Harley-Davidson closing Kansas City plant as motorcycle sales fall

JD Tue, 01/30/2018 - 17:17

MILWAUKEE — Harley-Davidson's sales fell sharply in 2017 and the company will move ahead with a plan to consolidate manufacturing operations, including the closure of its Kansas City, Mo. plant.

The world's largest maker of heavyweight motorcycles has struggled to reverse a four-year sales slide, with growth overseas somewhat helping offset a decline in the U.S. bike market.

Broken toilet forces plane with 85 plumbers aboard to turn around

JD Tue, 01/30/2018 - 11:36

How many plumbers does it take to fix an airplane toilet?

It’s a joke with no punch line, as 85 plumbers on a Norwegian flight headed for Germany discovered Saturday when their plane had to return to Oslo because of a broken toilet, reported The Independent. The flight, which departed Oslo bound for Munich, turned back at the Swedish border.

Agents stop semitrailer with 76 illegals inside in Texas/Two DACA recipients arrested on suspicion of human smuggling

JD Tue, 01/30/2018 - 11:31

LAREDO, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a semitrailer driver is in custody after he was found to be transporting 76 immigrants in Texas.

The U.S. Border Patrol said in a statement Monday that the immigrants were discovered Friday at a checkpoint on U.S. 83, about 35 miles (56 kilometers) north of Laredo in South Texas. The semitrailer stopped in the checkpoint's primary lane where the driver, a U.S. citizen, was questioned about his immigration status.

Trey Gowdy: FISA Memo Will Be ‘Embarrassing to Adam Schiff’

JD Tue, 01/30/2018 - 11:24

Tuesday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Rep Trey Gowdy (R-SC) said a memo that the House Intelligence Committee voted on Monday to make public would be “embarrassing” to the Intel Committee’s ranking Democrat Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA).

Trump Has Received FISA Memo — Here’s What He’s Doing Next

JD Tue, 01/30/2018 - 11:20

The White House will undergo a national security review of a FISA memo purporting to show misconduct by the FBI in the investigation of the Trump campaign which the House Intelligence Committee voted to declassify Monday.

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