by Dillon LaRue Rountree Gunfire rang out in West Philadelphia, PA when an individual identified as Nicholas Glenn shot seven people, including two police officers. The attack began at approximately 11:20PM Friday when Glenn opened fire on Sgt. Sylvia Young, a 19-year veteran of the Philadelphia Police Department. Sgt. Young was shot eight times by the suspect….
By Brett Chandrasekhar Uber is bringing self-driving cars to Pittsburgh this week — and leaving regulators in the dust. The ridesharing service is the first of its kind to bring autonomous cars to the general market. However, Pennsylvania has no laws or regulations governing application of the new technology. “Consumer protection” advocates are already on…
by Brian Nichols Following the stunning announcement of the day in which former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger called for Gary Johnson and Bill Weld to appear in the 2016 Presidential Debates, the New York State Independence Party has official endorsed both Johnson and Weld. As reported by the Gannett’s Albany Bureau Chief Joseph Spector: The Independence Party…
by Dallas Brooks Secession! It’s a common battle cry in election years, especially when we’re about to elect a new president. The left likes to decry calls of secession, saying it’s a matter of settled law since the Civil War. The right tends to support it only if their guys are losing. Over 60%…
United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage, now famous for successfully leading the Leave campaign in the Brexit vote, once referred to U.S. Senator Rand Paul as his political soulmate after meeting him on a 2014 trip to the states. In a 2015 piece published on The Telegraph‘s website, Farage noted the similarities between…
By Andrew Follett Mysterious and powerful groups of radio waves from deep space beyond the Milk Way galaxy are coming in repeating clusters. The scientists published their study online Wednesday in the journal Nature. “Not only did these bursts repeat, but their brightness and spectra also differ from those of other FRBs,” Laura Spitler, lead author…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By GRANT PHILLIPS Liberal media personalities and pages often make claims that appeal to emotion but also contain a very small inkling of fact. Many of them appear to be true on the surface, but a little bit of source checking and scrutiny more often proves them to be patently…
Richard Pollock The Obama administration’s top health insurance official told Congress Thursday he wants to “loosen up capital rules” to allow private investors to become part owners of the dozen surviving Obamacare co-ops. Andy Slavitt, the acting administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) which oversees the Obamacare co-ops, told the…
Blake Neff Flint, Michigan’s lead-contaminated water is grabbing headlines around the country, but a critical part of the city’s desperate situation is being overlooked: The role of costly public pensions. The immediate cause of Flint’s crisis is obvious. In April 2014, Flint stopped using Detroit’s water system and start drawing water from the Flint River for…
The PPACA, or Obamacare, is still the law of the land, and despite steep tax penalties for failing to purchase health insurance in 2016, many people see paying the I.R.S. as more affordable than purchasing insurance. by Joey Clark Proponents of Obamacare hoped the newly created health exchange would allow people to price shop between…