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  Donald Trump walked a political tightrope Saturday -- promising in heartland Iowa to help farmers across the country by cutting taxes and federal regulations while continuing his stark appeal to potentially disaffected minority voters in U.S. inner cities. “We are going to end this war on the American farmer,” Trump told the crowd at Iowa GOP Sen. Joni Est’s influential “Roast and Ride” rally in Des Moines. In a roughly 45-minute address in which Trump largely stuck to measured and prepared remarks, the Republican presidential nominee also repeatedly tried to distinguish himself from Democratic rival Hillary Clinton and appealed to evangelicals and others to assist him in helping minorities and winning the November election. “Clinton wants to shut down family farms just like she wants to shut down the mines and the steel workers,” said Trump, waing her plan includes “radical” regulations and raising taxes on family farms, to rates as high as nearly 50 pe,chris christie heartland appeal ...ادامه مطلب

  U.S. Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte has admitted he "let my team down" when he falsely claimed that he and three of his USA Swimming teammates were robbed at gunpoint in Rio de Janeiro last week. In an interview with NBC's Matt Lauer that aired Saturday night, Lochte said he was "taking full responsibility for" the furor that overshadowed the final week of the Summer Games. Initially, Lochte claimed that he, Feigen, Jack Conger and Gunnar Bentz were robbed at gunpoint by theives posing as police officers early Sunday moing. Local authorities claimed that the swimmers had vandalized a gas station bathroom while intoxicated after attending a party with fellow athletes. "I over-exaggerated that story," Lochte said. "If I had never done that, we wouldn't be in this mess." Ultimately, Lochte and teammate James Feigen were indicted by Rio civil police for falsely reporting a crime. Wh,hell or high water,hertz,hello,heathens,helen maroulis,hershey park,herpes,heart,heb,herbalife ...ادامه مطلب

Home of Mark and Megan Short in Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania. (Google Street View) Police found a handwritten “murder-suicide” note in a Pennsylvania home where a family of five, including a toddler who underwent a heart transplant a week after birth, was found dead of gunshot wounds, prosecutors said Sunday. Police found the bodies of Mark and Megan Short and their three children, as well as a deceased dog Saturday afteoon in the living room area of the family’s home in Sinking Spring, Berks County District Attoey John Adams said. [embedded content] “A handwritten note was discovered in the home which appeared to be a ‘murder-suicide’ note,” he said on Facebook. A handgun was discovered near the body of one of the adults, the prosecutor said. Sinking Spring police went to the home when a relative couldn’t get in touch with Megan Short to find out why she missed a pre-arranged lunch date, Fox29 Philadelphia reported Sunday. An investigation by police before they arrived at the home revealed that there had been “domestic issues” between Megan and her husband, the station reported. Mark Short was 40 and his wife was 33. Their three children were Lianna, 8, Mark Jr., 5, and Willow, 2. Willow and Megan were featured in articles in the Reading Eagle in 2014 and The New York Times in 2015 about Willow's transplant and the family’s difficulties obtaining anti-rejection medication for her. Megan worried at the end each month that her daughter’s drug supply would run out before it could be refilled, The Times reported. “You just feel like every month, you’re hoping that they don’t mess it up,” she told the paper. Fox 29 reported that the mother had written publicly about her struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder after Willow’s heart transplant. Sinking Spring is about 70 miles northwest of Philadelphia. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب

Home of Mark and Megan Short in Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania. (Google Street View) Police found a handwritten “murder-suicide” note in a Pennsylvania home where a family of five, including a toddler who underwent a heart transplant a week after birth, was found dead of gunshot wounds, prosecutors said Sunday. Police found the bodies of Mark and Megan Short and their three children, as well as a deceased dog Saturday afteoon in the living room area of the family’s home in Sinking Spring, Berks County District Attoey John Adams said. [embedded content] “A handwritten note was discovered in the home which appeared to be a ‘murder-suicide’ note,” he said on Facebook. A handgun was discovered near the body of one of the adults, the prosecutor said. Sinking Spring police went to the home when a relative couldn’t get in touch with Megan Short to find out why she missed a pre-arranged lunch date, Fox29 Philadelphia reported Sunday. An investigation by police before they arrived at the home revealed that there had been “domestic issues” between Megan and her husband, the station reported. Mark Short was 40 and his wife was 33. Their three children were Lianna, 8, Mark Jr., 5, and Willow, 2. Willow and Megan were featured in articles in the Reading Eagle in 2014 and The New York Times in 2015 about Willow's transplant and the family’s difficulties obtaining anti-rejection medication for her. Megan worried at the end each month that her daughter’s drug supply would run out before it could be refilled, The Times reported. “You just feel like every month, you’re hoping that they don’t mess it up,” she told the paper. Fox 29 reported that the mother had written publicly about her struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder after Willow’s heart transplant. Sinking Spring is about 70 miles northwest of Philadelphia. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب

Perry Coniglio. (Highlands Police Dept.) HIGHLANDS, N.Y. –  A man held an 81-year-old Marine Corps veteran hostage in his squalid motel room for at least four years in order to steal his benefits checks, authorities said Thursday. HEARTBREAKING: U.S. veteran held hostage, abused for years at Highland motel, police say: https://t.co/5xSlhBdsgK pic.twitter.com/DuegdMLLQR — Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) July 20, 2016 Perry Coniglio was arrested Tuesday in his room adjoining the victim's at a motel in Highlands. The motel sits next door to the police station in the Hudson Valley town, about 50 miles north of New York City. Coniglio, 43, used brute force and intimidation to get the mentally diminished veteran to cooperate with him, police said. The elderly man has advanced dementia, according to police. Police Chief Jack Quinn said the veteran received a "tremendous amount of money" each month in Social Security benefits, pension checks and food stamps, though investigators would not divulge the exact total. The veteran was taken to a hospital for evaluation. His name hasn't been released by police. Coniglio was being held Thursday in the Orange County Jail on $15,000 bail. The charges against him include grand larceny and unlawful imprisonment. The Legal Aid Society attoey representing him wasn't available for comment. Coniglio, of nearby Highland Falls, was arrested during a police raid captured on video by WABC-TV in New York City. The footage shows police taking Coniglio into custody at gunpoint while the bearded veteran sat on a bed in his cluttered room at the U.S. Academy Motel. Authorities said they were recently tipped off to the situation by neighbors, one of whom provided video showing the older man being physically abused outside his room. It couldn't be leaed from police why the alleged abuse continued for so long at the L-shaped motel that's just a few steps away from a building housing a police station and an ambulance service. The motel is located just s, ...ادامه مطلب

Perry Coniglio. (Highlands Police Dept.) HIGHLANDS, N.Y. –  A man held an 81-year-old Marine Corps veteran hostage in his squalid motel room for at least four years in order to steal his benefits checks, authorities said Thursday. HEARTBREAKING: U.S. veteran held hostage, abused for years at Highland motel, police say: https://t.co/5xSlhBdsgK pic.twitter.com/DuegdMLLQR — Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) July 20, 2016 Perry Coniglio was arrested Tuesday in his room adjoining the victim's at a motel in Highlands. The motel sits next door to the police station in the Hudson Valley town, about 50 miles north of New York City. Coniglio, 43, used brute force and intimidation to get the mentally diminished veteran to cooperate with him, police said. The elderly man has advanced dementia, according to police. Police Chief Jack Quinn said the veteran received a "tremendous amount of money" each month in Social Security benefits, pension checks and food stamps, though investigators would not divulge the exact total. The veteran was taken to a hospital for evaluation. His name hasn't been released by police. Coniglio was being held Thursday in the Orange County Jail on $15,000 bail. The charges against him include grand larceny and unlawful imprisonment. The Legal Aid Society attoey representing him wasn't available for comment. Coniglio, of nearby Highland Falls, was arrested during a police raid captured on video by WABC-TV in New York City. The footage shows police taking Coniglio into custody at gunpoint while the bearded veteran sat on a bed in his cluttered room at the U.S. Academy Motel. Authorities said they were recently tipped off to the situation by neighbors, one of whom provided video showing the older man being physically abused outside his room. It couldn't be leaed from police why the alleged abuse continued for so long at the L-shaped motel that's just a few steps away from a building housing a police station and an ambulance service. The motel is located just s, ...ادامه مطلب

  BATON ROUGE, La. –  Just days before he was shot and killed Sunday moing, a Baton Rouge police officer posted an emotional Facebook message saying he was "physically and emotionally" tired and expressing how difficult it was to be both a police officer and a black man, a friend said Sunday. "I swear to God I love this city but I wonder if this city loves me," Montrell Jackson wrote. He said while in uniform he gets nasty looks and out of uniform some consider him a threat. "I've experienced so much in my short life and these last 3 days have tested me to the core," the posting read. The message was posted July 8, just three days after a black man was shot and killed by police in Baton Rouge. That shooting was the beginning of an extremely tense week in the country's fraught history of race relations. Another black man was shot and killed by police the next day in Minnesota, with his girlfriend livestreaming the aftermath on Facebook. Then a black gunman opened fire during a protest against the police shootings in Dallas, killing five police officers. Jackson does not specifically refer to those events but the posting appears to be a reaction to them. Erika Green told The Associated Press Sunday that she is friends with the family of Jackson, one of three Baton Rouge law enforcement officers who were killed Sunday moing. She said she saw the message on his Facebook page. In the message, Jackson says he is physically and emotionally tired. "These are trying times. Please don't let hate infect your heart," Jackson wrote. A screenshot of the image has been widely circulating on the inteet but is no longer on Jackson's Facebook page. State Rep. Ted James, who confirmed to the AP that Jackson was killed Sunday, said he had a 4-month-old child. Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب

July 17, 2016: This undated photo provided by Trenisha Jackson shows her husband, Baton Rouge Police Officer Montrell Jackson, one of the three Baton Rouge law enforcement officers who were killed. (Courtesy of Trenisha Jackson via AP) BATON ROUGE, La. –  Just days before he was shot and killed Sunday moing, a Baton Rouge police officer posted an emotional Facebook message saying he was "physically and emotionally" tired and expressing how difficult it was to be both a police officer and a black man, a friend said Sunday. "I swear to God I love this city but I wonder if this city loves me," Montrell Jackson wrote. He said while in uniform he gets nasty looks and out of uniform some consider him a threat. "I've experienced so much in my short life and these last 3 days have tested me to the core," the posting read. The message was posted July 8, just three days after a black man was shot and killed by police in Baton Rouge. That shooting was the beginning of an extremely tense week in the country's fraught history of race relations. Another black man was shot and killed by police the next day in Minnesota, with his girlfriend livestreaming the aftermath on Facebook. Then a black gunman opened fire during a protest against the police shootings in Dallas, killing five police officers. Jackson does not specifically refer to those events but the posting appears to be a reaction to them. Erika Green told The Associated Press Sunday that she is friends with the family of Jackson, one of three Baton Rouge law enforcement officers who were killed Sunday moing. She said she saw the message on his Facebook page. In the message, Jackson says he is physically and emotionally tired. "These are trying times. Please don't let hate infect your heart," Jackson wrote. A screenshot of the image has been widely circulating on the inteet but is no longer on Jackson's Facebook page. State Rep. Ted James, who confirmed to the AP that Jackson was killed Sunday, said he had a 4-month-old, ...ادامه مطلب

This undated photo shows 19-year-old Fred Barley, a student at Gordon State College in Baesville, Ga. (Facebook) More than $150,000 dollars have been raised for a Georgia 19-year-old who was found sleeping in a tent outside the gates of his college last weekend.  Fred Barley, who is homeless, was discovered by two police officers responding to a trespassing call near a parking lot at Gordon State College in Baesville. He told the officers he had ridden his little brother's bicycle six hours to register for classes for his second semester of college.  In addition to the bike, Barley had two duffel bags containing all his wordly possessions and two gallons of water. All he had to eat, according to a report by WSB, was a box of cereal. "After meeting Fred, I could tell he was a good kid,” Gordon State College Police Officer Dicky Carreker told the Baesville Herald-Gazette. “He was a young kid who had been dealt a bad hand and was trying to make the best out of it. All he wanted was a job." Carreker and Baesville Police Officer Maria Gebelein told Barley he couldn't stay in the tent, but they knew someplace he could stay. The officers brought Barley to a nearby motel and paid for two nights accomodation.  "The stuff that’s happening with police officers, I am black and he didn’t care what color I was," Barley told WSB. "He just helped me, and that meant a lot." The story, however, doesn't end there. After Carreker posted the story on Facebook, members of the community rallied behind Barley. A GoFundMe page on Barley's behalf had raised $150,000 dollars as of Saturday afteoon.  The owner of a local pizzeria hired him as a dishwasher and promised to work around his class scheduled (Barley wants to major in biology). Other residents have donated clothes, food and a new bike.  "I was not expecting any of this support and am in awe of how this community has come together to help me,” Barley told the Herald-Gazette. “I was just trying to go to school, find a job and make , ...ادامه مطلب

  A Democratic National Committee staffer was fatally shot early Sunday moing in his Washington, D.C. neighborhood, according to city police officials. Authorities have identified the victim as 27-year-old Seth Rich, the DNC’s director of voter expansion. Police said they heard gunshots about 4:20 a.m., then found Rich shot several times but still conscious and breathing. He was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead.   “Our hearts are broken,” said DNC Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz. “Seth Rich was a dedicated, selfless public servant who worked tirelessly to protect the most sacred right we share as Americans -- the right to vote.” The shooting occurred in the 2100 block of Flagler Street NW, about three blocks from Howard University Hospital. Residents commenting on news accounts of the shooting report a recent spike in armed robberies near the crime scene. Rich’s Linkedin page shows he graduated in 2011 from Creighton University in Nebraska with a bachelor’s degree in political science. Police said Monday they have no suspects or possible motives in connection with the shooting. Click for more from Fox 5 DC. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service - if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php#publishers.Recommended article from FiveFilters.org: Most Labour MPs in the UK Are Revolting., ...ادامه مطلب

Seth Rich (Fox 5 DC) A Democratic National Committee staffer was fatally shot early Sunday moing in his Washington, D.C. neighborhood, according to city police officials. Authorities have identified the victim as 27-year-old Seth Rich, the DNC’s director of voter expansion. Police said they heard gunshots about 4:20 a.m., then found Rich shot several times but still conscious and breathing. He was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead.   “Our hearts are broken,” said DNC Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz. “Seth Rich was a dedicated, selfless public servant who worked tirelessly to protect the most sacred right we share as Americans -- the right to vote.” The shooting occurred in the 2100 block of Flagler Street NW, about three blocks from Howard University Hospital. Residents commenting on news accounts of the shooting report a recent spike in armed robberies near the crime scene. Rich’s Linkedin page shows he graduated in 2011 from Creighton University in Nebraska with a bachelor’s degree in political science. Police said Monday they have no suspects or possible motives in connection with the shooting. Click for more from Fox 5 DC. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service - if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php#publishers.Recommended article from FiveFilters.org: Most Labour MPs in the UK Are Revolting., ...ادامه مطلب

Seth Rich (Fox 5 DC) A Democratic National Committee staffer was fatally shot early Sunday moing in his Washington, D.C. neighborhood, according to city police officials. Authorities have identified the victim as 27-year-old Seth Rich, the DNC’s director of voter expansion. Police said they heard gunshots about 4:20 a.m., then found Rich shot several times but still conscious and breathing. He was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead.   “Our hearts are broken,” said DNC Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz. “Seth Rich was a dedicated, selfless public servant who worked tirelessly to protect the most sacred right we share as Americans -- the right to vote.” The shooting occurred in the 2100 block of Flagler Street NW, about three blocks from Howard University Hospital. Residents commenting on news accounts of the shooting report a recent spike in armed robberies near the crime scene. Rich’s Linkedin page shows he graduated in 2011 from Creighton University in Nebraska with a bachelor’s degree in political science. Police said Monday they have no suspects or possible motives in connection with the shooting. Click for more from Fox 5 DC. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service - if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php#publishers.Recommended article from FiveFilters.org: Most Labour MPs in the UK Are Revolting., ...ادامه مطلب

Seth Rich (Fox 5 DC) A Democratic National Committee staffer was fatally shot early Sunday moing in his Washington, D.C. neighborhood, according to city police officials. Authorities have identified the victim as 27-year-old Seth Rich, the DNC’s director of voter expansion. Police said they heard gunshots about 4:20 a.m., then found Rich shot several times but still conscious and breathing. He was taken to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead.   “Our hearts are broken,” said DNC Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz. “Seth Rich was a dedicated, selfless public servant who worked tirelessly to protect the most sacred right we share as Americans -- the right to vote.” The shooting occurred in the 2100 block of Flagler Street NW, about three blocks from Howard University Hospital. Residents commenting on news accounts of the shooting report a recent spike in armed robberies near the crime scene. Rich’s Linkedin page shows he graduated in 2011 from Creighton University in Nebraska with a bachelor’s degree in political science. Police said Monday they have no suspects or possible motives in connection with the shooting. Click for more from Fox 5 DC. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service - if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php#publishers.Recommended article from FiveFilters.org: Most Labour MPs in the UK Are Revolting., ...ادامه مطلب

In this photo taken, Thursday evening, May 26, 2016, Stephen Dwyer, student body president and member of the Class of 2016 of Dobson High School, looks at the graduation program while sitting in the bleachers during the Dobson High School graduation in Mesa, Ariz. (David Wallace/The Arizona Republic via AP) An Arizona high school has come under fire after denying a cancer survivor’s request to sit with his graduation class Thursday after he worked to keep up with classes through treatment. Stephen Dwyer withdrew from school in his junior year to receive a life-saving bone marrow transplant for leukemia. Dwyer, who is student body president, is 2 1/2 credits short of graduating at Dobson High School in Mesa and will finish in December. A Facebook page supporting Dwyer said the teen wanted to sit on the field in a cap and gown alongside his classmates and didn’t even ask to receive a diploma or walk across the stage. After numerous meetings with the district superintendent and school board members, Dwyer’s request was denied. "This is so black and white to them, they can't even see straight. They are so unwilling to budge and it just is heartbreaking," Jeannie Moore, a family friend of Dwyer’s, told KTVK-TV. Several people attended the ceremony with signs supporting Dwyer and wore orange shirts, the color representing leukemia awareness. "They say it's a matter of policy, but, I mean, they should be able to make decisions based on circumstances, and this is a perfect circumstance to allow him to be able to do that," Jacob Martinez, a student council member, told Phoenix station KTVK-TV. Mesa Public Schools spokeswoman Helen Hollands lauded Dwyer for being “courageous” but cited district policy. High School Graduation Rates by Ethnicity Across the U.S | StartClass "Each year, the district has a number of students who due to their personal hardships have not eaed the minimum number of credits required to graduate," Hollands said in a written statement. "These studen, ...ادامه مطلب

Law enforcement can often be seen as a thankless job, but one police officer in Lakewood, Colorado got a heartwarming thank you from a seven-year-old. Continue Reading Below Officer Ryan O’Hayre described what happened when he was approached by seven-year-old Hunter Seffes. “I was standing in line at the Chick-Fil-A, it was kind of a busy Friday night. And Hunter here walked up and handed this note to me. It was folded up so I couldn’t immediately tell exactly what it was but when I opened it up I saw that it was a hand-written note and it also included a gift card in it,” Officer O’Hayre told the FOX Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo. Officer O’Hayre read the note and said his favorite part said, “’Don’t ever worry, I have your six,’ which means I have your back.” “What a beautiful sentiment at this moment in time where the NYPD and police officers everywhere are being faced with pushback and it’s wrong,” Bartiromo responded. “Hunter sort of boldly walked up to me and just handed it to me. He was pretty proud and his parents should be very proud of him,” said Officer O’Hayre. Continue Reading Below ADVERTISEMENT Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب