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The Pima County Board of Supervisors approved on Tuesday a resolution banning sexual orientation “conversion therapy” of minors in exchange for a fee.
The 3-2 decision of the board echoes decisions in nine other states that have made conversion therapy illegal and takes the public stance that sexual identity is not a disorder or mental illness.
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A US court has ruled that a US citizen who spent more than three years in federal immigration custody can not sue, because his false imprisonment claim was “untimely.” The Jamaican-American was also denied the $82,500 settlement he previously won.
In a 2-1 vote on Monday, the Second US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Davino Watson, a US citizen held in a New York detention center for 1,273 days, could not sue for damages. Continue reading “US citizen in immigrant detention for over 3yrs has no right to sue, court rules”
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Latest on developments in Afghanistan (all times local): 4:35 p.m. The Taliban have claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing attack earlier in the day on a NATO convoy in southern Afghanistan.
Qari Yusuf Ahmadi, Taliban spokesman in southern Afghanistan, claimed two armored tanks were destroyed and that 15 foreign soldiers were killed in Wednesday’s attack on the outskirts of the city of Kandahar. The insurgents, however, routinely exaggerate their gains and death tolls. Continue reading “The Latest: Taliban claim suicide attack on NATO convoy”
LONDON (AP) — Three British men who dubbed themselves the “Three Musketeers” were convicted Wednesday of plotting a bomb attack on troops or police inspired by Islamic extremism. Jurors at London’s Central Criminal Court found 29-year-old Naweed Ali, 25-year-old Khobaib Hussain and Mohibur Rahman, 33, guilty of preparing terrorist acts, after a trial that was partly held in secret for national security reasons.
A fourth defendant, Tahir Aziz, was convicted of the same charge. Prosecutors say the 38-year-old was brought into the plot in its later stages. Ali, Hussain and Rahman met while serving prison terms for terrorism offenses, prosecutors said. They later set up a group on a messaging app called the “Three Musketeers.” Continue reading “4 UK men convicted of plotting attack on soldiers, police”
Older people are dying on the job at a higher rate than workers overall, even as the rate of workplace fatalities decreases, according to an Associated Press analysis of federal statistics. It’s a trend that’s particularly alarming as baby boomers reject the traditional retirement age of 65 and keep working. The U.S. government estimates that by 2024, older workers will account for 25 percent of the labor market.
Getting old — and the physical changes associated with it — “could potentially make a workplace injury into a much more serious injury or a potentially fatal injury,” said Ken Scott, an epidemiologist with the Denver Public Health Department. Continue reading “Older people dying on job at higher rate than all workers”
A Tucson police officer who was arrested on charges of domestic violence last week pointed his gun at a family member during a gathering at his parents’ house, documents show.
Michael Sauber, a probationary employee who was hired in April 2016, is facing charges of domestic violence/aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and disorderly conduct, all felonies.
Continue reading “Documents: Off-duty Tucson police officer pointed gun at family member”
The key factor is: be a drug company.
In this case, Celgene. Their drugs are Thalomid and Revlimid. They are approved for multiple myeloma, one type of cancer.
Here’s the thing. Doctors can decide to prescribe drugs for uses which are not approved by the FDA, but the manufacturers can’t promote those “off-label” uses to doctors. That’s illegal. Continue reading “Guide to paying a small fine and making billions”
PHOENIX (KSAZ) – Phoenix Police officials said a suspect involved in an armed robbery incident at a drug store is dead.
According to a statement issued Tuesday night, the incident took place at the 3400 block of W. Union Hills, and the suspect was declared dead at the scene. Continue reading “Police: Armed customer shoots, kills armed robbery suspect”
Republican Sens. David Perdue (Ga.) and Tom Cotton (Ark.) plan to introduce legislation at the White House Wednesday calling for a new skills-based immigration system, the Washington Examiner reportedTuesday.
According to the report, the plan would reduce the overall level of legal immigration into the country.
Continue reading “Two GOP senators plan to propose skills-based immigration bill: report”
Defense Department investigators have discovered “potential security risks” in a Pentagon program that has enrolled more than 10,000 foreign-born individuals into the U.S. armed forces since 2009, Fox News has learned exclusively, with sources on Capitol Hill and at the Pentagon expressing alarm over “foreign infiltration” and enrollees now unaccounted for.
After more than a year of investigation, the Pentagon’s inspector general recently issued a report – its contents still classified but its existence disclosed here for the first time – identifying serious problems with Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest (MAVNI), a DOD program that provides immigrants and non-immigrant aliens with an expedited path to citizenship in exchange for military service. Continue reading “Pentagon investigators find ‘security risks’ in government’s immigrant recruitment program, ‘infiltration’ feared”
The battle over whether to enforce vaccination is not new. In fact, it’s older than the United States itself.
In early colonial America, the smallpox virus spread quickly among growing populations, killing as many as half of those who caught it. When one of the earliest forms of immunization — called “inoculation” — was introduced in the West, colonizers fought over whether it was safe. Continue reading “A Very Short History of Vaccines in America”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
Phenix City, AL – The entire dash cam footage was just released showing officer Allan Brown firing eleven shots into a vehicle — pausing only to reload — and fire another ten shots into the vehicle as the teens can be heard begging for their lives. While a snippet of the video was released in May, the entire video, obtained by the Ledger-Enquirer, is disturbing, to say the least.
Christian Redwine, 17, was killed in the shooting and passengers Hunter Tillis and Hanna Wuenschel, two other teens, suffered non-fatal gunshot wounds. It was the first volley, of the 21 total bullets, that struck Redwine in the head and heart that ended his young life, according to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences. Continue reading ““No Please Stop!” Dash Cam Shows Cop Fire 21 Shots as Unarmed Teens Beg for Their Lives”
Breitbart – by Warner Todd Huston
An official at a Wisconsin county fair reported that vendors were banned from selling Confederate flags because “someone got their feelings hurt,” a report says.
John McClelland Jr., vice president of the Vernon County Fair in Viroqua, Wisconsin, informed the LaCrosse Tribune that fair officials banned the flag after a single fairgoer complained. Continue reading “Wisconsin County Fair Bans Confederate Flag After ‘Someone Got Their Feelings Hurt’”
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed former Justice Department lawyer Christopher Wray as FBI chief, nearly three months after the agency’s previous director, James Comey, was fired by President Donald Trump.
Wray, who was confirmed by vote of 92-5, will take charge of the country’s top domestic law enforcement agency during a federal probe into allegations of collusion between the Trump presidential campaign and Russia. Continue reading “Wray confirmed by Senate to lead FBI after Comey firing”
A big rig transporting a giant concrete wall has gotten stuck on Park Avenue, forcing police to close a street as they figure out how to move the massive truck.
It’s not clear how the truck got stuck at the intersection; witness Christian Koulichkov said it appears the load was too heavy to make the hill and the truck got wedged in.
He said the NYPD was trying to move the truck with its own tow truck but it appears they may need a crane. Continue reading “Big Rig Carrying Concrete Wall Gets Stuck on Park Avenue”
Facebook has shut down a controversial chatbot experiment that saw two AIs develop their own language to communicate.
The social media firm was experimenting with teaching two chatbots, Alice and Bob, how to negotiate with one another.
However, researchers at the Facebook AI Research Lab (FAIR) found that they had deviated from script and were inventing new phrases without any human input. Continue reading “Facebook shuts down controversial chatbot experiment after AIs develop their own language to talk to each other”
Headline growth in US construction spending collapsed in July to just 1.6% YoY – the weakest since 2011.
As Reuters reports, U.S. construction spending unexpectedly fell in June as investment in public projects recorded its biggest drop since March 2002. The Commerce Department said on Tuesday that construction spending tumbled 1.3 percent to $1.21 trillion – the lowest level since September 2016 – drastically missing economists’ estimates of a 0.4% increase. Continue reading “US Construction Spending Just Collapsed”