Charter Bus Full Of Democratic Congressmen Forced To Turn Around After Trump Cancels Trip…
January 17, 2019
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and a select group of congressional Democrats were boarded on a military charter bus bound for Andrews Air Force Base to catch a military charter jet to Europe were forced to turn around Thursday when President Donald Trump officially postponed the trip.
Scientists grow human blood vessels in a petri dish…
January 17, 2019
Scientists have managed to grow perfect human blood vessels as organoids in a petri dish for the first time.
The breakthrough engineering technology, outlined in a new study published today in Nature, dramatically advances research of vascular diseases like diabetes, identifying a key pathway to potentially prevent changes to blood vessels -- a major cause of death and morbidity among those with diabetes.
An organoid is a three-dimensional structure grown from stem cells that mimics an organ and can be used to study aspects of that organ in a petri dish.
đź”´ Watch: President Trump Participates in the Missile Defense Review Announcement
January 17, 2019
Prince Philip shaken up in car crash…
January 17, 2019
The Duke of Edinburgh has been involved in a car crash near to the Sandringham Estate. The Duke, 97, was driving the car but was not injured in the collision.
Norfolk Police and ambulance crews attended the scene, on the A149 on Thursday afternoon, with two people in one of the vehicles suffering minor injuries.
The BBC reports that the Duke had been pulling out of a driveway and onto the main road, with an eyewitness claiming that his Land Rover had overturned onto the driver's side.
Trump says he’ll postpone Pelosi’s overseas trip over shutdown…
January 17, 2019
FBI records, emails, Social Security numbers exposed in massive data leak…
January 17, 2019
A massive data leak has been discovered at the Oklahoma Securities Commission, in which millions of records -- including files related to sensitive FBI investigations over the last seven years, emails dating back 17 years and thousands of Social Security numbers -- have been exposed.
The breach was uncovered last month by Greg Pollock, a cybersecurity researcher at UpGuard, who claims the millions of files were publicly available on an online server and didn’t require any password to access them.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stricken with Pneumonia…
January 17, 2019
The 85 year old cancer survivor fights for her life after contracting Pneumonia
Justice Ginsburg today cancelled a public appearance set for January 29, 2019, as she remains in a hospital fighting Pneumonia. The elderly judge appears to be nearing the end of her life, as the Trump administration asks allies for suggestions to replace her.
Tim Cook calls on FTC to let consumers track and delete their personal data…
January 17, 2019
Writing in an op-ed for Time magazine, Cook said consumers should have the power to “delete their data on demand, freely, easily and online, once and for all.”
Does Apple let you access, track, and delete all of the data it collects about you? Kind of...
Crystal Meth, Ketamine ‘Godfather’ And Former Communist Party Chief Executed…
January 17, 2019
A Chinese drug dealer from a village that churned out hundreds of pounds of crystal meth and ketamine has been executed, state-backed outlet China Daily reported Thursday.
Nicknamed the “godfather” of Boshe village in Guangdong Province by local media, Cai Dongjia, 55, was sentenced to death back in 2016, the BBC reported.
Valerie Jarrett tells of sipping martinis and gossiping with Obamas and briefcases full of Diamonds & Emeralds from the Saudi’s…
January 17, 2019
Car bomb in Colombian capital leaves at least 9 dead; suspect identified…
January 17, 2019
An SUV carrying more than 150 pounds of explosives detonated at a police academy in Colombia’s capital on Thursday, killing at least nine and leaving more than 50 people injured, according to authorities.
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Attorney General Néstor Martinez identified the driver of the vehicle — who is thought to have died in the blast — as José Aldemar Rojas Rodriguez.Martinez stopped short of saying what group or groups might have been behind the attack, as the investigation is ongoing. And no one immediately took responsibility for the bombing, which is shaping up to be one of the deadliest in the city in more than a decade.
Teen suffers life-changing injury trying to imitate porn…
January 17, 2019
In a tragic case illustrating the sinister effects of online porn, a 16-year-old girl’s bowel was so badly injured during group anal sex that she needs to use a colostomy bag for the rest of her life.
The teen reportedly suffered the life-changing injury while copying scenes seen in violent porn, according to an Australian Broadcasting Company News investigation.
Iranian PressTV’s Marzieh Hashemi was arrested Sunday night at Lambert St. Louis Airport after entering the United States…
January 17, 2019
Marzieh Hashemi charged with spying for the Khomeiniist regime and assisting them to bypass sanctions.
The 59 year old who is a native of New Orleans and was born Melanie Franklin, converted to Shia Islam and is said to spend much of her time in Iran.
“We condemn the illegal arrest of Marziyeh Hashemi, the reporter and presenter of Press TV, and the inhumane treatment of her in jail in Washington,” Bahram Qasemi was quoted as saying by state news agency IRNA.
Is Applebee’s serving up a scam?
January 17, 2019
Flash Reader – The Google Chrome extension that steals card numbers still available on Web Store…
January 17, 2019
Until now, the extension has been installed by roughly 400 users, according to stats available on its official Chrome Web Store listing.
“I Mentored Mark Zuckerberg. I Loved Facebook. But I Can’t Stay Silent About What’s Happening.”…
January 17, 2019
The harm to public health, democracy, privacy and competition caused by Facebook and other platforms results from their business models, which must be changed. As users, we have more power to force change than we realize. We can alter our behavior. We can create a political movement. We can insist on government intervention to promote human-driven technology as an alternative to extractive technology. At the same time, the government must take steps to repair the damage from Internet platforms. We need to rebuild institutions, find common ground with those with whom we disagree, and start acting like one country again. The political and social power of Facebook and the other Internet platforms is unhealthy and inappropriate in a democracy like ours. We must hold them accountable and insist on real-world solutions, not more code.
Shareholders demand Amazon end facial recognition sales to government…
January 17, 2019
The resolution will be voted on this spring.
Ohio man accused of plotting July 4th attack in Cleveland indicted for attempting to provide support to al Qaeda…
January 17, 2019
Demetrius Nathaniel Pitts, aka Abdur Raheem Rafeeq, aka Salah ad-Deen Osama Waleed, 49, has been in custody since July, when he was arrested after allegedly planning a terrorist attack in Cleveland.
3 people arrested for human trafficking in Houston…
January 17, 2019
Kevin Winston and Martina Chambers have been charged with aggravated promotion of prostitution, compelling prostitution, and trafficking of a person. Mikia Collins has been charged with compelling prostitution and trafficking of a person.
The mother of a 20-year-old victim told police her daughter was being held against her will.
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Officers were able to find prostitution ads featuring photos of the victim. They contacted Winston and arranged a meeting at a Houston hotel.Rand Paul suggests holding State of the Union in Senate!…
January 17, 2019
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Thursday suggested President Trump hold his State of the Union address in the Senate after Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) asked the president to postpone the Jan. 29 address amid the partial government shutdown.
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Pelosi made the surprise request on Wednesday, warning that staging the speech amid the partial shutdown — which has affected both the Department of Homeland Security and Secret Service — creates security risks.Paul said it would be the first time in U.S. history that the House denied the president a forum to speak and suggested Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) should host Trump.