Pakistani Christian girls targeted by Chinese as brides…
May 7, 2019
...hundreds of poor Christian girls... have been trafficked to China in a market for brides that has swiftly grown in Pakistan since late last year, activists say. Brokers are aggressively seeking out girls for Chinese men, sometimes even cruising outside churches to ask for potential brides. They are being helped by Christian clerics paid to target impoverished parents in their congregation with promises of wealth in exchange for their daughters.
Amazon says small business owners earn $90,000 a year from selling in its stores…
May 7, 2019
The tech giant published its second annual “Small Business Impact Report” on Tuesday, revealing that it has helped more than 1.9 million U.S.-based small and medium-sized businesses (SBMs) generate more than $160 billion in 2018.
Trial opens in sex-trafficking case against NIXVM’s Keith Raniere expected to feature testimony from women who claim that they were forced to have sex with him…
What to Expect on Day #1 of the Trial...
May 7, 2019
... the curtain will rise on what is expected to be the 6-8 week trial of Keith Raniere, the man behind the curtain of the NXIVM criminal enterprise. Shortly after 9:30 AM, U.S. District Court Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis will enter the courtroom, welcome the attendees, and explain the procedures and rules that will be followed throughout the trial...
FCC warns about ‘one ring’ robocall scam: Do not call numbers back…
May 7, 2019
"These calls are likely trying to prompt consumers to call the number back, often resulting in per minute toll charges similar to a 900 number," the agency said in a news release on Friday. "Consumers should not call these numbers back."
The Justice Department released a second copy of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Monday evening, following a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by BuzzFeed and the Electronic Privacy and Information Center…
May 7, 2019
The lightly-redacted version of Mueller's report appears to be identical to the 448-page document that was released in April, except it sheds more light on the redactions by explaining why the blacked-out information is exempted from release under FOIA.
Trump is making China great again: TrendMacro CIO Donald Luskin…
May 7, 2019
CBP Officers Intercept Another Large Meth Load Worth $3M…
May 7, 2019
The seizure occurred on Saturday, April 27 at the World Trade Bridge when a CBP officer referred a 2002 Freightliner tractor hauling a flatbed trailer with a manifested shipment of marble stone for a secondary examination. After conducting both a canine and non-intrusive imaging system inspection, CBP officers discovered a total of 220.5 pounds of alleged methamphetamine. The narcotics have an estimated street value of $3,086,440.
Mentally ill woman gave birth alone in isolated jail cell, Broward public defender says…
May 7, 2019
In a letter to Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony, Public Defender Howard Finkelstein wrote that North Broward Bureau jail inmate Tammy Jackson began complaining to staffers of contractions at 3:16 a.m. on April 10. By 10 a.m., he said she was lying in her cell by herself holding her newborn daughter... The Broward Sheriff’s Office says it learned of the incident two days later and immediately launched an internal affairs investigation.
U.S. to impose tariffs on Mexican tomatoes as new pact remains elusive…
May 7, 2019
The United States will impose a 17.5 percent tariff on Mexican tomato imports starting on Tuesday, as the two countries were unable to renew a 2013 agreement that suspended a U.S. anti-dumping investigation, a Mexican official said on Monday.
The Space Station Just Got a New Cutting-Edge Carbon Mapper…
May 7, 2019
NASA launched an instrument into space that will transform the International Space Station (ISS) into a carbon mapper during the early morning hours on May 4. The Orbiting Carbon Observatory 3 (OCO-3), which is being installed on the ISS, is able to measure the concentration of carbon over land and sea from sunrise to sunset each day. The new tool will help scientists keep tabs on emissions and how carbon cycles through the atmosphere on a daily and annual basis.
Assistant AG Boyd Tells Nadler: No ‘Legitimate Basis’ For Requesting Full Mueller Report…
May 7, 2019
He said the committee “does not identify any available legal basis to authorize the Department to ask a court to share materials.” Boyd said he would be willing to discuss allowing “more members of Congress to view a less-redacted version of the report and prioritizing the review and possible disclosure of certain materials cited in the full Mueller report,” according to CBS News.