Reuters

Maine could soon prohibit parents from citing religious or personal beliefs to avoid vaccinating their children, making the U.S. state one of a half dozen cracking down during the nations’ largest measles outbreak in 25 years.

State legislatures in New York, New Jersey, Oregon, Vermont, Minnesota and Iowa, are looking at similar bills, that would only allow exemptions from vaccinations for medical reasons as determined by the child’s doctor.  Continue reading “As measles returns, U.S. states look to cut vaccine exemptions”

Center for Food Safety

Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a “proposed interim decision” on glyphosate’s registration review, denying the pesticide’s widely-accepted carcinogenic threat, while leaving leaving several critical assessments unfinished.  Continue reading “Trump’s EPA Proposes New Approval of Monsanto’s Glyphosate / Roundup”

Yahoo News

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents arrested 424 migrants attempting to cross the southern border on Tuesday in the “largest” collective arrest in the agency’s history.

CBP agents encountered and ultimately apprehended “a group of what seemed to be over 400 illegal aliens” early Tuesday morning near the border town of Sunland Park, N.M., according to an agency press release.  Continue reading “Border Patrol Arrests 424 Migrants in Largest Bust on Record”

Daily Mail

Mark Boyle hasn’t switched on a light for three years. Nor has he boiled a kettle, bunged on a wash, turned on the oven, or the radio, vacuumed, cheered on his favourite football team on the TV, listened to any recorded music, sent an email, made a phone call or updated his social media.

Not because he’s lazy, but because, in December 2016, he pledged to live technology-free. On his banned list was anything that requires power or ‘an ongoing energy input’.  Continue reading “Now THAT’S switching off! He’s a modern-day Robinson Crusoe who lives without power”

MassPrivateI

Imagine calling an Uber to go to the movies and finding out that law enforcement knows who you are, where you are, where you are going and when you arrived at your destination.

This is no fairy tale because Uber’s partnership with RapidSOS will allow law enforcement to know everything about you in real-time.  Continue reading “Uber To Track Drivers And Passengers In Real-Time Using RapidSOS app”

France 24

President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed into law a “sovereign internet” bill which will allow Russian authorities to isolate the country’s internet, a move decried by rights groups.

Russian lawmakers insist the new law is necessary to ensure the security of Russia’s online networks but critics say the vaguely worded bill gives new censorship powers to government monitors.  Continue reading “Putin signs controversial internet law”

Daily Mail

An internal email sent to employees of a major NASA contractor appears to confirm speculation that SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule exploded during a failed test earlier this month.

The email obtained by the Orlando Sentinel directly addresses footage that circulated on social media following the April 20 ‘anomaly,’ referring to it as ‘video of the failed test.’  Continue reading “SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule DID explode during test ‘anomaly,’ leaked email suggests”

Sputnik

The original exhibition copy of the US’ declaration of Israel as a state, complete with former President Harry S. Truman’s signature, can now be yours for an estimated $300,000.

Ahead of Israel Independence Day on May 14, Pennsylvania-based historical autograph and document dealer Raab Collection announced Tuesday that the only known, signed copy of the recognition of the Jewish state of Israel’s existence would be posted for sale. Continue reading “Sole Copy of US Recognition of Israel Signed by Truman Listed for $300K”

Boing Boing

Over the weekend, someone set fire to two dozen bee colonies in Alvin, Texas belonging to the Brazoria County Beekeepers Association. The perpetrator also dumped some of the bee boxes into a nearby pond. The Beekepers Association and the police are offering rewards for information leading to the conviction of the idiot who did it. From KTRK-TV:  Continue reading “Some idiot torched hives with half a million bees in Texas”

Record Searchlight – by David Benda, March 6, 2019

Water is starting to seep down the rebuilt Oroville Dam spillway.

California Department of Water Resources officials said Wednesday this is common and will not affect the operation of the dam’s gates, which are not watertight.  Continue reading “Water seeping down reconstructed Oroville Dam spillway”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

A report indicates the April 27, 2019, San Diego synagogue attacker acquired his firearm “legally.”

According to the Associated Press, “Prosecutors say the 19-year-old charged with opening fire in a Southern California synagogue legally bought the semiautomatic rifle he used.” Continue reading “Report: San Diego Synagogue Shooter Acquired Firearm ‘Legally’”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

A leaked FBI document reveals that members of Antifa were plotting to purchase guns from a “Mexico-based cartel associate known as Cobra Commander,” and “stage an armed rebellion at the border,” according to the San Diego Union Tribune, which received a copy of the unclassified report.  Continue reading “FBI Investigating Antifa Plot To Buy Guns From “Mexican Rambo” For “Armed Rebellion At Border””

Anti-War – by Jason Ditz

A US F-35A has carried out a pair of airstrikes against targets inside northern Iraq. They say the strikes were against ISIS, claiming to have hit a tunnel network and a weapons cache.

This marks the first time the F-35A has been used in combat. This was widely expected, with the jets deployed into the region on April 15, and officials hotly anticipating the first use of them.  Continue reading “US Carries Out First Airstrikes With F-35 in Iraq”