Two women were stabbed to death and their assailant shot dead by a soldier in the southern French port city of Marseille on Sunday in what officials described as a “likely terrorist act”. Police sources said the suspect had shouted “Allahu Akbar” (God is greatest) in Arabic as he attacked the women, aged 17 and […]
Category: Social
Tennessee Church Shooter Sought To Further Race War
A man accused of killing a woman in a shooting rampage at a Tennessee church this week might have acted to avenge the murders of nine black people in a South Carolina church two years ago, the Washington Post reported on Friday. A note in the car of Emanuel Kidega Samson, 25, indicated a possible […]
OJ Simpson Could Be Released On Sunday
O.J. Simpson’s time in prison could come to a close as early as Sunday. The former football star was granted parole in July and has been locked up in Nevada since 2008 following an armed robbery conviction. Simpson has said he’d like to return to Florida but that state’s attorney general is trying to block […]
Georgia Police Officer Murdered And Another Wounded
A police officer was shot and killed, with another wounded on a rural Georgia road. The shooting happened after a stolen vehicle in Polk County, near the Alabama border, a local official told The Polk County Standard Journal. The second officer was injured after being shot in a bulletproof vest, assistant county manager Barry Akinson […]
Customs Agents Arrest Over 450 Illegal Immigrants In Sanctuary Cities
As part of a massive illegal immigration sweep, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Thursday that officials this week arrested nearly 500 illegal immigrants living in sanctuary cities across the country. The raid, referred to as “Operation ‘Safe City’” in a news release, spanned four days in cities through the U.S., and ended Wednesday. Illegal […]
Judge Rules Black Lives Matter Can Not Be Sued
Black Lives Matter is a social movement, like the tea party or the civil rights movement, and therefore can’t be sued, a federal judge ruled Thursday. A police officer anonymously sued Black Lives Matter and DeRay Mckesson, a prominent Baltimore-based activist in the movement, after being injured by a rock thrown during a protest over […]
Kindergarten Teacher Pleads Guilty To Sex With 6 Children
An East Texas kindergarten teacher who had sex with at least six high school students accepted a plea deal Thursday that will require her to spend 10 years in a state prison. As part of the agreement, 39-year-old Heather Lee Robertson will be required to surrender her teaching certification and register as a sex offender […]
Catholic Theologians Accuse Pope Of Heresy
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Several dozen tradition-minded Roman Catholic theologians, priests and academics have formally accused Pope Francis of spreading heresy with his 2016 opening to divorced and civilly remarried Catholics. In a 25-page letter delivered to Francis last month and provided Saturday to The Associated Press, the 62 signatories issued a “filial correction” to […]
Vermont Teacher Fired For Leading 3rd Grade Class In Nazi Salute
A veteran Vermont teacher was axed after she was caught instructing a class of third graders on how to give the Nazi salute. The substitute teacher had the children perform the stiff-arm gesture as they were walking to the cafeteria Thursday at Georgia Elementary School, accoriding to a report. “The children were standing with their […]
James Comey’s Speech Is Disrupted By Protesters
Former FBI director James Comey faced loud protests throughout his speech at Howard University’s convocation ceremony Friday, as activists chanted and sang traditional African-American spirituals over his remarks. The protests began immediately after Comey took the podium at the historically black university in Washington, D.C., As the ex-FBI director stood quietly, chants such as “no […]
OKC Police Kill Innocent Deaf Man In His Own Front Yard
An Oklahoma City man was fatally shot by police as neighbors shouted that the man could not hear officers’ commands to drop a metal pipe he was holding, police said. The incident occurred Tuesday evening after an accident led officers to a house where Magdiel Sanchez, 35, was outside on the porch, Oklahoma City Police […]
Trump Campaign Manager Was Wiretapped
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was wiretapped under a foreign intelligence warrant in connection with U.S. concerns that he was communicating with Russian operatives who wanted to influence the American election, a former U.S. official familiar with the intelligence confirms to CBS News’ Andres Triay. The warrants were issued before Robert Mueller was appointed […]