Hollis Daniels allegedly killed officer at police station after being taken in for drug paraphernalia. A Texas Tech student accused of shooting and killing an officer at the police station on campus was caught late Monday and is now in custody, police tell local media. The suspect, identified as Hollis Daniels, had been brought to the […]
Category: Domestic
More Universities Switch To Celebrating Indigenous People’s Day
Harvard University is the latest of a growing number of colleges to add “Indigenous Peoples’ Day” to its calendar, an effort, proponents say, to reject colonialism represented by Columbus Day. Indigenous Peoples’ Day was first adopted in Berkeley, Calif. in 1992, but it’s recently become more popular on campuses nationwide. Instead of celebrating explorer Christopher […]
Russian Agents Bought Ads On Google During 2016 Election Cycle
Russian operatives spent tens of thousands of dollars to run advertisements on Google’s various platforms intended to affect the 2016 US presidential election, according to a new report from The Washington Post. Facebook has come under heavy criticism in recent weeks after it said that Russian agents had paid for ads to spread political division […]
Kim Jong Un Praises North Korea’s Nuclear Missile Program
SEOUL, Oct 8 (Reuters) – North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un said his nuclear weapons were a “powerful deterrent” that guaranteed its sovereignty, state media reported on Sunday, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said “only one thing will work” in dealing with the isolated country. Trump did not make clear to what he was […]
Tennessee Senator Says White House Is An Adult Day Care Center
An enraged President Donald Trump and a prominent Republican senator who fears the country could be edging toward “chaos” engaged in an intense and vitriolic back-and-forth bashing on social media Sunday, a remarkable airing of their party’s profound rifts. In political discourse that might once have seemed inconceivable, the GOP’s foreign policy expert in the […]
Three Men Charged With Planning ISIS-Inspired Attack In New York
Three men have been charged with plotting to carry out ISIS-inspired attacks on music concerts, landmarks and crowded subways in New York, authorities said. The FBI arrested Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy, 19, a Canadian citizen, while traveling to the United States from Canada in the summer of 2016 and he has pled guilty to terrorism offenses; […]
Pentagon Identifies 3 American Soldiers Killed In Africa
The Pentagon has identified the three Army Green Berets killed in action Wednesday night in Niger. Staff Sgts. Bryan Black, 35, of Puyallup, Wash.; Jeremiah Johnson, 39, of Springboro, Ohio; and Dustin Wright, 29, of Lyons, Ga., were killed after their patrol came under attack by Mali-based militants. The three were assigned to 3rd Special Forces […]
Trump To Ignore Military Advisers And Abandon Iran Nuke Deal
US President Donald Trump is planning to abandon the Iran nuclear deal shortly, according to US media reports. If he fails to certify the accord, Congress will decide whether to re-impose economic sanctions on Iran. Mr Trump has until 15 October to decide. Opposition to the deal was a major part of his campaign last […]
Bowe Bergdahl To Plead Guilty To Desertion, Faces Life In Prison
Bergdahl expected to plead guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is expected to plead guilty later this month to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy rather than face trial for leaving his Afghanistan post in 2009, The Associated Press reported. Two sources said the Idaho native would submit the […]
Three American Soldiers Killed By Ambush In Niger
Three U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers were killed and two were wounded in Niger on Wednesday, in an ambush by suspected Islamic militants operating from Mali, multiple sources with knowledge of the incident told NBC News. According to the sources, one soldier form Niger was also killed in the attack. The U.S. military did not […]
Pro-Life Congressman Asks Girlfriend To Get Abortion
PITTSBURGH – An anti-abortion congressman asked a woman with whom he was having an extramarital affair to get an abortion when he thought she might be pregnant, a newspaper reported Tuesday. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said it obtained text messages between Republican U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania and Shannon Edwards. A Jan. 25 text message […]
Vegas Killer Was Originally Planning To Escape
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department released body-camera video of heroic officers responding to gun shots during the horrific mass shooting by Stephen Paddock, who killed 58 people and wounded hundreds more at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. Las Vegas police confirmed Wednesday that they have evidence to suggest Stephen Paddock planned to survive and […]