Which states have the highest and lowest property taxes?…
May 20, 2019
How much you pay in property taxes often comes down to which side of a county, city or district line you’re on. And if you’re a homebuyer this spring, it’s another important factor to consider while you house hunt...
Worst states for property taxes
- New Jersey
- Illinois
- New Hampshire
- Connecticut
- Wisconsin
- Texas
- Nebraska
- Michigan
- Vermont
- Rhode Island
Best states for property taxes
- Hawaii
- Alabama
- Louisiana
- Delaware
- Washington, D.C.
- South Carolina
- West Virginia
- Colorado
- Wyoming
- Arkansas
Click the link above to read the details...
Trump to hold rally in Pennsylvania on heels of Biden’s campaign launch…
May 20, 2019
For Trump, Pennsylvania holds weight: The state was crucial to the president's 2016 victory, and it again will be for his reelection hopes... "President Trump will be returning to Pennsylvania to share his long litany of achievements on behalf of the American people," said Michael Glassner, chief operating officer of the president's reelection campaign...
US destroyer armed with missiles enters S. China Sea in challenge to Beijing’s territorial claims…
May 20, 2019
“Preble sailed within 12 nautical miles of Scarborough Reef in order to challenge excessive maritime claims and preserve access to the waterways as governed by international law,” Commander Clay Doss, a spokesman for the Seventh Fleet, stated.
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“The relevant actions of the US warships violated China’s sovereignty and undermined peace, security and good order in the relevant sea areas,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said.Millionaire to be sentenced for having sex with teen on autopiloted plane…
May 20, 2019
Stephen Bradley Mell, of Somerset County, was allegedly introduced to the 15-year-old girl by her own mother — who wanted the teen to take flying lessons... Mell — who pleaded guilty last year to engaging in interstate travel to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor, as well as child pornography — is scheduled to appear in federal court Tuesday for sentencing.
Chinese “Artificial Sun” Fusion Reactor reaches 100 million degrees Celsius, six times hotter than the sun’s core…
May 20, 2019
China lags behind its ITER partners in its technical capabilities—but the EAST may change that. China’s capabilities have expanded rapidly in the last two decades, and the government is enthusiastically pursuing the technology. In fact, Chinese engineers already intend to build a separate fusion reactor for commercial use by the middle of the century. That reactor could use hydrogen from sea water and lithium to generate electricity...
Exclusive: Google suspends some business with Huawei after Trump blacklist – source…
ntel and Qualcomm reportedly join Google in Huawei ban - Huawei has been stockpiling chips to prepare for this eventuality...
May 20, 2019
Alphabet Inc’s Google has suspended business with Huawei that requires the transfer of hardware, software and technical services except those publicly available via open source licensing, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday, in a blow to the Chinese technology company that the U.S. government has sought to blacklist around the world. Holders of current Huawei smartphones with Google apps, however, will continue to be able to use and download app updates provided by Google...
Former Uggs salesman found guilty of being Hezbollah ‘sleeper’ agent…
May 20, 2019
After less than a day of deliberations, a Manhattan federal jury found Bronx resident Ali Kourani, 34, guilty on eight counts that included providing support to Hezbollah, which carries up to life in prison... He was recruited into the Islamic Jihad Organization, an arm of Hezbollah, in 2008, and soon thereafter began working as a sleeper agent for the group, conducting surveillance on New York City airports and military facilities. Among his surveillance targets were a Secret Service facility in Brooklyn and two military sites in Manhattan, as well as 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan, which houses the FBI’s New York headquarters.
11 Supreme Court cases with imminent decisions will be decided in the next few weeks…
May 20, 2019
- Indian reservation boundaries and the death penalty -- Carpenter v. Murphy
- Double jeopardy -- Gamble v. U.S.
- Osteoporosis drug Fosamax and dangerous bone fractures -- Merck v. Albrecht
- Native American hunting rights -- Herrera v. Wyoming
- Alcohol sales and state regulations -- Tennessee Wine & Spirits Retailers Association v. Blair
- Cross-shaped war memorials -- American Legion v. American Humanists
- Racial gerrymandering -- Virginia House of Delegates v. Bethune Hill
- Race and jury selection -- Flowers v. Mississippi
- Partisan gerrymandering -- Rucho v. Common Cause; Lamone v. Benisek
- Profanity and trademarks -- Iancu v. Brunetti
- 2020 Census citizenship question -- Department of Commerce v. New York, et al
Click the linkl above to read the details of each case.
4 Americans and 1 Canadian pilot were killed when a small plane went down off the coast of Roatan island in Honduras…
May 20, 2019
The Piper Cherokee Six plummeted into the Atlantic shortly after takeoff from the popular tourist destination of Roatan en route to the port of Trujillo...
Trump talks about investigating Biden’s ties to China…
May 20, 2019
Chinese cyberspies breached TeamViewer in 2016. TeamViewer said it detected and stopped the attack before hackers could do any damage…
May 20, 2019
According to Der Spiegel, the hackers who breached TeamViewer's netwok had used Winnti, a backdoor trojan historically known to be in the arsenal of Beijing state hackers...
TeamViewer is not the only German company that has been hacked and infected with the Winnti malware over the past three years. German steel producer ThyssenKrupp disclosed a similar incident in 2016, and pharmaceutical giant Bayer just admitted last month to a 2018 hack during which the Winnti malware was also deployed...
Apple CEO Tim Cook urges college grads to ‘push back’ against algorithms that promote the ‘things you already know, believe, or like’ – A fair warning to push back against the rising influence of big tech in our everyday lives as the use of AI becomes more endemic…
May 20, 2019
"In a world where we obsessively document our own lives, most of us don't pay nearly enough attention to what we owe one another," Cook said. "It's about recognizing that human civilization began when we realized that we could do more together."
‘What a monster’: Australian finds $105,000 gold nugget using metal detector…
May 20, 2019
Cook told the BBC the man found the nugget on some saltbush flats, about 45cm below the surface. "He walked into my shop and showed me the nugget in his hand, with a big smile on my face," he said. "It just a bit bigger than a packet of smokes, and the density of it was incredible, so heavy...
Listen: Pharoah Sanders Plays In An Abandoned Tunnel…
May 20, 2019