To cap off a long, strange day, my husband and I took the kids out last night to see Pitch Perfect 3. The first Pitch Perfect is a firm favorite in our household, the kind of movie we end up watching when we can’t agree on what to watch. We’d been waiting til we all […]
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Plane with 162 on Board Skids Off Turkish Runway, Nearly Falls into Black Sea…
The passenger jet of a Turkish low-cost carrier with over 160 on board slid off the slippery runway in the Turkish city of Trabzon Saturday night, leaving it precariously perched atop a cliff edge over the Black Sea, saved only by freezing mud. “We’re sorry to report that the Boeing 737-800 type TC-CPF registered aircraft […]
‘Won’t happen again’: Hawaii Officials Apologize, Blame Missile Fiasco on ‘Human Error’…
Faced with a public outcry following a false missile alert, Hawaiian officials apologized, saying an automated method of retracting warnings will be introduced and two employees, instead of one, will handle it in the future. “We did everything that we can, immediately, to ensure that it will never happen again… so a single person will […]
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State Department Issues Highest ‘Do Not Travel’ Rating for Five Mexican States…
The U.S. has issued “do not travel” advisories for five Mexican states denoting the highest level of possible danger for travelers. The State Department unveiled its updated assessments of the group Wednesday, ranking them the same as war-torn nations like Somalia, Syria and Yemen. The U.S. now lists Tamaulipas, a Mexican state that shares a […]
Cliven Bundy May Sue Feds…
Rancher Cliven Bundy no longer faces federal charges in the 2014 Nevada standoff, but that doesn’t mean his legal fight with the Justice Department is over. Attorney Larry Klayman said Mr. Bundy is considering filing lawsuits for malicious prosecution and civil-rights violations stemming from the court battle that ended Monday with a federal judge dismissing […]
Area 51 Flights? Top-Secret Government Airline Seeks Flight Attendant…
Are you a Las Vegas-based flight attendant looking for work and able to keep a secret(s)? Do you feel positively about working for an airline that sort of doesn’t exist? Happen to have a Top-Secret clearance with the U.S. government, or think you could snag one? If so, the perfect job just opened up. Janet, […]
FAA Tightens Flight Restrictions Over North Korea…
The Federal Aviation Administration has ‘prohibited’ all U.S. carriers, commercial flights and privately licensed American pilots from flying in North Korea’s Pyongyang eastern region, which were previously allowed under another special federal aviation regulation issued twenty years ago, according to an FAA flight bulletin. Despite diplomatic talks on Tuesday between North Korean and South Korean […]
AUDIT: Afghanistan Watchdog Releases Audit of Defense Department Spending…
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, received the results of an audit he requested in 2016, along with then-Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), from the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). The audit is the result of conscientious oversight efforts conducted by Grassley over several years […]
Federal Judge Throws Out Case Against Cliven Bundy – “With Prejudice”, “Gross Prosecutorial Misconduct”…
Wow. Follow up to THIS STORY – In a stunning rebuke to federal prosecutors a federal court judge has thrown out the case against Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy “with prejudice”. Bundy and his sons cannot be retried, and will walk free. In order for a federal judge to completely dismiss a case of this significance […]
U.S. Spy Aircraft Flew Between Russian Bases in Syria During Drone Attack…
The Russian military in Syria has disrupted a massive attack with the use of battle drones on its facilities in the country on January 6, intercepting six and shooting down seven more UAVs launched by militants. The US Navy’s Boeing P-8 Poseidon was on a patrol mission in the area between the Russian Hmeimim airbase […]
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Restoring the Rule of Law to the Protection of Classified Information…
In the Clinton-email case, her intent, regardless of her motive, was clearly criminal. The Justice Department is reviving investigations involving Hillary Clinton’s emails and the degree to which the State Department during Mrs. Clinton’s tenure as secretary was put in the service of the Clinton Foundation. Good. Indeed, it is long overdue. It underscores a […]
Did Jeff Sessions Just Increase the Odds Congress Will Make Marijuana Legal?…
When Jeff Sessions announced Thursday morning he had removed the barrier that had held back federal prosecutors from pursuing marijuana cases in states that had made pot legal, he delivered on something he had all but promised when he was nominated as attorney general. Most of the marijuana world saw it coming, but they freaked […]
U.S., South Korea Postpone Joint Military Exercises Until After Winter Olympics…
The United States and South Korean governments have agreed to postpone joint military exercises until after next month’s Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, a move that comes after South Korea offered to hold talks with North Korea about the winter games next week. In a readout of President Trump’s phone call with South Korean […]
Feds to Seek Retrial in Bundy Case…
The embarrassment a federal judge dealt to government prosecutors last month in the Cliven Bundy case could be set to resume Monday, at a hearing to determine whether the cattle rancher who became a folk hero long before he beat the feds can be retried. U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro on Dec. 20 declared a […]
1st Contact in Nearly 2 Years: North Korea Calls South Via Cross-Border Hotline…
North Korea was first to use a border hotline with the South which resumed operation after an exchange of messages between Pyongyang and Seoul. Officials reportedly spoke for 20 minutes to make sure that the line works. South and North Korea made their first contact at the border village of Panmunjom via a communication channel […]
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How the Interrogation of Reality Winner Reveals the Deceptive Tactics of “Exceedingly Friendly” FBI Agents…
In late January, George Papadopoulos did what a lot of Americans do when FBI agents ask for a few minutes of their time — he agreed to talk. It’s a decision he likely regrets, because in October the former adviser to President Donald Trump’s election campaign pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI. […]
Men Aboard Chrissy Teigen’s ‘Flight to Nowhere’ Could Be Charged by FBI…
Two brothers who boarded a Tokyo-bound plane that turned around four hours into the flight could be facing charges from the FBI. The men, who have nearly identical names, allegedly boarded the All Nippon Airways flight at Los Angeles International Airport using a single boarding pass, sources told ABC News. One of the brothers had […]
Because of This Lab Employee, At Least 8,000 Drug Convictions in Massachusetts Are Likely to Be Tossed…
Massachusetts authorities will toss out more than 8,000 convictions that are tainted because a chemist at the state lab was high on drugs she was supposed to be testing almost every day she went to work, authorities said on Friday. The announcements by various district attorneys’ offices came after the American Civil Liberties Union and […]
Unsealed Motions in Bundy Case Detail Prosecution’s Violations…
In a July 5 email, Ryan Payne’s lawyers asked prosecutors for copies of all threat assessments prepared before the April 2014 standoff between Cliven Bundy’s supporters and federal officers trying to impound Bundy’s cattle for years of failing to pay grazing fees and fines. Prosecutors characterized the defendants’ continued push for the assessments as another […]
Trump: No Deal to Protect Dreamers Without Cash for Border Wall…
Donald Trump demanded on Friday that any deal to resolve the fate of young undocumented migrants must be paired with funding for a wall along the southern US border. It was not immediately clear if Trump’s intervention would derail attempts to find a compromise on the issue, or negotiations over government funding. Spokespeople for Democratic […]
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