Hurricane Harvey reaches Category 4 intensity
Washington Post - Thu Aug 24, 2017
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - Hurricane Harvey intensified into a Category 4 storm as it churned toward what was certain to be a devastating landfall near this city by early Saturday morning. More»
UVa Employee Suffers a Stroke After Campus Clash With White Supremacists
Chronicle of Higher Education - Wed Aug 16, 2017
Tyler D.R. Magill, an employee with the University of Virginia's Alderman Library, suffered a stroke Tuesday that may be related to injuries he sustained in a violent melee with white supremacists on the university's Lawn Friday night, a friend of his family confirmed Wednesday. More»
Charlottesville protester says police failed to come to his aid as he was beaten by white supremacists
Daily Mail - Tue Aug 15, 2017
A man has claimed police failed to come to the aid of a protester when he was beaten by white supremacists during violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. More»
A Professor Of German History Explains The True Horror Of Trump's Response To Charlottesville
Raw Story - Tue Aug 15, 2017
As a scholar of modern German history, I've been working on a study of antisemitism in Germany and the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. More»
Georgia Pumps Taxpayer Money into Anti-Choice Fake Clinics
Rewire - Mon Aug 14, 2017
Georgia is funneling millions in state funds to anti-choice organizations that attempt to prevent people from seeking abortion care. More»
Texas Governor Signs Controversial 'Rape Insurance' Abortion Coverage Into Law
Think Progress - Mon Aug 14, 2017
Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) signed a bill Tuesday afternoon, approved by the Senate over the weekend, that would prohibit all insurance companies from covering non-life threatening abortion care in standard health plans. More»
Governor Declares State of Emergency in Virginia as Nazi Rally Turns to Riot
BBC - Fri Aug 11, 2017
Officials in Charlottesville in the US state of Virginia have declared a state of emergency ahead of a large march by white nationalists. More»
Hackers Crack Voting Machines Within Minutes At DEF CON In Vegas
Huffington Post - Sat Jul 29, 2017
We already knew US voting systems had security flaws ? the federal government put that nail in the coffin when it repeatedly confirmed that Russian hackers breached systems in at least 21 states during the election last year. More»
Anthony Scaramucci Called Me to Unload About White House Leakers, Reince Priebus, and Steve Bannon
New Yorker - Wed Jul 26, 2017
He started by threatening to fire the entire White House communications staff. It escalated from there. More»
Justice Department Says Rights Law Doesn't Protect Gays
New York Times - Wed Jul 26, 2017
The Justice Department has filed court papers arguing that a major federal civil rights law does not protect employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation, taking a stand against a decision reached under President Barack Obama. More»
Boy Scouts apologise for Trump's speech
BBC - Wed Jul 26, 2017
GLEN JEAN, West Virginia - The chief scout of the Boy Scouts of America has apologised for the remarks made by President Donald Trump at the group's national event this week. More»
Don't Worry About New Alabama Mad Cow, Says CDC, but Facts Suggest Otherwise
Alternet - Tue Jul 25, 2017
Government agencies protect big agriculture at the expense of our health. More»
Cops kill innocent man by shooting him through a closed door - at the wrong house
Raw Story - Tue Jul 25, 2017
Police officers in Southaven, Mississippi, this week fatally shot a man who had no active warrants because they mistook his house for the house of a suspect. More»
From 'Fake Media' To Clinton, Trump Brings Political Attacks To The Scout Jamboree
Washington Post - Mon Jul 24, 2017
GLEN JEAN, West Virginia - Ahead of President Trump's appearance Monday at the National Scout Jamboree in West Virginia, the troops were offered some advice on the gathering's official blog: Fully hydrate. More»
Mad Cow Disease Detected In Alabama
KUNC - Tue Jul 18, 2017
US Department of Agriculture scientists confirmed Tuesday that an 11-year-old cow found in an Alabama livestock market suffered from the neurologic cattle disease, formally called bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). More»
Over 14 Million Verizon Customers' Data Exposed On Unprotected AWS Server
Hacker News - Wed Jul 12, 2017
Verizon, the major telecommunications provider, has suffered a data security breach with over 14 million US customers' personal details exposed on the Internet after NICE Systems, a third-party vendor, mistakenly left the sensitive users' details open on a server. More»
GOP Operative Who Tried To Get Clinton Emails From Hackers Committed Suicide
New York Daily News - Wed Jul 12, 2017
The GOP operative who admitted reaching out to Russian hackers for Hillary Clinton's emails killed himself days after opening up to a reporter. More»
Fatal Disease on Rise in Humans, Deer in Wisconsin
Newser - Mon Jul 10, 2017
Chronic wasting disease seen more amid worries deer may pass it to humans. More»
Marijuana Fans Cheer as Recreational Pot Goes on Sale in Nevada
NBC - Sat Jul 1, 2017
LAS VEGAS - Cheers and long lines of tourists and locals alike greeted the first day of sales of recreational marijuana on Saturday as Nevada became the fifth state with stores selling pot to the public in a market that is expected to outpace all others in the U. More»
Police: Alien pulled over in Atlanta
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Mon Jun 26, 2017
Police in Alpharetta had an extraterrestrial encounter on Sunday. More»
UFO researcher says new documentary exposes 'what the secret agenda has been'
Toronto Star - Fri Jun 23, 2017
Film paired with Steven Greer's book gets Toronto premiere this weekend at Alien Cosmic Expo UFO symposium. More»
EPA accelerates purge of scientists
Think Progress - Tue Jun 20, 2017
Members of the EPA's Board of Scientific Counselors were told that they would not see their tenure renewed. More»
Georgia Voter Records Exposed On Internet
Associated Press - Tue Jun 20, 2017
A new report says that a security failure left Georgia's 6.7 million voter records and other sensitive files exposed to hackers, and may have been left unpatched for months. More»
'Terrorist' knifeman 'shouting Allahu Akbar' repeatedly stabs cop in the neck at Michigan airport
Daily Mail - Tue Jun 20, 2017
The FBI is investigating the stabbing of a police officer at Flint, Michigan's Bishop Airport as a 'possible act of terror,' according to reports. More»
Michigan health chief charged with manslaughter for his role in the Flint water crisis
Huffington Post - Tue Jun 13, 2017
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette charged five officials with involuntary manslaughter Wednesday over their handling of the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. More»
Congressman, others shot during baseball practice near D.C.
Washington Post - Tue Jun 13, 2017
The Republican lawmakers and their aides had nearly finished batting practice at an Alexandria park Wednesday when they heard a single crack through the sticky early-morning air. More»
Making America Hungry Again
Huffington Post - Mon Jun 12, 2017
In 1968, CBS showed a baby die on national television. More»
Leaked NSA docs show vote hacking issues raised by the Green Party recount were real
Raw Story - Wed Jun 7, 2017
The Greens were right during 2016's presidential recounts when they pressed states to allow computer security experts to examine their election computing systems for evidence of possible hacking. More»
Georgia GOP Candidate For U.S. House: 'I Do Not Support A Livable Wage'
Huffington Post - Tue Jun 6, 2017
GEORGIA - Karen Handel, the Republican candidate for Georgia's 6th Congressional District, said Tuesday that she does "not support a livable wage". More»
Trump Wants To Start Charging Stores To Accept Food Stamps
CNBC - Tue Jun 6, 2017
The White House proposal to overhaul the US food stamp program - and the deep cuts it would make to benefits for the poorest households - has sparked public outrage on both sides of the aisle. More»