Rep. Gohmert: ‘Too Early’ to Rule Out Islam Prompted Dallas Shootings
Responding to the Dallas shootings that left five police officers dead on Thursday, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) said we can’t yet rule out that the attacks were motivated by radical Islam. Appearing on Fox Business Channel on Friday, Rep. Gohmert took issue with a previous guest’s declaration that radical Islam was not a factor. It’s […]
Saudi arrests 19 in connection with Saudi bombings
Saudi Arabia has arrested 12 Pakistanis and seven Saudis in connection with the suicide bombing on the prophet’s mosque in the city of Medina and other attacks in Jeddah and Qatif. Saudi Arabia said a suicide bomber who attacked the prophet’s mosque in the city of Medina on Monday was a 26-year-old Saudi citizen with […]
Muslim girls fence against Islamophobia in the UK
London, United Kingdom – Under the bright lights of a northeast London school sports hall, a group of Muslim girls sit on wooden benches, awaiting the start of a class. This would normally be a mandatory physical education session of netball or athletics, but today is different: the students will be learning fencing. The girls […]
Iraq War report shows West has lessons to learn
US President George W. Bush (L) and British Prime Minister Tony Blair walk together from their meeting at the US Embassy in Brussels in this February 22, 2005 file photo. [Photo/Agencies] Former UK prime minister Tony Blair was heavily criticized in the official report of the inquiry into the 2003 Iraq War, which said his […]
Beyoncé Responds to Police Shootings: ‘Stop killing us’
Beyoncé has posted an open letter, responding to the police shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile and urging fans to take action. “We are sick and tired of the killings of young men and women in our communities,” the pop star writes in a statement on her website. “It is up to us to […]
Man Misidentified As ‘Person Of Interest’ In Dallas Shooting Speaks Out
During the chaos of the Dallas shootings last night, police released a photo of Mark Hughes, brother of the man who organized last night’s Black Lives Matter protest. Hughes was identified by Dallas PD as a person of interest in the shootings, largely because he was wearing camouflage clothing and open carrying a gun, both […]
A White Nationalist Website Is Sponsoring An RNC Rally Featuring Trump Surrogates
Published with permission from Media Matters for America. The white nationalist website Eternal Sentry is sponsoring an upcoming pro-Trump “unity rally” with longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone and several Trump surrogates. Eternal Sentry is a self-described “altright” website that features racist and anti-Semitic material, repeatedly warns about “White Genocide,” and is produced by a Trump […]
Caffeine Could Make Your Temporary Hearing Loss Permanent
Fireworks. Subway trains. Front row at a rock concert. The level of noise people are exposed to in these settings are all above, if not right up against the threshold of the level we can sustain before risking hearing loss — about 90 to 95 decibels (dB). And according to a new JAMA study, if […]
At least 30 killed in ISIL assault on Iraq shrine
At least 30 people have been killed in an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) suicide bomb, gun and mortar attack on a Shia shrine north of Iraq’s capital Baghdad, officials said. The incident comes just days after the worst bombing in the country since the US-led invasion of 2003, which was also […]
11 officers shot, 4 dead, 1 person in custody after shots fired during downtown Dallas rally
DALLAS — Three Dallas police officers and one transit officer have been killed and several others were injured after shots were fired in downtown Dallas during a rally and march Thursday night. Dallas police Chief David Brown said about 8:58 p.m., at least two snipers shot 11 officers and one civilian from elevated positions during […]