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Oregon lawmakers passed nearly 750 bills during their session this year. Many will take effect on New Year’s Day, from new taxes to controversial policy changes to laws designed to keep Oregonians safer. Here’s a sampling of some of the most important new laws taking effect January 1: Continue reading “New Oregon laws taking effect on Jan. 1”
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Archive: TWFTT 12-29-17
Apple apologized to customers for deliberately slowing down older iPhones as their batteries age, in a letter it released on Thursday.
“We know that some of you feel Apple has let you down. We apologize,” the Cupertino, Calif.-based firm’s statement read. “There’s been a lot of misunderstanding about this issue, so we would like to clarify and let you know about some changes we’re making.” Continue reading “Apple apologizes for iPhone slowdowns, will slash battery replacement fee”
Fellowship of the Minds – by Dr. Eowyn
NYPD is searching for a man who’s been vandalizing apartment buildings throughout Manhattan by drawing swastikas and penises on more than a dozen doors in the last 30 days.
The man’s vandalism includes: Continue reading “NYPD released pic of white supremacist who drew swastikas on Manhattan doors”
Drivers exposed to high radiation levels when phones try to stay connected to towers. Mind blown yet?
Cell phone radiation adversely affecting the brain (and everything else) is not breaking news. There has been credible U.S. military research that has proven this since 1972.
Continue reading “Road Rage Explained? Cell Phone Radiation Lowers Impulse Control, Disrupts Blood Brain Barrier”
A gunman on a motorcycle opened fire Friday outside a church in a Cairo suburb and at a nearby store, sparking a shootout that killed at least nine people, including eight Coptic Christians, Egyptian authorities said. It was the latest attack targeting the country’s embattled Christian minority.
The gunman was also killed, along with at least one police officer, officials said. Continue reading “Egypt says 10 killed in attack outside Cairo church”
Tenth Amendment Center – by Mike Maharrey
Local law enforcement agencies around the country are acquiring drones at a dizzying pace, often with financing from the federal government, asset forfeiture, and in some cases, private grants.
According to a report released last spring by the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College, 347 local agencies in 43 states acquired drones between 2009 and March 2017. The agencies included 121 sheriff’s offices, 96 police departments, 69 fire departments, 43 other city or county government agencies, and 18 statewide first responder departments. Continue reading “Federal Programs are Helping Local Police Buy Surveillance Drones”
LOS ANGELES — The nation’s homeless population increased this year for the first time since 2010, driven by a surge in the number of people living on the streets in Los Angeles and other West Coast cities.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released its annual Point in Time count Wednesday, a report that showed nearly 554,000 homeless people across the country during local tallies conducted in January. That figure is up nearly 1 percent from 2016. Continue reading “America’s homeless population rises for first time in years”
Courier Journal – by Justin Sayers and Phillip M. Bailey
Jeffery Byrd squats down on a plastic crate, wearing the same white paint-splashed jeans and beige coat he’s been wearing for two weeks without a shower.
To his left is Roc Peeler, confined to a wheelchair — the rubber on its wheels worn to the rim — his way to get around after he lost his right leg to frostbite.
Their living room is a blend of dirt, brush and trash, while their walls are a web of blankets, tree limbs and chain-link fencing. Peeler, 48, sleeps in a broken tent while Byrd, 42, takes the ground — unless it is raining and the two will jam inside the small shelter. Continue reading “As Louisville gets rid of homeless camps, some wonder: Where is the ‘compassionate city’?”
CLEVELAND – A Cleveland police officer acquitted of a misdemeanor charge in the 2015 fatal shooting of an unarmed teenager after a store break-in has been fired for violating the department’s use-of-force policy.
City officials say 50-year-old Alan Buford was fired Thursday for using force “greater than necessary during the incident.” Continue reading “Cleveland police officer acquitted in fatal shooting fired”
The Intercept – by Sharon Lerner
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Agency has tasked a banker who was banned from the banking industry for life with oversight of the nation’s Superfund program.
In May, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation fined Oklahoma banker Albert Kelly $125,000. According to a consent order, which The Intercept obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, the FDIC had “reason to believe that [Kelly] violated a law or regulation, by entering into an agreement pertaining to a loan by the Bank without FDIC approval.” Continue reading “Banned From The Banking Industry For Life, A Scott Pruitt Friend Finds A New Home At The EPA”
A small classroom down a hall at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Lincoln is a long way from Iraq, but this is where a group of Yazidi women find themselves. They’re part of a class led by volunteer Terri Hensley, a former teacher who’s helping them learn English.
“We are learning consonants and vowels and we are starting right from scratch, so it is a very slow process,” Hensley said. Continue reading “Yazidis From Iraq Find Welcome Refuge In Nebraska”