By Thomas Gaist



12 June 2015

US Army soldiers simulated assaults and set off explosives in Flint, Michigan last week as part of 10 days of urban warfare training exercises staged in southeastern Michigan.

The exercises have been carried out under a thick veil of secrecy. They were initially publicized by local media only after terrified Flint residents began…

The Russian firm Kaspersky Lab said the hacking at three European hotels was so sophisticated, it must have been created by a government.

World powers and Iran have been holding talks on the fate of Iran's nuclear programme ahead of a 30 June deadline.

Switzerland and Austria have both opened…

Pope Francis has approved the creation of a tribunal to hear cases of bishops accused of covering up child abuse by paedophile priests.

The unprecedented move followed a recommendation from the Pope's newly created panel on clerical sex abuse.

The tribunal will have the power to punish bishops who failed to protect young victims.

Survivors' groups have long called for the Vatican to do more to make bishops accountable for abuse on their…

Building developer discusses helicopter damage to Sperry's building

A U.S. Military helicopter caused damage to the historic Sperry's building in downtown Port Huron early Monday…

“He didn’t try to kill my mom — she walked away just fine,” said sister Antoinette Ramirez.

Ramirez commented on a video recorded by a bystander that shows officers repeatedly striking Velasco with batons and using Tasers to subdue him, even after he…

Holocaust challenged on German tv for the first time ever

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EGREGIOUS EPA MISCONDUCT DELIVERS WHISTLEBLOWER WIN

Judge Sanctions EPA for Concealing Evidence and Vindicates WTC Whistleblower

Posted on Apr 21, 2015

Washington, DC — In a scathing decision, a U.S. Department of Labor judge has ruled that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency improperly sought to conceal exonerating evidence and illegally retaliated…

FBI behind mysterious surveillance aircraft over US cities

By JPOST.COM STAFF, YAAKOV LAPPIN \

06/03/2015

Two rockets were fired by Palestinians in Gaza late Wednesday. The projectiles landed in open fields in Sdot Negev, not far from the…

(AP) — The California Senate on Tuesday approved legislation that would make the state the first in the nation to extend health coverage to children who are in the country illegally and seek federal authorization to sell private insurance to immigrants without documentation.

Senators approved a bill that would allow between 195,000…

v (AFP) - It is nap-time at Felizia's daycare centre, a squalid street-level flat in Tel Aviv where loud pop music drowns out the miserable cries of dozens of children and babies cooped up inside.

Run by a corpulent Ghanian woman, it is one of dozens of unlicensed establishments which have sprouted up across Israel's commercial…

Jeb Bush calls to move U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem 

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Tucson

ABOUT an hour east of Phoenix, near a mining town called Superior, men, women and children of the San Carlos Apache tribe have been camped out at a place called Oak Flat for more than three months, protesting the latest assault on their culture.

Three hundred people, mostly Apache, marched 44 miles from tribal headquarters to begin this…

Because while the actual…