Police said they are evacuating and searching a “location of interest” in Dunedin, New Zealand, after shootings at two mosques Friday in Christchurch, which is hours away from Dunedin. “This is a location of interest in relation to the serious firearms incident in Christchurch today,” the police said according to CNN. “Evacuations of properties in …
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California faces a new energy crisis with the bankruptcy of its biggest utility, Pacific Gas & Electric. PG&E has at least $30 billion in liabilities stemming from deadly wildfires sparked by its equipment. The bankruptcy raises questions about grid reliability, power prices and state green energy goals. Pacific Gas & Electric’s (PG&E) bankruptcy filing Monday …
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Federal authorities arrested a U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant after finding a trove of guns and ammunition stockpiled at his home in Maryland along with alleged plans to commit a large-scale terrorist attack targeting politicians and journalists. Federal authorities recovered 15 firearms, a number of which were rifles and long guns, as well as over 1,000 …
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Monthly mortgage payments on the typical U.S. home required 17.1 percent of the median income in Q1 2018. From 1985 to 2000, mortgage payments took up an average of 21.1 percent of the median income. Mortgage payments are a bigger financial burden than they were historically (1985-2000) in nine of the 35 biggest U.S. metros. …
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Courtesy The Atom Project Facebook page. Born in the nuclear test area of the former USSR, Karipbek Kuyukov has no arms. According to news reports, thousands of children were born with similar deformities during the nuclear test program. Despite his disability Karipbek has become a renown artist, using his feet to hold the paint brush. …
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During President Donald Trump’s speech at CPAC on Saturday, he took a moment to recognize the discrimination conservative students face on college campuses. “I turn on my television the other day and I saw somebody that was violently punched in the face,” said Trump to his audience at CPAC. “The man’s name is Hayden Williams …
Award-winning songwriter and singer Chris Stapleton released Friday the single “Scarecrow in the Garden” from his upcoming album From a Room: Volume 2. Upcoming Chris Stapleton Tour Dates: Nov 10 Fri 7:00 PM Tampa, FL · MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre at the FL State Fairgrounds TICKETS Nov 11 Sat 7:00 PM Jacksonville, FL · Jacksonville Veterans Memorial …
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Thanks to a brand new trailer from AMC, we now know when “The Walking Dead: Season 9″ will air, and we get a tiny taste of what’s in store. Andrew Lincoln (Rick Grimes) told fans at the San Diego Comic-Con that this will be his character’s last season, so expect this season to set up …
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Earlier this week, the U.S. Treasury granted significant relief to Americans abroad subject to the Repatriation tax. According to the Treasury release, Americans abroad with less than $1,000,000 in total Repatriation tax liability are de-facto granted a one year extension to make the first payment that was otherwise due by June 15, 2018. A bit of background. The …
The Muslim world has been without a Caliph and Commander of the Faithful for ninety years, and now the new fundamentalist Islamic entity in Iraq and Syria known as the Islamic State has put forth a pretender to claim the title. At the age of 43, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi burst upon the national scene as …
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