Category Archives: National News
“Godfather Of Payday Lending” Stripped Of $64 Million, Sentenced To 14 Years
A former Main Line investment banker known as the “Godfather of payday lending” for preying on low-income borrowers was sentenced Friday to 14 years in federal prison and stripped of over $64 million in assets. “The only difference between Mr. Hallinan and other loan sharks is that he doesn’t break the kneecaps of people who don’t pay his debts,…He was charging more interest than the Mafia.” Loans could have an annual rate of as high as 1,825.000%.
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Operation Teapot, Sunbeam, & Dominic – US Declassifies 100s Of Nuclear Test Videos To YouTube [VIDEO]
In a rare moment of transparency, more than 250 videos of previously classified US nuclear bomb tests have been uploaded to YouTube this week, providing a fascinating but terrifying glimpse into the United States’ nuclear program.
Read moreSenate Votes To Legalize Hemp After 80 Years Of Prohibition
On Thursday, the U.S. Senate approved a bill to legalize hemp, an industrial crop that has been banned for decades.
Read moreFive Dead In Annapolis Capital Gazette Shooting, Suspect Identified As 38-Year-Old Jarrod Ramos [UPDATED] [VIDEO]
Five people have been killed and several others were “gravely injured” during a shooting Thursday afternoon in the newsroom of the Capital Gazette.
Read moreAmericans Now Own 40% Of The World’s One Billion Guns
At the end of 2017, there were approximately 1 billion firearms in over 230 countries around the globe, with Americans the dominant owners, according to a study released Monday.
Read more“Hate-Speech”-Policing Big Tech Face Dozens Of Defamation Lawsuits After Settlement By SPLC
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) settled with and apologized to Maajid Nawaz, for $3.375 million because the organization included him in its “Field Guide to Anti-Muslim Extremists.” Nawaz, a practing Muslim who is specifically fighting Islamic extremism, was included in the “field guide” for criticizing the fringe elements of his own religion. And now, no fewer than 60 organizations and 47 nonprofit leaders are considering lawsuits against the SPLC for similar smears.
Read moreTrump Signs Order Keeping Migrant Families Together At Border, “Zero-Tolerance” To Continue [Updated][VIDEO]
President Trump has signed an Executive Order titled “Affording Congress an Opportunity to Address Family Separation” to keep illegal immigrant families together at the border, while stating that his administration’s “zero-tolerance” policy of enforcing Bush-era immigration laws will continue.
Read moreHawaii Lava-Flows Accelerate, Over 80 Structures Destroyed, Tourist Bookings Tumble 50% [VIDEO]
The National Park Service reported that the closure of the park alone could cost the local economy $166 million…
Read moreVideo Shows Flash Flood Wiping Out Historic City In Maryland [VIDEO]
For the second time in two years, the main street in historic Ellicott City, Maryland, has been rocked by a massive flash flood due to heavy rains that quickly rolled into the area late Sunday afternoon.
Read moreMother And Daughter Shot In Oklahoma Restaurant, Suspect Killed By “Good Guy” With A Gun
A mother and her 12-year-old daughter celebrating a birthday at a popular restaurant in Oklahoma City were shot Thursday night around 6:30 p.m. by a man in his late teens, when a bystander armed with a pistol confronted the shooter and fatally shot him as he tried to flee, according to Oklahoma City Police – who called the citizen “a blessing.”
Read moreNFL Bans Kneeling, Disrespect During National Anthem
After a season that saw ratings declines, advertiser abandonment, and political/racial divides flare on and off the field, ESPN reports that NFL owners have unanimously approved a new national anthem policy that requires players to stand if they are on the field during the performance.
Read more“We Are Telling People To Plan For The Worst”: Hawaii Braces For Explosive New Eruptions [VIDEO]
Kilauea, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, threatens to begin a series of explosive eruptions within days or weeks that could form huge clouds of volcanic smog, or vog, and hurl boulders as big as small cars.
Read moreTrump Greets Americans Released From North Korea In Early Morning Homecoming [VIDEO]
President Donald Trump and the First Lady greeted three American prisoners freed from North Korea early Thursday morning when they arrived at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.
Read more“Prepare For The Worst Possible Outcome” Migrant Caravan Warned As It Enters The US
Around 400 migrants about to cross into San Diego are refusing the advice of immigration attorneys, who say the asylum-seekers risk a lengthy detention, or being separated from their families, before eventual deportation back to Central America.
Read more[UPDATED] Woman Who Died In Southwest Jet Incident Identified As Wells Fargo VP [VIDEO]
The woman who was sucked out of the window of flight 1380 has been identified as Jennifer Riordan, 43, of Albuquerque. Riordan, a married mother of two, was vice president for community relations at Wells Fargo.
Read moreYouTube HQ Shooter Targeted Boyfriend, Wasn’t Employed At YouTube [VIDEO]
A woman opened fire Tuesday at the YouTube headquarters in northern California then apparently took her own life, officials said. At least three people were injured in the incident.
Read moreUS Power Grid Vulnerable To “Devastating” Attack, NERC Finds
Either a state actor or terrorist group could shut down large swaths of the US electric grid with relative ease…
Read morePentagon Admits Billions In US Funds Disappeared in Afghanistan To “Fraud, Waste And Abuse”
…more than $3.1 billion in taxpayer funds provided to the Afghan Armed Forces was “grossly mismanaged.”
Read moreDid McCabe Just Throw Comey Under The Bus For Perjury?
“[I]f the Inspector General believes this was a leak to the media, it raises serious questions about Comey’s previous testimony and could get him into serious trouble.”
Read moreTrump Fires Rex Tillerson Over Iran Disagreement; Replaces Him With CIA Chief Mike Pompeo
President Trump ousted Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and replaced him with CIA Director Mike Pompeo, the latest major change to his national security team amid ongoing delicate negotiations with North Korea.
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