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Jury convicts ex-police officer Amber Guyger who fatally shot neighbor Botham Jean
Jury convicts ex-police officer Amber Guyger who fatally shot her directly upstairs neighbor Botham Jean, when she mistakenly entered his apartment and fired her firearm, instead of following standard police procedure for her department. Source: MORE
Mitch McConnell: Senate obligated to hold impeachment trial
WASHINGTON – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate would have “no choice” but to hold a trial on President Donald Trump if the House votes to put forward articles of impeachment. The Kentucky Republican told MORE
Nearly 30,000 children under age 10 have been arrested in the US since 2013: FBI
The recent arrests of two 6-year-old students in Orlando, which prompted outrage and the firing of the officer who restrained one child’s hands with flex cuffs MORE
NUTTER WATCH: GOP congressman claims Americans need AR-15s to fend off ‘foxes’ and ‘raccoons’!
So much for the argument about forming a well-regulated militia to oppose the tyranny of the state, or protecting one’s self from a home invasion. The debate over the Second Amendment may ultimately boil down MORE
Former NJ Police Chief: “Donald Trump is the last hope for white people.”
While discussing the arrest of an African-American suspect, a sergeant with the police department recorded former Bordentown Township (NJ) Police Chief Frank Nucera’s comments. “I’m telling you, you know what, Donald Trump is the last MORE
White House concealed Trump’s conversations with other bad actors
It just wasn’t a call to the president of Ukraine that White House officials wanted to bury in the dust bins of Trump hell, it now looks they wanted to bury calls to the Saudi MORE
Trump meets with Wayne LaPierre from the terrorist organization, NRA
President Trump met on Friday with Wayne LaPierre, the chief executive of the National Rifle Association, to discuss how the N.R.A. could provide financial support for the president’s defense as he faces political headwinds, including MORE
Manhattan DA and Trump Have Temporary Deal
The Manhattan district attorney’s office has agreed not to enforce a subpoena for President Donald Trump’s tax returns until a federal court rules on the office’s motion to dismiss Trump’s suit to block the subpoena MORE
New Mexico and Minnesota join California in emission control regulations
In a big F U to the Trump administration, New Mexico and Minnesota will join 10 other states “in adopting both of California’s tough rules on tailpipe emissions and zero-emission vehicles.” At this point, more MORE
Photographing nature while black: One man’s quest to make green spaces less white
If you’re under the impression that the great outdoors is a bastion of racial harmony, Dudley Edmondson would like to disabuse you of that notion. Edmondson, a longtime wildlife photographer and filmmaker who lives in MORE
Drone delivers Ohio inmate cellphone and weed
According to WEWS, Cuyahoga County Jail in Ohio released the video showing the inmate in an outdoor recreation area looking to the sky before dashing forward in an attempt to catch something falling from above. The MORE
Entire County Board of Supervisors in Warren County, VA indicted on embezzlement charges
A grand jury has indicted all of Warren County’s top government officials on charges of misfeasance as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into allegations of embezzlement and money laundering inside the local economic development MORE
Judge rejects lawsuit challenging Maryland ban on conversion therapy
U.S. District Judge Deborah Chasanow on Friday dismissed a claim from Christopher Doyle — a mental health therapist at Patrick Henry College in Virginia and the executive director of the Institute for Healthy Families — MORE
Trump administration to end ‘catch and release’ program
Beginning next week, the Trump administration will effectively end “catch and release”practice within immigration enforcement next week. “With some humanitarian and medical exceptions, DHS will no longer be releasing family units from Border Patrol Stations MORE
FBI arrests another Right Wing, would be terrorist
“The FBI has arrested a U.S. soldier who allegedly discussed plans to bomb a major American news network, planned to travel to Ukraine to fight with violent far-right group Azov Battalion and allegedly distributed information online on how MORE
School resource officer arrests two kids under 10, one for throwing a tantrum
Lucious and Emma Nixon Academy charter school in Florida has suspended school resource officer, MORE
Liveblog - Trump attends the “Howdy, Modi” rally for India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Tens of thousands of Indian-Americans packed into a Houston stadium Sunday for a rally with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, joined by U.S. President Donald Trump, in a rare mass show of support for a MORE
Today’s Face The Nation: Iran’s Foreign Minister
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif “not confident” war can be avoided MORE
School bus driver arrested; 5th-grader calls 911 to say she’s ‘drunk’
A 48-year-old school bus driver is facing charges of reckless endangerment and driving under the influence after a young student in Longview, Washington, called 911 to report that she was intoxicated. “She was drunk,” the 5th grader MORE
‘They Videoed His Death’: After a Brawl, Teenagers Gawked as a Boy Lay Dying
A wild after-school brawl erupted on Monday outside a Long Island strip mall, and when it was over, a 16-year-old student was gravely wounded with a stab wound to his chest. MORE
Department of Homeland Security strategy adds white supremacy to list of threats
By Pete Williams For the first time since it was formed after the 9/11 attacks, the Department of Homeland Security is adding white supremacist violence to its list of priority threats in a revised counterterrorism MORE
Wing Nut Watch: Candace Owens claims White Nationalism and Supremacy doesn’t harm black America
House Republicans invited far-right pundit and founder of Blexit, Candace Owens, to speak before the House Oversight Joint Subcommittee. In her latest speech to Congress, Owens outright denied that White Supremacy has had any affects MORE
Ohio Amish Buggy Pulled Over for DUI
An Amish buggy was spotted in Ohio at 1 a.m. Sunday with a large sound system on the roof. Sheriff’s deputies attempted to pull over the vehicle, but occupants fled into the woods while the MORE
Multiple people shot in Washington D.C.
Gunfire erupted on the streets of Washington, D.C., on Thursday night, not far from the White House, and at least several people suffered gunshot wounds, local media reported. Six people were shot in the incident, MORE