by WorldTribune Staff, March 14, 2019 Gambino crime boss Francesco “Franky Boy” Cali was rubbed out in a gangland hit outside his home in Staten Island on March 13. “Cali, 53, was shot several times and run over in front of his brick mansion in the lavish Todt Hill neighborhood at about 9:20 p.m.,” the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 14, 2019 An illegal immigrant who has been deported twice was arrested in Marshall County, Alabama and charged for the rape of a 12-year-old girl. Marshall County Sheriff Phil Sims said the suspect, 29-year-old David Gonzalez, was deported from the U.S. to Guatemala in 2008 and 2009. “He’s used more than […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 14, 2019 Facebook was down for users around the world on March 13. “We’re aware that some people are currently having trouble accessing the Facebook family of apps. We’re working to resolve the issue as soon as possible,” Facebook tweeted. The Facebook outages began Wednesday afternoon ET and appeared to affect people in multiple […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 13, 2019 On Feb. 5, the Elk Grove, California school board unanimously approved new history and social science textbooks for the 2019-20 school year for grades K-8 which includes chapters on historical LGBT figures. Critics argued that elementary school students are too young to learn about such figures. One of the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 13, 2019 U.S. households headed by legal and non-legal noncitizens use nearly twice the amount of welfare as native-born Americans, a recent study found. The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) reported in December that it found that 63 percent of all noncitizen households use some form of public welfare compared to 35 […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 11, 2019 Half of American young people making up Millennials and Generation Z aspire to live in a socialist United States, according to a Harris Poll. Gen Z and Millennials are projected to make up 37 percent of the electorate in 2020. The survey of 2,035 Americans conducted on Feb. 21-25 found that […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 10, 2019 Instead of building President Donald Trump’s border barrier, researchers at a Purdue University-led national consortium of engineers and scientists have proposed a 1,945-mile alternative security zone along the U.S. southern border. What the consortium says would be the largest infrastructure project in world history would consist of a string […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 8, 2019 Two recent experiments in socialism have seen New York City, led by Mayor Bill de Blasio, pour $1.6 billion of taxpayer money “down a rathole,” reports say. The mayor, a favorite of “progressives,” recently abandoned his “Renewal” initiative aimed at improving the city’s struggling schools – after allocating $773 […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 7, 2019 An aborted child has been recognized as a person with rights by an Alabama probate court. The court’s decision this week will enable the father, Ryan Magers, to sue the abortion clinic Alabama Women’s Center for Reproductive Alternatives, its staff and a pharmaceutical company on behalf of his aborted […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 6, 2019 Many employees at Whole Foods, which was purchased by Jeff Bezos-owned Amazon in 2017, say reduction in their hours have effectively negated wage gains made since Amazon introduced a $15 minimum wage. When the $15 minimum wage went into effect on Nov. 1, employees at Whole Foods told The […]
