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Six-year-old Ana Marquez-Green has been confirmed as one of the 20 children killed by gunman Adam Lanza in the horrific attack on Sandy Hook Elementary…
Not long after Friday’s shooting rampage at a Connecticut elementary school, media outlets began reporting the gunman’s identity as 24-year-old Ryan Lanza of Hoboken, N.J. His name and image quickly spread worldwide as the perpetrator of the nation’s second-deadliest school shooting. Facebook and Twitter lit up as people vented their fury at the man they […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A tearful President Barack Obama says the country’s leaders must “take meaningful action” regardless of politics in response to the mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school. The president teared up, at times using an index finger to wipe at the corner of his eyes, as he addressed the nation from the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A tearful President Barack Obama says the country’s leaders must “take meaningful action” regardless of politics in response to the mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school. The president teared up, at times using an index finger to wipe at the corner of his eyes, as he addressed the nation from the […]
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — An official with knowledge of a shooting at a Connecticut elementary school says 27 people are dead, including 18 children. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is still under way. State police Lt. Paul Vance says only that staff and students at Sandy Hook Elementary School in […]
A United Kingdom man, Eamonn Kilbride, died from a heart attack at his job’s Christmas party after dancing to the widely popular “Gangnam Style.” Kilbride, 46, had been doing the fast-paced dance moves to Psy’s “Gangnam Style” with his co-workers when he suddenly collapsed, The dance includes motions similar to riding a horse while spinning […]
A United Kingdom man, Eamonn Kilbride, died from a heart attack at his job’s Christmas party after dancing to the widely popular “Gangnam Style.” Kilbride, 46, had been doing the fast-paced dance moves to Psy’s “Gangnam Style” with his co-workers when he suddenly collapsed, The dance includes motions similar to riding a horse while spinning […]
Jan Perry, bidding to become Los Angeles’ next mayor, believes she will defy the odds and win the battle to preside over the nation’s second largest city. In a November 12 report, Los Angeles Times staff writer James Newton, said, “at this point in the Los Angeles Mayor’s race, Councilwoman Jan Perry lags behind front-runners […]
Jan Perry, bidding to become Los Angeles’ next mayor, believes she will defy the odds and win the battle to preside over the nation’s second largest city. In a November 12 report, Los Angeles Times staff writer James Newton, said, “at this point in the Los Angeles Mayor’s race, Councilwoman Jan Perry lags behind front-runners […]
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A worker who killed himself inside an Alabama federal courthouse Thursday went through an employee entrance to avoid a security check that could have caught the gun, officials said. The U.S. Marshals Service said the worker used an access card to enter the Hugo L. Black U.S. Courthouse in Birmingham. The […]
(CNN) — Florida A&M University, under fire in the hazing death of a drum major and over its finances, was put on probation for one…
Chicago Student To Teacher: You Went On Strike For More Money, You Better Teach Me Something [VIDEO]
Though the violence in Chicago often makes front page news, the circumstances that potentially influence it are often not discussed; chiefly among them, education —…
