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The Armstrong family told the Problem Solvers that prosecutors obtained surveillance video and shared it with them to explain the decision not to charge the vehicle owner. Thomas Armstrong said the footage shows a single bullet was fired from the back of the truck first, before the truck owner allegedly unloaded 15 shots into the truck, as one of the three boys inside the truck fired back twice. “And the video, it showed the man with his hand on his gun, running towards them with a real fast speed … you heard one shot, then you just heard him let...

MORRISVILLE, N.C. — The Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority Police Department has dismissed a charge against a woman who caused a flight from Jacksonville, Florida, to Washington, D.C., to land earlier this week at RDU. Tiffany Miles had initially faced a misdemeanor charge of airport obstruction. “After continued investigation regarding the circumstances surrounding the incident and review of eyewitness statements, plus in-depth consultation with the Wake County District Attorney, RDU law enforcement have dismissed the [charge],” RDU wrote. The dismissal of Miles’ charge does not preclude further action by the appropriate federal agencies, RDU said. In a statement, the FBI Charlotte Field...

On Tuesday 2/21/23 a black 6’6” 270 pound student attacked a white teacher at Matanzas High School for taking away his Nintendo Switch during class. The student is seen kicking and punching the unconscious woman in the back and head around 15 times. When the student was escorted away by deputies, he spit at the teacher and "made comments that when he comes back he was going to kill her".

What was it going to take before Missouri politicians began an effort to remove Soros-backed St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner from office? George Soros, who assisted the Nazis in World War II Hungary, was somehow given US citizenship and then promptly began efforts to back politicians who would support his agenda. One of his more sinister actions was to back corrupt attorneys in US cities who then promptly began ignoring crime, releasing perpetrators and making US cities less safe. Kim Gardner in St. Louis is a Soros-backed St. Louis Circuit Attorney. She has been involved in numerous corrupt activities....

PINE HILLS, Fla. — A suspect was taken into custody after an Orlando journalist and a 9-year-old child were killed and two others were shot in Pine Hills Wednesday afternoon. According to Orange County Sheriff John Mina, deputies got reports of two shootings around 4:05 p.m. One of the shootings happened on Hialeah Street where deputies had been investigating a separate homicide earlier in the day. A woman in her 20s was shot and killed there at about 11 a.m. At that scene, deputies found the two Spectrum News 13 employees shot. One of them died and the other is...

The first time I voted for president, I was a college student in New York City in 1980. I was intrigued by Jimmy Carter as he campaigned for re-election, wondering why a southern white man had strong support in the Black community. The sad news that the 98-year old former president is under home hospice care brought back memories of those days of crisis. That summer, I had a chance to see Carter at the NAACP national convention in Miami Beach. It occurred shortly after a riot over police brutality in the predominantly Black neighborhoods of Liberty City and Overton...

The co-host of one of the most popular sports talk radio shows in the Boston market is being suspended without pay for the rest of the week, one day after he apologized for racially insensitive remarks he made on the air. Tony Massarotti of 98.5 The Sports Hub's "Felger & Mazz" afternoon program made an emotional on-air apology Monday afternoon for the comments he made on Friday. Massarotti's suspension was announced at the start of Tuesday's program by his "Felger & Mazz" co-host, Michael Felger, who read a statement prepared by Beasley Media Group, which owns 98.5 The Sports Hub....

A 17-year-old is accused of snatching a gun from a Dunkin’ customer in Georgia and shooting him to death in the parking lot, according to local reports. The teen, Lamarion Orr, was arrested Friday and charged with murder, 11 Alive reported. Police have identified the victim as 41-year-old Brian Dykes. Seventeen-year-old Lamarion Orr. Seventeen-year-old Lamarion Orr. (DeKalb County Sheriff's Office) Witnesses told police that Orr saw a gun in Dykes’ waistline and grabbed it from his pants just before 9 a.m. on Friday. Dykes reportedly chased Orr outside and a struggle ensued before the teen shot and killed Dykes.

I grew up on Chicago's Southside, a graduate of Morgan Park HS. I'm returning to downtown Chicago after almost 5 years. What will I see? How safe is it? Can I walk safely down Rush street and Michigan Avenue at night, or do I take an Uber just to go three blocks. Five years ago, you'd encounter a few homeless people sleeping in the street, and get hit on by a beggar or two, how is it now? What kind of security downtown. Any festivals in Grant Park this weekend? Thank you for the help.

This past January, The Blue State Conservative proudly published the article, “12 Woke Companies to Avoid” by our good friend, Gen Z Conservative, and you can read that article here. Since that time, the problem with wokeness taking over corporate America has not improved, it’s gotten worse; much worse. Therefore, we bring you the next group of companies to add to that growing list. [Note that prior to explanations and justifications for each company, we’ve listed the official company name, its stock trading symbol, the industry in which the company operates, and the company’s annual gross revenue and market cap...

Most Americans are not in the mood discuss politics at the Thanksgiving dinner table this year, a Quinnipiac Poll released this week found. “If you are visiting with family or friends this Thanksgiving, are you looking forward to discussing politics, or are you hoping to avoid discussing politics?” the survey asked.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) is reportedly seeking a deal with state lawmakers to avoid being impeached over a bombshell report on myriad sexual harassment allegations. The report comes one day after Melissa DeRosa, a top aide to Cuomo, announced her resignation. In February, the New York Post reported that DeRosa admitted to lawmakers that her team withheld the number of coronavirus deaths in New York’s nursing homes to protect the Cuomo administration’s from an investigation by then-President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice.

An essay published on Wednesday in the Nation calls for Kamala Harris to avoid attending the presidential inauguration on January 20 so as to spare her life in the event of an “armed attack by a rabble of white people” aided by law enforcement compromised by “Trump sympathizers” and “white supremacists” within their ranks. The essay, penned by the magazine’s justice correspondent Elie Mystal, is titled “I No Longer Trust Law Enforcement to Keep Biden and Harris Safe on Inauguration Day” with a caption reading “The siege of the Capitol revealed what most Black people already knew: Law enforcement is...

White House Official: Americans Should Avoid Grocery Shopping for 2 Weeks A member of the White House’s CCP virus task force is warning against going out to buy groceries or medication as the pandemic is expected to reach its apex in the next two weeks. “The next two weeks are extraordinarily important,” White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx said on April 4. “This is the moment to not be going to the grocery store, not going to the pharmacy, but doing everything you can to keep your family and your friends safe,” she warned. More than 9,500 deaths...

A new “inclusive language guide” compiled by Colorado State University asserts that the word “America” is “non-inclusive” and should be avoided.“CSU lists both “American” and “America” as non-inclusive words “to avoid,” due to the fact that America encompasses more than just the U.S. By referring to the U.S. as America, the guide claims that one “erases other cultures and depicts the United States as the dominant American country.” The school suggests using “U.S. citizen” or “person from the U.S.” as substitutes,” writes Ethan Cai.Other words to avoid include the following;– Male and female/ladies and gentlemen/Mr./Mrs./Ms (these words are gendered yet we don’t know...

Video of Lois Lerner tries busting into neighbor's home to avoid questions

A Democratic Colorado state senator resigned Wednesday to avoid a possible recall election over a controversial gun control law that led to the ouster of two of her colleagues earlier this year. Sen. Evie Hudak, who has represented a district that includes Denver’s western suburbs since 2008, announced her resignation less than a week before opponents planned to submit petitions to recall her. Calling the decision “difficult,” Hudak said she decided to resign to protect the new gun control legislation and to ensure her constituents would not have to pay for a special election.

While the world's largest hedge fund, the Fed, may not care about the performance of its "bad bank" assets, and thus is largely ambivalent if the US Treasury defaults on the $2 trillion in US paper held by Ben Bernanke, others don't have the luxury of merely printing away any incurred MTM losses. Such as America's largest foreign creditor China, which at last check held at least $1.277 trillion in US Treasurys, which after realizing with a substantial delay that the US Congress is not precisely a "rational actor" and its bonds may be materially impaired in the case of...

Another N.C. Dem. Refuses to Endorse Obama Another North Carolina Democrat is refusing to support President Obama's reelection effort. This time it's Rep. Larry Kissell. "[H]e doesn’t plan to endorse Obama for re-election and isn’t sure he’ll attend his party’s national convention in Charlotte," McClatchy reports. "Kissell represents the 8th District, which runs from Mecklenburg County to Robeson County. Last year’s redistricting added heavily Republican areas of Rowan, Davidson and Randolph counties while removing thousands of Democratic voters in Charlotte and Fayetteville." Yet Another N.C. Dem. Won't Endorse Obama, Will Skip Convention Earlier today, news broke that North Carolina congressman...

The 26-year-old was an avid campaigner for Mr Obama in 2008, getting T-shirts made and encouraging people in her neighbourhood to vote. She said: 'I campaigned for him hard. I got the shirts made, the Barack the Vote shirts made. We've done a lot.' It was about half way into the President's term that things took a downward spiral for her. Her third baby was born prematurely with health problems and with limited daycare options she could no longer work. Her partner also left around this time. With nowhere else to turn, she decided to write the President a letter....