In Other News: Teens roam streets with rifles as crime swamps Sweden; Wisconsin moves to legalize lemonade stands

Published 8:13 pm Thursday, January 25, 2018

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Conservative evangelical leader: Trump gets a ‘mulligan’ on his behavior

Tony Perkins, president of the conservative Family Research Council, said the evangelical community has given President Donald Trump a “mulligan” when it comes to his personal behavior. Perkins’ remarks come after a report that Trump’s lawyer formed a private company to pay a former porn star in exchange for not speaking publicly about an alleged sexual encounter with Trump. — CNN 

Teens roam streets with rifles as crime swamps Sweden

Sweden is among the world’s safest, richest and best-run countries. But it has been experiencing an unprecedented surge of gang shootings, bombings and sexual assaults. The crime surge is mainly confined to so-called “areas of social exclusion,” a code for neighborhoods predominantly populated by immigrants from Africa, the Middle East and Afghanistan. — The Times 

Wisconsin moves to legalize lemonade stands

The Wisconsin Assembly has approved a bill that would legalize children’s lemonade stands. The Republican bill would allow a minor to operate a temporary food stand without a local permit or license or a state food processing or retail food establishment license.  — news8000.com 

Immigrants who bring the most skills have the highest incomes

Immigrants to the United States from nations with greater skills, defined as higher average years of education, have higher average incomes than immigrants from countries with less skills. The five most skilled immigrants groups in the United States are: Taiwanese, Nigerians, Swedes, Indians and Swiss. The five least skilled are: Mexicans, Salvadorans, Hondurans, Portuguese and Cape Verdeans. For example, 82 percent of Nigerians are high-skilled, while only 4 percent are low-skilled. By contrast, only 14 percent of Mexicans are high-skilled, while 57 percent are low-skilled. — Medium  

Man bites dog. Dog bites man. Dog wins

A man cornered in a New Hampshire trailer by police investigating a shooting refused to come out. So officers sent in a police dog. The man began kicking and punching the dog, at one point putting the dog in a chokehold and biting her on the head. The dog bit back and police eventually took the man into custody. “If you get into a biting competition with a police dog, you’re not going to win,” said Lt. Jason Killary of the Boscawen Police Department. “They’re pretty good at that.” — Ledger-Enquirer