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Wisconsin Republican state Sen. Van Wanggaard showed up to a meeting with high school students who are concerned about gun violence armed and displaying a handgun. Here was the scene: This is how WI State Senator @Vanwanggaard greeted a high school student yesterday who wanted to talk to him about gun violence & guns in […] The post Wisconsin State Senator Shows Up To Meeting With Students About Gun Violence Armed appeared first on Politicus USA .

About one in 14 pregnant women who gave birth in the United States in 2016 smoked cigarettes during her pregnancy, according to a report released Wednesday. The findings, gathered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s  National Center for Health Statistics , revealed that 7.2% of all expectant mothers smoked — but that the percentage of pregnant smokers varied widely from state to state. The prevalence of smoking was highest in West Virginia, where 25.1% of women reported smoking at any time during pregnancy, and lowest in California, where 1.6% reported smoking. “Despite the well-understood risk to mother and child, still, about one of every 14 women in the United States smoked during pregnancy,” said Patrick Drake, senior author of the report and a demographer at the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. “These levels do vary widely by state, maternal age, race and Hispanic origin, and education, but any amount of smoking during pregnancy is too much,” he...

Republican Sen. Marco Rubio is at an all-time low with Florida voters following his participation in CNN’s televised town hall with Parkland shooting survivors, while Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who chose not to attend, is at an all-time high. Both Republicans have backed gun control measures in the wake of the shooting that left 17 students and staff dead. But a Quinnipiac poll conducted a few days after CNN’s town hall suggests Scott made the right call not to participate in the heated event. Rubio’s approval rating hit an all-time low, while Scott’s approval rating hit an all-time high. Scott is considering challenging Democrat Sen. Bill Nelson for his Senate seat in the 2018 midterm election. The governor has a seven-year history of negative approval ratings, but won approval from 49 percent of voters in the latest poll. That’s by far his highest rating ever. Rubio, on the other hand, is at an all-time low, with an approval rating of just 38 percent. That’s down sharply from his ...

GREEN BAY — An internal investigation into harassment and bullying by Green Bay police officers on the night shift has resulted in discipline against six officers. A 249-page report released to media outlets through open records requests says as many as nine officers harassed and bullied eight colleagues on the night shift in 2016, including using racial slurs and other inappropriate conduct while on duty. While six were disciplined, three other accused officers resigned. The findings included a male officer who created a hostile work environment by making sexual comments in the presence of a female colleague and who used a racial slur to refer to African Americans. The six received unpaid suspensions ranging from one day to 30 days, and were ordered to undergo sensitivity training.

MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee police are investigating a non-fatal shooting which happened near North and Buffum in Milwaukee on Wednesday morning, Feb. 28. Officials say a 31-year-old Milwaukee man was shot around 11 a.m. after an argument occurred between him and a family member. The man is being treated at a hospital. Milwaukee police are seeking a known suspect for this offense.

DALTON, Ga. — Police in Georgia say officers have responded to reports of shots fired at a high school and a teacher who may have been barricaded in a classroom is in custody. Police in Dalton  tweeted  that no children were hurt or were in danger. Police spokesman Bruce Frazier tells The Associated Press that the scene is secure. Police are not immediately saying what happened inside the school. Repeat: no children hurt, no children in danger. — Dalton Police (@DaltonPD) February 28, 2018 Police say the school has been evacuated and students have been taken to the Northwest Georgia Center. Police are advising parents to go there to pick them up. Dalton is about 90 miles (145 kilometers) north of Atlanta. The identity of the teacher has not been released. The high school’s website says it has 2,000 students.

Twitter is finally adding a feature its most devoted users have wanted for years. Starting Wednesday, users will be able to privately bookmark tweets to save and read later. Until now, the easiest way to save a tweet was to Like it by tapping on the heart icon beneath a tweet. Other users would email or text links to store on another platform. But that was inconvenient for two reasons: People can see public Likes and some perceive the action as explicitly an endorsement, rather than a bookmarking tool. Bookmarks will be private, and no one will know what you saved   to read later. Public Likes have sometimes raised controversy over the years, especially for high-profile figures. Texas Senator Ted Cruz’s account liked a pornographic tweet, which subsequently went viral. Cruz later  said  he was not responsible for the Like. Related: Twitter has a new reason for why it didn’t delete Trump’s anti-Muslim retweets Bookmarks will be stored in the order they were saved, u...

TOKYO — Japanese police confirmed Thursday the arrest of an American on suspicion of dismembering and abandoning the body of a woman in western Japan. Hyogo prefectural police said Yevgeniy Vasilievich Bayraktar was arrested Feb. 22 on suspicion of confining the woman, who had been missing for six days. Police said they added allegations Wednesday of dismembering and abandoning the body. They are also investigating if the suspect killed the woman. Police would not release the suspect’s hometown, saying they are still verifying it. Japanese media reports say he is from Long Island, NY. Police said they found the severed head of the woman, a 27-year-old office worker from Sanda City, in the suspect’s lodging in Osaka last week. They found other body parts on Sunday in the mountains of Osaka and Kyoto after the suspect identified where he abandoned them, police said. An examination of those parts is still underway. Japanese media reports say the suspect met the woman on an internet d...

Pizza Hut will replace Papa John’s as the official pizza of the NFL. The announcement comes a day after Papa John’s said it would end its sponsorship of the league. Papa John’s, which last fall  blamed the NFL’s response to player protests  for slumping sales, will focus on its partnerships with individual teams. The league’s deal with Pizza Hut is for four years, and is worth more than the Papa John’s deal, a source familiar with the agreement told CNN. The agreement gives Pizza Hut, which is owned by Yum Brands, an array of exclusive marketing rights. “We are thrilled to have Pizza Hut, an industry leader and one of America’s favorite brands, as an official league sponsor,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement. Related: Papa John’s is ending its NFL sponsorship The sponsorship will roll out with the upcoming NFL Draft in April. Artie Starrs, the president of Pizza Hut U.S., said in a statement that the sponsorship potential was “endless. He said it would ...

Think of beer and you may think of Irish pubs or Germany’s Oktoberfest. But a National Geographic book called the “Atlas of Beer” surveys beer across six continents, from banana beer in Tanzania to beer made in wine barrels in Argentina. Authors Mark W. Patterson and Nancy Hoalst-Pullen talked about global beer culture in this week’s  AP Travel podcast “Get Outta Here!” They noted that the Irish diaspora helped spread Irish pub culture around the world, but there’s actually a company that will ship an entire Irish pub to your doorstep for assembly. As for the United States, the authors say great craft beer and microbrewery destinations include San Diego; San Francisco; Portland, Oregon; Portland, Maine; Ohio; Michigan; Indiana; Asheville, North Carolina; Texas; and Denver.

MADISON — The state Department of Natural Resources board has approved handing over a parcel of state park land to help the Kohler Company build a new golf course. The company wants to build a 247-acre golf course adjacent to Kohler-Andrae State Park in Sheboygan County. The company is looking to acquire about 6.5 acres within the park to accommodate a maintenance facility for the course. Kohler in exchange has offered the DNR about 9.5 acres adjacent to the park and promised to upgrade the park entrance. Park users urged the board to reject the deal, saying the maintenance facility would ruin the park’s ambiance and giving state park land to a private company would set a dangerous precedent. The board still voted unanimously to approve the swap.

MILWAUKEE — A student was taken into custody Wednesday morning, Feb. 28 after an investigation into threats made at Morgandale Elementary School  — located near 17th and Wilbur. According to police, officers were called out to the scene around 9:45 a.m. after receiving reports of a student making threats. Officials say a male student was taken into custody — and the investigation is ongoing.

Despite the White House claiming that Jared Kushner will still be able to perform his job as a top foreign policy adviser after being stripped of his security clearance on Tuesday, numerous experts have have since said it’s highly unlikely he’ll be able to do much without access to sensitive, top secret information. “I can […] The post Jared Kushner Probably Won’t Be Able To Continue With His Current Job After Losing Security Clearance appeared first on Politicus USA .

KEWAUKEE — A funeral and public visitation will be held later this week for a Wisconsin businessman and his son-in-law who were killed, along with a pilot, in plane crash in Indiana. Visitation for 58-year-old John Pagel and 39-year-old Steve Witcpalek will be held Friday afternoon and evening and Saturday morning at Kewaunee High School. A funeral will take place at 1 p.m. Saturday at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Kewaunee. Pagel and Witcpalek died when their small plane crashed in a central Indiana farm field Feb. 22. Pilot Nathan Saari, of Bellevue, also died in the crash about 60 miles (96.5 kilometers) northwest of Indianapolis. The family operates Pagel’s Ponderosa Dairy with more than 5,300 cows and 100 employees, as well as Cannery Public Market in Green Bay and Ron’s Cheese in Luxemburg.

FARMINGTON, MO — Trooper, a yellow lab, has earned his name. Animal rescuers said they believe he was shot, beaten with a hammer and left for dead in brush near Farmington in St. Francois County, Missouri. “They said he was literally suctioned to the ground he had been here so long, it was almost like lifting a carcass up,” said animal rescue volunteer Katrina Campbell. Campbell said people driving by noticed the dog lift his head up. They brought him back food and water and realized he couldn’t move. She then reached out on social media for help. They believe Trooper laid there for weeks in his own urine and feces which burned his skin. “I was like just give me a sign you’re not giving up yet,” Campbell remembers asking Trooper. “He lifted his head and he licked me on my cheek and I said I’m going to fight for you,” she added. Mandy Ryan with Missouri K9 Friends, a statewide rescue group based in Chesterfield, started asking around the Farmington area about what happened. R...

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – A Catholic priest in Indianapolis is facing several charges after allegedly assaulting his wife in September of 2017. Father Luke W. Reese, 49, assaulted the woman after he found out she was having an affair , according to a probable cause affidavit obtained by WXIN on Tuesday. In the court document, the victim claims she was in the backseat of a vehicle with the man when Reese arrived and told her to get out. In the document, the wife says Reese then drove them around the city as he hit her and blasted heavy metal music. The two then went to the Holy Rosary Catholic Church of Indianapolis, where the woman claims Reese made her kneel at the altar, said he could choke her, slammed her into a wall and hit her head against their vehicle before leaving, the affidavit says. Reese then reportedly drove his wife to Auburn to “make her tell her 90-something-year-old grandmother what she had done by talking to another man.” When the couple got home, the woman claims Re...

JANESVILLE — Joseph Jakubowski, the man who sparked a statewide manhunt last spring, will be sentenced on Wednesday, Feb. 28 in the wake of his January conviction on three charges associated with the theft of guns from Armageddon Supplies in Janesville. FOX6 News plans to stream Jakubowski’s sentencing on FOX6Now.com as well as the FOX6 News Milwaukee Facebook page . Jakubowski was previously sentenced to serve 14 years in prison on federal charges. The question now is whether Jakubowski will serve his state and federal sentences concurrently (at the same time) or consecutively (one after the other.) Jakubowski’s lawyer, Michael Murphy has indicated he’ll argue for Jakubowski to serve his sentences concurrently and in state prison and opposed to a federal penitentiary. The break-in at the Janesville gun shop, along with the rambling manifesto Jakubowski sent to the White House last April, preceded a 10-day, statewide manhunt. It ended when police captured Jakubowski on a farm in Ve...

Wanda Pena MILWAUKEE — A 28-year-old mother is facing homicide charges for allegedly getting high on crack cocaine and marijuana, and falling asleep alongside her 4-month-old baby on a couch. According to a criminal complaint, Milwaukee officials were called to a residence near 35th and National shortly after 2 a.m. on Feb. 7, to investigate a 4-month-old girl who was not breathing and was unresponsive. The Milwaukee Fire Department attempted lifesaving measures to the baby girl but were unsuccessful. She was pronounced dead at the scene. According to a criminal complaint, Milwaukee police interviewed the baby’s mother, 28-year-old Wanda Pena, who appeared to be lethargic throughout. Pena said she smoked a blunt while caring for her two children the afternoon of Feb. 6th, and around 7 p.m., bought $20 worth of crack cocaine and $5 worth of marijuana. Shortly after, Pena stated she went inside the bathroom and smoked a portion of the crack cocaine. She then went and checked on...

Despite his repeated insistence that he’s not a villain for continuing to support the National Rifles Association (NRA) after the mass high school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentine’s Day, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s popularity has plummeted to an all-time low. Quinnipiac University released the results to a new poll conducted between February […] The post Following Parkland Shooting, Florida Senator Marco Rubio’s Approval Rating Hits New Low appeared first on Politicus USA .

MILWAUKEE — A We Energies crew is shutting off the gas in the area of Green Bay Ave. and Good Hope Rd. This, after a contractor apparently hit a six-inch main in the neighborhood. It’s unclear how long it may take for the area to be cleared.

MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect wanted in three separate armed robberies on the city’s south side. The related incidents happened: Around 11:00 p.m. on Feb. 26 in the area of 9th Street and Arthur Avenue Around 12:00 a.m. on Feb. 27 near S. 3rd Street and W. Walker Street Around 12:30 a.m. on Feb. 27 near S. 10th Street and W. Historic Mitchell Street In each incident, the armed suspect approached female victims, demanded and stole their purse, and then fled the scene. The suspect is described as a black male, between 30-35 years-old, with a large build. He was last seen wearing a black jacket and dark pants. A picture of the suspect in one of the incidents is below. Anyone with information is asked to call Milwaukee police at 414-935-7302 .

MADISON — Funding for state road projects could be reduced as much as $90 million by mid-2019 in order to pay for roadwork related to the $10 billion Foxconn Technology Group plant in southeast Wisconsin. That’s the determination of the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau in a memo sent to Democratic lawmakers that they released Wednesday. Assembly Democratic Minority Leader Gordon Hintz says the memo shows that Republican Gov. Scott Walker is prioritizing the Foxconn project over repairing roads elsewhere in the state. The reduction to pay for roads around the massive Foxconn project is expected to leave the state highway fund as much as $870 million short of the $2.4 billion the state Department of Transportation state was needed to maintain road conditions for the next decade. The Foxconn plant to make liquid-crystal display screens is expected to employ up to 13,000 people.

MILWAUKEE — Wisconsin’s Supreme Court says an administrative agency overseeing employee union elections has the power to decertify collective bargaining groups if they don’t file election paperwork on time. The decision Wednesday reverses lower court rulings that sided with the unions’ argument that the Employee Relations Commission overstepped its authority when it proceeded with decertification. The groups missed the deadline by an hour. The Act 10 state law requires annual recertification elections for state and municipal employees. The commission’s rules require filing for recertification by the end of business on Sept. 15. The unions involved in the case are: The Wisconsin Association of State Prosecutors, representing assistant district attorneys, and the Service Employees International Union Local 150, representing food service and custodians in Milwaukee Public Schools and the St. Francis School District.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort maintained his innocence on Wednesday to new charges he acted as an unregistered foreign agent and directed an international money-laundering conspiracy. Manafort appeared at the federal courthouse and entered a formal plea of not guilty to a second indictment brought against him by prosecutors working for special counsel Robert Mueller. It was his first court appearance since his co-defendant and longtime business associate, Rick Gates, pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors. Manafort had previously pleaded not guilty in the case, but the latest indictment, which mirrored the charges filed against him last October, required him to formally enter a second plea. During the hearing, Judge Amy Berman Jackson set a Sept. 17 trial date for Manafort and reprimanded him for making a public statement last week about Gates’ plea. The statement violated a gag order she put in place early in the case,...

MILWAUKEE -- Cementing their place in Hollywood history. Gino joins Real Milwaukee to talk about who he thinks will be awarded best actor and actress.

WHITEFISH BAY -- Brian Kramp spent the morning at boot camp with Achieve Personal Fitness coach Catherine Andersen. She uses Balance Fitness to run her boot camps. About Balance Fitness (website) Balance Fitness exists to help its clients and coaches Live Balance Fit by providing the best personal and small group training service anywhere. Our custom health and performance coaching service empowers all participants to accomplish more than they could or would without us. We are your exercise prescription to prevent or treat disease; to help you to prepare for your next adventure, or to keep you vital for the people you love.

MILWAUKEE -- Do you hate doing dishes? Here's a  one-pan Spanish Paella with chicken, chorizo and shrimp! Chicken, chorizo & Shrimp Paella Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil 4 chicken thighs (or 2 chicken breasts), boneless and skinless, cut into 1 inch pieces ½ lb chorizo sausage, sliced (you can also use ground chorizo) 1 large onion, chopped 6 cloves of garlic, minced 1 ½ cups Arborio rice 14 oz. can diced fire roasted tomatoes 4 cups chicken broth 1 tbsp hot sauce, like Tabasco/Sriracha/Victoria 2 tsp smoked paprika 1 tsp saffron Salt & pepper to taste ½ lb raw shrimp, shelled and deveined but tails ok Fresh chopped parsley for garnish Lemon wedges for serving Directions: In a large paella pan or large skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat.  Add the chicken and chorizo, season with salt and pepper, and cook for about 5 minutes until the chicken is no longer pink.  (NOTE: If you use ground chorizo, there will be a lot of grease left ov...

Congressional leadership  announced last week  that it would commemorate the life of evangelist Billy Graham by having him lie in honor this Wednesday, a rare accolade for any American and an official embrace of the religious leader from the halls of government. Graham will be only the fourth private citizen to lie in honor, following civil rights icon Rosa Parks in 2005 and two slain Capitol Police officers in 1998, the Architect of the Capitol’s  records  say. The practice is similar to lying in state, where the casket of a government or military official is honored with brief placement in a government building. Former presidents, as well as some lawmakers and other officials, have lain in state at the Capitol Rotunda, and Supreme Court justices have lain in repose at the Supreme Court building, a tradition that  continued  with the death of Justice Antonin Scalia two years ago. Reverend Billy Graham, 99, passed away on Wednesday, morning at 8:00am a...

INDIANAPOLIS — Green Bay Packers General Manager Brian Gutekunst is fielding questions at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis.    

RICHMOND, Va. - A woman’s emotional plea to the Richmond City Council this week has motivated others to ask  what can be done to help people living in deteriorating, infested apartments in Richmond’s public housing. On Monday, Sharanda Taylor told the council that she believes her living conditions are taking a toll on her mental and physical health. She shared very emotional and deeply personal information with city council members during the public comment period, hoping to remind the city of how much work is left to do. She said there was no heat in her RRHA apartment and that her home was once overrun and infested with mice, according to WTVR. “I was housed like an animal and left in the apartment for three months knowing that I had an infestation,” she said. The mom told the council that conditions were so bad, she and her children had to relocate to a hotel. Taylor said she believes a miscarriage she had was tied to the stress caused by the difficult living conditi...

Trump launched an attack on Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday morning that appears designed to open the door for him to recess appoint a new attorney general who will kill the Russia investigation. Trump tweeted: Why is A.G. Jeff Sessions asking the Inspector General to investigate potentially massive FISA abuse. Will take forever, has […] The post Trump Is Looking To Fire Jeff Sessions And Appoint A New Attorney General To Kill The Russia Investigation appeared first on Politicus USA .

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — "That's crazy. I don't think my sister did it, though." That's what Jessica Coleman said when told that her older sister Roshonique Coleman was accused of hurting her boyfriend. "They probably got into a fight, but she is not going to run him over," she told WREG. But a truck driver who stopped at railroad tracks on Warford Monday afternoon says that's exactly what happened. When police arrived, they say Tavari Golden was 150 yards down the tracks on the ground with Coleman kneeling over him. The truck driver told officers he saw a car follow Goldman down the tracks, hit him from behind, drive over him and keep going. That victim told police he and his girlfriend, Roshonique Coleman, got into a fight while driving South on Warford. He says he got out of the vehicle and walked down the tracks. That's when Coleman got into the driver's seat, drove onto the tracks and ran him down. In 2016, Coleman was accused of threate...

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - A massive great white shark was caught off the coast of Hilton Head Island last week, WSAV reports . Charter Captain Chip Michalove, who owns Outcast Sport Fishing, was working shorthanded when he made the incredible catch. "At 4:30 in the morning, I got a text message from two of my crew members saying they were sick," he said. "So it was just me and one other guy and I was thinking, 'Maybe we should just postpone it to another day.'" A 10-foot great white shark passed by the boat without being hooked and Michalove said he was just about to give up. Then he hooked a 3,000-pound , 16-foot great white shark. “A 3,000-pound animal is massive. People don’t realize just one wag of the tail can pool a 26-foot boat at that kind of clip,” he said. Michalove had to call a nearby boat for backup. The team pulled the shark to the side of the boat, tagged it and set it free. “She kind of knew, 'I’m the boss of the ocean and there’...

MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee International Auto Show is in full swing at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee. Carl is checking out all the slick rides and fun activities. About Milwaukee International Auto Show (website) HOURS Saturdays: 10 AM – 10 PM Sundays: 10 AM – 6 PM Monday – Thursday: 3 PM – 9 PM Friday: 1 PM – 9 PM Feeding America Discount 50% off admission, valid Monday – Wednesday, when 2 cans of non-perishable food are brought to the show. Please bring cans to box office to redeem offer. (Discount is off the price level you qualify for- Adult, Senior, Student or Child.)

Comparing the cameras on the top smartphones on the market including the Samsung Galaxy S9, Apple’s iPhone X and Google’s Pixel 2. We’ve moved past megapixels and now most of us just want to know if a smartphone takes good photos in a variety of conditions. We took the same pictures on the brand new Samsung Galaxy S9, Apple’s iPhone X and the Google Pixel 2 to see how they perform when compared side by side. Want to see even more comparison photos and videos?  Check out my blog ! Follow KTLA Tech Reporter Rich DeMuro on  Facebook  or  Twitter  for cool apps, tech tricks & tips!

Look who is turning six years old!

This is a public service announcement. I was unable to commit to “The Bachelor” this season, but because I have so very many friends who did, I nonetheless know exactly what is happening with Arie Luyendyk, Jr. the somewhat lackluster silver fox race car driver for whose heart some 20 women of not very diverse hair color are vying. Along with our freedom, rock ’n’ roll, and almost limitless flavors of potato chips, this is one of the big perks of living in America these days. In the penultimate episode of this season’s women winnowing ( not counting the “Women Tell All” ) an ex comes back! Oh, yes, Chris Harrison has tricks up his sleeve as usual, and this time it is the possibly burgeoning love of Arie and Becca K. that will be tested. Arie and the gang are in Peru, whose tourist board has no doubt paid dearly to have these basic, attractive Americans weep openly against the backdrop of its stunning vistas. But it’s not just the members of the “Bachelor” cast and crew who make it t...

Republican Georgia State Sen. Michael Williams made an appearance on CNN Newsroom on Tuesday to push back against Delta Airlines for ending their discount program for members of the National Rifles Association (NRA). He ended up getting called out by Brianna Keilar for making an unproven claim about the airline and Planned Parenthood. “If they’re […] The post CNN Anchor Calls Out Georgia Senator For Claiming Delta Gives Planned Parenthood Discounts With No Proof appeared first on Politicus USA .

MILWAUKEE — Two people were taken into custody early Wednesday morning, Feb. 28 following a break-in at the T-Mobile store located 70th Street and Greenfield Avenue in West Allis. According to police, officers were dispatched to the store around 1:00 a.m. for a burglar alarm. Upon arrival, officers observed a broken glass door. Officers then located and performed a traffic stop on the suspect vehicle near 81st Street and Lapham Street. Two suspects, a 22-year-old man from Milwaukee and a 19-year-old man from Milwaukee, were taken into custody. Property was recovered. The incident will be forwarded to the District Attorney’s to review for criminal charges.

LOS ANGELES - A California man is facing 27 felony counts after police say he raped numerous women when he posed as a rideshare driver, according to KTLA . Nicolas Morales, 44, was described as an "alleged serial rapist" in a  news release  from the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. He is accused of raping and sexually assaulting seven women while posing as a ride-sharing driver between October 2016 and January 2018. Prosecutors did not say identify which ride-hailing services he posed as a driver for, nor did they describe how he found his alleged victims. Morales has been charged with a total of  27 felony counts , including nine counts of forcible oral copulation, six counts of rape, five counts of sodomy by use of force and four counts of sexual penetration by foreign object, the release stated. He was also charged with one count each of assault with intent to commit a felony, attempted sodomy by use of force and attempted kidnapping to commit an...

The Democrats are getting organized for the midterm and planning to contact 50 million voters before November’s election. NBC News reported, “Looking to harness anti-Donald Trump enthusiasm in what could be a banner year for Democrats, the Democratic National Committee will announce Wednesday that it’s planning to contact 50 million voters before the November elections.” […] The post Democrats Are Coming For Trump With Plan To Contact 50 Million Voters Before Midterm appeared first on Politicus USA .

The chairman of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee said on Tuesday there is not enough support in Congress to move forward with a plan backed by President Donald Trump to privatize the air traffic control system. The post Trump proposal to privatize air traffic control lacks support appeared first on Politicus USA .

MILWAUKEE  — Jurors were sent home Tuesday, Feb. 27 after the second day of deliberations in the trial of a suburban Milwaukee police officer charged with shooting a man in the back as she attempted to arrest him. The jury in Milwaukee County will return Wednesday to try and decide whether Brown Deer Officer Devon Kraemer is guilty of aggravated battery with intent to cause great bodily harm, guilty of a lesser charge or not guilty. Devon Kraemer Manuel Burnley Jr. was unarmed when Kraemer shot him in March 2016 after a disturbance on a county bus. Kraemer says she fired her gun because she and another officer were struggling to restrain Burnley when he moved his hand near his waistband. Burnley survived his gunshot wound. Manuel Burnley

Look who is turning six years old Wednesday, February 28, 2018.

Anti-Semitism is a serious, albeit relatively small, problem in American life. Still, it’s a shame that the folks at the Anti-Defamation League, self-styled spokespeople of we Jews, are in the business of exaggerating threats when it serves their partisan interests and underplaying threats when they do not. The ADL’s most recent study on rising anti-Semitism was, as always, carried by a number of media outlets. “Antisemitic incidents in US soar to highest level in two decades,” read one headline  atop a picture of angry Tiki-torch Nazis in Charlottesville. “Largest year-on-year increase since 1979 comes as Trump administration is accused of failing to condemn bigotry.” Anti-Semitism isn’t “soaring” in America, and the ADL knows it.  Among 330 or-so million Americans, the ADL notes that there were 1,986 anti-Semitic reported incidents across the United States in 2017. That’s a 57 percent increase over the 1,267 reported incidents in 2016. Yet the ADL admits a part of the spi...

Buried in a maze of alleyways in the Old City of Jerusalem near Jaffa Gate stands a small shop with a sign that reads, “Razzouk Tattoo: Tattoo with Heritage Since 1300.” The Razzouk family has been tattooing for 700 years. When the family moved to Israel from Egypt, they brought their tattooing tradition with them. Ever since then, the Razzouks have been providing tattoos for Christians in Israel as certificates of their pilgrimage. Anton Razzouk, who worked as a tattoo artist for 50 years, said when one of his ancestors visited Israel in the eighteenth century, he loved it so much that he decided to stay. He began tattooing customers by the Church of the Holy Sepulchre around Easter, and became famous for his work. “From father to son, this art kept going,” Anton says. Pieces of old equipment in glass cases line the walls of the small entry room in the Razzouk shop. Black and white pictures, including a photo from 1950 of Anton’s father Jacob, in which the tattooer smiles and show...

Minor spoilers to follow. When Darwinism was shiny and new, one of the most profound responses to it was horror, but not necessarily because it was viewed as an assault on Christianity or morality. It was not Anglican pearl-clutching as much as a common creeping fear that if humans could evolve, why couldn’t we devolve? If it was produced by natural selection, what holds our nature in place? The Victorian obsession with morality was partially based in this fear of regression, manifested in works like “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.” This fear has been a mainstay of horror and science fiction ever since. The apotheosis of this existential nightmare may be the film “Annihilation.” Whereas werewolf, vampire, and zombie films all represent the fear of man’s animalistic part overcoming the rational, this film writes that terror across the very sky. It turns nature itself into the villain. This film is an opportunity to see what the natural world might be like if the princip...