Christmas and New Year’s Are Best Time to Die
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA – December 13, 2018 Christmas and New Year’s are not only the best holidays, but also, perhaps, the most dangerous time of the year. People get injured decorating the Christmas tree and wind up in the hospital due to food and alcohol poisoning. Every year, the Christmas holidays takes dozens of lives. Such are the sad statistics not only in the US, but in the whole world. People often catch colds and get frostbite. Also scientists say that cold and cloudy weather could increase the risk of having a heart attack. For example, Swedish scientists...
USA Really’s Chief Editor Recognized as One of Most Influential Journalists
USA – December 13, 2018 USA Really’s Chief Editor Alexander Malkevich has been included in the list of the TOP-15 most influential journalists in November, Medialogia reports. Alexander Malkevich came in 8th in the ranking, earning 5547.3 points. Medialogia ranking is based upon the citation index (CI), which tallies the number of information resource links in other media outlets and assesses how influential the link-publisher’s resource is. It is calculated using a mathematical-linguistic text analysis of more than 47,000 open sources. Medialogia LLC provides an onli...
U.S. Border Patrol Arrests 32 at Demonstration Supporting Asylum Seekers
Kneeling in front of riot police, 32 religious leaders and activists, some wearing T-shirts reading, “Love Knows No Borders”, were arrested during a protest to support the Central American migrant caravan that was organized by a Quaker group on the border with Mexico on Monday. Many leaders of churches, mosques, synagogues and indigenous communities – over 400 demonstrators in total – sought a halt to the detention and deportation of migrants and for the U.S. to welcome the caravan that arrived in Tijuana, Mexico in November to seek asylum. “As a Quaker who believes in o...
Minnesota Write-In Votes Disappeared Along With Their Candidates
MINNESOTA - December 12, 2018 Most states require write-in candidates for higher offices to register before or after an election to have their votes counted, including Minnesota. St. Louis County Clerk Phil Chapman said no write-in candidates filed to have their votes counted for county attorney, county sheriff, and county commission board seats or for the 8th District Congressional race. Any write-in candidate for federal, state, judicial or county office in Minnesota must submit a simple form to the Minnesota Secretary of State at least a week before the general elect...
Nuns steal $500,000 from school to gamble in Vegas
LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA – December 11, 2018 Two Catholic school nuns in California admitted to embezzling about $500,000 and using the funds for travel and gambling in Las Vegas. The school does not want to press charges, but the Archdiocese of Los Angeles said it will be a "complaining party." Sisters Mary Margaret Kreuper and Lana Chang took money from tuition, fees and donations at St. James Catholic School in Torrance, south of Los Angeles. The Archdiocese of Los Angeles said the missing funds were discovered during a routine audit and it is believed the nuns stole...
New data shows asylum claims spiking at U.S. ports of entry
SAN DIEGO – December 11, 2018 The number of migrants requesting asylum at ports of entry at the Mexican border doubled in financial year 2018 from the previous year, according to Customs and Border Protection data released on Monday. U.S. Customs and Border Protection released the figures Monday reflecting the first step in the asylum process. The agency fielded nearly 93,000 claims of so-called "credible fear" in the 2018 fiscal year ending Sept. 30, up 67% from the previous year. The claims accounted for 18% of all people arrested or stopped at the border, up from 13%...
Nebraska Principal Tries to Ban Candy Canes, Claims They’re Shaped Like “J” for Jesus
A Nebraska elementary school principal was placed on administrative leave Thursday after banning a slew of Christmas-related items like reindeer and Christmas trees over religious concerns and candy canes, which she claimed are shaped like a “J” for Jesus Christ. Manchester Elementary principal Jennifer Sinclair sent a memo to parents and students about what was acceptable and unacceptable Christmas decor, according to Liberty Counsel, a group that focuses on religious freedom. In the memo she informed them that candy canes were off limits because “Historically, the shap...
Whistleblower epidemic across America yields $168 million in awards
WASHINGTON, DC – December 08, 2018 In November, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a detailed 2018 Annual Report to Congress, stating that the Commission awarded more money in FY 2018 to meritorious whistleblowers than in all prior years combined. The Commission also received more whistleblower tips in FY 2018 than in any other previous year, the report said. “While the dollars awarded and volume of tips received are reflections of the program’s success, we are most proud of the program’s added value in the protection of the Main Street investor,”...
Frightening Prison Statistics
NEW YORK – December 7, 2018 American prisons are four times larger than in 1980 and the US continues to incarcerate more people than any other country in the world. Nearly half of all American adults have an immediate family member who has experienced incarceration, according to a study published on Thursday that spotlights the extent of mass imprisonment in the US. The population of the US is less than 5% of the world's population. However, the US accounts for a quarter of all prisoners on Earth. The US ranks first in the world in terms of the number of citizens jaile...