From the Trenches World Report

Mail.com

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The verdict in the invasion-of-privacy case against Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens could come down to the technical workings of the iPhone, the definition of “transmission,” and the whereabouts of a photo that may or may not exist.

Jury selection in the felony case against the 44-year-old Republican is expected to start Thursday and last at least two days, and testimony is scheduled to begin Monday. Greitens is accused of taking an unauthorized photograph of a blindfolded and partially naked woman while she was bound to exercise rings in his basement in 2015, before he was elected. The woman, a hairdresser with whom Greitens has admitted having an affair, told investigators she saw a flash through the blindfold and heard what sounded like a photo being taken.   Continue reading “Jury to be picked for Greitens’ trial stemming from affair”

Mail.com

TOWSON, Md. (AP) — Kevin Kamenetz, a Democratic candidate for governor of Maryland and longtime leader in local politics, died early Thursday at age 60. Kamenetz, Baltimore County’s two-term executive, died following a cardiac arrest, according to a news release from Baltimore County authorities.

Kamenetz was at home in Owings Mills when he awoke around 2 a.m., complaining of feeling ill, the news release said. He was hospitalized at St. Joseph Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 3:22 a.m.   Continue reading “Maryland gubernatorial candidate, county exec dies at 60”

Mail.com

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — One of three bikers indicted on murder charges Wednesday stemming from a chaotic 2015 shooting outside a Texas restaurant is accused of killing a man who was also shot twice by police, according to ballistics evidence reviewed by The Associated Press.

The indictments against Glenn Walker and two fellow members of the Bandidos motorcycle club mark the first murder charges filed in connection to the melee that left nine bikers dead, 20 wounded and nearly 200 arrested outside a Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco.   Continue reading “Texas biker accused of killing man who was shot by police”

CBC News

When hundreds of white supremacists staged a march in Charlottesville, Va., last August, most of the attention was on the counter-protester killed when a vehicle, believed to have been driven by one of the marchers, plowed into a crowd of pedestrians, and on the controversial statementsmade about the event by U.S. President Donald Trump.

There was little news coverage, however, of an armed group called the Three Percenters, whose members, dressed in paramilitary gear and carrying guns, attended the rally, acting as a self-styled security detail independent of law enforcement.   Continue reading “Three Percenters are Canada’s ‘most dangerous’ extremist group, say some experts”

The Oregonian

A state board’s apparent retaliation against an Oregon man who investigated why his wife got a red-light traffic ticket made a national list highlighting outrageous breaches of free speech rights.

It’s one of seven “2018 Jefferson Muzzles” – an annual focus by the Thomas Jefferson Center in Charlottesville, Virginia, that celebrates “the birth and ideals of its namesake by calling attention to those who would censor free expression.”     Continue reading “Red-light camera critic’s case makes national list of free speech violations”

Computer World – by Lucas Mearian

Law enforcement interest in iPhone encryption-cracking hardware from two new companies is a strong indication that Apple no longer claims the mobile security high ground.

“What this means, if it’s true, is that people who thought all of their communications were totally secure shouldn’t feel so confident going forward,” said Jack Gold, principal analyst with J. Gold Associates. “But, then security has always been a tug of war between the ones implementing it and the ones trying to break it.”   Continue reading “Two vendors now sell iPhone cracking technology – and police are buying”

USA Today

YORK, Pa. — Joe Kirby was at work in Maryland when he got the phone call. He drove back to his Pennsylvania home, texting his boss that there was an emergency.

His wife, Christina, was hysterical. There was a member of the York County Sheriff’s Office going through every room of their house, taking inventory of their property to eventually put up for sale. The deputy sheriff told her he’d already done it with the cars in the driveway: a 2002 BMW 3 Series and 2007 Volkswagen GTI.  Continue reading “A deputy sheriff came to inventory family’s property — over a $160 trash bill”

Campus Reform – by Toni Airaksinen

Leandra Westbrook, a junior at Kent State University, claims she was wrongfully detained by campus police after students overheard her talking about her concealed carry license.

Westbrook, a junior studying political science, told Campus Reform that she had a phone conversation with a friend on the afternoon of April 27, during which she lamented “how it is a shame that I cannot carry a gun on campus, considering I have my carry license.”   Continue reading “Student reported to police for talking about concealed carry”

New Jersey 101.5 – by Michael Symons

Continue reading “NJ Already Taking Financial Aid Applications from Undocumented”

Yahoo News

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. (AP) — Staging a made-for-TV, still-of-the-night arrival ceremony, President Donald Trump welcomed home three Americans freed by North Korea and declared their release a sign of promise toward his goal of denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula.

Speaking early Thursday on an air base tarmac with the former detainees by his side, Trump called it a “great honor” to welcome the men to the U.S., but said “the true honor is going to be if we have a victory in getting rid of nuclear weapons.”   Continue reading “Trump gives freed Americans flag-waving, wee-hours welcome”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

O.F. Mossberg & Sons has become the second gunmaker to sever ties with Dick’s Sporting Goods, and its subsidiary, Field & Stream, in response to their hiring of multiple gun control lobbyists in the wake of the Parkland shooting.

“The lobbying records show Dick’s hired two Democrats and one Republican from Glover Park Group, a DC-based government affairs firm, for ‘[l]obbying related to gun control’,” reported The Fedrealist in May.   Continue reading “Mossberg Becomes Second Firearms Co. To Cut Off Dick’s”

SHTF Plan – by Mac Slavo

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been alerted to an outbreak of Ebola.  In the past five weeks, there have been 21 cases of the infection reported, and 17 of those are now deceased.

The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo declared the outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever, a rare and deadly disease, on Tuesday, the World Health Organization reported.  The declaration of an outbreak came after laboratory results confirmed two cases of the disease in the province of Bikoro in the northwestern part of the country. Bikoro is situated on the shores of Lake Tumba near the border with the Republic of the Congo. The new cases were reported from a small health facility about 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Bikoro.   Continue reading “EBOLA’S BACK! OUTBREAK ALERT After 21 Cases And 17 Deaths Reported In Last 5 Weeks”

Reuters

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Israel said it attacked nearly all of Iran’s military infrastructure in Syria on Thursday after Iranian forces fired rockets at Israeli-held territory for the first time.

It was the heaviest Israeli barrage in Syria since the start in 2011 of its civil war, in which Iranians, allied Shi’ite militias and Russian soldiers have deployed in support of President Bashar al-Assad.   Continue reading “Israel says it attacked targets in Syria after Iranian rocket fire”

AZ Family

GLENDALE, Nev. (FOX5/Meredith) – A semi-truck carrying $800,000 in dimes crashed and spilled its load on Interstate 15 near Glendale, which is located northeast of Las Vegas, Tuesday.

According to the Nevada Highway Patrol, at about 3:30 a.m. the semi-truck was southbound on Interstate 15 near mile marker 101 when the driver lost control of the truck, struck a guardrail and rolled over onto the desert area.   Continue reading “Semi-truck carrying $800K in dimes overturns in Nevada”

Campus Reform – by Hannah Scherlacher

Rutgers University recently debuted a program to teach students and staff about the illegal immigrant community, and at least one administrator wants to make the workshop mandatory.

The “DREAM Zone” program, a three-hour interactive event that originated at New York University, expanded to Rutgers in April, according to The Daily Targum.   Continue reading “Rutgers trains students to empathize with illegal immigrants”

South China Morning Post

Russia is unlikely to try to limit Israel’s military actions in Syria, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday after meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin, and one day after celebrating a personal victory with America’s departure from the Iran nuclear deal.

Since intervening in the Syrian civil war on behalf of President Bashar al-Assad in 2015, Russia has generally turned a blind eye to Israeli attacks on suspected arms transfers and deployments by Assad’s Iranian and Lebanese Hezbollah allies.   Continue reading “Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Russia won’t limit Israel in Syria after celebrating US withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal”