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An illegal immigrant accused of raping a 13-year-old girl in Brooklyn was cut loose thanks to New York’s “sanctuary city” policy and the Brooklyn District Attorney — despite a request by immigration officials that he be detained. Guatemalan national Miguel Federico Ajqui-Ajtzalam, 20, was arraigned Friday on a 20-count criminal complaint for allegedly raping the girl five times in 2018. But Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez’s office didn’t ask the judge to set bail, and Criminal Court Judge Hilary Gingold agreed to let him go on supervised release. Immigration and Customs Enforcement had issued a detainer asking the city to nevertheless...

he White House is willing to offer some military assistance to Turkey to assist an insurgency against neighboring Syria, which has received support from Russia and Iran, a senior U.S. diplomat said Tuesday. James Jeffrey, who serves as both the State Department's special representative for Syria and the presidential envoy to the fight against the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) told reporters in Turkey's southern border province of Hatay that the Turkish forces "mainly use our equipment, we want to make sure the equipment is ready when they need to use it," according to Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency. "We're willing...

The Department of Justice announced today that El Expreso Bus Company (El Expreso), based in Houston, Texas, has paid over $90,000 to eight U.S. workers pursuant to a May 29, 2019, settlement agreement.The settlement resolved the Department’s claims that El Expreso discriminated against U.S. workers due to a hiring preference for temporary visa workers, in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). This settlement is part of the Department’s Protecting U.S. Workers Initiative, which targets, investigates, and brings enforcement actions against companies that discriminate against U.S. workers because they prefer to hire foreign visa workers. Since the Initiative’s inception,...

The United States filed a complaint under the False Claims Act against Mallinckrodt ARD LLC, formerly known as Mallinckrodt ARD Inc. and previously Questcor Pharmaceuticals Inc. (collectively, Mallinckrodt), in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the Department of Justice announced today.  The government alleges that Mallinckrodt has violated the False Claims Act by knowingly underpaying Medicaid rebates due as a result of large increases in the price of its drug H.P. Acthar Gel (Acthar). “The Medicaid Rebate Statute provides an important check on rising drug prices,” said Assistant Attorney General Jody Hunt of the Department of Justice’s...

(CNSNews.com) - Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf began his congressional testimony on Tuesday with an announcement: The DHS office in King County, Washington, is closed for two weeks, after an employee apparently contracted coronavirus after visiting a relative at the Life Care nursing facility, which is experiencing a deadly coronavirus outbreak.

An attendee at the March 2, 2020, Fox News town hall asked Mike Bloomberg why he pushes gun control for the common man but surrounds himself with armed security. The attendee said, “You have an armed security detail that is likely equipped with the same firearms and magazines you seek to ban the common citizen from owning. Does your life matter more than mine or my family’s?” Bloomberg responded by admitting to having an armed detail, and suggesting he needs armed protection because he gets more threats than the common man. Michael Bloomberg is ENDED by a citizen on gun...

Nobody knew who the “plague doctor” was until he put on the mask. The message of the student who hands out fliers in a mask reminiscent of the kind doctors wore to treat victims of the bubonic plague? Death shouldn’t be inevitable. “The one core thing that I take as the basis of everything else is that death is wrong, categorically and fundamentally,” said Jairus Chittenden, a junior in the College of Science. Chittenden is a transhumanist, and though he is almost sure his generation was born too early to see a radical extension of life, he is focused on...

""What a scam—Speaker Pelosi held up the vote on coronavirus funding so that her campaign team could run ads against Republicans for Super Tuesday. Instead of putting America first, she is putting politics first."""

Today's Quotefall Puzzle features a quote by Sir Isaac Newton. Click puzzle (or click here) for full size rendition, then use your browser's print command to print puzzle. Sir Isaac Newton was an English mathematician, physicist, astronomer, theologian, and author, who was a key figure in the scientific revolution with regard to gravitational forces. All hints, along with the answer, are provided in the first reply comment below, using filtered font to prevent accidental spoilers. Please refrain from disclosing the full answer in comments to prevent spoilers.To solve the puzzle: Enter the letters in the top half (letter columns) of the puzzle...

Museum of the Cape Fear has rescheduled “Black Republicans From the 1868 North Carolina Constitutional Convention and the Reconstruction of the South” for Thursday at 7 p.m. This presentation by Earl Ijames, curator of Agriculture and African American History, and many other programs and special events scheduled for Feb. 20 were canceled because of the threat of severe winter weather. The end of the Civil War brought several firsts for African Americans. Most notably is the election to local, state and federal offices. From the state legislature to the United States Congress, African American North Carolinians served their nation in...

Belarus began holding joint military drills with 28 British Marines at a training ground in the north of the country this week at a time when relations with its traditional ally Russia are under strain.

Diver spotted shark off Riviera BeachHow did you say Happy Valentine's Day to your significant other this year? A heart-shaped box of chocolates? A dozen red roses? A romantic candlelit dinner? A day of pampering at the spa? A Viera man has most of us beat, at least on unique style points. Jim Cocci named a shark after his wife, Colleen, News 6 partner Florida Today reported. ThatÂ’s right. A great white shark, no less. Tuesday, Cocci and 10 other divers were on a group charter with WalkerÂ’s Dive Charters out of Riviera Beach. On their second dive of the...

[Barf Alert] James Martin Calls Catholics to Focus on LGBT Community During Lent Faithful Catholic theologians correct pro-gay Jesuit's ambiguous rhetoric DETROIT (ChurchMilitant.com) - Fr. James Martin has put his own spin on how to approach this Lenten season, focusing on treating with dignity those who have same-sex attraction and gender confusion. In an interview with the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the pro-LGBT lobbying organization in Washington, D.C., Martin made his Lenten focus the LGBT community. "One of the invitations for Catholics (during Lent) is to unite yourself with people who are suffering, including LGBT people," Martin said. Fr. Gerald Murphy In...

In case you haven’t been paying attention, all the entertainment outlets that produce content for children have begun to incorporate LGBTQ+P for Pedophile characters in their story lines. Disney is using drag queens for movie premiers, PBS show ‘Arthur’ recently had kids school teacher Mr. Ratburn come out as a homosexual, Sesame Street is waving the gay Pride banner, and about 10 others you will find nauseously repulsive. Now beloved cartoon program Clifford the Big Red Dog becomes fodder for the LGBTQ agenda. A lot of people are not aware that stations like PBS are also shown in public schools...

Palaeontologists have announced the discovery of organic material in 75-million year old dinosaur fossils. The team claims to have found evidence of cartilage cells, proteins, chromosomes and even DNA preserved inside the fossils, suggesting these can survive for far longer than we thought. The researchers, from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and North Carolina State University, made the discovery in skull fragments of Hypacrosaurus, a duck-billed herbivore from the Cretaceous period. These particular specimens were “nestlings”, meaning that at time of death they weren’t yet old enough to leave the nest. Inside the skull fragments, the team spotted evidence of...

Gold is off to a strong start in 2020 as investors flock to safe haven trades amid coronavirus fears. The precious metal is up nearly 8% this year, and has surged 26% over the last 12 months. One options trader is betting the rally is far from over, and after Tuesday’s surprise 50 basis point rate cut from the Federal Reserve, it’s already looking like a smart wager. This trader wasn’t alone in their bullish betting on gold futures, but their trade was, by far, Monday’s largest trade in gold futures, according to Michael Khouw, president of Optimize Advisors. “Most...

The ascendancy of the billionaire president may be linked to a decline in the number of boys born to liberal-leaning parents in Ontario, Canada. ***** “I felt this apprehension in society that immediately harked back to September 11,” he says. “And that’s when the light dawned in my head, and I wondered if this could have the same sort of effect on the sex ratio.” Retnakaran and his colleague Chang Ye patiently waited for babies to be born so they’d have data to analyse. They looked at all births in Ontario before Trump’s election (April 2010 to October 2016); just...

Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel on Tuesday responded to Fox News contributor Donna Brazile telling her to “go to hell,” quipping, “Talk of a brokered convention and the DNC trying to stop Bernie obviously hit a little close to home.” “It’s ok, @donnabrazile. I’d be having a bad day too if my party was still hopelessly divided,” McDaniel said in response to Brazile’s outburst. “Talk of a brokered convention and the DNC trying to stop Bernie obviously hit a little close to home”: It’s ok, @donnabrazile. I’d be having a bad day too if my party was still...

The Tavares Police Department is asking people to bring their methamphetamine to the department to have it tested for the coronavirus. “With the rising health concerns associated with the Corona virus we are offering free testing of your drugs. Being that a large amount of narcotics come from outside the US, we want you safe. Bring it by our station and we will test your batch within minutes,” a post on the department’s Facebook page. It's the department's attempt to get meth off the streets in Central Florida, but with a funny twist. The post was a hit on the...

An annual trade show that brings close to 60,000 visitors to McCormick Place each year has canceled its event there this month, citing concerns about the spread of the coronavirus. The International Housewares Association today announced it will not hold its four-day Inspired Home Show, which was scheduled for March 14-17 at the Near South Side convention center.