September 15th, 2019

More than two years after the Feb. 2017 vote by the Charlottesville City Council to remove the statue of Lee, which prompted a lawsuit against the city... Circuit Court Judge Richard Moore ruled the memorials can’t be touched. “Even though the city wants to remove the statues, the judge said it can’t,” said reporter Hawes Spencer, who was in the courtroom during Wednesday’s first day of the civil trial. Virginia law bans the removal or movement of war memorials erected in a locality. “The judge’s opinion was not about the propriety or the goodness of having the statues in the downtown area,” Spencer said. “The judge’s opinion was simply about the fact that Virginia law makes it illegal to move them or encroach upon them.”

Cuomo announced the executive action Sunday, citing state health officials’ efforts to curb the increasing number of young people using vape products. He also accused e-cigarette makers of marketing flavors that are intended to get children addicted to nicotine.

"Manufacturers of fruit and candy-flavored e-cigarettes are intentionally and recklessly targeting young people, and today we're taking action to put an end to it,” Cuomo said. State police and the Department of Health will also be expanding enforcement efforts against retailers who sell e-cigarettes to underage youth, according to the governor’s office, citing complaints about illegal sales to minors.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused Iran of being behind what he called "an unprecedented attack on the world's energy supply" and asserted that there was "no evidence the attacks came from Yemen."

He did not, however, specify an alternative launch site, and the Saudis themselves refrained from pointing the finger directly at Iran...

A solid gold toilet named “America” worth over $1 million has been stolen from a palace in the United Kingdom. The piece of art by Maurizio Cattalan had been installed at Blenheim Palace, the birthplace of former Prime Minister Winston Churchill, as part of a functioning exhibition where people were invited to use the fully-functioning toilet...

The price is 20 cents lower than what it was in mid-July. However, industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey says Sunday she expects the trend to reverse after Saturday’s drone attack on Saudi Arabia’s key oil processing facility. There was no immediate impact on global oil prices from the attacks as markets were closed for the weekend, but analysts anticipate a price spike when markets reopen Monday.

The latest Harvard/Harris Poll finds Hispanic Americans, by a majority of 56 percent, support denying permanent residency to immigrants who are known to have used welfare or are likely to use welfare. Likewise, a majority of 65 percent of Hispanic Americans said illegal aliens should not be allowed to draw from taxpayer-funded welfare programs, as well as 71 percent of black Americans.

Overall, six-in-ten American voters support preventing welfare-dependent legal immigrants from permanently resettling in the U.S., including 62 percent of swing voters, 77 percent of Republicans, 60 percent of moderate voters, and 64 percent of white Americans...

A young girl is fighting for her life after contracting a brain-eating infection while swimming in a river near her central Texas home. Lily Avant, 10, fell sick on Sunday, September 8, coming down with a fever after swimming in the Brazos River, near Fort Worth. Now, she has been placed into a medically-induced coma after contracting a Naegleria fowleri, commonly referred to as brain-eating amoeba,...

#YellowVests #GiletsJaunes #Acte44 #Nantes
YELLOW VESTS ARE BACK WITH A VENGEANCE
Leaders Of The #YellowVest Movement Have Promised Further Disruption Next Week As Protestors Appear Reinvigorated Following Concessions By The #Macron Government On Fuel Tax Increases pic.twitter.com/Fqq3w1OiGK

— TONYINBHAM (@TT0121) September 15, 2019

A #Nantes una folla impressionante, ieri .#Acte44#GiletsJaunes#ActeXLIV#JusticePourStevepic.twitter.com/oThAm6B1Uh

— Pablita (@saluti37) September 15, 2019

Shocking scenes from France today, with police flooding central Nantes with tear gas and blasting anti-Macron protesters with water cannon: pic.twitter.com/xJQyuTuPiS #GiletsJaunes #Acte44

— Richard Wellings (@RichardWellings) September 14, 2019