New Report: Traffic Deaths in the U.S. Worst In 50 Years

BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Alarming new statistics show traffic fatalities in the United States are at its worst in 50 years and there’s concern this trend could get worse.

According to a recent report from the National Safety Council, about 19,100 people have died in traffic wrecks so far this year. A 9-percent jump compared to the same time last year.

In Maryland alone, an estimated 231 people have died in traffic related accidents, up 3-percent from last year.

Nationwide, this trend started in 2014. It’s the worst in 50 years and some drivers are more at risk than others.

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Donald Trump: Clinton Foundation 'Must be Shut Down'

Donald Trump is calling for Hillary Clinton to shut down the controversial Clinton Foundation.

“Hillary Clinton is the defender of the corrupt and rigged status quo. The Clintons have spent decades as insiders lining their own pockets and taking care of donors instead of the American people,” Trump says in a press release.

He continued, “It is now clear that the Clinton Foundation is the most corrupt enterprise in political history. What they were doing during Crooked Hillary’s time as Secretary of State was wrong then, and it is wrong now. It must be shut down immediately.”

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Idaho police arrest two women after Facebook video post shows adults smoking pot in front of toddler

Incredible video from a Facebook post shows a toddler getting high from parents around him, and now arrests have been made. The alleged incident occurred on the Fort Hall reservation.

Fort Hall Police aren’t releasing much about the situation, except that two female adults have been arrested and are currently sitting in Fort Hall jail for child endangerment. As for the others in the video, police are in process of requesting arrest warrants for them.

This shocking Facebook video shows four adults smoking a joint in front of a toddler, whose face we’ve decided to blur. In the video a woman can be seen trying to blow smoke into the toddler’s mouth, and she tries it again, this time the child turns his head away.

Fort Hall Police say that two women were arrested for child endangerment. Investigators are working on two warrants for the other two adults seen in the video, one man and another woman.

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Clinton email tech companies hit with subpoenas

House Republicans served subpoenas Monday to three technology companies that handled Hillary Clinton's private emails in search of documents needed for their investigation of her private server network.

The Science, Space and Technology Committee ordered Austin McChord, CEO of Datto, Inc., to produce to the committee by Sept. 9 documents related to his firm's involvement with the maintenance of the Clinton email server.

Two other technology company CEOs, Treve Suazo of Platte River Networks and Victor Nappe of SENCAP Network Security Corporation, also received subpoenas from the committee to produce documents.

Cover letters included with the subpoenas noted that the committee had sought the "voluntary cooperation" of the firms for several months before serving the executives.

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To reform immigration, imitate Canada and Australia

For many years now, I've been arguing that the United States should adopt an immigration system much like those of our Anglosphere cousins Canada and Australia.

They encourage high-skill immigration by a points system which gives priority to those who have the capacity to contribute to their chosen country economically and civically. At Ben Domenech's Federalist blog, Helen Raleigh, who immigrated from China to the United States, gives a brief description of the Canadian and Australian systems.

Note that Canada and Australia do not limit high-skill immigration to those sponsored by particular companies, as our H-1B visa programs do. Currently, the lobbyists actively seeking more high-skill immigration are financed by tech companies which use H-1B visas to get cheaper labor than they otherwise could.

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Here's what Under Armour plans to sell at Kohl's

Under Armour recently offered a few more details about its upcoming expansion into 1,200 Kohl's stores.

The Baltimore-based sportswear maker will sell lower-priced items like basic tank-tops, leggings and shirts in exclusive colors and materials at Kohl's, according to Citi Research analyst Kate McShane, who released the details in an investors note following a conference call with Under Armour.

Shoppers will still have to visit an Under Armour store or sporting goods store to buy its more expensive Infrared and CoolSwitch products.

McShane wrote in her report that the conference call was with Carrie Gillard, director of investor relations at Under Armour.

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Can you pass a U.S. citizenship test?

There's been a lot of recent talk this campaign about citizenship tests, kicked up again after Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid launched a petition to make Donald Trump prove he can pass one to "put up or shut up" with his immigration plans.

In order to become a U.S. citizen, applicants must pass a speaking, reading and writing test, as well as correctly answer six of 10 civics questions. We've recreated one of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' practice tests so you can see how you'd stack up.

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Complaint: Black Students Punished More Harshly Than Whites

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Black students and students with disabilities attending public schools in Virginia’s capital city are more severely and more frequently punished than their classmates, according to a complaint filed Wednesday with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights.

The complaint brought by two students and a local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People alleges that African-American students at Richmond Public Schools and those with mental, emotional or physical disabilities are more likely than white students to be suspended or expelled. Thecomplaint urges federal officials to investigate the school systems’ disciplinary policies and force them to make changes.

“Make no mistake about it: This is about justice, equality, and fairness for students with disabilities, for those who are African-American and for both,” said Leslie Mehta, legal director of the ACLU of Virginia, which along with the Legal Aid Justice Center filed the complaint on behalf of the students and Richmond chapter of the NAACP.

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Trump Defeats Hillary in Poll, Monmouth Amends it to Give Hillary Victory

Poll weighted 29 Republicans to 33 Democrats to let Hillary win

Monmouth University was caught amending a poll to give Hillary Clinton victory despite the fact that the original poll showed Donald Trump to be the winner.

The original unweighted poll showed Trump beating Hillary in Ohio 41-39, but when the poll was later amended to include more Democrats, Hillary was handed victory by a margin of 43-39.

The unweighted sampling of voters was split 33.3R/29.3D/35.6I, but wassubsequently changed (pages 6-7) to 29R/33D/37I in order to ensure Hillary came out on top.

When Twitter users called out Monmouth University over the controversy, pollster Patrick Murray denied the poll was weighted by Party ID, even though it clearly was.

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Some Concerned Over School’s Decision to Not Factor In Homework

BALTIMORE (WJZ)—School officials in Baltimore County are speaking out after a new controversial grading policy goes into effect.

While the classrooms may look the same, report cards this year will look different.

Starting now, “marking period grades will be based solely on achievement of course and grade level standards”.

“We want to make sure that an “A” truly does mean that a student has mastered material,” said Baltimore County Schools Superintendent Dr. Dallas Dance.

Classroom conduct, homework completion and ability to work with others will not factor into the overall grade.

It’s a concept that has some concerned.

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Hillary's 'Never' Answered If Foundation Emails Were Personal

Bloomberg Politics’ John Heilemann said on Tuesday that Hillary Clinton and the campaign have “never” answered whether or not emails about the Clinton Foundation were “personal” or “work-related.”

Appearing on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Heilemann said, “Let’s bring a couple of stories together, which is the story that we learned yesterday that there’s 15,000 of these emails that are now going to be released between now and Election Day.”

“A fundamental question never answered in the course of a year that we’ve dealt with this email controversy was, among the 30,000 plus emails that Hillary Clinton destroyed because they were personal, as opposed to the ones she turned over that were work-related,” Heilemann said.

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‘No homework’ policy continues

Long before a single teacher in a Texas school started a social media firestorm by discontinuing additional homework outside of regular classwork, Snow Hill Middle School is on its second year of offering exactly that to all students in every subject, at every grade level.

There are conditions, and some minor changes to last year’s policy, for those parents who have new or returning students to that school. Students who do not complete the day’s assignments are still responsible for that work, pupils are asked to read at least 20 minutes per night and both seventh and eighth grade students may be assigned additional practice when new mathematical concepts are introduced.

Those practice assignments should take only 20 minutes to complete, Principal Mrs. Chris Welch said, and will never, by themselves, negatively affect a students’ grade.

“If a student does not understand the practice assignment, it is the responsibility of him or her to ask the teacher for assistance,” the policy reads. “At any time, a parent or student can request additional material/assignments for any subject to reinforce skills taught during the school day.”

Those assignments will be drawn from online and print sources that are consistent with the school’s curricula, and are not just busywork, Welch said.
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'Assassination attempt on Angela Merkel foiled' as armed man arrested 'trying to infiltrate German chancellor's motorcade' in Prague

Czech police halted an armed man in a black 4x4 Mercedes as he allegedly tried to join Merkel’s motorcade during her visit to the capital

A feared assassination attempt on German Chancellor Angela Merkel has reportedly been foiled in Prague.

Czech police halted an armed man in a black 4x4 Mercedes as he allegedly tried to join Merkel’s motorcade during her visit to the capital.

" The perpetrator has been detained,” police spokesman Josef Bocan said.

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Released Hillary Clinton Email: ‘I Still Don't Feel Great’

On May 4, 2009, Hillary Clinton wrote to her top aide Huma Abedin, “I still don’t feel great,” and Clinton requested an Air Force plane instead of taking a shuttle from Westchester, New York, apparently to get to Washington, D.C., according to an email released Monday by Judicial Watch.

The email was part of 725 pages of new State Department documents released in response to a Judicial Watch Freedom of Information (FOI) lawsuit. The latest batch included 20 Hillary Clinton email exchanges not previously turned over to the State Department, the conservative legal action group says.

In the newly released email, Clinton wrote to Abedin on May 4, 2009:

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Road not taken: Harrison Ave. feud continues in Berlin

The ongoing feud between leadership in Berlin and the Adkins Company has apparently not abated, and no resolution to the closing of Harrison Avenue, which Adkins owns, appears imminent.

Adkins put up barricades on a portion of Harrison Avenue in June after town officials and the company could not reach agreement to purchase the road.

During a Berlin mayor and council meeting on Monday, resident Jack Orris, a candidate for the District 2 council seat, asked for an update during public comments.

“Going around, I’m talking to people and I’m at a loss to explain what’s going on currently with Harrison Avenue. People are asking me is there’s anything the council can do,” he said.

Mayor Gee Williams replied that the town would “not be extorted for $400,000,” referring to the price Adkins had apparently asked for the road.

“It’s going to create some inconvenience for a while, but I swear to God we’re not going to be extorted for $400,000 if hell has to freeze over. That’s the way it is,” he said. “I’m sorry that they’re so inconvenienced, but we didn’t put that blockade up there.
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SPD Press Release - (Bomb Threat) 8-25-16

Hillary’s top aide may be a Saudi plant

Bachmann: 'Advancing Shariah globally was the Abedin family business'

The woman who many say could be Hillary Clinton’s White House chief of staff served for years as assistant editor of a Saudi-funded Muslim publication that opposed women’s rights and blamed the U.S. for the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, according to a new report.

Paul Sperry, author of “Muslim Mafia,” points out in a report Sunday for the New York Post that one of Hillary Clinton’s biggest accomplishments listed on her campaign website is her support for the U.N. women’s conference in Beijing in 1995, when she famously declared, “Women’s rights are human rights.”

“Her speech has emerged as a focal point of her campaign, featured prominently in last month’s Morgan Freeman-narrated convention video introducing her as the Democratic nominee,” Sperry writes.

But it wasn’t long after that “historic and transformational” 1995 event, as Clinton recently described it, “that her top aide Huma Abedin published articles in a Saudi journal taking Clinton’s feminist platform apart, piece by piece.”

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State Police Detectives are Investigating the Death of a 2 Month Old Child

Bridgeville- Detectives with Delaware State Police Major Crimes Unit are currently investigating a death of a two month old male that occurred this morning at a residence east of Bridgeville.

On the morning of August 25, 2016 at approximately 7:39 a.m. troopers were dispatched to the 20,000 block of Camp Road, Bridgeville after a 9-1-1 call was received from the residence stating a two month old infant was unresponsive. Preliminary investigation suggests the mother attempted to wake the infant from sleeping, and upon doing so, observed the infant unresponsive and not breathing. The infant was treated by EMS at the scene and transported to the Nanticoke Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The child was turned over to the Delaware Division of Forensic Science to determine the exact cause and manner of death.

Detectives are continuing their investigation into this incident.

Ocean City Beach Patrol Scaling Down Stand Coverage

OCEAN CITY — While the annual education drain is already affecting the Ocean City Beach Patrol, the resort’s 10 miles of sandy beaches will remain covered through the final stretch of the season albeit with thinner ranks and creative scheduling.

While Delaware Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) officials last week announced many of the ocean swimming beaches in the state parks will be left unguarded on weekdays for the final stretch of the summer season, the Ocean City Beach Patrol is also dealing with the annual employment exodus caused by so many staffers involved in education whether it be as students, teachers or administrators.

If ever the message “keep your feet in the sand until the lifeguards are in the stand,” needed reinforcing, the final few weeks of summer heading into Labor Day will be a time to closely monitor the beach patrol’s coverage areas.

OCBP Captain Butch Arbin said this week the Beach Patrol already dropped 10 stands last week and dropped 20 more this week. Arbin said the coverage areas are always adjusted on the Monday of a new week late in the season so weekly renters are aware of any changes.

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