Matthew Renda | Courthouse News Service SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – The sexual misconduct scandal rocking the Oakland Police Department has infected other Bay Area law enforcement agencies. The Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office announced the resignation of Ricardo Perez, the latest officer implicated in the sexual exploitation of a […]
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1M Doctors Call For NRA-Supported Ban on Gun Research Lifted
Susanne Posel ,Chief Editor Occupy Corporatism | Media Spokesperson, HEALTH MAX Brands Doctors for America has written a letter to Congress asking for an end to the “dramatic chilling effect of the current rider language restricting gun violence research and to fund this critical work.” More than 141 organizations in the […]
Anglo-American Merchants of Death and Destruction. Multibillion Dollar Weapons Sales to Saudi Arabia
US and UK weapons makers thrive on sales to Saudi Arabia, a rogue state sponsor of regional terrorism, waging naked aggression on Yemen, a US-orchestrated war. Washington is Riyadh’s leading arms supplier. In 2010, the Obama administration approved up to $60 billion in multi-year sales, the largest US weapons deal ever. Naval and missile defense […]
Use of banned pesticide not isolated event in US territories
In this Aug, 12, 2005 file photo, a sign, required by law, warns of a pesticide application of methyl bromide on a field near Watsonville, Calif. Nine months after a vacationing family was nearly killed by exposure to methyl bromide on the island of St. John, authorities have come to at least one troubling conclusion: […]
3 Examples Of Water Powered Technology Will Make You Question The Need For Gas Stations
Every day the world becomes aware of technologies that have the potential to halt the unnecessary damage we continue to inflict on the world through our use of fossil fuels, and water powered technology seems to be one of them. Below are three examples of technologies which show that we have the potential to really do things differently […]
3 Examples Of Water Powered Technology Will Make You Question The Need For Gas Stations
Every day the world becomes aware of technologies that have the potential to halt the unnecessary damage we continue to inflict on the world through our use of fossil fuels, and water powered technology seems to be one of them. Below are three examples of technologies which show that we have the potential to really do things differently […]
Israeli settlers seize two Palestinian house in Jerusalem
Days of Palestine, Jerusalem –Israeli Jewish settlement organisation Ateerat Cohanim seized on Monday two Palestinian houses in Jerusalem’s Old City. The two Palestinian houses were exactly located in the area of Batn Al-Hawa in Silwan, south of Al-Aqsa Mosque. Wadi Hilweh Information Centre said that a large number of Israeli forces, including Special Forces, police, dogs and employees from […]
New dads to get paid parental leave
Updated September 04, 2011 09:43:58 Photo: Fathers or partners will get cheques paid over two weeks at the national minimum wage of $590 a week (file photo: Getty Images) The Federal Government has used Father’s Day to announce their paid parental leave scheme for new dads. The Government had planned to start the scheme in […]