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“It’s also the case that when police are there they can be a target for someone who wants to shoot a rocket at them, so it’s difficult for them to police. No arrests were made and no police reports filed however.” In the early hours of the morning, Malmo police were also forced to shoot a 28-year-old man in the leg twice after a short stand off. Officers were called out at around 5.30am after someone was “feeling ill”, however at the scene they found an axe and knife-wielding male. “When the patrol arrived they found the man intimidating, which...

The three hooded and masked men broke into a West 36th Street jewelry wholesaler at 12:01 a.m. Sunday in what appears to be an inside job — while 7,000 cops were distracted protecting Times Square revelers just a few blocks away. The source said the thieves “100 percent” planned the heist to coincide with the ball drop. They made off with around $6 million in gems and are still at large, police sources said.

The future First Lady of the United States set the tone for a fashion-forward 2017 when she stepped out on New Year’s Eve in a seriously chic Dolce & Gabbana dress. Melania Trump wore the bow-front scoop-neck cocktail dress in one of her favorite colors — trusty black. ... It has bows on each strap, which are embellished with jewels and a fitted silhouette that hits a few inches below the knee.... Trump — accompanied by president-elect Donald Trump — donned the dress to a party at Mar-a-Lago, a Palm Beach... She accessorized simply with a sparkly cuff bracelet and...

The Talk Shows Jan 1st, 2017 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Urinalists, White House veterans discuss Trump's relationship with the media.FACE THE NATION (CBS): Analcysts discuss issues facing the nation in 2017.THIS WEEK (ABC): Sean Spicer, spokesman for President-elect Donald Trump; Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Reps. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Darrell Issa, R-Calif.; House members-elect Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del.; and Charlie Crist, D-Fla.

Istanbul nightclub attack: We don't know who was responsible, says Turkey's PM after gunman 'dressed as Santa' kills 39 at New Year's Eve Party gunman reportedly dressed in a Santa costume killed at least 39 people, including 16 foreigners, at a famous nightclub in Istanbul during New Year's Eve celebrations. Armed with a long-barrelled weapon, the attacker shot a police officer before storming the elite Reina club in the Ortakoy area of the city at about 1.45am. The Israeli foreign ministry says an Israeli woman is among those who were killed. She was named as Leanne Nasser, 19. She was reportedly in the club with...

John McCain should head up an investigation.

CNN's New Year's Eve coverage featured Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin in NYC and then had various anchors/reporters at other locations. They put Brooke Baldwin and Don Lemon together in New Orleans. They cut to them throughout the night, and at 12:30, they went to them for the last half hour of live coverage to ring in the new year in New Orleans which is in Central time zone. Don Lemon was clearly drunk when they came on the air at 8:00. As the night wore on, he climbed up on the bar, was pouring drinks, drinking drinks, doing shots,...

Today  as we begin to roll out the old… in preparation of the new,Here is my wish for you: May we all have the will to continue our journey,the strength to carry onAnd the faith to believe we will reach our destination.And may our  long shadows  remainlong after we are gone.In the meanwhile should any of us find yurselves caught up in the storm, may we find a good harbor of refuge: - Happy New Year, May You All Be Blessed.Posted from: Michelle Obama’s Mirror

During Saturday’s Weekly Address, President Obama reflected on his time in office and touted the “extraordinary progress” the country has made over the last eight years. Transcript as Follows: “Happy New Year, everybody. At a time when we turn the page on one year and look ahead to the future, I just wanted to take a minute to thank you for everything you’ve done to make America stronger these past eight years. Just eight years ago, as I prepared to take office, our economy teetered on the brink of depression. Nearly 800,000 Americans were losing their jobs each month. In...

Donald Trump Impromptu New Years Eve Press onference 12/31/16. President-Elect Donald Trump is still casting doubt on Russia’s supposed election hacking, all while teasing that he knows things about it that “other people don’t.” The President-Elect held a brief meeting with his press pool on New Years Eve, where he was asked about how often he dismisses the indications that ers attempted to meddle with the election.

A gun attack was held on Reina, a popular night club in Istanbul by the Bosphorus, according to broadcaster CNNTurk. Dozens of people were wounded in the attack, local broadcasters have reported. A reporter at the crime scene said live on CNNTurk that some 50 to 60 ambulances have been dispatched to the scene. The attackers used long-barrell guns, eye witnesses said.

Many people have been wounded in an attack on a nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey's NTV reports. Footage appears to show a number of ambulances and police vehicles outside the Reina nightclub, in the Besiktas area of the city. NTV says two attackers were involved, with CNN Turk reported they were dressed in Santa costumes. Istanbul had been on high alert for any terror attacks, with some 17,000 police officers on duty in the city. There were reportedly several hundred people in the nightclub at the time.

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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory tweeted a video about Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková, which has been growing more prominent in the sky since Dec. 15. On New Year's Eve, the comet will be visible through a telescope or binoculars near the crescent moon, sporting a blueish-green head and thin, fan-shaped tail, NASA researchers said.

Bill Nye "the science guy" says in a video interview released Thursday that he is open to the idea of jailing those who deviate from the climate change consensus. Asked about the heated rhetoric surrounding the climate change debate, such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s previous comments that some climate skeptics should be prosecuted as war criminals, Mr. Nye replied, "We'll see what happens."

Famed science educator Bill Nye has long been an outspoken critic of people who continue to doubt climate change, the main driver of freaky weather patterns, rising global temperatures and sea level rise around the globe. In an interview with Mic, Nye said that despite lingering skepticisms, there is nearly 100% scientific consensus that climate change is happening and is here to stay — and people are becoming increasingly anxious about its effects on the planet, particularly younger generations. "Almost every person in denial about climate change is older," Nye said Monday. "It's very hard to find a millennial-aged person...

Some politicians love to talk about the "war on women" in America, but women blessed to be born in a Judeo-Christian, Western culture have opportunities few women in history have ever experienced. America has women campaigning to become President of the United States from both parties. There are women who are corporate and community leaders who are leaving their mark on the future of their organizations and our communities. But there's a true "war on women" going on in parts of our world. As a result of outrageous attacks in Cologne, Germany on New Year's Eve, the extent of that...

Rape Epidemic In Europe: Why Won’t European Politicians Do Anything To Stop It? By Michael Snyder, on January 11th, 2016 An epidemic of rape is sweeping all across Europe, and yet European politicians seem almost completely unwilling to stand up and do something about it. In some major European cities, women are absolutely petrified to go out by themselves – especially at night. Things have gotten so bad that some people are now making up entirely new words to describe what is going on. Steve Quayle has labeled this crisis “rapeageddon“, and I think that fits. Things are particularly...

Last week, I broke the story at my website, Atlas Shrugs (PamelaGeller.com): Muslim mobs were sexually harassing scores of young women on New Years Eve in Cologne, Germany. The media refused to cover the story for days. That’s why you read Atlas Shrugs: to get the news the media won’t cover. Even ABC and NBC turned a blind eye to the New Year’s Eve story of Muslim savages who raped and robbed female passers-by outside Cologne's main train station while throwing explosives at New Year's Eve revelers. The scale of these mass Muslim attacks is only now beginning to be...

In all cases immigrant perpetrators described  by disingenuous media as 'Belgian youths' Belgian blog sites are reporting on mayhem in Brussels in New Year's Eve (where they cancelled New Year's celebrations entirely in a vain attempt to avoid Muslim violence). The stories are being buried/spun by media -despite their magnitude- because the EU, MSM, and Belgian government feel a persistent need to lie to their people about the reckless Islamic invasion they've brought upon Europe... Violent scum described as 'Belgian youths' (by any site that dared report it) pushed a small car down the steps of a Brussels subway station as terrified (actual)...