On Thursday, January 2, 2025, FEMA placed a major disaster declaration request for New Orleans, Louisiana due to the Bourbon Street Massacre terrorist attack on New Year's Day. FEMA has requested both Individual Assistance (IA), which provides grants and other aid to households, and Public Assistance (PA), which provides grants to state, county, and municipal … [Read more...] about FEMA Declaration Request for Bourbon Street Terrorist Attack
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40-year-old Payette Man Plants IED on Train
Payette, Idaho - On January 1, 2025, at approximately 1754 hours, Payette Police Department Officers were dispatched to the area of the 600 Block of North 8th Street, regarding a suspicious subject who was observed near a parked railroad car, attempting to light something on fire. Upon arrival in the area, officers observed fresh footprints in the snow and were able to track … [Read more...] about 40-year-old Payette Man Plants IED on Train
Illegal Guatemalan Sets Woman Ablaze in NYC
New York City - Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, a 33-year-old Guatemalan in the United States Illegally, has been arrested by NYPD and is accused of setting a sleeping female on fire and watching her burn to death (New York Post) in the New York City Transit Authority subway system. If this crime isn't horrific enough, people chose to take a video of it instead of helping this … [Read more...] about Illegal Guatemalan Sets Woman Ablaze in NYC
$3 Million Proposed for Molasses Testing
The current U.S. government Continuing Resolution spending bill is filled with pork. And molasses. On page 25 (of 1,547) we have THREE MILLION DOLLARS earmarked for molasses inspections. ...the Secretary shall use $3,000,000 to carry out regular testing for the purposes of verifying and validating the methodology and protocols of the inspection of molasses at any … [Read more...] about $3 Million Proposed for Molasses Testing
Fani Willis removed from Trump case
This morning a Georgia appeals court disqualified Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis's office from the 2020 election interference case against President-elect Donald Trump over her inappropriate relationship with Nathan Wade, a top prosecutor on the case. "After carefully considering the trial court’s findings in its order, we conclude that it erred by failing to … [Read more...] about Fani Willis removed from Trump case