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Cayman Islands legislator calling for Cruise Port Vote
By BRIAN MAJOR From Travel Pulse A local legislator who’s opposed to the Cayman Islands’ long-planned cruise ship facility is calling for a “people-initiated” vote on the $200 million project, even as the Cayman Islands tourism minister says the government…
Liquidators seek Ch. 15 to track Cayman Islands firm’s cash
By Rick Archer From Law360 Law360 (September 19, 2018, 7:37 PM EDT) — The liquidators of a bankrupt Cayman Islands-based investment advisory firm Tuesday asked a New York bankruptcy court to begin Chapter 15 proceedings, saying they need to act…
British police officer remanded to old U.S Airforce Base, denied bail for rape charge
From Antigua News The British police officer who was recently extradited to Antigua was denied bail when he appeared before the All Saints Magistrates Court today. The 25-year-old man allegedly raped a foreign student while he was visiting this country…
Amazon’s HQ2 going to a city you’ve never heard of, site claims
By Bill Hoffmann From Newsmax Amazon’s seemingly interminable hunt for a home for its second world headquarters is over, according to the demographic and place-data site BestPlaces.net. The site, founded by best-selling author/researcher Bert Sperling, claims that Amazon – a…
Man who threatened to kill Trump considered armed and dangerous: Law enforcement
By Luke Barr From ABC News A Pennsylvania man who threatened to kill President Donald Trump back in June is still on the run and was last seen in Cumberland, Maryland, earlier this week in a stolen truck, the U.S….
North Korea skirts US sanctions by secretly selling software around the globe
By Taylor Hatmaker From TechCrunch Fake social media profiles are useful for more than just sowing political discord among foreign adversaries, as it turns out. A group linked to the North Korean government has been able to duck existing sanctions…
How flocks of birds got trapped inside the eye of Hurricane Florence
BY MARK KAUFMAN From Mashable In 1969, researchers spotted a black and white sooty tern in Michigan. This hardy seabird, however, had little business visiting the Midwest. The saltwater species usually spends its life in the tropics, more than 1,000…
US lawmakers move to ban eating dogs and cats, saying China and other nations should too
Associated Press From South China Post The bill passed by the US House would ban the slaughter of cats and dogs for food – a rare practice that is nevertheless legal in 44 states The bipartisan bill by Florida Representatives…
Here’s something congressmen actually agree on: Google’s China plans sound alarming
By Andy Meek From BGR David Cicilline, a U.S. Rep. from Rhode Island, blasted Google with a tweet on Thursday that said the search giant shouldn’t be using its vast resources to enable authoritarianism in China. Included with his tweet,…
Franklin Graham: Kavanaugh ‘smear’ is ‘not relevant’
By Eric Mack From Newsmax Franklin Graham ripped the 11th-hour accusations hurled against Judge Brett Kavanaugh to be a mere Democratic “smear” attempt, because the allegations are “not relevant” to his Supreme Court credentials as they happened so long ago…
