Shooting deaths of police up 78 percent this year; ‘troubling’ to memorial fund
The number of U.S. law enforcement officers shot dead on the job is up 78 percent this year compared with the same period last year, according to preliminary data from the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. In the wake of targeted attacks on police officers this summer in Dallas and in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, […]
Why Bill’s Love Letter to Hillary Was Sly and Effective
Decades later, it’s hard to remember how battered Bill Clinton was after the 1992 primaries. He had secured the nomination but his candidacy was marred by his efforts to avoid serving in Vietnam and allegations, later confirmed, of extramarital affairs. It looked like he was heading for a joyless convention in New York. But events […]
Syria’s war: 50 killed in ISIL attack in Qamishli
A car bomb has exploded in a predominantly Kurdish town in northern Syria, killing at least 50 people and wounding dozens. Syrian state TV said the car blew up on the western edge of the town of Qamishli, near the Turkish border on Wednesday. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known […]
Freddie Gray case: Charges against three remaining officers dropped
BALTIMORE — Prosecutors dropped all remaining charges against three Baltimore police officers accused in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray in a downtown courtroom on Wednesday morning, concluding one of the most high-profile criminal cases in Baltimore history. The startling move was an apparent acknowledgement of the unlikelihood of a conviction following the acquittals […]
Muslims at the DNC: Taking a stand against Islamophobia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – On the sidelines of the Democratic National Convention, where delegates will formally nominate Hillary Clinton as the party’s presidential candidate, Muslim leaders gathered to push the community to vote, calling the ballot a powerful means to challenge the growing problem of Islamophobia. “You don’t have to go to Canada, just register and […]
Priest killed at French church in attack claimed by Islamic State
Paris (dpa) – An 86-year-old priest was killed and another person seriously injured after two knife-wielding assailants, later claimed by Islamic State to be its “soldiers,” stormed a church in northern France during morning Mass. One of the attackers was later identified by French prosecutor Francois Molins as 19-year-old Adel Kermiche, who had been under […]
Syria’s civil war: Air raids ‘kill civilians’ in Aleppo
More than 20 civilians are reported to have been killed and dozens more wounded in air strikes launched by the Syrian government in al-Atareb, a city in Aleppo province of the country’s northwest. With violence continuing to escalate in the area, a government news agency reported that the Syrian army carried out operations against opposition […]
Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Libya top Arab League summit agenda
Arab leaders speaking at the opening of the Arab League summit in the Mauritanian capital have pledged to “defeat terrorism” , with the ongoing threat of violence in the region dominating the agenda. Chaired by Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, the two-day conference opened on Monday inside a large tent in Nouakchott, with the […]
Angry Sanders delegates drown out California speakers
PHILADELPHIA — Supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders, upset over the disclosure of Democratic National Committee emails showing officials privately discussing ways to help Hillary Clinton beat Sanders, repeatedly shouted down speakers at the California delegation’s breakfast Monday morning. The ruckus came shortly after DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz was similarly booed and heckled by Sanders […]
DNC leaks confirm establishment stranglehold
WASHINGTON, July 25, 2016 – The leaked emails from the Democratic National Committee regarding support for Hillary Clinton come as a shock to no one, but a disappointment to many. The latest episode in the 2016 election drama dropped last week, when Wikileaks released over 19,000 emails and more than 8,000 attachments from DNC staffers. […]