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REPORT: EMP DEVICE USED TO DISABLE POSSIBLE EXPLOSIVES FOLLOWING GARLAND ATTACK
Several reporters at the scene of Sunday’s terror attack in Garland, Texas, stated that police used an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) device when examining the suspected shooters’ vehicle for explosives.
An explosion sound was heard from the suspects’ vehicle shortly after the police bomb squad told media personnel to disable all electronics.
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from BizPac Review
No wonder she didn’t want a grand jury: State’s Attorney busted for Malcolm X approach
Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby apparently defines “justice” the way one-time Nation of Islam leader Malcolm X did before his assassination — as a goal pursued for political gain, not as an end achieved through a system established to prove an individual’s guilt or innocence.
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VIDEO: Muslim Woman Wearing Head-Scarf Gets a Rude Awakening Inside American Business
VIDEO: Muslim Woman Wearing Head-Scarf Gets a Rude Awakening Inside American Business
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Kofi Annan: Eat Bugs To Stop Global Warming
Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan wants you to eat more insects. Why? It’s better for the environment and your health, he argues.
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Man burned trying to fight house fire
A 45-year-old man suffered burns to his hands and face Monday evening while attempting to put out a fire in a home at 1003 W. Frederick in North Spokane.
Inmate found dead in Spokane County Jail
A man was found dead in his Spokane County Jail cell Monday afternoon with a sheet around his neck, the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office said.
CdA school committee proposes restricting Steinbeck book
Mary Jo Finney and three other members of a district curriculum-review committee have recommended “Of Mice and Men” be pulled from classroom instruction and made available only on a voluntary, small-group basis in ninth grade English classes. The school board will vote on the recommendation next month. Its use of profanity – “bastard,” for instance, and “God damn” – makes the 1937 book unsuitable for freshmen, said Finney, a parent who has objected to other books from the Coeur d’Alene School District curriculum over the years.
Accused Texas gunman well-known to FBI before attack
Since at least 2007, the FBI has been able to recognize the voice of Elton Simpson — one of the men suspected in the Texas shootings outside a contest featuring cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad.
Software error caused Avista to overestimate rate request
As a result of the modeling error and several other factors, Avista has decreased the amount of additional electric revenue it is seeking by nearly half – from $33.2 million to $17 million.
WSU searching for med school dean
Washington State University is moving ahead with plans to launch its own medical school in Spokane. President Elson Floyd said Monday that WSU has launched a nationwide search for a founding dean of its medical school, and plans to hold its first classes in the fall of 2017.
Police communication director moving to parks department
After three years at the Spokane police department, communications director Monique Cotton is leaving to manage outreach and public relations for the Riverfront Park redesign, as well as other parks initiatives.
Police: 4 dead, 1 hurt in shooting on Wisconsin bridge
An argument with his ex-fiancee likely motivated a university student to randomly shoot four people, three fatally, on a bridge along a busy hiking and biking trail in a small eastern Wisconsin city, police said Monday. The gunman also shot and killed himself.
Harlan Douglass pleads not guilty to courthouse assault
Spokane developer Harlan Douglass pleaded not guilty Monday morning to an assault charge stemming from an altercation with an opposing attorney in a civil case. Douglass is accused of slapping Warren Robinson, a lawyer for First American Title Insurance Co., and shoving him against a wall after a heated dispute during a court recess on April 15. Douglass had been in court testifying against the insurance company during a trial.
Convicted felon with ties to ex-prosecutor sentenced to 7 years
A convicted felon with ties to a former Spokane County deputy prosecutor was sentenced Monday to nearly 8 years in prison for unlawful possession of a firearm. Matthew Baumrucker, 32, was arrested in March 2014 at a motel in Spokane Valley. An investigation prompted by several suspicious jailhouse visits by Marriya Wright, a deputy prosecutor who has since pleaded guilty to aiding Baumrucker in eluding police capture.
Denney refuses to certify instant-racing repeal law, sets up court fight
Idaho Secretary of State Lawerence Denney says he won’t comply with a legal demand letter from the Coeur d’Alene Tribe asking him to certify SB 1011, the instant racing repeal bill, as law – setting up a court battle. “I don’t think personally that we have any authority to do that,” Denney told The Spokesman-Review this morning. Denney said he’s “sure” there will be a court case over the matter, which involves questions about whether Gov. Butch Otter’s veto of the measure was invalid, because he didn’t return the vetoed bill to the Idaho Senate within the five-day time limit, instead waiting seven days.
Over 42,000 participants complete 39th Bloomsday
Sunny skies drew a crowd of more than 42,000 for the 39th annual Bloomsday run in Spokane. Organizers said 42,214 finished the race – the fewest since 2007.
EWU geologist measures ‘Bloomsquake’
The pounding feet of thousands of Bloomsday runners aren’t enough to cause an earthquake. But their motion does register on a seismometer, a device geologists use to measure the waves generated by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other geologic events.
Forecasters seek better tornado warning method
Forecasters troubled by the high death count from twisters in Alabama and Joplin, Missouri, four years ago say they must put away their “nerd-speak” and find better ways to communicate if the public is going to react appropriately when bad weather approaches.
A pilot said Sunday he is anxious but excited about flying a solar plane solo from China to Hawaii on the longest leg of the first attempt to fly around the world without a drop of fuel. Andre Borschberg, 62, is due to fly over the Pacific Ocean for five days and five nights in the plane that has more than 17,000 solar cells on its wings to power its motors and recharge its batteries for nighttime flying.
NYPD officer ‘fighting for life’
A man who officials say boasted of being a street “hellraiser” and who served prison time for attempted murder was arraigned on charges that he shot a New York City police officer in the head. Officer Brian Moore remained hospitalized in critical but stable condition after hours of surgery for what court papers described as “severe injuries to his skull and brain.” The suspect, 35-year-old Demetrius Blackwell, was ordered held without bail Sunday after appearing in Queens Criminal Court in a torn white jumpsuit. His hands were cuffed behind his back and legs shackled.
Six days after riots sparked by Freddie Gray’s death, Baltimore’s mayor lifted a citywide curfew Sunday and faith leaders called for continued activism until justice is achieved. Speaker after speaker exhorted the crowd not to rest just because the officers have been charged. The Rev. Jamal Bryant, a fiery leader of the protests that followed Gray’s April 12 arrest and the death of the 25-year-old black man a week later, drew deafening cheers when he said the officers deserve jail time.
Two gunmen were killed Sunday after opening fire on a security officer outside a provocative contest for cartoon depictions of the Prophet Muhammad in Texas and a bomb squad was called in to search their vehicle as a precaution. The men drove up to the Curtis Culwell Center in the Dallas suburb of Garland as the contest was scheduled to end and began shooting at a security officer, the city of Garland said in a statement. Garland police officers returned fire, killing the men.
Carson announces bid for presidency
Ben Carson, retired neurosurgeon turned conservative star, has confirmed that he will seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. “I’m willing to be part of the equation and therefore, I’m announcing my candidacy for president of the United States of America,” he said in an interview aired Sunday night by Ohio’s WKRC television station. He is set to make a more formal announcement during a speech from his native Detroit today.
Nepal closes quake-damaged airport to jets
Runway damage forced Nepalese authorities to close the main airport Sunday to large aircraft delivering aid to millions of people following the massive earthquake, but U.N. officials said the overall logistics situation was improving.
In brief: Arab coalition troops land in Yemen
With helicopter gunships hovering overhead, at least 20 troops from a Saudi-led Arab coalition came ashore Sunday in the southern port city of Aden on what military officials called a “reconnaissance” mission, as fighting raged between Iranian-backed Shiite rebels and forces loyal to the nation’s exiled president.
Israeli Ethiopian protest turns violent
Several thousand people from Israel’s Jewish Ethiopian minority protested in Tel Aviv against racism and police brutality on Sunday, shutting down a major highway and clashing with police on horseback long into the night.
Italy rescues hundreds of migrants
Italy’s coast guard and navy as well as tugs and other commercial vessels joined forces to rescue migrants in at least 16 boats Sunday, saving hundreds of them and recovering 10 bodies off Libya’s coast, as smugglers took advantage of calm seas to send packed vessels across the Mediterranean.
S. Korea urges North to release student
South Korea today urged North Korea to quickly free a South Korean student of New York University detained in the North for illegally entering the country.
IS claims car bomb attack that killed 19
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Sunday for a late-night car bomb attack in the heart of Baghdad that killed at least 19 people, saying it was targeting a Shiite militia.
Rescued captives describe horrors of Boko Haram
Even with the crackle of gunfire signaling rescuers were near, the horrors did not end: Boko Haram fighters stoned captives to death, some girls and women were crushed by an armored car and three died when a land mine exploded as they walked to freedom.
An $11 million apartment project is scheduled to start May 11 along Ruby Street, near Gonzaga University. Baker Construction & Development is building the 61-unit, six-story University Apartments at 940 N. Ruby St. With about 113,000 square feet, the main floor is designed for indoor parking while the five upper floors will hold 213 beds for student housing, mainly three- and four-bedroom units. A private venture, 940 N. Ruby Street LLC, is developing the project northeast of the former CompUSA building. It adjoins one of Gonzaga’s parking lots and is close to the school’s Dussault Apartments.
Pacific Cataract and Laser Institute buys lot in Valley
Pacific Cataract and Laser Institute, a Chehalis, Washington-based eye care business, has purchased a nearly 2-acre property at 16818 E. Desmet Court, near Providence Medical Park Spokane Valley that opened a year ago. The business, now in Spokane at 534 E. Spokane Falls Blvd., plans to build on the vacant land but doesn’t have a set date.
Staffing business growing, relocating to Magnesium Road
A Spokane division of Johnson Service Group, a national staffing business, has leased 2,680 square feet of space at 101 E. Magnesium Road. The branch here specializes in executive search and recruiting for the banking, mining and health care industries.
Then and Now: Main Avenue PayLess Drug Store
L.J. Skaggs, whose family created Safeway grocery stores, started PayLess Drug Stores in 1930. The first store in Spokane opened in 1932 at 612 W. Riverside Ave. The store grew quickly and moved to the Exchange Building in 1934, adding a full walk-in humidor for cigars. Moving again in 1943, store manager Charles O’Larey called the new Main and Post location “the largest store of its kind in the Northwest.” Shoppers were given maps of the store layout on opening day of the 39,000-square-foot emporium, located next to Woolworth’s.
In brief: Airliner makes emergency landing
Alaska Airlines Flight 76 was en route from Juneau, Alaska, to Seattle when problems arose with one of the plane’s two electrical systems. The Boeing 737-400 touched down in Vancouver shortly before 5 p.m. Sunday.
E. coli sickens 36 at Milk Makers Fest
The Whatcom County Health Department said an E. coli outbreak at the Milk Makers Fest left 36 people sick and sent five to the hospital.
Hikers located after texting for help
Two lost hikers were found Saturday night near Multnomah Falls after texting searchers a photo of their location. The hikers had set out from Oneonta Falls about 2:30 p.m., hiking what they believed to be the Larch Mountain Trail. On their way back, they became lost, and when the sun went down, they called for help.
Lake Washington being raised early
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it’s boosting the level of Lake Washington in Seattle early this year due to extremely low snowpack in the Cascade Mountains.
Goats will help clear weeds along corridor
The Washington state Department of Transportation is going to deploy a herd of goats in the next several weeks to eat an infestation of weeds growing alongside the North Spokane Corridor. An Eastern Washington herdsman is being hired to have goats graze about 15 acres of weeds sometime late this spring or early in the summer.
Sullivan bridge work will close lanes, trail
The southbound Sullivan Road Bridge over the Spokane River will be closed Thursday morning as crews prepare for demolition. All traffic will be shifted to the northbound bridge with two lanes open for southbound traffic and a single lane open northbound through early 2016.
High Drive project enters second phase
Work on the second phase in the reconstruction of High Drive is set to start May 11, city officials said. The $5 million project is both a street reconstruction and stormwater utility project.
Potato farmers file lawsuit over pest quarantine, tests
A group of 10 eastern Idaho potato growers and a shipper have filed a lawsuit seeking to end a quarantine and field testing imposed by state and federal authorities after the discovery of a microscopic pest that led some countries to ban Idaho spuds.
Idaho was the third-highest milk-producing state last year, behind California and Wisconsin.
In brief: Series of quakes shake California residents
Two separate quakes at or near magnitude 4.0 hit Northern and Southern California on Sunday, with no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
Woman, toddler die when car crashes into complex
A car driven by a suspected drunken driver crashed into a Northern California apartment complex, killing a woman and her toddler and slightly injuring two other children as they all walked together outside, police said Sunday.
Climate change switch lands JFK courage award
Former U.S. Rep. Bob Inglis received the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award on Sunday for reversing his position on climate change despite the predictable political fallout that helped cost the South Carolina Republican his seat in Congress.
Slain trooper’s parents forgive suspected killer
The parents of a slain Pennsylvania State Police trooper said Sunday they have forgiven his alleged killer and are relying on their deep faith to get them through the loss.
Massive N.J. fire under control, mayor says
A massive blaze that started at a church and ripped through several buildings in northern New Jersey has been brought under control.
All-female college to take transgender applicants
Smith College, the largest of the all-female Seven Sisters schools, is changing its policy to accept transgender women.
State officials rescind shellfish spray permit
Washington’s Department of Ecology has canceled a permit to spray pesticides over shellfish beds in two areas, officials said Sunday.
Community cornerstone: RSVP connects seniors with volunteer opportunities
Retiring singles face growing challenges
Environmental advocacy lawyer Scott Reed dies at age 87
Coeur d’Alene lawyer Scott Reed, whose long career was highlighted by cases to protect natural areas from development and maintain public access to places like Tubbs Hill and Sanders Beach, died Saturday night at home.
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This Famed Liberal Lawyer Just Destroyed Prosecutor’s ‘Show Trial’ Case Against Baltimore Six (Video)
Liberal lawyer, author and criminal law professor Alan Dershowitz has made the media rounds since Friday’s announcement of multiple charges against the six Baltimore police officers involved in the arrest and transport of Freddie Gray, who died while in custody. And Dershowitz has made no attempt to hide his very strong feelings about the charges that include second degree depraved heart murder, as he told one TV interviewer that there’s ““no plausible, hypothetical, conceivable case for murder.”
(Western Journalism)
This Famed Liberal Lawyer Just Destroyed Prosecutor’s ‘Show Trial’ Case Against Baltimore Six (Video)
Liberal lawyer, author and criminal law professor Alan Dershowitz has made the media rounds since Friday’s announcement of multiple charges against the six Baltimore police officers involved in the arrest and transport of Freddie Gray, who died while in custody. And Dershowitz has made no attempt to hide his very strong feelings about the charges that include second degree depraved heart murder, as he told one TV interviewer that there’s ““no plausible, hypothetical, conceivable case for murder.”
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