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This bereaved mum’s heartfelt plea is going viral after Trump celebrated anniversary of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting partying with NRA chief
President Donald Trump celebrated the fifth anniversary of the notorious Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings by inviting the CEO of the National Rifle Association (NRA) - America’s chief gun lobbyist for Whitehouse Christmas drinks. Five years to the day troubled Adam Lanza shot his mother dead, followed by six school staff and 20 children aged 6 -7 with a semi-automatic rifle, then himself, Donald Trump entertained the head of the NRA - the biggest financial backer of his presidential campaign....
Trump to drop climate change as list of global threats to US
Today the US President Donald Trump is expected to drop climates change from this list of global threats in his updated National Security Strategy. Obama, as President, had pushed for climate change to be seen as a threat to the nation. The Federalist website quoted the draft document as stating: “US leadership is indispensable to countering an anti-growth energy agenda that is detrimental to US economic and energy security interests. “Much of the developing world will require fossil fuels, as...
Desperate parents pleading for help to cure daughter with rare cancer that causes her eyes to bleed – and POP OUT
Desperate parents are pleading for help to cure their six-year-old daughter of a rare cancer that causes her eyes to bleed - and POP OUT. Brave Dhanika Tripura, six, was seemingly totally healthy until just six weeks ago when her eye area started to swell up, with blood building up beneath her skin. Medics diagnosed acute lymphocytic leukaemia and she needs £11,550 to pay for specialist treatment to save her life. Her desperate parents Dhanya Kumar Tripura, 45, and Shashikala,...
17 states vow to sue Trump’s FCC attack on a “fair and open internet” amid accusations of massive identity fraud
The United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted along party lines - three Republicans vs two Democrats to end Net Neutrality and the principle of a free internet that everyone can access equally. - A principle that heralded an era of innovation, freedom of speech and new forms of communication and social organisation predicated on everybody’s voice being able to be heard equally online. The Chairman of the FCC Ajit Pai had been appointed by President Trump, an opponent of...
Homes of 153m people at risk as seas may rise up to 8ft this century: interactive map
Latest study predicts sea rises of between 3.1ft and 8ft this century Heavily populated US Atlantic and Gulf coasts could face up to 11ft sea rise Homes of 153 million people in at risk areas around the world threatened If carbon emissions "immediately and aggressively” cut, rise could be limited to 1ft10 this century According to a new peer reviewed study of global warming using the latest scientific studies of Antarctica’s vast melting ice sheets, seas could rise by double...
Man says 50 or 60 people caught up in stampede in panic after blast at New York bus station
A man caught up in the New York blast has told how commuters stampeded “over each other” in a frenzied escape bid. Shaken Michael Avila says “50 or 60” people were caught in a crush trying to flee the scene at rush hour today. At around 7.30am police were called to reports of an incident at Port Authority bus terminal near Times Square in Manhattan. Police sources claim the explosion was caused by a man who detonated a pipe bomb...
BREAKING: New York City police confirm subway pipe-bombing “terror-related” as footage emerges
A terror suspect is in custody and four people injured- but none critically- after an explosion rocked one of New York’s busiest transport hub. The explosion in the passage way connecting Times Square and Port Authority subway stations was captured on CCTV. https://twitter.com/NYCityAlerts/status/940209031532220418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2017%2F12%2F11%2Fnyregion%2Fexplosion-times-square.html And the New York Times are reporting that the bomber had been wearing the explosive device which went off after police officers had partially stripped him. The explosion terrified Monday morning commuters at around 7.30am local time,...
The heart wrenching face of global warming – a polar bear starving to death
If you are reading this please take a minute - just one minute - out of your day and watch this video. - Because this is what global warming looks like. I want you to imagine, 200, 300, 400 years from now, human beings, maybe your relatives, starving to death like this due to irreversible climate change. There is no planet B. https://www.facebook.com/SchrodingersCatflap/videos/1741184365894281/ Photographer Paul Nicklen shot the heart-wrenching footage recorded the scene with conservation group Sea Legacy and posted it on...
NRA scores legislative win 2 months after deadliest mass shooting in US history
The National Rifle Association is expected to score its first big legislative win of the year just two months after the deadliest mass shooting in US history. The new gun bill will force states with strict gun laws to recognise firearms permits from states with lower thresholds - even if they're from states that don’t barre convicted stalkers or people with histories of domestic violence. It has been described as the NRA's "highest legislative priority in Congress", and is expected to...