US: President Barack Obama vetoes 9/11 bill
US President Barack Obama has vetoed a bill that would have allowed the families of the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks to sue the government of Saudi Arabia. In a statement accompanying his veto message, Obama said on Friday he had “deep sympathy” for the 9/11 victims’ families and their desire to see […]
Ahmad Khan Rahami spent time at Pakistan seminary linked to Taliban, report says
ELIZABETH — More details have emerged in the case against Ahmad Khan Rahami, who, according to The Guardian, spent time in a religious seminary in Pakistan closely associated with the Afghan Taliban. Rahami, who was born in Afghanistan but became a U.S. citizen, spent time at the Kaan Kuwa Naqshbandi madrassa on his two visits […]
Transcripts of 911 calls reveal Pulse shooter’s terrorist motives
ORLANDO, Fla. — “You have to tell America to stop bombing Syria and Iraq. They are killing a lot of innocent people,” gunman Omar Mateen told a crisis negotiator from inside the Pulse nightclub during a June standoff, transcripts of 911 calls released Friday show. The 17 pages of conversations between Mateen and Orlando officials […]
Rhode Island Man Guilty ove ISIS Plot to Behead Blogger
A Rhode Island man pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges of conspiring to behead a conservative blogger and recruit others to carry out attacks on American soil in the name of the Islamic State militant group (ISIS). Nicholas Rovinski, 25, admitted that he had plotted with two men, David Wright and Wright’s uncle Usaamah Rahim, […]
The Muslims of Cuba
Santa Clara, Cuba – “Documents printed” reads a handwritten sign hanging outside the first floor of a house on the outskirts of Santa Clara, a university town in central Cuba. Hassan Jan, 43, runs his makeshift printing shop from the front room of his home – part of a once-airy villa, now divided into four […]
Manhunt for gunman who shot dead four women at US shopping mall
A man armed with a rifle is on the loose after shooting four women dead at a shopping mall in the United States. Police are hunting the suspected gunman, caught on surveillance camera, during the attack on Friday night at Burlington, just over 100 km north of Seattle. AP PHOTO: Suspect in deadly Burlington, Wash. […]
4 dead in shooting at Cascade Mall in Burlington; suspect at large
BURLINGTON, Skagit County — Five people were shot — four fatally — Friday night in the Cascade Mall in Burlington, and officers fanned out searching for the shooter, according to the Washington State Patrol. The four dead are all female, State Patrol Sgt. Mark Francis said. One man in critical condition was flown to Harborview […]
Twitter Considers A Possible Takeover
Twitter Inc. is inching closer to being sold. According to several media reports Friday — all of which cited unnamed sources — many technology companies, including Google and Salesforce, have expressed interest in acquiring the struggling social media giant. According to the two sources cited by Recode, selling Twitter is likely to fetch at least […]
Scores killed as Syrian jets pound rebel-held Aleppo
Syrian army jets have launched more than 150 air strikes on eastern Aleppo in the last 24 hours, killing at least 90 people in the northern city and its countryside, according to residents. The latest raids on Friday, part of a new Syrian government offensive to recapture rebel-held parts of Aleppo, destroyed emergency service structures, […]
Springsteen on Trump: ‘The republic is under siege by a moron’
The Boss isn’t fond of the Donald. Bruce Springsteen excoriated Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in two recent interviews, calling the former Atlantic City casino magnate a “moron” and a “great embarrassment.” The New Jersey-born rocker who campaigned for President Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012 had, until now, remained mostly quiet about the current […]