Business Insider

JetBlue is taking measures to make evacuating from Hurricane Irma affordable for as many people as possible.

On Wednesday, the New York-based airline announced it had discounted the price of nonstop flights out of Florida to $99 including tax. Connecting flights out of Florida will cost a bit more, at $159.

In addition to airports in Florida, the $99 fares apply to Charleston International and Savannah/Hilton Head International, as well as select airports in Haiti, Turks and Caicos, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, and the Bahamas.   Continue reading “JetBlue is selling $99 tickets so people can escape Hurricane Irma”

Yahoo News

A Texas woman led police officers on a high-speed chase Saturday after slipping out of her handcuffs and driving off in a patrol vehicle, all of which was caught on camera.

Officers from the Lufkin Police Department responded to a 911 call about a possible shoplifter at an Ulta Beauty store on Saturday afternoon. The officers chased down the suspect, 33-year-old Toscha Sponsler of Pollok, and placed her in a patrol vehicle with a seat belt and her hands cuffed behind her back, police said.   Continue reading “Texas woman slips off handcuffs, steals cop car, leads officers on high-speed chase”

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Archive: ITTBF 9-6-17

LA Times – by Patrick McGreevy

State lawmakers Tuesday gave final approval to designating a section of the 134 Freeway as the President Barack H. Obama Highway in honor of the 44th president of the United States.

Supporters of the measure will now raise the private funds needed to place signs with Obama’s name along the section of the 134 between the 210 Freeway and the 2 Freeway, which includes parts of Glendale, Pasadena and Eagle Rock.
Continue reading “California lawmakers act to name stretch of 134 Freeway in honor of former President Obama”

Fox Business News – by Janet Hook

Divisions in America reach far beyond Washington into the nation’s culture, economy and social fabric, and the polarization began long before the rise of President Donald Trump, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News survey of social trends has found.

The findings help explain why political divisions are now especially hard to bridge. People who identify with either party increasingly disagree not just on policy; they inhabit separate worlds of differing social and cultural values and even see their economic outlook through a partisan lens.   Continue reading “Political Divisions in U.S. Are Widening, Long-Lasting, Poll Shows”

Reuters

OTTAWA (Reuters) – The Bank of Canada raised interest rates on Wednesday, surprising many, and left the door open to more rate hikes in 2017 even as it pledged to pay attention to how higher borrowing costs would hit Canada’s indebted households.

The 25-basis-point increase to 1 percent followed a hike in July and puts Canada ahead of the curve in returning borrowing costs to more normal levels after they were slashed due to the 2007-2009 financial crisis. While the U.S. Federal Reserve has begun tightening, its pace has been slower.   Continue reading “Bank of Canada surprises with second rate hike, eyes future moves”

Reuters

NAIROBI (Reuters) – The U.S. military killed three members of Islamist militant group al Shabaab in an airstrike in Somalia conducted with government forces, the U.S. Africa Command said on Wednesday.

Tuesday’s strike took place in Bay region, some 75 km west of the capital, Mogadishu, and also involved help from peacekeepers from the African Union Mission in Somalia.

“The Department of Defense conducted a precision airstrike in central Somalia against al Shabaab militants on … Sept. 5 at approximately 9:50 a.m. local Somalia time, killing three terrorists,” it said.   Continue reading “U.S. military says airstrike in Somalia kills three al Shabaab fighters”

Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s decision to end protections and benefits for young people who were brought into the United States illegally as children faces a legal challenge from New York and other states.

New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman will announce a multistate lawsuit to protect beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program at a news conference at 2:15 p.m. (1815 GMT) on Wednesday, his office said in a statement.   Continue reading “New York to file lawsuit protecting DACA beneficiaries”

Reuters

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s air force has carried out exercises near the Korean peninsula, practicing to defend against a “surprise attack” coming over the sea, Chinese state media reported.

An anti-aircraft defense battalion carried out the exercises early on Tuesday, near the Bohai Sea, the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea that separates China from the peninsula, an official military website www.81.cn reported.   Continue reading “China’s military practices for ‘surprise attack’ over sea near Korea”

NPR

A descendant of a nephew of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee announced yesterday that he had resigned as pastor of his church in Winston-Salem, N.C. Robert Wright Lee IV, who came to national attention denouncing his relative’s legacy on NPR and elsewhere, said he made the decision after Bethany United Church of Christ moved to vote on his tenure there.

“We are all called by God to speak out against hate and evil in all its many forms,” he wrote in a blog post. “There are so many good things going on with this congregation and I do not want my fight to detract from the mission. If the recent media attention causes concern with my church, I reluctantly offer my resignation.”   Continue reading “Lee Relative Who Denounced White Supremacy Resigns As Pastor Of N.C. Church”

NPR

Food prices in America were down for the longest period in about 60 years.

Wait, what?

It’s not something that shoppers seemed to have noticed much.

“Are you serious? Really?” says Michelle German, holding a bag of groceries and wine at a Harris Teeter store in Washington, D.C. “I just spent about $40 dollars on four items and I’m like, wait, how did I spend that much money?”   Continue reading “Grocery Prices Have Been Falling. Did You Notice?”

Tucson.com

An ex-teacher at Cholla High Magnet School was sentenced Tuesday in a case involving inappropriate conduct with a student in 2016.

Under a plea agreement, Pima County Superior Court Judge Deborah Bernini sentenced Eddie Rodriguez to three years probation for aggravated assault on an incapacitated victim, said Krisanne LoGalbo, a court spokeswoman.

Continue reading “Ex-teacher at Cholla High Magnet School sentenced in sex offense”

Fox 10 News

PINAL COUNTY, Ariz. (KSAZ) – Officials with the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday the arrest of a 59-year-old school principal in Apache Junction, accused of luring teen girls online.

According to a statement released by PCSO Tuesday afternoon, Karl Judd Waggoner, the principal of Four Peaks Elementary School, was arrested near the school early Tuesday morning, and is charged with alleged luring and alleged aggravated luring of a minor.   Continue reading “Elementary School Principal in Apache Junction arrested, accused of luring teen girls online”

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Archive: TWFTT 9-6-17

Geek Wire – by Taylor Soper

Microsoft is taking a hard line on the Trump administration’s plans to end the Deferred Action for Child Arrivals program, or DACA, in the next six months, making it clear that it won’t stand idly by if the government seeks to deport any of its employees currently covered by the program.

After already publishing a blog post calling on Congress to prioritize a bill to protect “Dreamers” — about 800,000 children of undocumented immigrants — Microsoft President Brad Smith told NPR on Tuesday that the government is “going to have to go through us to get that person,” referring to any Microsoft employees targeted for deportation as a result of DACA potentially ending.   Continue reading “Microsoft: Government will ‘have to go through us’ to deport workers impacted by Trump’s ‘Dreamers’ repeal”

Fellowship of the Minds – by Dr. Eowyn

There is a strong correlation between immigration—particularly illegal immigration—and wages.

The reason is simple — the economic principle of supply and demand. In the case of immigration, that means the more supply of workers, the lower the wages.

But liberal economists and proponents of mass immigration see immigration as an absolute economic good, insisting that immigration is necessary for the economy to grow. (Click here for the three reasons why liberals are wrong.)   Continue reading “Evidence that immigration depresses wages: U.S. & UK”

NBC News

The City Council in Charlottesville, Virginia, voted Tuesday night to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson from a park after a public hearing punctuated by protests and chants of “Let her speak.”

By voice vote, the council voted after 11 p.m. ET to ask a design firm to redesign Emancipation Park, where the Jackson statue stands — effectively ordering its removal once all court cases are resolved.   Continue reading “Charlottesville Council Votes to Remove Confederate Statue After Tense Hearing”