90-Year-Old Among First Charged Under Florida's Strict Rules Against Feeding Homeless

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Photo Credit: Fox News Fort Lauderdale police say Arnold Abbott violated a new city law, but the 90-year-old homeless advocate says his only crime was to “love thy neighbor.”

Abbott was charged Sunday along with two local pastors with violating the city’s new ordinance that effectively bans giving out food in public. He faces 60 days in jail and a $500 fine, and he intends to get cited again Wednesday night, when he sets out to feed some of the Florida city’s estimated 10,000 homeless on a public beach.

“I know that I will be arrested again, and I am prepared for that,” Abbott said by phone from his office at Love Thy Neighbor, Inc., a nonprofit he established in honor of his wife, Maureen, after her death in a car accident 23 years ago. “I am my brother’s keeper, and what they are doing is just heartless.”

Fort Lauderdale passed an ordinance late last month that included a slate of new regulations on where and how groups can provide food to homeless people. The vote made the city the 13th in the nation since 2012 to pass restrictions on where people can feed the homeless, according to a report by the National Coalition for the Homeless.

The regulations enacted in Fort Lauderdale state that no two indoor feeding sites can be within 500 feet of one another or on the same block; outdoor feeding programs require a permit or permission of the property owner and must provide portable toilets; and outdoor stations cannot be within 500 feet of residential properties.

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Murder Suspect on Personal Jihad May Mave Been Groomed in US

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Photo Credit: KCPQ-13A man accused of killing four people in two states is believed to have ties to a disrupted terrorist cell, a terrorist training camp on U.S. soil, and federal investigations going back more than a decade, a Fox News investigation has revealed.

Details of Ali Muhammad Brown’s life in crime and connections to radical Islam prior to the killings of a college student in New Jersey and three other men in Washington state since April 2014 is under renewed scrutiny. After his arrest in July, Brown, 29, told detectives from both states that he “was engaged in jihad” and referred to the specific murder of one victim, Brendan Tevlin, as a “just kill.”

Tevlin, 19, was murdered in West Orange, N.J., on June 25 while sitting in his car at a traffic light. He was shot eight times. Besides Brown, two other men have been arrested in Tevlin’s murder — Jeremy Villagran and Eric Williams.

Seattle authorities say ballistics link the same 9-mm. handgun that Brown used to kill Tevlin in New Jersey to three other homicide investigations in Washington state. On June 1, 23-year-old Dwone Anderson-Young and 27-year-old Ahmed Said were killed “execution style” as they sat inside a car in Seattle, Wash.

The same weapon was used to gun down 30-year-old Leroy Henderson on April 27 as he walked the streets of Skyway, Wash., authorities say.

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Military Times Poll: Troops Fed Up with Politics

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Photo Credit: Washington Examiner Army Sgt. 1st Class Gregory Pettigrew feels like he should vote in the midterm elections on Nov. 4.

But he’s completely dissatisfied with the options on the ballot.

“I just feel like all politics goes back to money,” the 32-year-old soldier said. “It seems like all the [congressional] debate now is completely disconnected from reality. They don’t really seem to care about how their decisions impact us.”

He’s not alone in that opinion. Results of the most recent annual Military Times Poll of more than 2,200 active-duty troops show growing frustration with gridlocked congressional politics, mirroring low approval ratings for national lawmakers in recent polls.

More than one-third of readers who responded to the Military Times Poll said that neither Democrats nor Republicans have been a strong advocate for the military, and 44 percent think both major political parties have become less supportive of military issues in recent years.

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Tennessee Voters Approve Amendment 1, Will Allow Pro-Life Laws to Stop Abortions

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Photo Credit: LifeNewsTennessee voters have given the Volunteer State a chance to enact the kind of pro-life laws that have dropped abortions to historic lows in state after state across the nation.

They approved Amendment 1 to help ensure nothing int he state constitution could be used to secure an unlimited right to abortion. With 86%of the vote counter, Amendment 1 won with a 54-46 percent margin.

The amendment is necessary because the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled 4-1 in 2000 that the state constitution allows unlimited abortions. It is necessary, pro-life advocates say, to be able to pass laws to limit and reduce abortions. The ruling claimed the Tennessee Constitution contains a fundamental abortion right even broader than Roe v. Wade or the federal constitution and it resulted in the striking down of numerous pro-life Tennessee laws that were helping women and limiting abortions.

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Mayor and Wife Arrested in Disappearance of 43 Students

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Photo Credit: Fox NewsFederal police early Tuesday detained the former mayor of the southern Mexican city of Iguala and his wife, who are accused of ordering the Sept. 26 attacks on teachers’ college students that left six dead and 43 still missing.

Jose Luis Abarca and his wife, Maria de los Angeles Pineda, were arrested in Mexico City without resisting, according to two security officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the press.

The couple was in the custody of the Attorney General’s Office, where they were giving statements. At least 56 other people have been arrested so far in the case, and the Iguala police chief is still a fugitive.

The couple’s detention could shed light on disappearances, which have prompted outraged demonstrations across the country to demand the students be found. The case forced the resignation of the governor of Guerrero state, where Iguala is located.

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Yazidis Face Genocide by ISIS After U.S. Turns Away

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Photo Credit: GettyIn August, the Obama administration intervened to stop what it called a pending genocide of Yazidi minorities in Iraq. Now the U.S. is gone, but the genocide continues.

Thousands of Yazidis remain stranded and starving on Mount Sinjar while thousands more have been sold off into slavery by ISIS, according to Yazidi leaders, several of whom are in Washington to beg for urgent assistance.

When President Obama announced U.S.-led airstrikes in Iraq in early August, he said the mission was twofold: to protect U.S. personnel in Erbil and to save the ethnic Yazidis from ISIS, who had fled from their villages, chased by ISIS, and were stranded on the mountain with no food, no supplies, and no protection.

“People are starving. And children are dying of thirst. Meanwhile, ISIL forces below have called for the systematic destruction of the entire Yazidi people, which would constitute genocide,” said Obama. “And when we have the unique capabilities to help avert a massacre, then I believe the United States of America cannot turn a blind eye. We can act, carefully and responsibly, to prevent a potential act of genocide. That’s what we’re doing on that mountain.”

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Alaska’s Marijuana Legalization Measure 2

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Photo Credit: inquisitr.com[Update: With 100% of Alaska precincts reporting, the marijuana initiative appears to have passed by 52% to 48%. Absentee and some early ballots still remain to be counted, but they are unlikely to change this result.]

Alaska’s marijuana legalization is coming to vote for a second time this decade in the 2014 elections. The initiative, Measure 2, would make recreational marijuana legal for adults and regulate it similar to alcohol.

In a related report by The Inquisitr, Florida’s marijuana legalization effort went to pot in the final 2014 elections results. Although Amendment 2 supporters vow to try again during the 2016 election, Oregon’s marijuana legalization results had the entire state buzzing.

Alaska’s ballot Measure 2 is the northern state’s initiative to legalize marijuana. If Measure 2 is passed, it would remove state legal penalties for possession of up to one ounce of marijuana by adults 21 and older and establish a regulatory framework for licensed businesses to cultivate and sell marijuana to adults, similar to the laws enacted in Colorado and Washington state.

Medical marijuana is already legal in Alaska, though the state has seen previous efforts to legalize recreational pot fail. Even though recreational marijuana would be legalized at the state level it would still remain a federal crime, according to BallotPedia.

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Never-Ending Pasta Pass Holder Eats $1,510 Worth of Food in 6 Weeks

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Photo Credit: Fox NewsA North Carolina man is working hard to get the most out of his Olive Garden Never Ending Pasta Pass.

Alan Martin was one of the lucky 1,000 people who in September raced to buy one of the all-you-can-eat passes.

Over the past six weeks, Martin has eaten at Olive Garden every day, twice a day, totaling up to 95 meals and ringing up $1,510 worth of food, according toFox 8 WGHP.

Now when he goes into the restaurant, Martin told WGHP that the waitstaff treat him “like a celebrity.”

The pasta pass, which Martin bought for $100, is good for all of the pasta, salad, bread and Coca-Cola drinks a person can eat during the seven week period, which runs until Nov. 9.

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Why I'm Supporting the Parnell-Sullivan Ticket

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The Parnell-Sullivan race is critical for Alaska. I’ve known both Bill Walker and Sean Parnell for years and have a great deal of respect for both of them. I believe they both love Alaska and desire the best for her people. But I’m voting for the Parnell-Sullivan ticket, and here’s why.

Governor Sean Parnell has stood unequivocally in favor of traditional marriage and opposes the federal court’s unconstitutional usurpation of Alaskans’ right to be heard on this issue. The Governor did not hesitate when an Anchorage judge overstepped his bounds several weeks ago. He intervened on behalf of Alaskan voters who overwhelmingly voted for a constitutional amendment preserving marriage as between a man and a woman. The Governor demonstrated courage on this issue.

The Governor is also pro-life, and is willing to protect the most defenseless through positive legislation. Both the life and traditional marriage issues present real contrast between the Parnell-Sullivan and the Walker-Mallott tickets.

But that’s not all. Even though I worked closely with Bill Walker on litigation involving the state’s oil companies for years, and believe that he is well-positioned to advocate for the State’s interests in natural resource extraction, he chose to join with a lieutenant governor candidate who could prove devastating to efforts to remedy the vote integrity issues that have plagued our state. Mayor Dan Sullivan, on the other hand, is a much better candidate to lead the Division of Elections and has the proven record and experience to give us confidence if he’s called to lead the state.

The Governor’s race should not be a close call. The Parnell-Sullivan team is endorsed by the Conservative Patriots Group, Alaska Family Action, National Rifle Association, Family Research Council, National Right to Life, and Alaska Outdoor Council. Whether it’s fighting federal overreach by the Obama administration to defending Alaskans’ Second Amendment rights, Governor Parnell deserves our support. Conservatives have a clear choice.

Please join with Kathleen and I in voting for the Parnell-Sullivan team.

Serious Voting Irregularities Reported Throughout United States

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Photo Credit: Daily CallerThe office of Georgia’s Secretary of State confirmed Tuesday that its website has been experiencing intermittent problems on Election Day . . .

Two of Georgia’s elections Tuesday hold high significance. Its Senate race could help determine majority control in the upper chamber, while its gubernatorial race could see the ouster of its Republican incumbent governor for Democrat Jason Carter, the grandson of former President Jimmy Carter. . .

More serious claims have been made elsewhere. In Connecticut, Gov. Dan Malloy is asking a judge to extend voting hours after delays and other problems were reported at Hartford polling locations Tuesday morning, according to local reports . . .

CNN affiliate WAVY in Virginia received reports from local voters who said they experienced voting machine errors at multiple locations.

And in North Carolina, conservative activist James O’Keefe released a new video Monday showing how he obtained ballots at polling stations by pretending to be inactive voters. The point of the video was to show the need for voter ID laws, which are scheduled to start in North Carolina in 2016.

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