A police officer was shot and killed, with another wounded on a rural Georgia road. The shooting happened after a stolen vehicle in Polk County, near the Alabama border, a local official told The Polk County Standard Journal. The second officer was injured after being shot in a bulletproof vest, assistant county manager Barry Akinson […]
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Customs Agents Arrest Over 450 Illegal Immigrants In Sanctuary Cities
As part of a massive illegal immigration sweep, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Thursday that officials this week arrested nearly 500 illegal immigrants living in sanctuary cities across the country. The raid, referred to as “Operation ‘Safe City’” in a news release, spanned four days in cities through the U.S., and ended Wednesday. Illegal […]
Judge Rules Black Lives Matter Can Not Be Sued
Black Lives Matter is a social movement, like the tea party or the civil rights movement, and therefore can’t be sued, a federal judge ruled Thursday. A police officer anonymously sued Black Lives Matter and DeRay Mckesson, a prominent Baltimore-based activist in the movement, after being injured by a rock thrown during a protest over […]
Kindergarten Teacher Pleads Guilty To Sex With 6 Children
An East Texas kindergarten teacher who had sex with at least six high school students accepted a plea deal Thursday that will require her to spend 10 years in a state prison. As part of the agreement, 39-year-old Heather Lee Robertson will be required to surrender her teaching certification and register as a sex offender […]
ISIS And Taliban Target James Mattis’ Plane With Rockets
The Taliban and ISIS are both taking credit for a rocket attack on Kabul’s airport early Wednesday just hours after U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis landed in Afghanistan for a surprise visit. A barrage of up to 40 rounds of munitions hit the airport, including 29 rocket-propelled grenades, according to a U.S. military official. […]
Trump Unveils Major Tax Cut Plans That Benefit Major Corporations
US President Donald Trump is calling for major tax cuts for business in a speech, as a longstanding Republican effort to overhaul the US tax code takes centre stage. Top Republicans released a framework for the overhaul that includes lowering the tax rate for corporations from 35% to 20%, among other changes. But many aspects […]
Trump Not Happy With Health Secretary Tom Price
US President Donald Trump has said he is “not happy” with US Health Secretary Tom Price over his private plane travel on official government business. Mr Trump said he was “looking into it” after reports emerged that Mr Price had taken 24 flights on private planes for official trips since May. Internal and congressional inquiries […]
Trump’s Team Uses Private Email To Conduct Official White House Business
Jared Kushner and his wife, Ivanka Trump, reportedly set up a private email account as their family was coming into power in Washington, D.C. They’re seen here last week at left, sitting with Lara Trump and Eric Trump. White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner has used both a private email account and an official email […]
Trump To Visit As Puerto Rico Struggles To Recover
Puerto Rico faces growing humanitarian crisis following devastation blow from Hurricane Maria; Garrett Tenney reports from San Juan Puerto Rico is in the throes of a full-blown “humanitarian crisis,” with washed-out roads, downed power lines and damaged infrastructure — a scene President Trump intends to view first hand next week. Trump, who has been criticized […]
President Trump Accused Of Declaring War On North Korea
A retired U.S. general said a Pentagon war scenario showed a conventional war with North Korea could result in about 20,000 deaths per day in South Korea, according to the Los Angeles Times. Meanwhile, a retired U.S. Navy admiral sees a 50/50 chance of a conventional conflict with North Korea although much less likelihood of […]
Catholic Theologians Accuse Pope Of Heresy
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Several dozen tradition-minded Roman Catholic theologians, priests and academics have formally accused Pope Francis of spreading heresy with his 2016 opening to divorced and civilly remarried Catholics. In a 25-page letter delivered to Francis last month and provided Saturday to The Associated Press, the 62 signatories issued a “filial correction” to […]
North Korea Attacks US Air Craft Carrier In Propaganda Video
Doctored pictures and video showing US aircraft bombarded by a Pukguksong missile have been released by North Korea. The images were from a state-owned propaganda site, DPRK Today and released hours after US Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers, despatched from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam flew close to North Korea’s east coast. The bombers […]