In an unprecedented move, the Pentagon is seeking to transfer Chelsea Manning to a civilian prison so she can receive gender treatment. NBC reports “The request was the first ever made by a transgender military inmate and set up a dilemma for the Defense Department: How to treat a soldier for a diagnosed disorder without […]
A Mystic, Connecticut, playground dedicated to a Sandy Hook Elementary massacre victim is being vandalized by “truthers” who claim the shooting never occurred. A vinyl peace sign featuring a peace symbol based on a design by 7-year-old victim, Grace McDonnell, was stolen last Tuesday from a local layground named after her memory. CBS2 reports that “William […]
Caught on Camera: A Dangerous Scuba Diving Assault NBC News reports: “An environmentalist claims a reef collector tried to kill her by ripping away her air supply while submerged 50 feet underwater off the Kona Coast of Hawaii.” According to NBC affiliate KHNL the diver, Rene Umberger, and others “were documenting damage to coral reefs […]
There is a new Facebook app that will run the names of your linked friends to determine whether any are convicted sex offenders. “The app scans your friends and matches anyone who is linked as a sex offender in the national registry” and can also scan pending friend requests, as reported by WTLV. Here’s how […]
Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday that no company that breaks the law should be considered too large or too profitable to be immune from criminal prosecution. In the years after the financial collapse of 2008, some individuals used the phrase “too big to jail” to describe the theory that certain financial institutions – even […]