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Who’s to blame for the long airport security lines?

GantDaily.com 

Security lines at airports across the country are a mess. They’re wrapping around terminals, backing-up to two-hour wait times and causing thousands of fliers to miss their flights. And we haven’t even reached peak travel season yet. Chicago’s airports have warned fliers to arrive three hours ahead of their departure time, and some passengers have […]

UNLV basketball notches 3 more commitments

Las Vegas Sun (lasvegassun.com) 

On Tuesday night during a meet and greet at Born and Raised in Henderson, UNLV basketball coach Marvin Menzies told a bar full of supporters to expect some news soon about the remaining roster spots. They didn’t have ...

Pentagon: ‘Unsafe’ Intercept Of US E-P3 Spy Plane By Chinese J-11 Fighter Jets

International Business Times 

Two Chinese fighter jets intercepted a U.S. spy plane in “international airspace” in a maneuver characterized as “unsafe,” U.S. defense officials said Wednesday. The incident occurred Tuesday as a U.S. Navy EP-3 reconnaissance plane was flying over the South China Sea . The two Chinese J-11 fighter jets flew approximately 50 feet from the U.S. aircraft, Lt. Col. Michelle Baldanza, a Pentagon spokeswoman, said in a statement.



Oakland councilwoman calls on state to expunge pot crime records

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Oakland City Councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan is calling on the state to expunge all marijuana-related criminal records, a move that she says will open the door for people of color who’ve tradtionally been shut out of a multibillion dollar cannabis industry. Kaplan has authored a resolution, which goes before its first council committee on Thursday, and may be the next political maneuver by a city intent on correcting the racial injustices of the U.S. war on drugs. On Tuesday, the council unanimously... Читать дальше...

Alabama corrections officer arrested in sting operation

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

(AP) — A former Alabama corrections officer is facing a felony ethics charge after officials say he accepted money from undercover officers in exchange for promoting illegal contraband inside a state prison. According to his arrest affidavit, a Kilby Correctional Facility inmate told Blackmon to pick up $1,000 from his "guy" outside the prison. Under the state's code of Ethics for public officials and employees, use of office or position for personal gain is classified as a Class B felony.

Pentagon: Chinese jets fly close to US spy plane

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says two Chinese fighter jets flew within about 50 feet of a U.S. Navy reconnaissance plane Tuesday in international airspace over the South China Sea. A U.S. military official says the two Chinese J-11 fighters flew out to intercept the U.S. EP-3 Aries aircraft and came so close that they forced the pilot to descend a couple hundred feet in order to avoid a collision.

In Wisconsin Senate race, split over new OT rule

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

(AP) — A new overtime pay rule from the Obama administration is getting two different reactions in Wisconsin's Senate race. The Wisconsin chamber of commerce, the League of Wisconsin Municipalities and Wisconsin Counties Association all spoke out against the new rules.

The Latest: Limited Metro-North service continues after fire

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Evening rush hour commuters in New York City are still grappling with limited service and delays following a fire that broke out beneath elevated Metro-North train tracks. New York City fire officials say a fire that broke out beneath elevated train tracks in New York City and disrupted train service for more than 150,000 commuters has been ruled an accident. The Fire Department of New York says Wednesday that the fire at a garden center underneath Metro-North tracks in East Harlem was caused by fuel that spilled on a hot generator. Читать дальше...

Nevada panel takes first steps toward solar 'grandfathering'

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada panel took a first step Wednesday toward securing more favorable rates for the state's early-adopter rooftop customers — a concept that some lawmakers have said they support after outcry over a recent rate hike. Debate over solar rates gained steam last spring, as Nevada approached a statutory cap on the number of rooftop solar panel users who could participate in net metering — the process of selling excess electricity back to NV Energy. Rooftop solar companies, which... Читать дальше...

Jeff Bezos fires back at Trump with crack about John Miller (AMZN)

BusinessInsider.com 

AP Photo/Ted S. Warren

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has finally taken a stand against Donald Trump and the allegations the Republican presidential nominee has been making of him.

"That’s not an appropriate way for a presidential candidate to behave," Bezos said in an interview with the Washington Post's executive editor Martin Baron on Wednesday.

Bezos comments were made in response to Trump's recent accusations that the Amazon CEO was using the Washington Post as a tax shelter, saying that if he becomes president... Читать дальше...

FBI said Sydney gunman prone to violence years before siege

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

A November 2009 memorandum from an FBI office in Australia to agency counterterrorism and international operations officials said that while Monis was not believed to be a threat to national security, "his ongoing offensive and nuisance behavior has the potential to incite others to violence." A shotgun-wielding Monis took customers and workers captive in a December 2014 siege at the Lindt Cafe in Sydney and demanded to be delivered an Islamic State flag, an incident that fueled anxiety about the... Читать дальше...

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