Parents are warned their children could be put in foster care over lunch debt
NBC News - Fri Jul 19, 2019
"This is a failure to provide your child with proper nutrition and you can be sent to Dependency Court for neglecting your child's right to food," the Pennsylvania district wrote. More»
Trump Lies About Congresswomen Of Color Referring To 'Evil Jews'
Huffington Post - Fri Jul 19, 2019
President Donald Trump on Friday continued his attack on four progressive congresswomen of color by falsely claiming they had talked about “evil Jews”. More»
Cop Who Accidentally Shot 10-Year-Old When Aiming For Family Dog Can't Be Sued, Federal Court Rules
Forbes - Thu Jul 18, 2019
A federal appeals court dismissed a civil-rights lawsuit filed against a Georgia deputy who tried to shoot a family's dog, but instead hit a 10-year-old boy lying down on the ground. More»
Trump claims 'there's a lot of talk' about Ilhan Omar being 'married to her brother'
Daily Mail - Thu Jul 18, 2019
Donald Trump suggested Representative Ilhan Omar was 'married to her brother' on Wednesday, ratcheting up his attacks on the four Democratic women of color known as the 'squad'. More»
Trump continues attack against congresswomen while crowd chants "send her back"
CBS News - Wed Jul 17, 2019
President Trump at a campaign rally on Wednesday doubled down on his racist remarks about four progressive congresswomen of color, casting them as an existential threat to modern American society and saying "let them leave. More»
Storm Area 51: US Air Force warns over Facebook event
BBC - Tue Jul 16, 2019
It started as a bit of a joke, but now the US Air Force has told people not to go near Area 51. More»
A storm destroyed part of the 'segregation wall' in Arlington, Virginia
CNN - Wed Jul 10, 2019
In his "I Have a Dream" speech, the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. called out, "We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream". More»
Atlanta police officer fired after $500 disappears from victim of deadly shooting
WSB-TV - Tue Jul 9, 2019
An Atlanta police officer has been fired after first being accused of stealing $500 from a deadly shooting victim, and then found in violation of department policy. More»
The money was fake. The police were real. It happened in an elementary school.
Washington Post - Sat Jul 6, 2019
The trouble started after one second-grader gave another some of the play money she had brought to her suburban Maryland school. More»
Gas explosion at shopping center in Plantation, Florida
NBC News - Sat Jul 6, 2019
A gas explosion rocked a shopping center on Saturday in South Florida, authorities said. More»
Fires Break Out After 7.1 Earthquake Strikes in Southern California
CNN - Sat Jul 6, 2019
A 7.1 magnitude earthquake rocked Southern California on Friday night - the second temblor to hit near Ridgecrest in less than two days. More»
Explosion rocks University of Nevada dorm in Reno blowing out windows and scattering debris on to the street below
Daily Mail - Fri Jul 5, 2019
An explosion at a dormitory at the University of Nevada in Reno Friday blew out windows and scattered debris on the street below. More»
Trump Says Troops ‘Took Over Airports’ During Revolutionary War, In Rainy Fourth Of July Speech
Rolling Stone - Thu Jul 4, 2019
“The Continental Army… manned the air, it rammed the ramparts, it took over airports, it did everything it had to do,” the president said. More»
This is the week it became accurate to compare Trump to Hitler
Salon - Wed Jul 3, 2019
The presidency of Donald Trump has been one horror after another - the endless lying, the coddling and worship of dictators, the rank incompetence and corruption of the people he has chosen to run government departments, the saber-rattling and about-facing with various enemies, the repeated attacks on voting rights and free speech and a free press, the countenancing of rank racism and white supremacy in Charlottesville and elsewhere, the personal corruption and grifting at his resorts and golf clubs, the reverence for a celebration of ignorance, the disdain for science and expertise, the constant tweeting and spewing of hate and stupidity and racism and misogyny and xenophobia - the list goes on. More»
U.S. Vice President Pence abruptly cancels trip to New Hampshire
Reuters - Tue Jul 2, 2019
WASHINGTON - US Vice President Mike Pence abruptly canceled a planned trip to New Hampshire on Tuesday after being called back to the White House for an unspecified reason, White House officials said. More»
4 Severely Ill Migrant Toddlers Hospitalized After Lawyers Visit Border Patrol Facility
Huffington Post - Sat Jun 29, 2019
Four toddlers were so severely ill and neglected at a US Border Patrol facility in McAllen, Texas, that lawyers forced the government to hospitalize them last week. More»
Georgia cop, 25, used Tinder and Snapchat to molest two girls, aged 15 and 16
Daily Mail - Fri Jun 28, 2019
A former Richmond Hill Police officer now faces at least decade behind bars after he lured two underage teenage girls to meet him for sex. More»
Shocking Photo Of Drowned Father And Daughter Highlights Migrants' Border Peril
The Guardian - Wed Jun 26, 2019
The grim reality of the migration crisis unfolding on America’s southern border has been captured in photographs showing the lifeless bodies of a Salvadoran father and his daughter who drowned as they attempted to cross the Rio Grande into Texas. More»
Alabama woman loses unborn child after being shot, gets arrested; shooter goes free
AL.com - Wed Jun 26, 2019
A woman whose unborn baby was killed in a 2018 Pleasant Grove shooting has now been indicted in the death. More»
The short life and long journey of the 6-year-old girl who died near the US-Mexico border
CNN - Mon Jun 24, 2019
LUKEVILLE, Arizona - Gurupreet Kaur crossed the US-Mexico border shortly before her 7th birthday. More»
Huge fire breaks out at Philadelphia oil refinery
WPVI-TV - Fri Jun 21, 2019
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania - The Philadelphia Department of Public Health says air samples taken from the scene of a massive refinery fire show no findings that would point to an immediate danger to the surrounding community. More»
Senators get classified briefing on UFO sightings
Yahoo News - Thu Jun 20, 2019
Three more US senators received a classified Pentagon briefing on Wednesday about a series of reported encounters by the Navy with unidentified aircraft, according to congressional and military officials - part of a growing number of requests from members of key oversight committees. More»
Are US child migrant detainees entitled to soap and beds?
BBC - Thu Jun 20, 2019
A Trump administration lawyer has disputed in court whether detained migrant children are entitled to toothbrushes and soap. More»
Children describe neglect at Texas border facility
Associated Press - Thu Jun 20, 2019
EL PASO, Texas -A 2-year-old boy locked in detention wants to be held all the time. More»
Illinois cops arrest man for being hospitalized while black
Raw Story - Wed Jun 19, 2019
On Monday, Freeport, Illinois resident Shaquille Dukes was arrested outside of FHN Memorial Hospital with an IV attached to his arm. More»
A train carrying grenades and bombs derailed in Nevada
Business Insider - Wed Jun 19, 2019
A train carrying bombs, ammonium nitrate, and grenades has derailed in Elko County, Nevada, but all that spilled was vegetable oil. More»
US beekeepers lost 40% of honeybee colonies over past year
The Guardian - Wed Jun 19, 2019
Beekeepers across the US lost four in 10 of their honeybee colonies over the past year, as the worst winter on record for tracked bee populations raised fresh concerns over the plight of the crucial pollinators. More»
Judge Drops The Hammer On ‘Possibly Criminal’ Alex Jones For His Unhinged Rant Against Sandy Hook Families
Raw Story - Tue Jun 18, 2019
A Connecticut judge this week sanctioned InfoWars host Alex Jones after he uncorked an unhinged rant against attorneys representing the families of Sandy Hook victims who are suing him for defamation. More»
Firefighters Battle Occupational Cancer
CBS News - Mon Jun 17, 2019
It's one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. More»
US "Ramping Up" Cyber Attacks on Russia
CNN - Sat Jun 15, 2019
Washington, DC - The US is escalating cyber attacks on Russia's electric power grid and has placed potentially crippling malware inside the Russian system, The New York Times reported Saturday. More»