General news

• Cereal killers: Monsanto weedkiller that can ‘probably’ cause cancer found in children’s breakfasts

  16-08-2018 06:04 via RT US News
  
  A hearty bowl of oatmeal is a healthy way to start your day, but according to a new study, that bowl of oatmeal can contain dangerous levels of glyphosate, a weed-killing chemical linked to cancer.Read Full Article at RT.com
  
  Read more

• Judge orders Keystone XL pipeline review in setback for Trump

  16-08-2018 05:57 via Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
  A federal judge in Montana on Wednesday ordered the U.S. State Department to do a full environmental review of a revised route for the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline, a move that could delay the project and prove a setback for the Trump administration.For more than a decade, environmentalists, tribal groups, and ranchers have fought the $8-billion, 1,180-mile (1,900-km) pipeline to carry heavy crude to Steele City in Nebraska from Canada's oilsands in Alberta.U.S. District Court Judge Brian Morr
  
  Read more

• El Salvador probes alleged cases of child abuse in U.S. detention centers

  16-08-2018 05:25 via Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
  El Salvador is investigating three alleged cases of sexual abuse of minors in U.S. immigrant detention centers, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday.Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Salvadorans Abroad, Liduvina Magarin, told reporters that consulate officials were using private attorneys to investigate the cases of alleged abuse at shelters in the U.S. state of Arizona.The U.S. State Department did not reply immediately to a request for comment, while an Immigration and Customs Enforceme
  
  Read more

• Newspaper editorials across U.S. rebuke Trump for attacks on media

  16-08-2018 05:16 via Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
  The Boston Globe organized the editorial push, which was joined by the New York Times and a number of smaller newspapers, including some in states that Trump won during the 2016 presidential election.A representative for the White House could not immediately be reached for comment on the editorials.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Power outage holds flights at Reagan National Airport, Washington DC (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

  16-08-2018 04:19 via RT US News
  
  Inbound and outbound flights were bogged down for over an hour in the US capital's primary airport, as it experienced a complete power outage. Stranded travelers have been posting images of the sudden blackout on social media.Read Full Article at RT.com
  
  Read more

• Punctured batteries, massive waste: Whistleblower accuses Tesla of sloppy production (PHOTOS)

  16-08-2018 03:55 via RT US News
  
  A former Tesla technician took to Twitter to detail what he says is extensive evidence of malpractice and waste at the electric carmaker’s factories, and potentially deadly battery defects in its cars.Read Full Article at RT.com
  
  Read more

• Colorado baker in case of Supreme Court sues state over 'persecution'

  16-08-2018 03:10 via Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
  Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in the city of Lakewood, accuses Colorado’s Civil Rights Commission of violating his constitutional rights to free speech, freedom of religion, equal protection and due process, according to the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Denver on Tuesday.“This lawsuit is necessary to stop Colorado’s continuing persecution of Phillips,” the written complaint alleges.Also named in the lawsuit are Governor John Hickenlooper and Cynt
  
  Read more

• After clearance pull, Democrats rush to back Brennan – who spied on them

  16-08-2018 02:25 via RT US News
  
  Democrats have been vocal in condemning US President Donald Trump for revoking former CIA chief John Brennan’s security clearance, forgetting that time he spied on a Democrat-run Senate committee in the name of #Resistance.
  Read Full Article at RT.com
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Expert Warns About Changed Threat of ‘ISIS 2.0’ — ‘They’re Looking for High Value Targets’

  16-08-2018 02:04 via The Western Journal
  
  A former U.S. intelligence officer specializing in the Middle East says the post “caliphate” Islamic State has morphed into a more traditional terrorist organization and is currently seeking out “high value targets.” Meanwhile, a new United Nations report issued late last month finds there are somewhere between 20,000 and 30,000 ISIS fighters remaining in Iraq and…
  
  Read more

• New Mexico compound member in U.S. illegally over 20 years: government

  16-08-2018 01:45 via Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
  A Haitian woman who was charged with child abuse at a New Mexico compound has been taken into custody by immigration authorities after living in the United States illegally for over 20 years, immigration officials said on Wednesday.Jany Leveille, 35, was taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Taos County, New Mexico, on Tuesday and must appear before a judge to resolve her immigration status, according to a statement by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement."Leveil
  
  Read more

• The Democratic wave is growing

  16-08-2018 01:41 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - US
  With Labor Day rapidly approaching, one thing is becoming clear: All signs point to the Democratic wave growing rather than shrinking in the final weeks of the 2018 election.
  
  Read more

• Investigation into Trump Foundation donations

  16-08-2018 01:31 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - US
  CNN's Drew Griffin looks into allegations that the Trump Foundation may have broken federal tax laws by using donated funds to boost the Trump presidential campaign.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• The name Sarah Sanders doesn't want to say

  16-08-2018 01:24 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - US
  Guess who won't let the name "Omarosa" pass her lips? CNN's Jeanne Moos reports on "this individual."
  
  Read more

• Twitterverse Blows Up After GoFundMe Campaign Opens for Peter Strozk

  16-08-2018 01:15 via The Western Journal
  
  A day after former FBI Agent Peter Strzok was fired from the FBI, a GoFundMe campaign was created. The Twitterverse however, had quite a bit to say after money started to pour in for the anti-Trump agent. You think this isn't just payola being funneled to Strzok from the DNC to buy his silence? Please,…
  
  Read more

• Hillary Clinton Tells 11-Year-Old Who Kneeled for Pledge To ‘Keep Up the Good Work’

  16-08-2018 00:58 via The Western Journal
  
  After an 11-year-old Maryland girl knelt during her school’s Pledge of Allegiance, Hillary Clinton took to Twitter to congratulate her on taking a stand against injustice. According to The Washington Post, sixth grader Mariana Taylor decided to stay seated during the pledge in May to “show people that what’s going on is not okay.” After…
  
  Read more

• Ex-NYC union head convicted of taking bribe to invest in fund

  15-08-2018 23:56 via Reuters: U.S.
  A former head of New York City's correction officers' union was found guilty on Wednesday of accepting a bribe to steer union money to now-defunct hedge fund Platinum Partners for investing.
  
  Read more

• U.S. clergy sex abuse revelation fuels push to reform assault laws

  15-08-2018 23:51 via Reuters: U.S.
  The latest revelation of widespread child sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergy has given impetus to efforts by legislators, including a Pennsylvania lawmaker who has said he was raped by a priest as a child, to make it easier to prosecute such cases.
  
  Read more

• Twitter shouldn’t silence Proud Boys – right & left agree during heated debate on RT

  15-08-2018 23:35 via RT US News
  
  Despite a fiery live debate on RT, both the spokesman for right-wing group Proud Boys and his leftist opponent from Code Pink shared the view that the group shouldn’t have been banned by Twitter.Read Full Article at RT.com
  
  Read more

• TJ Miller denies 'Silicon Valley' actress' bullying allegations

  15-08-2018 23:33 via FOX News
  TJ Miller thinks his erstwhile “Silicon Valley” co-star Alice Wetterlund’s bullying allegations were a publicity stunt.
  
  Read more

• Ex-union boss at Rikers Island jail convicted of corruption

  15-08-2018 23:29 via FOX News
  The former union boss at the troubled Rikers Island jail complex has been convicted of corruption.
  
  Read more

• The Latest: Former DA named by grand jury fired from job

  15-08-2018 23:23 via FOX News
  The Latest on a grand jury report on clergy abuse in six Pennsylvania Roman Catholic dioceses (all times local): 3:45 p.m.
  
  Read more

• Jean-Claude Van Damme's son pleads guilty in Arizona knife incident

  15-08-2018 23:22 via FOX News
  A son of actor Jean-Claude Van Damme has pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct for holding his roommate at knifepoint at their apartment in suburban Phoenix.
  
  Read more

• Missing Ohio hiker found alive on flank of Mount St. Helens

  15-08-2018 23:21 via FOX News
  Authorities say an Ohio man has been found alive after he went missing nearly a week ago on a hike near Mount St. Helens in Washington state.
  
  Read more

• Milo Ventimiglia says Jennifer Lopez wanted 'only' him for movie role

  15-08-2018 23:21 via FOX News
  Milo Ventimiglia says he was Jennifer Lopez’ only choice to play her boyfriend in the upcoming movie “Second Act.”
  
  Read more

• Seattle's air quality 'worse than Beijing' as wildfires scorch eastern Washington

  15-08-2018 23:20 via FOX News
  As wildfires continue to rage throughout eastern Washington, officials said on Tuesday that air quality in Seattle was worse than that of Beijing.
  
  Read more

• More than 47 people overdose in New Haven as park visitors watch in horror

  15-08-2018 23:15 via FOX News
  More than 30 people overdosed on what's believed to have been synthetic marijuana at or near a Connecticut city park as fellow parkgoers watched in horror.
  
  Read more

• John Brennan's nasty history with Trump preceded national security clearance revocation

  15-08-2018 23:15 via FOX News
  President Trump’s decision to revoke the security clearance of former CIA director John Brennan is the latest move in what’s been an ongoing rift between the pair.
  
  Read more

• Andrew Cuomo shocks crowd, says America 'was never that great'

  15-08-2018 23:15 via FOX News
  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo may have just handed Republicans a ready-made campaign ad for his rumored 2020 presidential bid – by declaring Wednesday that America “was never that great.”
  
  Read more

• White House Revokes Former CIA Director John Brennan’s Security Clearance in Official Statement

  15-08-2018 23:11 via The Western Journal
  
  The White House announced on Wednesday that President Donald Trump has revoked former CIA Director John Brennan’s security clearance. In a statement read by White House press secretary Sarah Sanders, Trump said, “As the head of the executive branch and commander-in-chief, I have the unique, constitutional responsibility to protect the nation’s classified information, including by…
  
  Read more

• White House apologizes over wrong African-American jobs claim

  15-08-2018 23:08 via RT US News
  
  White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has backtracked on her claim that the Obama administration created just 195,000 jobs for African Americans, after it emerged that the actual figure is closer to three million.Read Full Article at RT.com
  
  Read more

• Turkish Court Rejects US Pastor’s Appeal To Be Released

  15-08-2018 22:53 via The Western Journal
  
  Despite pressure from the United States to release American pastor Andrew Brunson after over two years of imprisonment, a Turkish court rejected the second legal appeal for his freedom on Wednesday. Brunson’s lawyer renewed an appeal Tuesday for his release and for his travel ban to be lifted. Turkish media outlets reported Wednesday that the…
  
  Read more

• From ‘menace’ to assets: Soros now buying social media shares

  15-08-2018 22:43 via RT US News
  
  Months after denouncing social media as a “menace to society,” controversial billionaire George Soros is again investing into Facebook, Twitter and streaming services Spotify and Pandora, while scaling back his Google holdings.
  Read Full Article at RT.com
  
  Read more

• Child drownings linked to phone-distracted parents who fail to look up

  15-08-2018 22:35 via GANNETT Syndication Service
  
  Experts around the world -- lifeguards, police and public health advocates -- have begged parents to stop using their phones at the pool.        
  
  Read more

• White House cannot shield information on transgender military ban: judge

  15-08-2018 22:34 via Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
  The decision on Tuesday by U.S. Magistrate Judge A. David Copperthite came in a lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf more than one dozen transgender people serving or who want to serve in the military.Copperthite declined to decide whether President Donald Trump deserved a protective order for his own communications, pending a ruling on whether to dismiss Trump as a defendant.Andy Reuss, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Justice, declined to comment.
  
  Read more

• Oklahoma school system closes for two days after violent threat to transgender student

  15-08-2018 22:25 via GANNETT Syndication Service
  
  A rural Oklahoma school system has reopened after closing for two days to investigate threatening comments made to a transgender student.        
  
  Read more

• Turkish court rejects U.S. pastor's appeal, upper court yet to rule: lawyer

  15-08-2018 22:24 via Reuters: U.S.
  One Turkish court has rejected an American Christian pastor's appeal to be released from house arrest and for his travel ban to be lifted, but an upper court is yet to rule on the appeal, his lawyer told Reuters on Wednesday.
  
  Read more

• Ex-NYC union head convicted of taking bribe for investing in hedge fund

  15-08-2018 22:22 via Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
  The former head of New York City's correction officers' union was found guilty on Wednesday of accepting a bribe to steer union money to now-defunct hedge fund Platinum Partners for investing.Norman Seabrook, who once led the Correction Officers' Benevolent Association, was convicted by a Manhattan federal jury of one count of fraud after his second trial on the charges.The jury has so far failed to reach a verdict on a related conspiracy charge.
  
  Read more

• Sarah Sanders' 'linguistic sleight of hand' on Omarosa's non-disclosure agreement

  15-08-2018 22:20 via CNN.com - RSS Channel - US
  Donald Trump loves non-disclosure agreements. In his life before politics, he regularly used NDAs to ensure discretion from his employees, should they become former employees.
  
  Read more

• WH: Ex-CIA director John Brennan's security clearance revoked

  15-08-2018 22:02 via GANNETT Syndication Service
  
  President Donald Trump is revoking the security clearance of former CIA director John Brennan, who served in the Obama administration. (Aug. 15)        
  
  Read more

• The Bullying Must Stop: They’re After Jack Phillips Again

  15-08-2018 22:00 via The Western Journal
  
  For over six years now, Colorado has been on a crusade to crush Jack Phillips because state officials despise what he believes and how he practices his faith. After Phillips defended himself all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and won, he thought Colorado’s hostility toward his faith was over. He was wrong. Colorado…
  
  Read more

• This police commander kept his body camera on during a questionable time. But it's not for the reason you think

  15-08-2018 21:55 via GANNETT Syndication Service
  
  The video surfaced as the Pinal County (Ariz.) Sheriff’s Office investigated the now-former second-in-command in an Arizona town's police department.        
  
  Read more

• Five examples that show internet censorship is as much a threat to the left as the right

  15-08-2018 21:55 via RT US News
  
  The banning of right wing controversialist Alex Jones from multiple social media platforms last week was a cause of celebration for many liberals, but should those on the left really be so complacent about creeping censorship?Read Full Article at RT.com
  
  Read more

• U.S. and Mexico to set up joint team to fight drug cartels

  15-08-2018 21:53 via Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines
  The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and Mexico will set up a joint team in Chicago targeting Mexican drug cartels and their leaders and finances, to try to stem a flow of drugs that has led to a spike in U.S. overdose deaths, officials said on Wednesday.Mexico remains the principal highway for cocaine to the United States and has become the top source of heroin, which is fueling a surge in opioid addiction in the United States.
  
  Read more

• DC Archbishop: Need 'To Be There' for Survivors

  15-08-2018 21:46 via GANNETT Syndication Service
  
  [2US DC Wuerl Abuse Reax (NR LON)-2GALLERY.ORIGIN-ONE-HD.WDC.AP.MOS;d799eda3;80000a58GALLERY.ORIGIN-ONE-HD.WDC.AP.MOSUS DC WUERL ABUSE REAX 20180815I_0815T144558.movUS DC WUERL ABUSE REAX 20180815I_0815T144558.movfile:///Volumes/WDCedit/Playout/Delivery/2018-Week-33/US%20DC%20WUERL%20ABUSE%20REAX%2020180815I_0815T144558.movhttp://10.6.210.130:8080/Playout/Delivery/2018-Week-33/Proxies/US%20DC%20WUERL%20ABUSE%20REAX%2020180815I_0815T144558.mov1525760US DC WUERL ABUSE REAX 20180815IPLAYLISThttp://
  
  Read more

• Christian University Falls to LGBT Pressure, Drops Official Ban on Homosexual Activity

  15-08-2018 21:44 via The Western Journal
  
  This law school hasn’t even opened yet, but it might have had its toughest lesson. Trinity Western University, a Christian school in Canada’s province of British Columbia, is knuckling under to pressure from the outside to drop its longstanding requirement that its students sign a “community covenant.” From now on, signing the document will be…
  
  Read more

• Priests used gold crosses to ID kids as abuse targets and other horrors from Pennsylvania report

  15-08-2018 21:29 via GANNETT Syndication Service
  
  Even in a list filled with hundreds of shocking accusations, several stick out as particularly extreme cases.        
  
  Read more

• Study: Children with Religious Parents Less Likely To Commit Suicide

  15-08-2018 21:26 via The Western Journal
  
  Having religious parents significantly decreases the risk of children having or acting upon suicidal thoughts according to a recently published study from JAMA Psychiatry. The study, titled Association of Parent and Offspring Religiosity With Offspring Suicide Ideation and Attempts, showed that having religious parents was associated with an 80 percent decrease in risk of those parents’…
  
  Read more

• Bishop with Pa. Ties: Abuse Report 'Nauseating'

  15-08-2018 21:01 via GANNETT Syndication Service
  
  The Bishop of Dallas says he feels anger and pain about a report detailing roughly 300 Roman Catholic priests in Pennsylvania who molested more than 1,000 children — and possibly many more — since the 1940s. (Aug. 15)        
  
  Read more

• Yosemite reopens after nearly three weeks

  15-08-2018 20:57 via GANNETT Syndication Service
  
  Hikers and nature lovers returned to Yosemite National Park's scenic valley Tuesday after a nearly three-week closure because of smoke from wildfires. However, park officials advised visitors to expect limited lodging and food services. (Aug. 15)        
  
  Read more

• Piers Morgan Reveals ‘Appalling’ ‘#MeToo Moment’ With Omarosa: ‘One of the Worst Human Beings I’ve Ever Encountered’

  15-08-2018 20:56 via The Western Journal
  
  As former White House aide Omarosa Maingault-Newman continues making the media rounds to promote her new memoir, she is encountering some resistance in her effort to disparage President Donald Trump. Many of the president’s supporters and detractors alike have questioned the former reality television star’s credibility given her history of over-the-top antics. Fox News Channel…
  
  Read more

Follow @GeneralNewsUS on Twitter!