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on March 10, 2016 in World News

Chicago-Style Gun-Control: 21 People Shot In 20 Hours

by AWR Hawkins Twenty-one people were shot — leaving two dead — in gun-controlled Chicago, during a 20-hour window from Tuesday to Wednesday. The one-shooting-per-hour rate comes as fatalities from Chicago shootings  doubled in the seven weeks after Jan. 1, 2016, compared to the same period last year. The Chicago Tribune described the 20-hour shooting spree as a “burst of violence” which “included three shootings in the area of 63rd Street and Sacramento Avenue within two hours.” Those shootings left one man dead with a gunshot to the back of the head and three others wounded, including two 16-year-old boys. The other fatality… View Article

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on March 9, 2016 in World News

Illegal Aliens Suing for Right to Obtain Driver Licenses

by Lana Shadwick A group of illegal aliens and two non-profits are suing the State of Oregon saying their constitutional rights were violated when voters struck down a ballot-initiative that would have given them driving privileges. Those opposing their efforts also argue that federal taxpayer funds are being illegally used to pay lawyers for the plaintiffs. Familias En Accion and Los Ninos Cuentan and five illegal aliens are suing the Oregon Governor Kate Brown, numerous members of the Oregon Department of Transportation Commission, and the Administrator of the Driver and Motor Vehicles Division for the Oregon Department of Transportation. The complaint was… View Article

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on March 9, 2016 in World News

‘People Like You Should Be Shot’: Muslim Taxi Driver Beat Up Gay Couple For Kissing In His Cab

by Oliver JJ Lane A Muslim taxi driver in Vienna, Austria punched a gay man in the mouth during an altercation over what does and does not constitute acceptable public behaviour. The 41-year-old driver, described as Muslim by top Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung accepted a fare from two men over the weekend from a restaurant by Vienna’s Habsburg Schönbrunn Palace, one of the country’s top tourist attractions. After setting off the couple, men aged 27 and 37 years of age were apparently unable to hide their feelings for one another and shared an “intimate” kiss in the back of the taxi, an action which angered the… View Article

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