A Barrel Full - User contributions [en]

Guns Claim Lives Of 2 More Children In St. Louis

2020-07-06T03:44:44Z

MarianMintz6: Created page with " ST. LOUIS (AP) - Guns have claimed the lives of two more children in the St. Louis area amid growing frustration about violence in the state's largest cities. S..."

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Guns have claimed the lives of two more children in the St. Louis area amid growing frustration about violence in the state's largest cities. St. Louis County police say 3-year-old Rodney March III was killed Thursday in what appears to be an accidental shooting, while 13-year-old Clifford Swan III was fatally shot while walking through an apartment complex. They are among 22 children killed in shootings in the St. Louis metropolitan area so far in 2019, compared to 13 at the same time last year. The 3-year-old's death led prosecutors to file a child endangerment charge Friday against 28-year-old year-old Rodney March II, who is accused of leaving a loaded .40 caliber Glock within reach of the boy. Charging documents say the child was able to get the gun and shoot himself in the head. Also Friday, 18-year-old Jabari Lowery was charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in Clifford's death. A second suspect, 17-year-old Montez Eskew, was charged with assault and resisting or interfering with a felony arrest. Bond is set at $100,000 for March, $500,000 for Lowery and $50,000 for Eskew. The shootings follow a particularly bloody week in Kansas City, which recorded five homicides in a 24-hour span. The city's homicide total for the year stands at 107 as of Friday. Amid the bloodshed, Democrats have been pressuring Republican Gov. Mike Parson and GOP leaders in the House and Senate to discuss the issue during a special legislative season this week on used vehicle taxes. While that didn't happen, Democrats did convince them to start talking about what might be done to address the violence. Senate President Dave Schatz, R-Sullivan, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Friday that he has convened an eight-member working group to investigate whether to form a special committee on gun violence. Earlier, House Speaker Elijah Haahr, R-Springfield, said he has a group of GOP lawmakers working to craft legislation addressing gun violence that could be unveiled when the Legislature returns in January. It's unclear what kinds of solutions Republicans might agree to consider in an election year. St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson said last week she wants Missouri lawmakers to allow the city of St. Louis to require permits for concealed weapons. Another proposal would reverse a 2016 law allowing non-felons to carry concealed weapons without a permit. Parson, who is up for [https://travelmic.hpage.com/top-10-largest-state-in-india-by-area.html https://travelmic.hpage.com/top-10-largest-state-in-india-by-area.html] election in 2020, also has met with St. Louis area leaders multiple times in recent weeks with an eye on announcing a crime-fighting plan soon, although he has cautioned that he wants to protect the Second Amendment rights of Missourians.

450 Cocaine Bricks Worth 38M Found At Philadelphia Port

2020-07-05T20:24:52Z

MarianMintz6: Created page with "Sniffer dogs uncovered 450 bricks of cocaine in Philadelphia, the city's largest seizure of the drug in more than two decades. Local, state and federal law enforcement offi..."

Sniffer dogs uncovered 450 bricks of cocaine in Philadelphia, the city's largest seizure of the drug in more than two decades. Local, state and federal law enforcement officials said Thursday the cocaine was found inside 13 duffel bags in a shipping container. Customs and Border Protection's Area Port Director for Philadelphia Joseph Martella says Tuesday's seizure amounted to more than 1,185 pounds of cocaine worth about $38million. Scroll down for video A total of 450 bricks of cocaine, weighing 1,185 pounds with a street value of $38 million, was put on display at the U.S. Customs House This image provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows cocaine seized from a shipping container at the Philadelphia seaport U.S. customs officials say drug dogs sniffed out Philadelphia's largest seizure of cocaine in more than two decades Martella says the ship was ported in Guatemala before stopping in the Bahamas and was destined for the Netherlands. Bricks of the narcotic were stuffed in duffel bags found in a shipping container filled with liquid rubber aboard the MSC Desiree, which was traveling from Colombia to Europe, Based on their historical data, and the area where it left from and went through being considered a 'high-risk area,' the container was searched by a K-9 unit on Tuesday and the drugs were found. The container was brought to the Port of Philadelphia on North Delaware Avenue. Multiple agencies, including Philadelphia Police, Pennsylvania State Police, Delaware State Police, Homeland Security, the DEA, the U.S. Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection, inspected it around 10.30 am Tuesday. U.S. Customs & Border Protection Mid-Atlantic Region spokesman Stephen Sapp said following a multi-agency inspection, the alleged contraband was discovered inside a shipping container. It is Philadelphia's largest seizure since 1998. The cocaine confiscation is the largest for the CBP Area Port of Philadelphia since May 1998 RELATED ARTICLES [# Previous] [# 1] [# Next] [/news/article-6835585/Road-rage-suspect-killed-deputy-IDd-Washington-state.html REVEALED: Mexican road rage driver who shot and killed a...] [/news/article-6836983/U-S-Marines-practicing-seizing-small-islands-using-techniques-learned-World-War-II.html U.S. Marines are practicing seizing small islands using...] Share this article Share 450 bricks of cocaine were found inside 13 duffel bags in the shipping container Casey Durst, CBP's Director of Field Operations in Baltimore, hailed the team who conducted the apprehension. 'Taking a half-ton of dangerous drugs out of circulation is a significant success for [https://travelmic.hpage.com/top-10-largest-state-in-india-by-area.html https://travelmic.hpage.com/top-10-largest-state-in-india-by-area.html] this collective team of federal, state and local law enforcement officers who work very hard every day to keep people safe,' Durst said. 'Customs and Border Protection remains committed to working with our law enforcement partners and to disrupting narcotics smuggling attempts at the Area Port of Philadelphia.' Federal and local authorities seen here at the Port of Philadelphia inspected the container after noticing the bolts on the door had been tampered with Multiple law enforcement agencies are seen at the Port of Philadelphia where they seized at least 450 bricks of cocaine Federal and local authorities inspected the container after noticing the bolts on the door had been tampered with. Last month, customs agents seized 3,200 pounds of cocaine worth $77 million at Port New York/Newark. The cocaine haul at the Port of New Jersey and New York was three times larger than the latest Philadelphia seizure and the street value of the cocaine was worth three times more at $77 million. Customs agents seized the biggest shipment of cocaine recovered at the ports of New York and New Jersey in 25 years. It's the biggest cocaine seizure at the ports since 1994. The drugs were hidden behind boxes of dried fruit aboard a cargo ship. The shipment was intercepted when the vessel stopped over in New York/Newark on its way to Antwerp, Belgium. A truck is pictured bringing away 3,200 pounds of cocaine in 60 packages, where it was seized at the Port of Newark

More Americans Are Leaving Top-tier Cities After Being Priced Out

2020-07-05T17:46:43Z

MarianMintz6: Created page with "Americans are increasingly leaving behind expensive big cities for more affordable, second-tier metro areas that offer a different quality of life, according to a new study.<b..."

Americans are increasingly leaving behind expensive big cities for more affordable, second-tier metro areas that offer a different quality of life, according to a new study. While a middle-class lifestyle may be out of reach in Los Angeles or [/news/new_york/index.html New York City], it's easier to feel upwardly mobile in Raleigh, North Carolina or [https://travelmic.hpage.com/top-10-largest-state-in-india-by-area.html https://travelmic.hpage.com/top-10-largest-state-in-india-by-area.html] Dallas, [/news/texas/index.html Texas] - two metro areas that made the top ten list for having some of the highest levels of in-migration in the country. In fact, the Phoenix-metro area has experienced the highest net in-migration in the nation over the past five years, while Los Angeles had the highest net out-migration. The reason: Second-tier cities are where rent and home prices make up a much smaller fraction of the average income, according to an [ ]of U.S. Census data by RentCafe.com. For example, the average rent in Manhattan is $4,100, which amounts to 59 percent of the city's median household income of $83,500. Buying a home is even more out of reach, with a median cost of $1.1 million, or 13 times the median Manhattan income. This map illustrates the top 10 counties Americans are leaving and the top 10 counties Americans are moving to based on net in- and out-migration. The metro areas highlighted in green are the most affordable, while those labeled in red are the least affordable Los Angeles isn't much better with an average rent of $2,100, amounting to 38 percent of the median income of $66,000 a year, and a median home price of $630,000. Compare that to Maricopa County, Arizona, where the Phoenix Metro area has an average rent of $1,100 - 21 percent of the median income of $62,800. And the median home price is a much more affordable $280,000. Experts say that rent or mortgage payments should never surpass 30 percent of a person's monthly income, and U.S. Census data shows that 55 percent of people who moved in 2017 said they did so for a housing related reason. In other words, they wanted a new or better home, cheaper housing or to own instead of renting. Experts at RentCafe analyzed Census data from 2012-2017 to determine the U.S. counties experiencing the greatest net inbound and outbound net migration. This table offers a side-by-side look at the top 10 counties Americans are leaving and the top 10 counties Americans are moving to based on net in- and out-migration The findings revealed that affordable Maricopa County had more in-migration than anywhere else in the country, with the population growing by 221,000 people over five years. Clark County, Nevada (the Las Vegas metro area) came in second with a net in-migration of 127,000. Denton County, Texas, home to Dallas-Fort Worth, followed with a 96,000-person net bump in migration. Texas was home to five counties in the top ten list of regions with major in-migration. Fort Bend County (Houston-metro area) saw a 92,000 increase, while Collin County (Dallas-Fort Worth) had an influx of 90,000. Bexar County (home to San Antonio) ranked eighth with an influx of 81,000, followed by Williamson County (Austin-Round Rock), which added 74,000 people to its population. Lee County Florida (Fort Myers metro) added 90,000 people, while Riverside, California saw an uptick of 81,000 people. Wake County, North Carolina (Raleigh metro area) had a net influx of 73,000 people to rank tenth place. RELATED ARTICLES [# Previous] [# 1] [# Next] [/news/article-6210851/How-earning-power-needed-buy-home-Americas-50-largest-cities.html Revealed: How much earning power is needed to buy a home in...] [/news/article-6084337/The-great-American-divide-U-S-poor-moving-inland-rich-head-coasts.html The great American divide: U.S. poor are moving inland while...] Share this article Share At the other end of the spectrum, Los Angeles, California had a net population loss of 381,000 people during the period of 2012-2017. Cook County, Illinois, home to Chicago, followed with a net loss of 290,000. Kings County, New York (Brooklyn) came in third with a decrease in population of 192,000, followed by Miami-Dade, Florida (176,000), Queens, New York (162,000) and the Bronx, New York (110,000). Detroit's home county of Wayne came in seventh place, losing 106,000, followed by Manhattan (100,000), Fairfax, Virginia (the seat of Washington D.C. had a net loss of 79,000) and Santa Clara County, California (70,000). The bigger cities aren't hurting for people though: eight out of 10 counties experiencing the biggest net losses in population due to domestic migration are otherwise growing their overall population due to immigration and births. The Chicago and Detroit metro areas were the two exceptions, with both seeing an overall decline in population. The study also analyzed rent data from [ ] and home sale prices listed on [ ]to find out how affordable it was to buy or rent housing in the metros that made each of the top ten lists. This table offers a side-by-side look at the top 10 counties Americans are leaving and the top 10 counties Americans are moving to based on net in- and out-migration. It offers a comparison of median incomes and housing prices to illustrate how affordable each metro area is In almost every case it was much more realistic to pay for housing in metro areas experiencing the most in-migration compared to those seeing the largest net decline in domestic migration. The average rent in the top 10 in-migration counties was $1,110, while in the other 10 counties it was $2,207 - double the cost of the alternative metros. Rent ranged from 14 percent - 26 percent of the median income in the destinations where people are moving. By contrast, rent ranged from 18 percent - 64 percent of the median income in the metro areas that people were leaving, with New York home to some of the most disproportionally high rents. For those looking to buy, the affordability pattern persisted. The median home price was around $295,000 in the top 10 in-migration counties, while in the top 10 out-migration counties it came to an average of $566,000, nearly double. In addition, those choosing to move to more affordable places didn't necessarily have to deal with a tradeoff of a lower income. For example, the median incomes in the Texas counties of Denton, Fort Bend, Collin, and Williamson range from $86,000 to $94,000, all higher than the median income in Manhattan of $83,500. And the Phoenix area has a median household income of $63,000 - just $3,000 less than the $66,000 median in Los Angeles metro. Meanwhile, the rent is $1,000 per month cheaper in Phoenix than in L.A. County and the median price of a home is $350,000 less than that in L.A. metro. data-track-module="am-external-links^external-links"> Read more: [ Goodbye L.A., Hello Phoenix: Affordable Housing Makes Second-Tier Metros Top Choices for Moving - RENTCafé rental blog] [ Commercial Real Estate Data and Research - Yardi Matrix] [ Real Estate, Homes for Sale, MLS Listings, Agents | Redfin] DM.later('bundle', function() DM.has('external-source-links', 'externalLinkTracker'); );

User:MarianMintz6

2020-07-05T17:46:40Z

MarianMintz6: Created page with "Eurozone's weakness 'threatens Britain too', [https://travelmic.hpage.com/top-10-largest-state-in-india-by-area.html https://travelmic.hpage.com/top-10-largest-state-in-india..."

Eurozone's weakness 'threatens Britain too', [https://travelmic.hpage.com/top-10-largest-state-in-india-by-area.html https://travelmic.hpage.com/top-10-largest-state-in-india-by-area.html] warns Bank of England policymaker By [/home/search.html? Take a look at my web page ... [https://travelmic.hpage.com/top-10-largest-state-in-india-by-area.html https://travelmic.hpage.com/top-10-largest-state-in-india-by-area.html]