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Faced with growing pressure to crack down on an “occupied” protest zone following two weekend shootings, Seattle’s mayor said Monday that officials will move to wind down the blocks-long span of city streets taken over two weeks ago that President Donald Trump asserted is run by “anarchists.”

Minneapolis City Council members are expected to vote today on changes they plan on incorporating pertaining to the police department in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death. The plan was still in the works on Thursday, according to Star Tribune. City officials and members of the Minnesota Department of Human Rights discussed the process of Mineappolis’s probe meant to determine if the city’s police department engaged in racial discrimination in the last 10 years. Today, officials are set to vote on a temporary injunction to immediately halt some MPD practices during an emergency meeting called by Mayor Jacob Frey. If...

When a drilling platform is scheduled for destruction, it must go on a thousand-mile final journey to the breaker’s yard. As one rig proved when it crashed on to the rocks of a remote Scottish island, this is always a risky business. It was night, stormy, and the oil rig Transocean Winner was somewhere in the North Atlantic on 7 August 2016 when her tow-line broke. No crew members were on board. The rig was being dragged by a tugboat called Forward, the tethered vessels charting a course out of Norway that was meant to take them on a month-long...

Embedded Video, no link to You Tube. The United States called Wednesday for dismantling UNRWA, weeks before unveiling the economic aspects of its long-awaited Middle East peace plan. Addressing the UN Security Council, US adviser Jason Greenblatt said UNRWA was a "bandaid" and that it was time to hand over services assured by the UN agency to countries hosting the Palestinian Arab refugees and NGOs. "The UNRWA model has failed the Palestinian people," Greenblatt told the council. Last year, President Donald Trump's administration cut all funding to UNRWA, arguing that it was flawed as Washington pressed ahead with work on...

WASHINGTON — An accident that occurred as a decades-old nuclear warhead was being dismantled at the government's Pantex facility near Amarillo, Texas, could have caused the device to detonate, a nonprofit organization charged Thursday. The Project on Government Oversight said the "near miss" event, which led the Energy Department to fine the plant's operator $110,000, was due partly to requirements that technicians at the plant work up to 72 hours per week. The Pantex plant, 17 miles northeast of Amarillo, is the country's only factory for assembly and disassembly of nuclear weapons. The organization said it was told by unidentified...

The U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday unveiled new rules that would allow small businesses and entrepreneurs to join together to form their own health insurance pools. The rules, which will be open to a 60 day public comment period, are a direct response to President Donald Trump's executive order on health care, which would expand health associations and allow people participating in the groups to buy insurance that does not meet all of the coverage requirements under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. "Under the proposal, small businesses and sole proprietors would have more freedom to band...

How Can We Save The Sun? Published: 23 Sep , 2016 by Fraser Cain Video Remember the movie Sunshine, where astronomers learn that the Sun is dying? So a plucky team of astronauts take a nuclear bomb to the Sun, and try to jump-start it with a massive explosion. Yeah, there’s so much wrong in that movie that I don’t know where to start. So I just won’t.Seriously, a nuclear bomb to cure a dying Sun?Here’s the thing, the Sun is actually dying. It’s just that it’s going to take about another 5 billion years to run of fuel in...

The IDF Civil Administration on Monday morning dismantled and seized seven portable structures and other building parts that had not yet been assembled in E1, a strategic corridor connecting Jerusalem with Ma'ale Adumim to the east. The structures were set up illegally without permits apparently in the last several days, in the latest Arab land grab attempt in the key region. Jerusalem Belt Forum praised the law enforcement, saying, "we welcome the (Civil) Administration for its enforcement activity this morning." "At the same time, we are witnesses in recent days to a phenomenon in which the Palestinians and the European...

"Dismantle: Church Restructure through Synodality - the "Decentralization" Francis Seems Poised to Impose" During the 2015 Ordinary Synod, we've heard discussion of the possiblity of "regionalism," that is, allowing national bishops conferences to decide diverse "pastoral policies" regarding the Eucharist for the divorced and civiliy remarried, cohabitation and even homosexuality. In an October 15 interview, Raymond Cardinal Burke rightly said that the proposed "regional diversity" is " simply contrary to Catholic Faith and life. " Yet Pope Francis himself in an October 17 speech brandished his resolve to "decentralize" the Church, even if he has to impose this decentralization from...

The Palestinian Authority’s (PA) chief negotiator, Saeb Erekat, on Sunday said that the PA will not agree to maintain the status quo and threatened that the PA will dismantle itself and “hand the keys” back to Israel. Speaking to Army Radio, Erekat referred to Israel’s decision to withhold the tax money it collects on behalf of the PA, which came in response to the PA’s request to join the International Criminal Court, and called it “collective punishment” and a “war crime”. “This is our money, Palestinian money that the Israeli government collects in exchange for 3%,” he said. “This is...

These days, conservatives proudly proclaim their love for the Constitution. Yet many seem unsure whether to revere it or repeal it, plank by plank. Such constitutional nihilism extends well beyond the drive to strike down the health care law, a jarring move by those long opposed to judicial activism. It reflects a deep discomfort with the country's growth toward a thriving, coast-to-coast democracy. To be sure, these activists insist that they only want to show they revere our founding document. Earlier in the year, 80 groups issued the "Mount Vernon Statement." "The federal government today ignores the limits of the...

WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama will Friday announce a new strategy to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat" Al-Qaeda in safe havens in Afghanistan and Pakistan and deploy an extra 4,000 military trainers. The new strategy, the product of a 60-day review in conjunction with US allies, marks one of the boldest foreign policy bets laid so far in Obama's two months in power and defies those who warn he is walking into a quagmire. The 4,000 US troops will build up the Afghan army and are in addition to 17,000 extra troops already promised by the president. Obama will also...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 31, 2008 – The “Sons of Iraq” civilian security group led coalition troops to their biggest operations in recent days – disarming a bomb at a security checkpoint and finding one of their largest weapons caches to date, military officials reported. Coalition forces responded to a Sons of Iraq checkpoint to disarm a roadside bomb Dec. 29 in Baghdad's Rashid district. An explosive ordnance disposal unit disarmed the bomb. Tips from Sons of Iraq members in the Tikrit area led soldiers to several large weapons caches Dec. 29, one of which is the largest discovered since 25th Infantry...

BAGHDAD — Coalition Forces killed nine terrorists and detained nine suspected terrorists during a raid Thursday south of Yusufiyah, further diminishing the al-Qaida in Iraq network. As Coalition troops approached the targeted area, they called for people to exit the buildings. The troops noticed several armed men in a nearby wooded area maneuvering against them. Friendly forces called in close air support to deal with the threat. Coalition aircraft engaged the terrorists with precision fire to reduce the possibility of collateral damage and ensure the safety of nearby civilians. Several terrorists killed were wearing suicide vests. Coalition Forces detained 18...

Iran's Ambassador to New Zealand Kambiz Sheikh-Hassani said in Wellington on Monday that Tehran calls for dismantling of all weapons of mass destruction in the world. "(Former Iraqi president) Saddam Hussein used chemical weapons of the US and Europe against the Iranian nation during the Iraqi- imposed war...We called for dismantling of weapons of mass destruction particularly dangerous weapons of the Zionist regime. "We have followed up this goal at the United Nations and the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) for several years," he said. Pointing to Iran's peaceful nuclear program, he added that "Iran' just demand for recognition of its rights...

(IsraelNN.com) U.S. State Department Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice tonight told Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom that Israel must dismantle outposts in Judea and Samaria. She made the remarks before it was revealed that a government report criticized the government for erecting outposts while stating they were illegal. Shalom told Rice that Israel has dismantled 90 per cent of illegal outposts. The Foreign Minister also told her that the Palestinian Authority (PA) was not doing enough to prevent terror and that terrorists are building more smuggling tunnels and building up stockpiles of Kassam rockets and mortar shells

Did I hear Kerry right tonight? Did he say he would dismantle the missile defense system? Or am my mistaken?? Right there -- I think he lost a lot of Republicans, if that is really what he said. In addition, he started off saying he was against the War in Iraq and he ended up saying that it was the right thing to go into Iraq and get Saddam Hussein. Oh, well, just another flip-flop!

While watching the talking heads discussing the political issues of the day, a comment made during an interview with Gail Holmes Norton caught my attention. Ms. Norton is a democrat member of the House of Representatives from the District of Columbia. Since representatives from the District cannot vote on final legislation pending in the House, I was intrigued when she stated that her main goal in 2004 would be passage of the "No Taxation Without Representation Act." Since the bill was cleverly phrased, I decided to do a little research and find out more about her proposed legislation. When I...

Sharon to dismantle Gaza settlements Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says he plans to dismantle all 17 Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip. Sharon spoke to leaders of his Likud Party just hours after being quoted by the Haaretz daily as saying that he has "given an order to plan for the evacuation" of the Gaza settlements, which are home to about 7,500 settlers. Sharon's comments, published on the Haaretz website, are the most detailed yet on the possible removal of Gaza settlements. The prime minister has said in recent weeks he would take unilateral steps, including removing some settlements...

<p>JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel may soon be compelled to dismantle a "considerable" number of Jewish settlements and draw a border around the rest, Israel's vice premier told The Associated Press on Thursday - a go-it-alone approach he suggested has Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's tacit backing.</p>