwaters.
About 300 residents in the coastal town of New Bern had been rescued by early Saturday morning and were taken to shelters after the dangerous Category 1 hurricane moved ashore early Friday, according to New Bern’s government. Another 100 were still awaiting rescue overnight Friday into Saturday with “three rescue teams who are working around the clock to get into communities to retrieve people.” Continue reading “‘It’s like a bomb has gone off here’: Stranded residents hunker down as Florence hammers NC”
Unexplainable – by J. Mark Soveign
The National Flag of the United States, the ‘Stars and Stripes’, is sometimes decorated with gold fringe around the edges. These yellow fringed ‘Stars and Stripes’ can be found in most State and Federal Courts, Municipal Buildings, and Schools throughout America, but why? Continue reading “The Shocking Secret About Court Room Flags – It’s A Warning!”
The head of the Organization of American States (OAS), accused by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro of being a “CIA agent,” says military intervention against Caracas should not be ruled out as a response to the ongoing crisis.
OAS Secretary-General Luis Almagro has hinted that the bloc may consider taking military action in Venezuela if it runs out of diplomatic options in its bid to alleviate the plight of people in the crisis-stricken country. Continue reading “Military intervention in Venezuela ‘on the table,’ says OAS secretary general”
A Syrian rebel commander said on Thursday that rare military exercises with US Marines in southern Syria sent a strong message to Russia and Iran that the Americans and the rebels intend to stay and confront any threats to their presence.
Colonel Muhanad al-Talaa, commander of the Pentagon-backed Maghawir al-Thawra group, told Reuters the eight days of drills that ended this week at the US military outpost in Tanf were the first such exercises with live-fire air and ground assault involving hundreds of US troops and rebel fighters. Continue reading “US Marines Conduct Major Military Drills With Rebels in Southern Syria”
Activist Post – by Aaron Kesel
Facebook will begin fact-checking photographs and videos posted on its platform that are misleading or controversial, WSJ reported.
The company stated Thursday it will begin using technology and human reviewers to stop the spread of “misinformation in these new visual formats.” Previously, the company’s efforts have been focused on rooting out false articles and links. Continue reading “Facebook Will Begin Fact Checking Videos And Pictures”
The Researching the American-Israeli Alliance group, in partnership with anti-occupation group Jewish Voice for Peace released a report detailing the ways in which exchanges between the United States and Israeli state security agencies have reinforced a “security model that justifies flagrant human and civil rights violations” in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.
This model, which relies on civilian surveillance and racial profiling along with suppressing public protests and critical social movements, does not target potential foreign enemy threats but civilian population and minority communities. Continue reading “‘Deadly Exchange’: Report Details, Criticizes Israel’s Role in Militarizing US Law Enforcement Post 9/11”
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – An unusual cloud formation has Bay Area residents puzzled Friday afternoon.
Several viewers reached out to KRON4 to ask what it was.
The phenomenon was seen mainly on the Peninsula in cities like San Bruno, San Mateo, and Burlingame. Continue reading “Strange cloud formation puzzles Bay Area”