By Ivan Plis Published: January 15, 2015 France has cracked down on “hate speech” via Facebook and other platforms, arresting 54 individuals following terrorist attacks in Paris and a massive march upholding the values of free speech. [contextly_auto_sidebar id=”hM1CcAct81yGtjjQZKBFStBUbPC8egvs”] The arrests came just days after France’s president, François Hollande, characterized the attacks on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo as “an…
By Blake Neff Published: January 15, 2015 An autistic man attending classes at a local college has been kicked out of school and accused of sexual assault after mistakenly hugging and kissing a woman he did not know. [contextly_auto_sidebar id=”ir2Cr2AMeliznkZ4tv8qwJo9jgaP7P07″] Brian Ferguson, 20, was attending special needs classes at the Waxahachie, Texas campus of Navarro…
By Casey Harper Published: January 14, 2015 One nine-year-old boy will have some serious street cred on the playground. Police in Post Falls, Idaho arrested a nine-year old boy for missing two court dates after allegedly stealing a pack of gum, USA Today reports. [contextly_auto_sidebar id=”ebtGL5jraA8qA8NYghPKnunq7c0hvwoy”] Kootenai County Prosecutor Barry McHugh has said he regrets his office’s…
By Rachel Stoltzfoos Budget cuts at the IRS could force the agency to shut down for two days, IRS chief John Koskinen reiterated Tuesday. “This year we are looking at a situation where realistically we have no choice but to do less with less,” he said in a letter to staffers, obtained by The Hill. “While we will…
WHITE PINE COUNTY, NV – A 132-Year-Old Winchester Rifle was found standing up against a tree in Great Basin National Park. From the Forest Service: [contextly_auto_sidebar id=”9yBBqtGeC8NsKZ0qH6gl3CGaP4Oxuk4f”] This rifle may provide its own bit of lore. Mysteries of the rifle’s journey through time spur creative and lively discussion. Who left the rifle? When and why…
By Ivan Plis Dozens of people displaced by war in Syria and Iraq have died in the last week, following an unusually tenacious snowstorm in the Middle East. [contextly_auto_sidebar id=”gwE7HeDJQ6w2QTSPKKHdEuHGLVuznrOG”] Arab newspapers reported Tuesday that 36 Syrian refugees died in Syria and Lebanon last week, among them 24 children. They included 10-year-old Heba Abdel Ghani, newborn twins Noor and…
[contextly_auto_sidebar id=”axIr7pl0d4b4icY7KSho3lYzPz47rVjw”] By Michael Bastasch MIT climate scientist Richard Lindzen slammed this week’s amendment introduced by Vermont socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders that would make it the official position of the Senate that man-made global warming is real and a threat. Lindzen said Sanders’s amendment to a bill that approves the Keystone XL pipeline an “attempt to…
On Nancy Grace‘s show tonight, the rapper 2 Chainz made some very sensible arguments about legalizing marijuana and how it would be less of a burden on the economy and the criminal justice system. Grace’s response was to shout at him about the children.
By Jonah Bennett Published: January 13, 2015 Sens. Chuck Grassley and Dianne Feinstein are blasting the Obama administration for not enforcing federal marijuana law, a decision they say puts the U.S. in conflict with the U.N. [contextly_auto_sidebar id=”0OUYyZDtg2FqdneEtWSUeuEg9TRhb5Kl”] Grassley, a Republican from Iowa, and Feinstein, a Democrat from California, wrote a letter to Attorney General…
By Casey Harper Two police officers are facing murder charges after fatally shooting a homeless man in an incident that also involved a grenade, attack dog and beanbag gun. [contextly_auto_sidebar id=”b7XE2ZPXdnDcJfhyFSjQscoo4ZVov24c”] Albuquerque police officer Dominique Perez and retired detective Keith Sandy were charged with murder Monday for the March 2014 shooting death of James…