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President Donald Trump said it was unfair that formal national security adviser Mike Flynn had his "life ruined" for lying to the FBI, the president said when speaking to reporters Monday morning. Trump blasted former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for reportedly lying under oath to the FBI and not suffering any consequences, while Flynn currently faces charges for making false statements to the bureau.

Philadelphia City Councilwoman Cindy Bass is pushing an ordinance that would bar retailers from having bullet-proof glass block customers' access to store employees. The glass is common in convenience markets that serve high-crime sectors of the city. "Bullet-proof glass is an insult to minorities," Bass contends. "Lots of businesses in these same neighborhoods—barber shops and bars, for example—don't have these barriers. That's the neighborly way to run a business. If these convenience markets aren't going to be neighborly voluntarily we need to have a law that forces them." Rich Kim, whose family has owned a deli in the city for...

A St. Louis pizza driver shot and killed a 17-year-old youth who police said was one of two suspects trying to rob him during a delivery Thursday night. Police identified the dead man as Lavon Courtney Jr., the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. One suspect struck the driver on the head with a firearm, then ran back to his vehicle while shooting, police told St. Louis' Fox 2. The pizza driver returned fire with his own weapon, striking one suspect and prompting the other to flee, the report said. The delivery driver called police after arriving back at the pizza shop,...

When it comes to “leadership”, Barack Obama knows what he’s talking about. (We know you can feel the sarcasm dripping off of those words, right?) After his eight year party-on-the-White House lawn, Obama is still jet-setting around the world and offering up his take on our current administration. BHO flew to Paris to speak at an invitation-only event organized by a network of communications professionals known as the Napoleons. He lunched with President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee palace. And although Obama did not mention President Donald Trump by name (of course, he wouldn’t dare sully his tongue), who announced...

<p>One way to stop injustices like the acquittal of Kate Steinle's killer is for Congress to make violent acts committed by illegal aliens federal crimes, which would empower the U.S. Department of Justice to prosecute them in federal court.</p> <p>Millions of Americans are outraged that a local jury refused to convict Jose Zarate for killing young Kate Steinle. Some question the effectiveness of the county prosecutor. All Zarate was convicted of was illegally possessing a firearm. Zarate was charged and prosecuted under California state law.</p>

Sergio Martinez has been deported to Mexico by United States authorities 20 times, but he keeps coming back and keeps committing crimes. But, the illegal alien was finally sentenced in Oregon on Friday, after agreeing to plea deal on charges including, sexual assault, burglary, and kidnapping.Martinez, age 31, will spend 35 years in prison and register as a sex offender. Townhall previously reported on his heinous sexual assault on a 65-year-old woman.  “Sergio Martinez entered a 65-year-old Portland woman's home through an open window the morning of July 24 and "calmly and quietly" ordered her to the floor. He then...

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This week, Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, the man who shot and killed Kate Steinle in 2015, was acquitted of all homicide-related charges (murder, manslaughter, negligent homicide) by a San Francisco jury. The sole charge on which jurors could agree he was guilty was “illegal possession of a firearm.” Speaking “off-the-record,” Juror X explained that “the fact that the defendant had previously been deported five times persuaded us that he was not really responsible for killing Ms. Steinle. On the one hand, several jurors blamed the government for inciting Mr. Garcia’s rage. Being repeatedly forced to sneak into the country at...

RUSH: Yeah, I don’t mean to be talking down here, but everybody calm down. Just calm down. ABC News and Brian Ross are exactly who we think they are. Brian Ross reporting that Flynn promised to tell Mueller anything he wants to know about Trump and his family. Folks, it’s Brian Ross. It’s ABC. It’s much ado about nothing. Hang on. JOHNNY DONOVAN: And now, from sunny south Florida, it’s Open Line Friday! RUSH: Now, I could have started and gone in chronological, sequential order but that seems to be, “Oh, my gosh, Rush, do you see what they’re saying?...

An elderly woman was knocked out as three robbers ran out of a Citrus Heights pharmacy after stealing prescription drugs, police said Thursday. The 86-year-old woman was entering the store when she was pushed backwards, fell and was knocked unconscious.

Philadelphia, PA - Philadelphia councilwoman Cindy Bass has introduced a controversial bill that would require business owners to take down any bulletproof glass they have in their businesses, and not allow future installation. The bill, known as the Stop and Go bill, is moving through city hall, and reads "No establishment shall erect or maintain a physical barrier." Broad Deli is a local business on the corner of the 2200 block of North Broad. It has a wall of bulletproof glass separating its employees from customers. "The most important thing is safety and the public's safety," Rich Kim, the owner...

A controversial bill is currently working its way through city hall designed to regulate 'stop and go' liquor stores. One part of the bill would force business owners to take down bulletproof glass inside their stores. But at what cost to their safety? Broad Deli sits on the corner of the 2200 block of North Broad, inside a wall of bulletproof glass separates customers from workers.  "The most important thing is safety and the public's safety," owner Rich Kim said. Rich Kim's family has run the deli, which sells soda, snacks, meals and beer by the can for 20 years.  He says the glass...

A red van attempted to cut into President Trump's motorcade Saturday afternoon as he was returning to the Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., from a visit to his local golf course. Local law enforcement pulled the vehicle over and the driver "made obscene gestures and screamed several expletives," said a press pool report. A few protesters gathered a few minutes later in front of the bridge leading to Palm Beach, the pool report added. A sign one of them carried said, "Don the Con man." About 10 supporters were also seen nearby. Prior to the motorcade incident, Trump spend nearly...

On Saturday's AM Joy, Washington Post columnist and frequent MSNBC guest Jennifer Rubin was near breaking her own record for aiming vitriol at Republicans as she declared that "there is a special place in hell" for Kellyanne Conway because the White House advisor recently advocated voting for Roy Moore in spite of sexual molestation accusations against the Alabama Republican. On MSNBC, WashPost's Rubin: 'Special Place in Hell' for Kellyanne Conway After playing a clip of Conway from FNC's Fox and Friends suggesting that voters should vote for Moore, host Joy Reid turned to Rubin and posed: "So, yes, vote Roy...

The family of an 18-year-old apprentice carpenter stabbed to death in an apparently unprovoked attack in north London have said knife crime is "out of control" in the capital. Jason Isaacs was on a night out with friends in Northolt on Saturday when they were targeted by balaclava-clad attackers on mopeds in a "pre-planned attack". The group fled for their lives, but the teenager became separated before being stabbed multiple times with a large knife. Critically injured, Mr Isaacs was rushed to hospital where he died on Tuesday. There have been a total of 18 fatal stabbings involving teenagers in...

This holiday season, Santa Cruz County Sheriff's deputies will place decoy holiday gift packages in front of homes to nab thieves. The boxes contain GPS devices, and whoever steals them will be arrested. Advertisement "You steal a package, you're going to go to jail," Sgt. Chris Clark said. "Don't be a Grinch." Decoy packages will be planted in front of houses owned by residents who agree to participate in the sting. The Sheriff's Office put together a funny Facebook video to announce their unique plan. Watch it in the video players above or below.

Footage reportedly captured in London this month reveals a bystander take action after witnessing an apparent crime. When an approaching motorcycle rider allegedly snatches a pedestrian’s purse, the man jumps from the sidewalk to knock him from the bike.

A Baltimore detective was fatally shot with his own gun just one day before he was set to testify before a federal grand jury in a case involving other officers, the city’s police commissioner said Wednesday. “Detective Suiter was going to offer federal grand jury testimony about an incident that occurred several years ago that included officers who are now federally indicted back in March,” Police Commissioner Kevin Davis said of Sean Suiter. “He was scheduled to offer grand jury testimony the day after he was murdered,” he added.

Despite the availability of an AR-15 to Stephen Willeford being a crucial factor that helped him bring and end to the Sutherland Springs, Texas church massacre, former Vice-President Joe Biden adamantly asserted that "this is the type of gun no one should be allowed to have." "I know some will argue that Willeford saved lives by shooting the guy who was killing dozens of people in that church," Biden acknowledged. "But we've got to look at the bigger picture and be willing to make the sacrifices that promote the greater good. If Willeford hadn't had the AR-15 the killer might've...

A new History series invites top detectives and coders to resolve the gruesome almost 50-year-old mystery."The Zodiac Killer is the most notorious unsolved murder cases in the history of the United States," retired Detective Supervisor in Criminal/Gang Homicide Division of LAPD Sal LaBarbera tells us. Sal along with Ken Marine Corp vet and cold case specialist Kenneth Mains and a team of computer code crackers are determined to solve this serial killer mystery in History’s brand-new series, The Zodiac Killer: Case Close? [Read more: The best shows on BT TV this month] Here's all you need to know about the...