US troops could be ‘accidentally’ hit in strikes against Kurdish militants – Erdogan adviser
A senior aide to Turkish President Erdogan has stated that US forces in Syria could be “accidentally” hit by Turkish rockets alongside Kurdish militants, stating that Ankara won't hold back a strike against PKK militia just because US troops are present. more »
Humans must leave Earth within next 100 years to survive, warns Stephen Hawking
British physicist Stephen Hawking have warned that humans must leave Earth and to colonise another planet within the next 100 years to ensure survival said that humans may lack the skills as a species to stay alive. Nuclear or biological war, climate… more »
Big Oil Now Has Authority to Arrest You for Protesting a Pipeline on Your OWN Property
Judge George Zanic signed a “writ of possession” order last week in favor of Sunoco, which had sought an “emergency measure” to thwart landowners protesting pipeline construction by occupying trees — on their own property. Charges against Ellen Gerhart… more »
FLINT PUTS 8,000 PEOPLE ON NOTICE FOR TAX LIENS FOR UNPAID WATER BILLS
Thousands of people in Flint are at risk of losing their homes to foreclosure if they don’t pay up on their water bills. After recently putting out shut-off notices the city is now back to threatening tax liens on people’s homes. City leaders say they… more »
China Demands Calm From Agitated North Korea And Trump
China called for all sides in the North Korean standoff to stay calm and “stop irritating each othe just one day after Pyongyang said the US was pushing the region closer to a nuclear war. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang called the… more »
Saudi prince accuses Iran of ‘extremist ideology,’ ambition to ‘control Islamic world'
Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman al-Saud, the kingdom’s defense minister: We know that the aim of the Iranian regime is to reach the focal point of Muslims [Mecca] and we will not wait until the fight is inside Saudi Arabia and we will work… more »
Spate of ATM bombings forces bank to deploy guards
Rabobank in the Netherlands is hiring security personnel to stand guard at its ATMs at night to reduce the number of bombing attacks on cash machines. The move comes after a spate of robberies targeting the bank’s ATMs. 79 ATMs were hit last year,… more »
UN Urges Action as Microplastics in the Ocean Outnumber the Stars
there are more microscopic pieces of plastic in our oceans than there are stars in the Milky Way; as many as 51 trillion microplastic particles in the oceans – 500 times more than stars in the galaxy, estimated that oceans will have more plastic than… more »
Police Officer Who Fatally Shot 15-Year-Old Texas Boy Is Fired
A Texas police officer who fired a rifle into a car full of teenagers in a Dallas suburb on Saturday night, killing a black teenager, was fired on Tuesday, the police chief of the Balch Springs Police Department said. Chief Jonathan Haber: officer, Roy… more »
Cleveland police union to sue toy gun producers: media
Cleveland’s police union will file a lawsuit in the coming months against toy gun manufacturers, an attempt to restrict production of realistic designs like the one a child was playing with before he was fatally shot by officers in the city. Cleveland… more »
China demands ‘immediate’ halt to THAAD deployment in South Korea
Beijing has called for an immediate stop to the deployment of the US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system to South Korea and is ready to protect its interests, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry. more »
US Deploys High Altitude Drone To Spy On North Korea
The US Air Force deployed an RQ-4 Global Hawk high-altitude surveillance drone at Yokota Air Base on Monday night, starting a five-month operation in Tokyo, Japan Times reports. The drone, the first of five to arrive in Japan, is tasked to survey… more »
Air circulating on planes can be TOXIC and cause seizures, nausea and breathing difficulties, flight attendants claim
Known as 'aerotoxic-syndrome', it can lead to blurred vision, seizures, headaches, nausea, diarrhoea and even breathing difficulties. Last year, three airline crews at the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport have received emergency medical care… more »
Immigrants Skip Work For Protest, Get Fired, File Complaint With Labor Board -- Because Of Course
More than 20 immigrant workers in Michigan were stunned to find themselves out of a job after they skipped work to attend a “Day Without Immigrants” rally in February. The former employees of Detroit-area auto parts maker EZ Industrial Solutions LLC say… more »
Chris Christie's Deranged Reefer Madness Rant
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie unleashed a diatribe against the push to legalize recreational marijuana in New Jersey, warningit's "not time for us to be cool and say, 'Pot's O.K;.' has long been opposed to legalizing marijuana, "We are in the midst of… more »
Clinton blames FBI’s Comey & ‘Russian WikiLeaks’ for scaring off supporters
Hillary Clinton emerged from her relatively low profile since losing to President Donald Trump to claim she would have won the election were it not for FBI Director James Comey and “Russian WikiLeaks” creating doubt in her supporters’ minds. Speaking at… more »
Congress Agrees To Give Jeff Sessions $0 To Wage War On Medical Marijuana
Multiple bills in Congress in recent months aiming to protect medical marijuana and reschedule cannabis.The most recent development comes in the form of Congress’ recently unveiled budget, which allots exactly zero dollars to the Department of Justice… more »
UNEXPECTEDLY’: Connecticut income tax revenue collapses; Malloy says taxing the rich doesn’t work.
Connecticut’s state budget woes are compounding with collections from the state income tax collapsing, despite two high-end tax hikes in the past six years.Connecticut depends too much on its wealthy residents, and wealthy residents are leaving, and the… more »
Putin, Trump speak by phone, discuss Syria, N.Korea – Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin and , Donald Trump, held a phone call in which they have agreed to cooperate on promoting diplomatic progress in dealing with tensions on the Korean peninsula and in Syria, according to the Kremlin.“Vladimir Putin has… more »
Erdogan threatens to say ‘goodbye’ to EU as official warns Turkey won’t be joining bloc
Turkey will say goodbye to the EU if it refuses to “open new chapters” on its accession into the bloc, President Erdogan has stated. It comes after an EU commissioner said Ankara’s actions and policies have made it impossible to meet EU criteria to join. more »
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