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WASH. STATE PASSES LAW REQUIRING WARRANTS FOR STINGRAY USE
Washington state Governor Jay Inslee signed into law Monday legislation requiring law enforcement to obtain warrants before deploying IMSI catchers, commonly referred to as Stingray cell phone interceptors.
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from The Boston Globe
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from Breitbart
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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)
Denzel Washington Tells College Grads to 'Put God First in Everything You Do'
Denzel Washington is sure to turn some Hollywoodian heads after he told a graduating class at Dillard University in New Orleans, Louisiana to “Put God first in everything you do.” Washington told the students “Everything that you think you see in me, everything that I’ve accomplished, everything you think that I have, and I have a few things… Everything that I have is by the grace of God,” He said as the audience applauded. “Understand that. It’s a gift.”
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from Daily Kos
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Pope Francis: 'Many powerful people don't want peace because they live off war'
Pope Francis: 'Many powerful people don't want peace because they live off war'
from Gopthedailydose.com
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Republicans Try To Strip Predatory Lending Protections For American Troops, Again
House Republicans are again attacking measures aimed at protecting U.S. troops from predatory lending practices, two weeks after a similar GOP effort failed.
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Republicans Try To Strip Predatory Lending Protections For American Troops, Again
House Republicans are again attacking measures aimed at protecting U.S. troops from predatory lending practices, two weeks after a similar GOP effort failed.
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from Independent Journal Review
Hollywood Actor Wasn’t Content Being Fake ‘Action Hero’—So He Did Something 1000 Times More Badass
British actor Michael Enright has shared the screen with some of the biggest celebrities of our generation, from Johnny Depp in “Pirates Of The Caribbean” to Tom Cruise in “Knight And Day.” But now, he’s decided to share the bunker with some of the world’s greatest heroes.
Brady suspended 4 games, Pats fined $1 million and lose 1st round draft pick for deflated footballs
Prosecutor: Spokane Police justified in January 2014 shooting
After an investigation lasting more than 15 months, the Spokane County Prosecutor’s Office announced Monday it would not seek charges against two police officers who shot a knife-wielding Aaron D. Johnson. Johnson was initially charged with assault in the altercation that began at Truth Ministries, 1910 E. Sprague Ave., on Jan. 16, 2014. He was carrying a knife and charged at officers after being shot with a Taser, according to court records. He survived his wounds. His prosecution has been put on hold, and he’s not currently in police custody, according to court records.
Latest Zimmerman dust-up linked to prior road rage incident
The man who called 911 to report he was involved in a shooting with George Zimmerman appears to be the same person involved in a road rage incident with the former neighborhood watch volunteer last year. Matthew Apperson called 911 to report the shooting. Zimmerman was not the shooter.
Weather change may bring thunderstorms
Last weekend’s warm and sunny weather is moving off as a new low pressure system triggers rain and a chance of thunderstorms starting Tuesday evening.
Severe weather hits much of U.S.
South Dakota was the center of weather extremes Sunday, with a tornado damaging a small town and injuring at least nine people on the eastern side of the state and more than a foot of snow blanketing the Black Hills to the west. Parts of several Great Plains and Midwest states were in the path of severe weather, including Texas, which saw at least two likely tornadoes. At the same time, a tropical storm came ashore in the Carolinas, and wintry weather affected parts of Colorado.
Armed man wounded by police fired eleven shots
Charging documents say Craig S. Burton, the man shot by a Spokane police officer last week, fired a 40 caliber handgun 11 times as officers approached his home on Ash Street via an alley.
Wildfire on Colville Forest 50 percent contained
An 85-acre fire burning on the Colville National Forest is about 50 percent contained, according to the Forest Service. The Hungry Hill Fire is about 90 miles north of Spokane, near the Canadian border. It started Thursday evening when a helicopter pilot crashed just after lifting off with a load of logs. The pilot was hospitalized and is in good condition.
Sunday night collisions send four to hospital
Four people were taken to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center Sunday night following two injury collisions. Christopher M. Cameron, 22, crashed an ATV on Deeter Road, just west of state Route 20, south of Cusick just before 8 p.m. Three women were injured in a collision on Interstate 90, 18 miles west of Spokane, when the driver, 19-year-old Erin Naea of Spokane Valley, fell asleep. The car rolled through a fence on the right of the roadway, injuring Naea and her two passengers. The passengers were Lacy Cox, 20, of Spokane and Denise Minter, 18, of Hilo, Hawaii.
Two officers’ deaths shock Mississippi city
One was a decorated “Officer of the Year.” The other was a proud recent graduate of the academy who had wanted to be a policeman since he was a boy. A routine traffic stop led to their shooting deaths Saturday night – the first Hattiesburg police officers to die in the line of duty in more than 30 years – and four people were arrested, including two who were charged with capital murder. The deaths of Officers Benjamin Deen and Liquori Tate stunned this small city in southern Mississippi.
Getting There: High Drive will close as makeover enters phase two
Work is going to start this week on a $5 million makeover of High Drive from Bernard Street to Grand Boulevard. The job will result in a closure of High Drive.
Raul Castro praises pope, says he’ll consider return to church
Cuban President Raul Castro paid a call Sunday on Pope Francis at the Vatican to thank him for working for Cuban-U.S. detente – and said he was so impressed by the pontiff he is considering a return to the Catholic Church’s fold.
17 endangered whales born
Scientists at the Boston-based New England Aquarium say 17 new North Atlantic right whale calves have recently been born, adding to one of the most endangered whale populations on the planet. Experts say only about 500 of the mammals classified as “critically endangered” are left on Earth. The aquarium says the new births are a special cause for celebration because right whales historically have had a low reproductive rate.
In brief: Carter falls ill, cuts South America trip short
Former President Jimmy Carter returned to the United States from Guyana on Sunday after becoming ill. Carter, 90, was in the South American country to observe its general election, which is scheduled for today.
Nuclear plant leaks oil into Hudson
Part of a New York nuclear power plant remained offline Sunday after a transformer fire created another problem: thousands of gallons of oil leaking into the Hudson River, officials said.
1 dead, 3 hurt after motorcycle event
New Jersey authorities say one person is dead and three others are wounded after gunfire broke out following an annual Mother’s Day motorcycle blessing in Newark.
Records: Thousands found too injured to enter Baltimore jails
Thousands of people have been brought to the Baltimore city jail in recent years with injuries too severe for them to be admitted, newly released records show. The records, obtained by the Baltimore Sun through a Maryland Public Information Act request, show that correctional officers at the Baltimore City Detention Center refused to admit nearly 2,600 detainees who were in police custody between June 2012 and April 2015.
At summit, gulf leaders express concern over Iran
Leaders of Gulf nations unnerved by Washington’s nuclear talks with Iran and Tehran’s meddling across the Mideast look to President Barack Obama to promise more than words and weapons at Thursday’s Camp David summit.
Sea rise threatens Florida coast cities
St. Augustine’s centuries-old Spanish fortress sits feet from the encroaching Atlantic, whose waters already flood the city’s narrow streets about 10 times a year – a problem worsening as sea levels rise. The city relies on tourism, but visitors might someday have to wear waders at high tide. St. Augustine is one of many chronically flooded communities along Florida’s coast, and officials in these diverse places share a concern: They’re afraid their buildings and economies will be further inundated by rising seas in just a couple of decades. The effects are a daily reality in much of Florida. Drinking water wells are fouled by seawater. Higher tides and storm surges make for more frequent road flooding from Jacksonville to Key West, and they’re overburdening aging flood-control systems.
In brief: Central African rivals agree to peace accord
Rival armed groups in Central African Republic signed a deal Sunday to lay down their arms and end a conflict that has killed thousands, the United Nations said. Lengthy negotiations saw the 10 armed groups sign the accord in which they agreed to “formally disarm, renounce armed struggle as a means of political demands and enter into a process of Disarmament, Demobilization, Reintegration and Repatriation (DDRR),” the U.N. said.
Attacks leave 22 dead in Macedonia
An armed group battling Macedonian police over the weekend left 22 people dead and aimed to destabilize the country with terror attacks, the country’s president declared Sunday in a nationwide television address.
Traffickers prey on migrants’ hopes to leave Myanmar, Bangladesh
Boats carrying nearly 600 Bangladeshis and long-persecuted Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar washed to shore in western Indonesia, some after captains and smugglers abandoned the ships, leaving passengers to fend for themselves, survivors and migrant experts said. Thousands more are believed to be stranded at sea.
Yemen’s Houthis agree to cease-fire
Yemen’s Houthi rebels said Sunday that they would accept a five-day humanitarian cease-fire proposed by Saudi Arabia, even as a new round of Saudi airstrikes targeted the home of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, a key Houthi supporter.
The Dirt: Yoke’s renovating Foothills Drive store
Yoke’s Fresh Market started this past week on a major renovation of its 63,000-square-foot store at 210 E. North Foothills Drive, built around 1988.
Alcobra Metals building warehouse
Spokane-based Alcobra Metals is building a 21,255-square-foot warehouse at 3811 E. Rowan Ave. to provide additional storage space. Alcobra will continue to operate from its headquarters, a 17,000-square-foot building at 4510 N. Freya St., but is having a pre-engineered metal structure erected on the Rowan property a few blocks away.
Oregon’s new beach signs help identify location
Neon-green signs numbered from 1 to 197 have popped up on the Oregon Coast as part of an effort to help visitors identify their location in an emergency.
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Anti-government now a GOP norm
Then and Now: Burgan’s store now a new hotel
Edwin S. Burgan, born 1849 in Ohio, started as a store clerk at 14. In 1870 he took Horace Greeley’s advice to “Go west, young man.” In 1915, at age 65, he purchased a dry goods store in Spokane and incorporated E. S. Burgan and Son with his son, Jesse. In 1918, he built a multistory block at Boone and Division, creating warehouse space and a store. At the peak, Burgan maintained a chain of more than 40 small grocery stores, scattered around Spokane and stretching from Genesee to Harrington. After his death, his family sold off the grocery stores and concentrated on the furniture store on Division. In the early 1950s, the business was sold to the McEachran family, which ran the furniture store until closing it in 2008. The Burgan’s building is now the Ruby Suites, an upscale, long-term-stay hotel, developed in partnership between Bruce McEachran and Jerry Dicker.
West Point honoring black graduate who was shunned
Benjamin O. Davis Jr. entered West Point in 1932 as its only black cadet and spent the next four years shunned. He roomed alone, and no one befriended him. The future Tuskegee Airman and trailblazing Air Force general later said he was “an invisible man.” Now, more than a decade after his death, the academy that allowed Davis to be ostracized is honoring him.
Effort underway to restore jail’s ‘gallows gates’ at county courthouse
Sue Walker, secretary and treasurer of the Spokane Law Enforcement Museum, hopes the gates that once welcomed Spokane criminals to their jail cells – and two to their deaths – will return as a symbol on the county courthouse grounds. The rusting iron gates discarded at Plantes Ferry Park following the demolition of the old county jail in 1970 are waiting to be restored in anticipation of returning them near where they stood for more than 70 years.
Through the ‘gallows gates’
Two men were ordered hanged at the Spokane County Courthouse following convictions of first-degree murder. A third, Charles Brooks, was hanged in Spokane County in 1892 before the construction of the courthouse and the iron gates that are planned to be restored there.
Hollywood Actor Wasn’t Content Being Fake ‘Action Hero’—So He Did Something 1000 Times More Badass
British actor Michael Enright has shared the screen with some of the biggest celebrities of our generation, from Johnny Depp in “Pirates Of The Caribbean” to Tom Cruise in “Knight And Day.” But now, he’s decided to share the bunker with some of the world’s greatest heroes.
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from Popular Science
from The Spokesman-Review
Brady suspended 4 games, Pats fined $1 million and lose 1st round draft pick for deflated footballs
Prosecutor: Spokane Police justified in January 2014 shooting
After an investigation lasting more than 15 months, the Spokane County Prosecutor’s Office announced Monday it would not seek charges against two police officers who shot a knife-wielding Aaron D. Johnson. Johnson was initially charged with assault in the altercation that began at Truth Ministries, 1910 E. Sprague Ave., on Jan. 16, 2014. He was carrying a knife and charged at officers after being shot with a Taser, according to court records. He survived his wounds. His prosecution has been put on hold, and he’s not currently in police custody, according to court records.
Latest Zimmerman dust-up linked to prior road rage incident
The man who called 911 to report he was involved in a shooting with George Zimmerman appears to be the same person involved in a road rage incident with the former neighborhood watch volunteer last year. Matthew Apperson called 911 to report the shooting. Zimmerman was not the shooter.
Weather change may bring thunderstorms
Last weekend’s warm and sunny weather is moving off as a new low pressure system triggers rain and a chance of thunderstorms starting Tuesday evening.
Severe weather hits much of U.S.
South Dakota was the center of weather extremes Sunday, with a tornado damaging a small town and injuring at least nine people on the eastern side of the state and more than a foot of snow blanketing the Black Hills to the west. Parts of several Great Plains and Midwest states were in the path of severe weather, including Texas, which saw at least two likely tornadoes. At the same time, a tropical storm came ashore in the Carolinas, and wintry weather affected parts of Colorado.
Armed man wounded by police fired eleven shots
Charging documents say Craig S. Burton, the man shot by a Spokane police officer last week, fired a 40 caliber handgun 11 times as officers approached his home on Ash Street via an alley.
Wildfire on Colville Forest 50 percent contained
An 85-acre fire burning on the Colville National Forest is about 50 percent contained, according to the Forest Service. The Hungry Hill Fire is about 90 miles north of Spokane, near the Canadian border. It started Thursday evening when a helicopter pilot crashed just after lifting off with a load of logs. The pilot was hospitalized and is in good condition.
Sunday night collisions send four to hospital
Four people were taken to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center Sunday night following two injury collisions. Christopher M. Cameron, 22, crashed an ATV on Deeter Road, just west of state Route 20, south of Cusick just before 8 p.m. Three women were injured in a collision on Interstate 90, 18 miles west of Spokane, when the driver, 19-year-old Erin Naea of Spokane Valley, fell asleep. The car rolled through a fence on the right of the roadway, injuring Naea and her two passengers. The passengers were Lacy Cox, 20, of Spokane and Denise Minter, 18, of Hilo, Hawaii.
Two officers’ deaths shock Mississippi city
One was a decorated “Officer of the Year.” The other was a proud recent graduate of the academy who had wanted to be a policeman since he was a boy. A routine traffic stop led to their shooting deaths Saturday night – the first Hattiesburg police officers to die in the line of duty in more than 30 years – and four people were arrested, including two who were charged with capital murder. The deaths of Officers Benjamin Deen and Liquori Tate stunned this small city in southern Mississippi.
Getting There: High Drive will close as makeover enters phase two
Work is going to start this week on a $5 million makeover of High Drive from Bernard Street to Grand Boulevard. The job will result in a closure of High Drive.
Raul Castro praises pope, says he’ll consider return to church
Cuban President Raul Castro paid a call Sunday on Pope Francis at the Vatican to thank him for working for Cuban-U.S. detente – and said he was so impressed by the pontiff he is considering a return to the Catholic Church’s fold.
17 endangered whales born
Scientists at the Boston-based New England Aquarium say 17 new North Atlantic right whale calves have recently been born, adding to one of the most endangered whale populations on the planet. Experts say only about 500 of the mammals classified as “critically endangered” are left on Earth. The aquarium says the new births are a special cause for celebration because right whales historically have had a low reproductive rate.
In brief: Carter falls ill, cuts South America trip short
Former President Jimmy Carter returned to the United States from Guyana on Sunday after becoming ill. Carter, 90, was in the South American country to observe its general election, which is scheduled for today.
Nuclear plant leaks oil into Hudson
Part of a New York nuclear power plant remained offline Sunday after a transformer fire created another problem: thousands of gallons of oil leaking into the Hudson River, officials said.
1 dead, 3 hurt after motorcycle event
New Jersey authorities say one person is dead and three others are wounded after gunfire broke out following an annual Mother’s Day motorcycle blessing in Newark.
Records: Thousands found too injured to enter Baltimore jails
Thousands of people have been brought to the Baltimore city jail in recent years with injuries too severe for them to be admitted, newly released records show. The records, obtained by the Baltimore Sun through a Maryland Public Information Act request, show that correctional officers at the Baltimore City Detention Center refused to admit nearly 2,600 detainees who were in police custody between June 2012 and April 2015.
At summit, gulf leaders express concern over Iran
Leaders of Gulf nations unnerved by Washington’s nuclear talks with Iran and Tehran’s meddling across the Mideast look to President Barack Obama to promise more than words and weapons at Thursday’s Camp David summit.
Sea rise threatens Florida coast cities
St. Augustine’s centuries-old Spanish fortress sits feet from the encroaching Atlantic, whose waters already flood the city’s narrow streets about 10 times a year – a problem worsening as sea levels rise. The city relies on tourism, but visitors might someday have to wear waders at high tide. St. Augustine is one of many chronically flooded communities along Florida’s coast, and officials in these diverse places share a concern: They’re afraid their buildings and economies will be further inundated by rising seas in just a couple of decades. The effects are a daily reality in much of Florida. Drinking water wells are fouled by seawater. Higher tides and storm surges make for more frequent road flooding from Jacksonville to Key West, and they’re overburdening aging flood-control systems.
In brief: Central African rivals agree to peace accord
Rival armed groups in Central African Republic signed a deal Sunday to lay down their arms and end a conflict that has killed thousands, the United Nations said. Lengthy negotiations saw the 10 armed groups sign the accord in which they agreed to “formally disarm, renounce armed struggle as a means of political demands and enter into a process of Disarmament, Demobilization, Reintegration and Repatriation (DDRR),” the U.N. said.
Attacks leave 22 dead in Macedonia
An armed group battling Macedonian police over the weekend left 22 people dead and aimed to destabilize the country with terror attacks, the country’s president declared Sunday in a nationwide television address.
Traffickers prey on migrants’ hopes to leave Myanmar, Bangladesh
Boats carrying nearly 600 Bangladeshis and long-persecuted Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar washed to shore in western Indonesia, some after captains and smugglers abandoned the ships, leaving passengers to fend for themselves, survivors and migrant experts said. Thousands more are believed to be stranded at sea.
Yemen’s Houthis agree to cease-fire
Yemen’s Houthi rebels said Sunday that they would accept a five-day humanitarian cease-fire proposed by Saudi Arabia, even as a new round of Saudi airstrikes targeted the home of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, a key Houthi supporter.
The Dirt: Yoke’s renovating Foothills Drive store
Yoke’s Fresh Market started this past week on a major renovation of its 63,000-square-foot store at 210 E. North Foothills Drive, built around 1988.
Alcobra Metals building warehouse
Spokane-based Alcobra Metals is building a 21,255-square-foot warehouse at 3811 E. Rowan Ave. to provide additional storage space. Alcobra will continue to operate from its headquarters, a 17,000-square-foot building at 4510 N. Freya St., but is having a pre-engineered metal structure erected on the Rowan property a few blocks away.
Oregon’s new beach signs help identify location
Neon-green signs numbered from 1 to 197 have popped up on the Oregon Coast as part of an effort to help visitors identify their location in an emergency.
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Anti-government now a GOP norm
Then and Now: Burgan’s store now a new hotel
Edwin S. Burgan, born 1849 in Ohio, started as a store clerk at 14. In 1870 he took Horace Greeley’s advice to “Go west, young man.” In 1915, at age 65, he purchased a dry goods store in Spokane and incorporated E. S. Burgan and Son with his son, Jesse. In 1918, he built a multistory block at Boone and Division, creating warehouse space and a store. At the peak, Burgan maintained a chain of more than 40 small grocery stores, scattered around Spokane and stretching from Genesee to Harrington. After his death, his family sold off the grocery stores and concentrated on the furniture store on Division. In the early 1950s, the business was sold to the McEachran family, which ran the furniture store until closing it in 2008. The Burgan’s building is now the Ruby Suites, an upscale, long-term-stay hotel, developed in partnership between Bruce McEachran and Jerry Dicker.
West Point honoring black graduate who was shunned
Benjamin O. Davis Jr. entered West Point in 1932 as its only black cadet and spent the next four years shunned. He roomed alone, and no one befriended him. The future Tuskegee Airman and trailblazing Air Force general later said he was “an invisible man.” Now, more than a decade after his death, the academy that allowed Davis to be ostracized is honoring him.
Effort underway to restore jail’s ‘gallows gates’ at county courthouse
Sue Walker, secretary and treasurer of the Spokane Law Enforcement Museum, hopes the gates that once welcomed Spokane criminals to their jail cells – and two to their deaths – will return as a symbol on the county courthouse grounds. The rusting iron gates discarded at Plantes Ferry Park following the demolition of the old county jail in 1970 are waiting to be restored in anticipation of returning them near where they stood for more than 70 years.
Through the ‘gallows gates’
Two men were ordered hanged at the Spokane County Courthouse following convictions of first-degree murder. A third, Charles Brooks, was hanged in Spokane County in 1892 before the construction of the courthouse and the iron gates that are planned to be restored there.
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from Tea Party
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