https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/apr/15/us-airstrike-kills-key-leader-islamic-state-somali/

The head of the Islamic State’s Somalia faction was killed in a U.S. airstrike, less than a week after the Trump White House declared the national security threat posed by the east African nation constituted a national emergency.

The strike that killed Abdulhakim Dhuqub, the second in command for ISIS-Somalia, took place Sunday near the Somali city of Xiriiro in the country’s Bari Region, officials from U.S. Africa Command said Monday.

In conjunction with the Somali-based terror group al-Shabaab, Dhuqub was responsible “for the daily operations … attack planning, and resource procurement” for ISIS-Somalia, command officials said in a statement. Earlier this month, U.S. warplanes took out two al-Shabaab fighters in an April 11 airstrike in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle Region, Africa Command leaders said at the time.

Mr. Trump declared a national emergency on April 10 over the terrorist threat posed by ISIS and al-Shabaab in Somalia

Wasted no time dealing with this problem. BOOM SOMALIA

https://www.chicagobusiness.com/finance-banking/avant-pay-385-million-ftc-settlement#adunit_path=news-data/finance

The FTC in a lawsuit alleged numerous infractions that led to borrowers paying too much or suffering from unauthorized bank withdrawals.

“In response to many complaints from consumers who requested to make payments using a credit card or debit card, Avant has stated that its policy is not to accept such payments, even though it continues to represent the opposite in its contracts and on its website,” the suit said.

In other cases, Avant has delayed cashing paper checks to cover loan costs, resulting in more interest and late fees, according to the complaint. Sometimes “for many weeks,” the complaint stated.

The suit also alleges numerous cases of unauthorized charges, where Avant has improperly withdrawn money from customers’ bank accounts. Loan payments are supposed to occur once a month, but Avant has at times withdrawn the payments more than once in a month. One customer saw 11 withdrawals in a month, according to the lawsuit.

https://taskandpurpose.com/idahoans-to-the-air-force-please-to-stop-secretly-using-our-cities-for-target-practice

A cadre of Idaho residents are suing the Air Force over the "extraordinary and unprecedented" urban training exercises planned to take place in nine cities across the state.

In a complaint filed earlier this month in the U.S. District Court of Idaho, a group of Boise residents allege that the Air Force's Urban Close Air Support Air and Ground Training Project — proposed by the 366th Fighter Wing at Mountain Home Air Force Base in January — endangers the safety of Idahoans by "authoriz[ing] thousands of annual overflights of F-15 military jets, coupled with on-the-ground troop activity within the cities, occurring day and night."

Civilian complaints about military exercises in their neighborhoods aren't unusual, but this complaint alleges that the Air Force Urban CAS Training Project "establishes a permanent urban military training program centered over nine cities across southern Idaho, from Boise to Burley … for up to 160 days per year."