Evidence points to Iguala couple's gang links. More evidence has surfaced of links between the former mayor of Iguala and his wife with organized crime.
Testimony by members of the Guerreros Unidos gang implicates José Luis Abarca Velázquez with a role in its operating structure and that his office at municipal headquarters served as a center of operations. Evidence gathered by the Attorney General’s office reveals that early in September last year the ex-mayor, who has also been implicated in the violent events that took place in his city on September 26, hosted a meeting with three leading members of the Guerreros Unidos. The gang’s former boss, Sidronio Casarrubias Salgado, has also testified that Abarca and his wife, María de los Angeles Pineda, were the financial brains behind the organization. South Carolina teen violently arrested in viral video was recently orphaned and entered foster care. Black teen attacked by school cop has multiple injuries — and is an orphan who recently lost her mother.
An influential South Carolina Democrat plans to represent a teenage girl thrown to the ground by a school resource officer — and he intends to change a state law that allows police to arrest students for being disruptive in class.
The Truth about the Spring Valley "Officer Slam" Assault on a Teen Girl. Report: Feds Investigating Hobby Lobby Founders Over Bible Museum Artifacts. Anonymous law enforcement sources told the publication that for the past four years the Green family, whose prior claim to fame was a successful lawsuit before the U.S.
Supreme Court for relief from Obamacare's contraception mandate, has been under investigation for "the illicit importation of cultural heritage from Iraq. " The investigation was triggered by a shipment of 200-300 clay tablets that U.S. customs agents seized in 2011 en route from Israel to Oklahoma City, according to the report. The IRS 'scandal' is a scandal no more. By any fair measure, the IRS “scandal” evaporated quite a while ago.
Right around the time we learned that the tax agency targeted groups on the left, right, and center over their tax-exempt status and political activities, the “controversy” that fascinated the political world for about a week in 2013 was rendered meaningless. But with Republicans and reporters crying foul – loudly – the Justice Department launched a lengthy and thorough investigation. As the Washington Post reported, that probe is now over. No criminal charges will be filed in the two-year investigation into whether any Internal Revenue Service officials, including Lois Lerner, committed crimes in connection with the handling of tax-exemption applications by conservative groups, the Justice Department announced Friday. […] [Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs Peter J. The investigation, which turned up nothing, cost American taxpayers roughly $20 million, leads to two broader questions.
Nurse Quarantined During Ebola Panic Sues Chris Christie. Benghazi Biopsy: A Comprehensive Guide to One of America’s Worst Political Outrages. Moussa Koussa.
That is the name of the “classified source” in an old email from Hillary Clinton released last week by Republicans purportedly investigating the 2012 attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Under the instructions of the Benghazi committee’s chairman, Republican Representative Trey Gowdy of South Carolina, Koussa’s name was blacked-out on the publicly issued email, as Republicans proclaimed revealing his identity would compromise national security. The media ran with it, saying Clinton had sent classified information through her personal email account. 9 ways socialist Denmark leaves the US economy in the dust.
Here are 50 despicable things George W. Bush did before and after 9/11. George W.
Bush speaks to CBS News (screen grab) Let’s look at 50 reasons, some large and some small, why W. inspired so much anger. 1. He stole the presidency in 2000. People may forget that Republicans in Florida purged more than 50,000 African-American voters before Election Day, and then went to the Supreme Court where the GOP-appointed majority stopped a recount that would have awarded the presidency to Vice-President Al Gore if all votes were counted. President Obama Calls Out Fox News And Right-Wing Media For Falsely Portraying Him As Scary «
With just over a year left in his tenure as commander-in-chief, President Obama has absolutely no problem calling out the conservative media that has been falsely demonizing him all these years.
And that’s exactly what he did while playing the role of journalist during an interview with one of his favorite authors, Marilynne Robinson, who writes Christian-themed fiction and non-fiction books. Tracey Stewart’s Animal Planet. Photo WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. — Levi was lying blissed out in Tracey Stewart’s lap — at least I think he was, since a goat’s face is a bit hard to read.
“He’s a little needy,” she said, explaining that he had recently been found sick and abandoned. The moment Ms. David Brooks: The Republican Party is producing "leaders of jaw-dropping incompetence" Ben Bernanke: I’m Ditching The Republican Party Because Of Their ‘Stupid Economic Conspiracies’ Ben Bernanke, former Bush appointee to Federal Reserve Chairman and former Princeton Economics professor slammed modern Republican economic policies in his new memoir.
According to Bernanke, a life-long Republican, the far-right extremism that has taken over the Republican Party in the name of extreme conservatism: “It’s the stupid economics. …[they] saw inflation where it did not exist and, when the official data did not bear out their predictions, invoked conspiracy theories. They denied that monetary or fiscal policy could support job growth, while still working to direct federal spending to their own districts. They advocated discredited monetary systems, like the gold standard.” This Is Tunisia's National Dialogue Quartet. On Friday, Oct. 9, the world was introduced to an initiative that may have seemed somewhat obscure: the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet.
The Quartet -- which emerged in the Arab country most famous for instigating the Arab Spring -- was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, in the process defeating figures such as John Kerry, Angela Merkel and Pope Francis. But many people have asked: What exactly is the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet? And how has this initiative managed to create consensus among various political powers?
To understand the Quartet, we need to go back in time two years -- to July 25, 2013. Tunisia woke up to terrible news: Tunisian opposition leader Mohamed Brahmi had been assassinated, just six months after the assassination of leftist leader Chokri Belaid. Columbus and The Legacy of Genocide. October 12th is Columbus Day, a day which is increasingly coming under criticism for celebrating a genocidal pirate, murderer, rapist, and enslaver who is credited with the “discovery” of the Western Hemisphere.
Nobel Peace Prize Is Awarded to National Dialogue Quartet in Tunisia. Shut Down the Benghazi Committee. House Republicans may be disinclined to disband the Select Committee on Benghazi with the presidential race heating up. But at the very least they should rename their laughable crusade, which has cost taxpayers $4.6 million, “the Inquisition of Hillary Rodham Clinton.” Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, a leading candidate to become the next speaker of the House, acknowledged last week that was the point of burrowing into the details of the 2012 attacks on government facilities in eastern Libya that killed the American ambassador and three colleagues.
“Everybody thought Hillary Clinton was unbeatable, right?” Mr. How the Hajj Stampede Unfolded. Hajj Stampede Tarnishes Saudis’ Image in Pakistan. Photo. New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman launches inquiry into DraftKings, FanDuel. Darren Rovell, ESPN.com Sports Business reporter CloseESPN.com's sports business reporter since 2012; previously at ESPN from 2000-06 Appears on SportsCenter, ESPN Radio, ESPN.com and with ABC News Formerly worked as analyst at CNBC.