Special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating foreign donations to President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee, according to a new report.
Mueller’s investigators have questioned several witnesses about millions of dollars in contributions from donors with links to Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Russia, according to ABC News.
One of the people interviewed is Thomas Barrack, a longtime Trump friend who handled financing for the president’s inaugural committee.
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Two teens struck and killed by an Amtrak train while taking a popular 'shortcut' on the tracks
Two teens have been struck and killed by an Amtrak train while taking a popular 'shortcut' along the tracks.
Presley Trent, 13, and Samuel Rivas, 18, were killed on Wednesday afternoon in Chester, Virginia, by a train traveling from Georgia to New York.
The accident occurred just before 5pm and no one on the train suffered injuries.
Locals said they see people walking on the tracks all of the time as it's a popular shortcut but have never heard of a tragedy like this one.
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Presley Trent, 13, and Samuel Rivas, 18, were killed on Wednesday afternoon in Chester, Virginia, by a train traveling from Georgia to New York.
The accident occurred just before 5pm and no one on the train suffered injuries.
Locals said they see people walking on the tracks all of the time as it's a popular shortcut but have never heard of a tragedy like this one.
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Mom dies after catching flesh-eating bacteria on family vacation
An Indiana family’s vacation to Florida reportedly left a mom with a deadly flesh-eating bacteria.
Carol Martin, 50, died Saturday, nearly two months after returning from Clearwater, Fla., with an infection known as necrotizing fasciitis, news station WRTV reported.
Martin’s family said they believe the virus may have been from a hot tub at the local Days Inn hotel.
“My thing is nobody else [in the family] got it, the flesh-eating bacteria,” her husband, Richard, toldnews station WFLA. “No one else got it but she was the only one who got in the hot tub.”
It wasn’t until they were back in Indianapolis that the mom noticed a nickel-size sore on her buttocks, according to the news station.
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Carol Martin, 50, died Saturday, nearly two months after returning from Clearwater, Fla., with an infection known as necrotizing fasciitis, news station WRTV reported.
Martin’s family said they believe the virus may have been from a hot tub at the local Days Inn hotel.
“My thing is nobody else [in the family] got it, the flesh-eating bacteria,” her husband, Richard, toldnews station WFLA. “No one else got it but she was the only one who got in the hot tub.”
It wasn’t until they were back in Indianapolis that the mom noticed a nickel-size sore on her buttocks, according to the news station.
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Jury awards $10m to Philadelphia man for wrongful arrest after he was locked up for three YEARS
A Philadelphia man locked up for three years based on a police officer's false testimony has been awarded $10 million.
The jury's verdict Thursday was handed down in the case of Khanefah Boozer, 33, who languished in jail on $500,000 bail while he awaited trial for allegedly firing a gun at Officer Ryan Waltman in 2011.
The Philadelphia native was with with friends in January 2011 on Abbotsford Road in Germantown.
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The jury's verdict Thursday was handed down in the case of Khanefah Boozer, 33, who languished in jail on $500,000 bail while he awaited trial for allegedly firing a gun at Officer Ryan Waltman in 2011.
The Philadelphia native was with with friends in January 2011 on Abbotsford Road in Germantown.
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Gun Industry Group Says It Kicked Out Dick's Sporting Goods Over "Unconstitutional" New Policies, Gun-Control Lobbying Effort
Dick's accused of 'trying to impose their view ... on the industry by hiring a lobbyist to lobby for gun control'
The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) told the Washington Free Beacon its recent decision to expel Dick's Sporting Goods was based on the company's decision to lobby for new gun-control legislation.
"They went beyond simply making decisions for their own company and are trying to impose their view and their decisions on other companies in the industry by hiring a lobbyist to lobby for gun control," Larry Keane, NSSF senior vice president and general counsel, told the Free Beacon. "The CEO of Dick's, which owns Field and Stream, is on the record as saying he wants to see a ban on modern sporting rifles, he wants to see restrictions on magazines, and also wants to see an unconstitutional restriction on the ability of young adults to purchase any firearm."
Keane said that while NSSF did not agree with Dick's decision to remove certain rifles and ammunition magazines from their shelves, the decision was "not because of their internal decision about what products they would and wouldn't sell."
"We respect the right of companies to make their own decisions," he said.
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The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) told the Washington Free Beacon its recent decision to expel Dick's Sporting Goods was based on the company's decision to lobby for new gun-control legislation.
"They went beyond simply making decisions for their own company and are trying to impose their view and their decisions on other companies in the industry by hiring a lobbyist to lobby for gun control," Larry Keane, NSSF senior vice president and general counsel, told the Free Beacon. "The CEO of Dick's, which owns Field and Stream, is on the record as saying he wants to see a ban on modern sporting rifles, he wants to see restrictions on magazines, and also wants to see an unconstitutional restriction on the ability of young adults to purchase any firearm."
Keane said that while NSSF did not agree with Dick's decision to remove certain rifles and ammunition magazines from their shelves, the decision was "not because of their internal decision about what products they would and wouldn't sell."
"We respect the right of companies to make their own decisions," he said.
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Indiana woman who murdered husband and lover may have killed others
An Indiana woman already imprisoned for killing and dismembering her lover and strangling her husband to death may be responsible for nine other murders, as well as a suspected case of cannibalism.
Kelly M. Cochran, 35, was sentenced to 65 years last month in the February 20, 2016, death of her husband, 37-year-old Jason Cochran, at their Hobart, Indiana, home.
She is already serving a life sentence for the 2014 killing of her lover, 51-year-old Christopher Regan, in Iron River, Michigan.
Kelly told investigators after her arrest that she drugged her husband of 13 years with heroin and then smothered him to death because he took 'the only good thing' in her life in Regan’s death.
During her earlier trial, Michigan
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Kelly M. Cochran, 35, was sentenced to 65 years last month in the February 20, 2016, death of her husband, 37-year-old Jason Cochran, at their Hobart, Indiana, home.
She is already serving a life sentence for the 2014 killing of her lover, 51-year-old Christopher Regan, in Iron River, Michigan.
Kelly told investigators after her arrest that she drugged her husband of 13 years with heroin and then smothered him to death because he took 'the only good thing' in her life in Regan’s death.
During her earlier trial, Michigan
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Hall of Famer Jim Palmer finds out answer to the riddle of his birth
Hall of Famer Jim Palmer who had long suspected he was a secret Kennedy lovechild has finally discovered the truth at the age of 72.
The retired Baltimore Orioles pitcher had always known he was adopted, theWashington Post reports.
Palmer had a privileged upbringing; raised by Polly, a boutique owner, and Jim Wiesen, a wealthy Manhattan dress designer, with his adoptive sister Bonnie, at their luxury Park Avenue home in Manhattan with a family butler named George.
He later became Jim Palmer, after Jim Wiesen died of a heart attack in 1955, and his adoptive mother married Max Palmer, a Hollywood character actor, and the family moved to Beverly Hills, California.
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The retired Baltimore Orioles pitcher had always known he was adopted, theWashington Post reports.
Palmer had a privileged upbringing; raised by Polly, a boutique owner, and Jim Wiesen, a wealthy Manhattan dress designer, with his adoptive sister Bonnie, at their luxury Park Avenue home in Manhattan with a family butler named George.
He later became Jim Palmer, after Jim Wiesen died of a heart attack in 1955, and his adoptive mother married Max Palmer, a Hollywood character actor, and the family moved to Beverly Hills, California.
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811 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2018
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Northern Somerset County in southeastern Maryland...
Western Wicomico County in southeastern Maryland...
Dorchester County in southeastern Maryland...
* Until 845 PM EDT
* At 810 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
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Salisbury, Fruitland and Salisbury University around 840 PM EDT.
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Video shows courtroom melee after guilty verdicts in Florida murder case
Video shows a Florida courtroom erupting in violence after four accused killers were found guilty.
The wild melee Friday in Ocala involved three of the defendants and court security officers who used stun guns to restore order.
Defense attorney Daniel Hernandez is seen being pummeled by his client, Troy Davis.
“I got about five punches to the back and the side of my head, forehead. I got a few bumps and bruises, some scratches,” Hernandez told Fox 35 Orlando.
The attorney said he had been trying cases for 40 years without ever being struck by a client. He said he never expected Davis to strike him.
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The wild melee Friday in Ocala involved three of the defendants and court security officers who used stun guns to restore order.
Defense attorney Daniel Hernandez is seen being pummeled by his client, Troy Davis.
“I got about five punches to the back and the side of my head, forehead. I got a few bumps and bruises, some scratches,” Hernandez told Fox 35 Orlando.
The attorney said he had been trying cases for 40 years without ever being struck by a client. He said he never expected Davis to strike him.
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'Murdaland': Baltimore Homicides For 2018 Spike At "Second-Fastest Pace In A Decade"
Baltimore tagged the psychological level of 100 homicides for the year with the fatal stabbing of a 74-year-old man and the deadly shooting of a 16-year boy in West Baltimore Tuesday, “marking the second-fastest pace of killings in the city in a decade,” said The Baltimore Sun.
While homicides in Baltimore tend to be a seasonal phenomenon, the wave of killings climbed above trend in Aprill following a period of warmer temperatures. In all of 1Q, homicides were below the average, due to frigid arctic conditions that blasted the Northeastern United States.
In 2017, the city saw its 100th homicide on April 24. As The Baltimore Sun notes, the city had not experienced 100 murders this early in the killing season since 2007, when it occurred on May 7. The total number of killings this year remains somewhat below this time last year, which, by the way, was the deadliest year ever to be recorded in the city’s history, on a per capita basis, with 342 murders. In 2015/2016, which saw the second- and third-most homicides per capita in city history, there were not 100 murders until the end of May. The Baltimore Sun added that “in all the other intervening years since 2007, the city did not hit 100 homicides until June or July.”
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While homicides in Baltimore tend to be a seasonal phenomenon, the wave of killings climbed above trend in Aprill following a period of warmer temperatures. In all of 1Q, homicides were below the average, due to frigid arctic conditions that blasted the Northeastern United States.
In 2017, the city saw its 100th homicide on April 24. As The Baltimore Sun notes, the city had not experienced 100 murders this early in the killing season since 2007, when it occurred on May 7. The total number of killings this year remains somewhat below this time last year, which, by the way, was the deadliest year ever to be recorded in the city’s history, on a per capita basis, with 342 murders. In 2015/2016, which saw the second- and third-most homicides per capita in city history, there were not 100 murders until the end of May. The Baltimore Sun added that “in all the other intervening years since 2007, the city did not hit 100 homicides until June or July.”
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Veterans ask court to reinstate lawsuits over burn pits in Iraq, Afghanistan
RICHMOND, Va. — Veterans and their families asked a federal appeals court Wednesday to reinstate dozens of lawsuits alleging that a government contractor caused health problems by using burn pits during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
More than 60 lawsuits allege that KBR Inc. — a former Halliburton subsidiary — dumped tires, batteries, medical waste and other materials into open burn pits, creating harmful smoke that caused gastrointestinal illnesses, neurological problems, respiratory problems, cancers and other health issues in more than 800 service members.
The lawsuits, which were filed in multiple districts around the country and then consolidated, also alleged that at least 12 service members died from illnesses caused by the burn pits.
Last year, a judge in Maryland dismissed the lawsuits, finding that the U.S. military made all of the key decisions and had control over KBR’s use and operation of burn pits. The lower court found that analyzing military decision-making during war is a political question not appropriate for judicial review.
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More than 60 lawsuits allege that KBR Inc. — a former Halliburton subsidiary — dumped tires, batteries, medical waste and other materials into open burn pits, creating harmful smoke that caused gastrointestinal illnesses, neurological problems, respiratory problems, cancers and other health issues in more than 800 service members.
The lawsuits, which were filed in multiple districts around the country and then consolidated, also alleged that at least 12 service members died from illnesses caused by the burn pits.
Last year, a judge in Maryland dismissed the lawsuits, finding that the U.S. military made all of the key decisions and had control over KBR’s use and operation of burn pits. The lower court found that analyzing military decision-making during war is a political question not appropriate for judicial review.
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How young is too young to get married? Maryland legislators fail to raise age to wed above 15
Legislation that would have raised the minimum marriage age in Maryland above 15 died in the final hours of the General Assembly session Monday night as the Senateand House of Delegates failed to reach a compromise.
Maryland law sets a minimum marriage age of 15 — if the teen’s parents or guardians consent and if the female to be wed is pregnant or has given birth. The Senate passed a bill raising the age to 16. The House said 17. Neither side would budge despite pleas from lawmakers who sought higher ages.
“We have to get rid of 15 being when to marry,” Sen. Bobby Zirkin told his fellow lawmakers. “It’s an embarrassment to the state.”
Del. Vanessa Atterbeary, the Howard County Democrat who sponsored the House bill, refused to go lower than 17. She said giving in to the demands of her Senate colleagues could set a bad precedent for other states considering similar legislation.
Her original bill, sponsored by Zirkin in the Senate, sought to set the minimum age at 18.
A similar disagreement led to an impasse on the final day of last year’s session, and neither chamber’s bill passed.
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Maryland law sets a minimum marriage age of 15 — if the teen’s parents or guardians consent and if the female to be wed is pregnant or has given birth. The Senate passed a bill raising the age to 16. The House said 17. Neither side would budge despite pleas from lawmakers who sought higher ages.
“We have to get rid of 15 being when to marry,” Sen. Bobby Zirkin told his fellow lawmakers. “It’s an embarrassment to the state.”
Del. Vanessa Atterbeary, the Howard County Democrat who sponsored the House bill, refused to go lower than 17. She said giving in to the demands of her Senate colleagues could set a bad precedent for other states considering similar legislation.
Her original bill, sponsored by Zirkin in the Senate, sought to set the minimum age at 18.
A similar disagreement led to an impasse on the final day of last year’s session, and neither chamber’s bill passed.
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WaPo Positions Support for Torturer as Vote for Feminism
As the war over Gina Haspel’s nomination to lead the Central Intelligence Agency has waged on this week, we’ve been gifted an incredible batch of corporate media apologias for the CIA’s decades-long legacy of torture, extrajudicial killings and civil liberties violations. Perhaps most remarkably, these outlets have spent hundreds of words arguing that Haspel should be confirmed as the next director of the CIA—despite having overseen a black site prison where detainees were brutally tortured, and directing the destruction of evidence of this illegal and inhumane practice—because it’s the feminist thing to do.
This was the perfect line for the Trump administration’s Haspel push—a notion informed both by the Republicans’ elementary understanding of identity politics and their obsession with calling out perceived liberal hypocrisy: After all, how could any self-respecting Democrat vote against a woman to usher the United States’ international spying apparatus into its next no doubt sinister phase?
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This was the perfect line for the Trump administration’s Haspel push—a notion informed both by the Republicans’ elementary understanding of identity politics and their obsession with calling out perceived liberal hypocrisy: After all, how could any self-respecting Democrat vote against a woman to usher the United States’ international spying apparatus into its next no doubt sinister phase?
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Mike Kelly blasts Maxine Waters as ‘incredibly divisive’ after fiery House debate
Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.), also the owner of a car dealership, doubled down on his argument that the automotive industry does not discriminate against women or people of color after a fiery exchange on Friday with Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) on the House floor.
“We’re talking about thousands and thousands of auto dealers and millions of people who work in the industry, and making a broad statement that these are people who discriminate against non-white buyers,” the Pennsylvania Republican told FOX Business’ Neil Cavuto during an interview on Saturday. “This is absolutely preposterous.”
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“We’re talking about thousands and thousands of auto dealers and millions of people who work in the industry, and making a broad statement that these are people who discriminate against non-white buyers,” the Pennsylvania Republican told FOX Business’ Neil Cavuto during an interview on Saturday. “This is absolutely preposterous.”
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New law: Kansas cops can't have sex during traffic stops
A new Kansas law makes it a crime for police to have sex with people they pull over for traffic violations or detain in criminal investigations.
The new law bans sexual relations "during the course of a traffic stop, a custodial interrogation, an interview in connection with an investigation, or while the law enforcement officer has such person detained."
Now, you may be asking, wasn't that illegal already?
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The new law bans sexual relations "during the course of a traffic stop, a custodial interrogation, an interview in connection with an investigation, or while the law enforcement officer has such person detained."
Now, you may be asking, wasn't that illegal already?
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NY Dems Want To BAN Shooting Sports Because It ‘Spreads Gun Culture’
Anti-Second Amendment indoctrination widespread in schools
New York Democrat Linda Rosenthal introduced legislation to ban shooting sports from New York schools Friday, claiming the sports “spread gun culture.”
If the legislation is passed, high school shooting teams, including air rifle and even archery clubs, would be disbanded, Time magazine reported on Thursday. These programs can lead to violence, Rosenthal claimed, citing the Parkland shooter’s involvement in the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) program before executing his mass killing.
“Schools should not be supporting the spread of gun culture in society,” Rosenthal told reporters. “If parents want their children to have shooting instruction, there are opportunities that have nothing to do with the school.”
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New York Democrat Linda Rosenthal introduced legislation to ban shooting sports from New York schools Friday, claiming the sports “spread gun culture.”
If the legislation is passed, high school shooting teams, including air rifle and even archery clubs, would be disbanded, Time magazine reported on Thursday. These programs can lead to violence, Rosenthal claimed, citing the Parkland shooter’s involvement in the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) program before executing his mass killing.
“Schools should not be supporting the spread of gun culture in society,” Rosenthal told reporters. “If parents want their children to have shooting instruction, there are opportunities that have nothing to do with the school.”
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Resort Police Probe Fatality; 25-Year-Old Baltimore Woman Found Dead
OCEAN CITY — The investigation into an apparent fatal fall from a resort balcony sometime early Sunday morning is ongoing and few details have been provided thus far, but the victim has been identified as a 25-year-old female from the Baltimore area.
Just before 6 a.m. on Sunday, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officers and Ocean City EMS responded to 53rdStreet for a reported unconscious individual. Upon arrival, Ocean City EMS determined the individual was deceased. The initial investigation revealed the deceased had fallen from an elevated position.
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Just before 6 a.m. on Sunday, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) officers and Ocean City EMS responded to 53rdStreet for a reported unconscious individual. Upon arrival, Ocean City EMS determined the individual was deceased. The initial investigation revealed the deceased had fallen from an elevated position.
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Breaking News: Melania Trump, the first lady, had a surgical procedure for a kidney condition. It was successful, and she will stay in the hospital to rest.
“The procedure was successful and there were no complications,” the White House said in a statement.
Missouri Lawmakers Approve Defunding Abortion Providers as Planned Parenthood’s ‘Handmaids’ Protest
The “handmaids” of Planned Parenthood strode through the Missouri Statehouse this week as the state’s lawmakers passed a budget prohibiting the direction of funds to facilities associated with abortion providers.
Dressed as women from Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood’s 1985 dystopian feminist novel about a totalitarian theocracy that forces women to procreate, the protesters are now a familiar sight in government buildings when Planned Parenthood’s taxpayer funding is in jeopardy:
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Dressed as women from Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood’s 1985 dystopian feminist novel about a totalitarian theocracy that forces women to procreate, the protesters are now a familiar sight in government buildings when Planned Parenthood’s taxpayer funding is in jeopardy:
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Ohio Butcher Shop Owners Accused of $3.5 Million Food Stamp Fraud
The owners of an Ohio butcher shop are accused of carrying out a $3.5 million food stamp fraud scheme over eight years.
Federal investigators raided Busch’s Country Corner in Cincinnati on Thursday after obtaining a search warrant to collect security camera recordings, financial records, and electronic communications as evidence of potential fraud, WCPO reported.
Federal documents state that store owners Michael and Amanda Busch trafficked $3.5 million in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and traded them for cash beginning in January 2010, and carried out the SNAP fraud scheme for the next eight years.
Investigators say Michael Busch’s brother Randall had also taken part in the scheme. All three suspects could face a number of food stamp fraud charges—including conspiracy to defraud the U.S., wire fraud, unauthorized use of SNAP benefits, access device fraud, and theft of public money.
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Federal investigators raided Busch’s Country Corner in Cincinnati on Thursday after obtaining a search warrant to collect security camera recordings, financial records, and electronic communications as evidence of potential fraud, WCPO reported.
Federal documents state that store owners Michael and Amanda Busch trafficked $3.5 million in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and traded them for cash beginning in January 2010, and carried out the SNAP fraud scheme for the next eight years.
Investigators say Michael Busch’s brother Randall had also taken part in the scheme. All three suspects could face a number of food stamp fraud charges—including conspiracy to defraud the U.S., wire fraud, unauthorized use of SNAP benefits, access device fraud, and theft of public money.
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