Syria: 17 Children Paralyzed by Polio Vaccine, So UN Wants to Vaccinate 400,000 More

London: A Muslim activist, Omar Mohamad, was set free by a judge, despite striking a police officer in the face with his walking stick while protesting a rally demanding the release of activist Tommy Robinson, who is known for exposing Muslim rape grooming gangs. Justice is skewed, as the violent Muslim man was set free while Tommy has been sentenced to two 13-month terms to be served consecutively for non-violent contempt of court convictions, imposed for reporting on grooming gang trials. […]

Lewiston, Maine: Somalians have been terrorizing people at a park, and recently shot pellets and BBs from a car at a group gathered there.  Several people pursued the gang and a fight broke out in the street.  A 38-year old father of two, Donald Giusti, was badly beaten during the brawl and later died. The teens were reportedly wielding sticks, bats and bricks. Police are investigating whether any racist words were exchanged during the beatings. […]

Doug Ford was recently elected as the new Premier of Ontario, and he has promised to end the carbon cap-and-trade system in his province when he takes office.  He also promised to fight Trudeau’s federal carbon tax and environmental policies. Ontario participates in a cap-and-trade partnership with neighboring Quebec and the debt-ridden state of California. Ford says that carbon pricing inhibits business, hurts families and doesn’t do anything for the environment. […]

President Trump is following through on his threat to implement tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese imports, and China has vowed to retaliate. The tariffs are in response to an investigation that accused China of stealing US intellectual property in order to dominate the development of advanced technology. The US imported $505 billion of goods from China last year and exported about $130 billion, leaving a 2017 deficit of $376 billion. […]

The state of Massachusetts sued the maker of the prescription painkiller OxyContin, which has been blamed for spawning America’s opioid crisis, naming leading executives and members of the multibillionaire Sackler family that owns the Purdue pharmaceutical company. Purdue and some other painkiller makers are currently facing more than 300 lawsuits from city and county authorities across the country. […]