Posts Tagged ‘RT news’

AntiSec hackers retaliate after Anon-collaborator arrested by FBI

In retaliation for a Wednesday night raid that ended with frequent Anonymous collaborator Barrett Brown placed in federal custody, the group AntiSec has released credit card data believed to belong to more than a dozen government officers. The Dallas home of Project PM founder Barrett Brown, an independent researcher, activist and informal spokesperson for Anonymous, […]

One-fifth of US children are living in poverty

A just released analysis of recent census statistics reveal that more than one-in-five children in the United States lives in poverty. Demographers have mulled through US Census Bureau figures from 2011 to discover that economic conditions in the US may be even worse than what experts had previously suggested. In addition to the continuously stagnant […]

Twitter hands over Occupy protester’s tweets to NY judge

Twitter has delivered prosecutors in New York with a record of tweets sent by one of its users arrested last year during an Occupy Wall Street protest after being threatened in court with hefty fines if they didn’t comply. Around three months’ worth of tweets from an account registered to Brooklyn-based writer Malcolm Harris was […]

American killed in Libya was on State Department intelligence operation

One of the four Americans killed in Libya earlier this week when an American diplomatic mission was stormed on September 11 had been deployed by the US State Department on an intelligence gathering operation to find and destroy dangerous weapons. Glen Doherty, a 42-year-old former Navy SEAL, told ABC News only one month before his […]

Students allowed on campus after Texas University confirms ‘al-Qaeda bomb threat’

Students at two universities in the US have been allowed back on campus after the premises were evacuated due to bomb threats. Officials at the University of Texas at Austin say the man who targeted their school claimed to be a member of al-Qaeda. ­The Director of Communications at the University of Texas-Austin, Rhonda Weldon, […]

White House continues fight to indefinitely detain Americans without charge under NDAA

Only hours after a US district judge made permanent an injunction that bans the indefinite military detention of Americans without charge, the White House said they’d appeal to continue their efforts to keep a controversial new law on the books. On Thursday, the Obama administration acknowledged that they plan to challenge a ruling made only […]

Ron Paul: ‘The Fed is saying that we have lost control’

The US Federal Reserve announced Thursday that they’ll be implementing a third-round of quantitative easing in an attempt to salvage the faltering economy. Right on cue, one of the Fed’s biggest critics readily objected. Reacting to the announcement to Bloomberg News, presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) said he expected that the Fed would reveal […]

UC Davis to pay students pepper-sprayed during protest

The University of California has agreed to compensate students and alumni that were assaulted last year when a US-Davis campus police officer discharged bursts of pepper-spray at the faces of demonstrators peacefully protesting tuition hikes. Members of the UC Regents board agreed Thursday on a settlement that will be extended to a group of protesters […]

Is police brutality getting worse?

It appears the Los Angeles Police Department may find itself on the other side of the law. Civil rights groups are demanding federal investigators look into cases of excessive police force and brutality. Questionable arrests, caught on video, are putting into question the old police motto of “to serve and protect,” and communities are fighting […]

Maryland police buying cameras to keep track of other cameras

Police in the US state of Maryland have installed surveillance cameras to track down a group of vandals that destroyed speed cameras and caused hundreds of thousands dollars in other damage. ­Some folks who found the speed cameras frustrating and the fines they brought high or unjustified are taking justice into their own hands, with […]

Wisconsin judge reinstates collective bargaining for state employees

The union-busting law that pushed Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker into the national spotlight last year has been declared unconstitutional by a state judge, pushing the controversy over the law one step closer to a Supreme Court climax. ­Circuit Judge Juan Colas, of Dane County, where the state’s capital, Madison, is located, ruled that the law […]

Alleged creator of infamous anti-Muslim film questioned by police in LA

The filmmaker allegedly responsible for the anti-Muslim film ‘Innocence of Muslims,’ which sparked anti-US protests around world, was called in by Los Angeles police for questioning, county officials confirmed. Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, 55, was taken to a police station in Cerritos, California, where he was interviewed by federal probation officers, LA County Sheriff Department spokesperson […]

US austerity targets would include $129 million for embassy protection

The White House budget office announced Friday that 2013’s automatic spending cuts will slash $109 billion from federal spending – including $129 million annually that goes to embassy protection. ­Unless Congress implements a plan to reduce the deficit by $1.2 trillion in the next ten years, automatic spending cuts will slash federal government funds on […]

Gasoline prices back up under Obama as expenses rise across the board

Average retail gasoline prices, which hit their lowest point in years shortly after the election of US President Barack Obama, have nearly returned to their Bush-era high of $4.12, currently sitting at $3.85 per gallon. ­Consumers spent 0.9 percent more money in August than in previous months – but mainly on gasoline, the Commerce Department […]

OWS to ‘use bodies as weapons against the one percent’

The Occupy Wall Street movement plans to marks its anniversary on Monday by “shutting down intersections and getting arrested,” Caleb Maupin from the International Action Center told RT. ­In bid to revitalize a movement that many see as having failed to sustain momentum on issues of economic inequality, its activists plan once again to make […]

Would-be Jihadist Chicago teenager tries to blow up bar, arrested in FBI sting

In a dramatic FBI sting, US agents arrested an 18-year-old American who attempted to detonate a fake car bomb outside a popular Chicago bar on Friday night. The teen was arrested immediately after he pushed the button on the dummy explosives. Suspect Adel Daoud planned the attack for months, telling undercover agents he was interested […]

Aging US nuclear arsenal set for multibillion-dollar revamp

Washington is set to shell out hundreds of billions of dollars over the next decade to overhaul its aging nuclear arsenal. The daunting task comes as Capitol Hill is faced with $1.2 trillion in federal budget cuts over the same period. Despite nearly two decades of avoiding costly and politically unpopular modernizations of the American […]

Chicago to file lawsuit forcing teachers’ strike to end

As the Chicago Teachers Union has decided not to end its strike, Chicago’s mayor says the city will file a lawsuit forcing it to do so. The teachers have been without contracts since June, and no settlement has been reached on their demands. Emanuel said he would seek a court order to end the strike, […]

Hospital faces punishment for harassing sick patients over bills

Bedridden patients at a Minnesota hospital have repeatedly woken up to the sight of a debt collector at the foot of their beds. The hospital is now facing penalties for violating patient protection laws by intimidating the ill over unpaid bills. ­The University of Minnesota Medical Center, a Fairview Health Services hospital, could be terminated […]

Mass arrests in NYC as OWS movement marks one year (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Hundreds of police barricaded the New York Stock Exchange as Occupy Wall Street protesters swarmed the Financial District for the movement’s one-year anniversary, with over 180 reportedly arrested. Police made 180 arrests by Monday evening, primarily for “disorderly conduct”  or impeding “vehicular or pedestrian traffic.” Witnesses had previously  reported on Twitter that demonstrators were being […]

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