by WorldTribune Staff, February 22, 2018 Of the 34 mass shootings in the U.S. since 2000, 16 of them “were committed by first- and second-generation immigrants, i.e. people who never would have been here but for Teddy Kennedy’s 1965 immigration act,” columnist Ann Coulter noted. “As fun as it is to ridicule the FBI for […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 23, 2018 Many obituaries which followed Billy Graham’s passing on Feb. 21 praised the evangelist who claimed over the course of his career to have preached in person to 215 million people in some 100 countries. “But as is normal now in any online reaction, there came the backlash too,” Joseph […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 22, 2018 Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force reported it spotted the transfer of possibly banned items to a North-Korean registered tanker in the East China Sea, a report said. A Japanese P-3C patrol plane saw the North Korean tanker alongside a small ship of unknown registry at a point some 250 kilometers […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 22, 2018 Of the 38 million Americans who own handguns, 9 million carry a loaded firearm at least monthly and 3 million do so every day, according to a study by Harvard University and the University of Washington. The study, published in the American Journal of Public Health, found: More than […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 22, 2018 Nikolas Cruz was transferred between schools six times in three years for a string of disciplinary incidents, but he could not be legally expelled, a report said. Under federal law, the Parkland, Florida shooter had a right to a “free and appropriate” education at a public school near his […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 22, 2018 South Korea’s main opposition party is furious that the Moon Jae-In administration agreed to host a top North Korean official at the Winter Olympics closing ceremony. Moon’s government announced that Kim Yong-Chol, a vice chairman of the Central Committee of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party, will head an eight-member […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Iran has threatened to withdraw from the landmark 2015 nuclear deal with world powers if there is no economic benefit from it and major banks continue to fail to do business with Tehran. “If the same policy of confusion and uncertainties about the JCPOA [nuclear agreement] […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 21, 2018 Obama administration immigration policies and Sanctuary Cities that refuse to cooperate with immigration authorities have fueled the growth of the brutal MS-13 gang in the United States, a report said. “The proliferation of sanctuaries may complicate disruption of MS-13,” according to a report by the Center for Immigration Studies […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk Now the real games begin; the interplay between North and South Korea and between the U.S. and both Koreas. The players may have shifted some of the pieces around the chessboard during these most political of Winter Olympics, but it’s much too early to know what happens next, much […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 21, 2018 A televised discussion with the survivors of the Parkland, Florida school shooting would serve a larger purpose than the mainstream media’s promotion of a selected group of outspoken students, said an Arizona candidate for Congress who successfully challenged the Brady Bill. Richard Mack, former Graham County sheriff, said “It […]