HOUSTON — Police officers in Houston are angry and their union is demanding that a lenient judge tender his resignation following a shooting that left one officer dead and a sergeant critically injured. The accused gunman was killed during the lethal encounter should have never have been released from custody on a reduced bond given Read More >

The officer was listed in serious but stable condition, said Chief Doug Stephens

9/21/21 Iran’s nukes Enable IntenseDebate Comments:  Enable IntenseDebate Comments Iran may now be capable of producing enough weapons-grade uranium for a single nuclear warhead within just a month. That’s according to US experts who were quoted in The New York Times last Wednesday after reviewing classified new data from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). read more

CHICAGO — We’ve become numb to the staggering murder statistics out of Chicago over the years. Sadly, that should not be the case and city leadership ought to be ashamed, yet they are not. So, ho-hum, here we go again. Over the weekend, more than 50 people were shot, nine fatally, in 45 separate shooting Read More >

MINNEAPOLIS — Crime continues in Minneapolis despite efforts to eliminate the police department as Minnesota’s largest city suffered a deluge of gunfire in the past day. Last year the Minneapolis City Council voted unanimously to disband their police department. As some citizens have fought back, even suing the city for lack of protection and to get Read More >

LAKE CITY, S.C. — The Lake City Police Department in South Carolina is mourning the loss of Lt. John Stewart after he died while engaged in a vehicle chase, according to reports. “Our hearts are with the members of the Lake City Police Department tonight as they mourn the loss of one of their own,” Read More >

A county memo rebuts Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s claims that he is limited in what he can do to combat the problem

9/17/21 Extremism Enable IntenseDebate Comments:  Enable IntenseDebate Comments In recent times, the phenomenon of lone wolf terrorism has been observed with the social assumption that a radicalized individual is only guided by personal, social, and ethnic reasons to commit an extremist act. Nevertheless, there is still much to understand about this phenomenon and improve the Read More >

9/17/21 Havana syndrome Enable IntenseDebate Comments:  Enable IntenseDebate Comments The latest episodes of so-called Havana syndrome, a series of unexplained ailments afflicting U.S. and Canadian diplomats and spies, span the globe. read more

9/17/21 Pathogen Enable IntenseDebate Comments:  Enable IntenseDebate Comments Researchers at McMaster University have developed a sophisticated new tool that could help provide early warning of rare and unknown viruses in the environment and identify potentially deadly bacterial pathogens which cause sepsis, among other uses. The new algorithm is an advanced tool that can help develop probes Read More >