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President Obama had a coffee in his right hand when he saluted the Marines at the foot of Marine One on Tuesday, and was immediately blasted by critics as being disrespectful to the U.S. Armed Forces. Video of what the Internet quickly dubbed the #lattesalute was posted to the White House’s Instagram page… …and outrage […]
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Five people were arrested and two law enforcement officers were hurt in Ferguson after protests over the death of Michael Brown again intensified, authorities said Wednesday. Missouri Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson said it wasn’t clear if a fire at a makeshift memorial for Brown led to the unrest Tuesday night […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI says the number of shootings in which a gunman opens fire on a crowd of people has increased in recent years. The bureau released a report Wednesday analyzing 160 mass shootings between 2000 and 2013. The report focuses on what the FBI calls “active shooter incidents,” or cases in which […]
WARNING: This post contains a graphic video of the shooting death of John Crawford. Viewer discretion is advised. CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio grand jury found officers’ actions were justified in last month’s fatal shooting of a man holding an air rifle at a store, a special prosecutor said Wednesday. Special Prosecutor Mark Piepmeier said […]
As Ferguson continues to mobilize behind efforts to seek justice for 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was slain by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, 11-year-old Marquis…
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Negotiators paid a $1.6 million ransom for the release of a German-American journalist who was kidnapped in Somalia and held for two years and eight months, a commander of pirates who held him said Wednesday. Michael Scott Moore was “doing well” and receiving medical care, Germany’s Foreign Ministry said. Moore, 45, […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Two men and a woman were being charged in the beating of a gay couple during a late-night encounter on a Philadelphia street, prosecutors announced Tuesday. The case gained attention when police posted a video of the well-dressed suspects out on the town that night, and online sleuths used social media sites […]
The retrial of Michael Dunn in the shooting death of 17-year-old Jordan Davis began with prosecutors and defense attorneys beginning to screen 100 potential jurors in Jacksonville, FL. News 4 Jax reports: In February, 12 jurors found Dunn guilty of three counts of attempted murder for firing a dozen shots into an SUV full of […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The mother of Columbine High School shooter Dylan Klebold is planning a memoir in which she will confront the “indescribable grief and shame” she has lived with since the 1999 tragedy. Crown Publishers told The Associated Press on Tuesday that it had acquired a book by Susan Klebold, saying she was […]
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Two people were wounded in a shooting at a central Florida mall Tuesday, and police were trying to determine if two men found dead a short time later in a crashed vehicle were connected, authorities said. Officers responded to shots being fired near the Osceola Square Mall’s Ross Dress For Less […]
ARVADA, Colo. (AP) — Hundreds of students walked out of classrooms around suburban Denver on Tuesday in protest over a conservative-led school board proposal to focus history education on topics that promote citizenship, patriotism and respect for authority, in a show of civil disobedience that the new standards would aim to downplay. The youth protest […]
While the country waits on the Grand Jury’s decision on whether to arrest Officer Darren Wilson in the killing of Michael Brown, the citizens of Ferguson are outraged all over again. According to a video posted on YouTube, Brown’s memorial has been burned down. Social media has been set ablaze at the blatant disrespect. Supporters […]
