SXSW Immigration Deportation Of Performers? Border And Customs Could Kick Out Some South By Southwest Artists
A picture of the festival’s contract with 2,000 bands and artists scheduled to perform this year shows that event officials would “notify the appropriate U.S. immigration authorities” if international artists play non-sanctioned shows.
Students In Jail In The US: South Carolina School Bill Aims To Stop 'Disturbing School' Law
The proposed legislation calls on school boards to institute a “zero tolerance” policy where students involved in minor fights or disturbances would face in-house disciplinary actions instead of a penalty of up to $1,000 fine and 90-days in jail.
War In Ukraine: Pro-Russia Rebel Leader Declares Economic Blockade On Kiev, Leaving The Rest Of The Country Desperate For Coal
If the blockade on Donbass were to remain for the rest of the year it would result in the Ukrainian economy losing $2.5 dollars in foreign export income, and approximately 30,000 jobs being at risk across the country.
Who Is Bruce Warrick? Louisville Police Shooting Video Shows Unarmed Black Man Shot By White Officer After Being Told To Raise His Hands
The video shows the officer telling Warrick to show his hands, only to shoot him a second later.
Refugees In Europe 2017: French Mayor Bans Giving Food To Migrants To Limit Makeshift Camps
Calais city officials have launched several initiatives to prevent migrants from returning to the former site of a makeshift refugee camp known as the “Calais Jungle” four months after dozens of French police used tear gas and batons to demolish it
Will The US Go To War With Russia? Russian Airstrike Hits Syrian Troops Being Trained By American Forces
American military advisors tasked with training and advising the Syrian Democratic Forces were only about 3 miles away when the joint Russian and Syrian attack occurred Tuesday.
Venezuela Inflation Crisis 2017: Country Only Has $10 Billion Left In Its Foreign Reserve
Venezuela still has to meet approximately $7.2 billion in outstanding debt payments in 2017.
Muslims In The US: San Francisco Creates Law Against Trump Registry Targeting Islam
The ordinance mandates that any individual or non-profit organization can sue the city up to $5,000 if their private information appeared in a federal registry.
Is Living Near The Highway Safe? Los Angeles Builds Homes By Freeways Despite Dire Health Warnings
While California air quality officials have advised against constructing new homes and apartments within 500 feet of a freeway for over a decade, the city issued building permits for 4,300 homes by freeways in 2015.
Terrorism In Europe: Refugees Linked To Syrian Terror Group Arrested In Germany On War Crimes
One of the men taken into custody was Abdalfatah H.A., 35, who is suspected of overseeing the killing of 36 Syrian government employees amid its bloody civil war in March 2013.
Trump Travel Ban: Tibet's Women Soccer Team Denied US Visas
Fourteen of the 16 team members who were denied travel to the U.S. were Tibetan refugees living in India.
McDonald's Most Popular Menu Items Of All Time: Filet-O-Fish Sales To Skyrocket In March Because of Lent
Lent 2017 began Wednesday with the Christian holiday known as Ash Wednesday kicking off the religious festivities lasting from the first day of March until Easter Sunday on April 16.
Homelessness In New York: Mayor Announces Plan To Open 90 Shelters For Nation's Largest Homeless Population
De Blasio vowed that his plan would result in 2,500 less people living in the city’s primary homeless shelters by 2023, the New York Times reported Tuesday.
Walter Scott Trial Update: Poverty-Stricken Michael Slager Asks For Public Funding For Legal Defense Fees
If convicted, Slager faces a sentence of 30 years to life without parole.
US Military Under Trump: Pentagon Awards Lockheed Martin $427M For Anti-Armor Missiles
The missiles that have a range of 26,000 feet will be distributed across the U.S. Army, Navy and Marine Corps.
Election Day A Holiday? California Bill Looks To Give Workers Paid Vacation To Vote
California law allowed citizens to take up to two hours off of work on Election Day to vote without losing any pay.
Women In Sports: Iranian Volleyball Tournament Finally Allows Female Spectators For First Time
Women were barred from attending volleyball tournaments since 2012 when the longtime ban on females going to soccer matches was extended to volleyball.
Free College Tuition? Black Students Demand Reparations At University Of Wisconsin For Slavery
The Associated Students of Madison claimed that white students from suburban high schools were over-represented at the school.
Refugee Violence? 600 African Migrants Storm Border Wall With Weapons While Shouting ‘Freedom’
Footage of the scene taken from the fence’s security camera showed more than 600 migrants approaching the Tarajal area of the fence in Morocco around 6 a.m. local time.
Who Is Garry Blough? Florida Turtle Abuse Incident Leads To Beating Of Disabled Gulf War Vet
Three suspects lifted the turtle off the ground and hurled it back to the pavement, trying to break its shell.
Refugees In Europe: Paris Mayor's Office Places Boulders In Makeshift Camp To 'Avoid Street Camping'
The camp emerged in front of La Chapelle refugee center, which doesn't have any more beds to accommodate the influx of refugees.
Women In Politics: Egypt Appoints First Female Governor
The naming of Saleh, an engineer who headed the state-run water supply company in the city of Alexandria for a decade, breaks Egypt’s tradition of appointing retired military or police as governors.
Vatican Scandal In Guam: Priest Accused Of Sexually Abusing Children, But Accusers Refuse To Testify
Roland Sondia, who publicly accused Archbishop Anthony Apuron of molesting him in the 1970’s when he was 15, said he wouldn’t share his testimony with the head investigator.
Who Are Liberty German and Abigail Williams? Deaths Of Delphi, Indiana, Girls Investigated As Homicides
A volunteer searching for the girls discovered their bodies roughly three-quarters of a mile away from the abandoned bridge where they were last seen Monday afternoon.
Hate In America: Anti-Muslim Groups Quadruple In 2016; Others Also Increase For Second Straight Year
Anti-Muslim hate groups saw the biggest rise, increasing from 24 in 2015 to 101 in 2016
Walter Scott Trial Update: Michael Slager's Lawyers Ask For Federal Civil Rights Charges To Be Dropped
It has been reported that President Donald Trump’s administration was considering dropping federal charges against Slager, but his civil rights trial is scheduled to start May 15.
Terrorism In Europe: NATO To Open Anti-Terror Headquarters In Italy
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the new hub will be tasked with "increasing the capacity to identify threats and improve situational awareness.”
Who Is Basuki Tjahaja Purnama? Christians And Muslims Battle In Indonesia Election
Basuki is currently involved in a criminal trial on the charge of blasphemy against Islam over allegedly insulting a verse in the Quran.
White People Under Attack: 'Racist' Law Leaves Thousands Of Farmers In Zimbabwe Facing Poverty
The ruling party of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe began evicting white farmers from their agricultural land in 2000 and redistributed the farms to blacks as reparations for the abuses black laborers faced during colonial rule.
War In The Middle East: US Sends Additional Warships To Arabian Peninsula
The USS Laboon and the USS Truxtun will join U.S. naval forces already in the area to combat Houthi rebels off southern Yemen and potential aggression from the Iranian navy.
