Month: October 2020

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) operates a massive secret government database that tracks the movement of motorists across the country, documents reveal. The documents, obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union through the Freedom of Information Act, cast further light on the scope of government surveillance and raise significant privacy concerns, the organization says. At…

The world’s youth unemployment rate may be “six or seven times” what the International Labor Organisation’s (ILO) latest figures state, according to a global youth advocacy group. The ILO recently released its 2015 World Employment and Social Outlook (WESO) report, and presented the findings to the United Nations Friday. One of the report’s major findings…

The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday announced that it will not prosecute former Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson for the shooting death of unarmed black teen Michael Brown. However, an internal probe by the federal agency also released Wednesday charged that the Ferguson Police Department (FPD) is itself guilty of racism as well as…

To prevent ruinous climate change and stave off an influx of preventable chronic diseases, Americans must reduce their meat intake and switch to a sustainable, plant-based diet, the top U.S. nutritional panel has announced for the first time. Click Here: cheap INTERNATIONAL jersey The Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, which convenes every five years, released its…

Flanked by anti-choice advocates and large photos of human fetuses, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback on Tuesday signed into law the nation’s first ban on an abortion procedure often considered the safest termination option for some pregnant women. The new law, which takes effect on July 1, bans the dilation and evacuation (known as D and…

Kansas state Treasurer Ron Estes clinched the GOP nomination for the House seat left open when former Rep. Mike Pompeo became director of the CIA. At a Thursday night convention in the Wichita-area district, Estes won a majority of the 126 delegates casting votes in the GOP primary. He defeated Alan Cobb, a former Trump…

Two-time state champion Broc Berge of Mantorville has given a verbal commitment to attend the University of Iowa and wrestle for the Hawkeyes following his upcoming senior season. Berge is a two-time state champion and three-time placer. He won the 195-pound Class AA state championship as a junior and the 189-pound title as a sophomore….

Privacy and civil liberties advocates are slamming the findings of a U.K. commission’s 18-month investigation into the government’s mass surveillance programs, released Thursday. The report by the U.K. Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Commission (ISC), launched as a response to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden’s revelations in 2013, found that the government’s spying operations need a complete…

Saudi Arabia and Gulf allies launch airstrikes inside Yemen, says Saudi ambassador to the United States Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the United States,  confirmed in a press briefing on Wednesday night that the Saudi military, along with regional allies, has begun airstrikes against targets in Yemen. Reports from the ground in the capital…

In a move heralded as a victory and vindication, a high court in Pakistan on Tuesday ordered the police to file a criminal case against two CIA officials for their role in a 2009 drone attack that killed civilians. The officials are Jonathan Banks, the agency’s former station chief in Pakistan who left the country…