Virginia TV journalists killed in on-air shooting; suspect fatally shoots selfNews from Reuters: MONETA, Virginia A television reporter and a cameraman were shot and killed during a live broadcast in Virginia on Wednesday in an attack authorities said was carried out by a former employee of the TV station. The suspect, 41-year-old Vester Flanagan, shot [...]
Family Says Daughter Raped Repeatedly While Held by ISNews from ABC News: American hostage Kayla Mueller was repeatedly forced to have sex with Abu Bakr Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State group, U.S. intelligence officials told her family in June. “They told us that he married her, and we all understand what that means,” [...]
Purported ISIS video shows militants killing groups of Ethiopian ChristiansNews from Washington Post: Islamic State militants in Libya shot and beheaded two groups of Ethiopian Christians, a video purportedly from the extremists showed Sunday, according to the Associated Press. The killings mirror a video released in February showing militants beheading 21 Egyptian Christians on a Libyan [...]
Key questions on a Clinton runNews from Philly.com: Dan Balz, Washington Post Posted: Sunday, April 12, 2015, 1:09 AM When Hillary Rodham Clinton arrives in Iowa next week as a candidate for president in 2016, every statement, gesture, laugh, outfit, facial expression, and interaction with voters will be put under a microscope the likes of [...]
White SC officer charged with murder in shooting death of black manNews from Fox News: A South Carolina police officer was arrested and charged with murder Tuesday in the weekend shooting death of a motorist after a traffic stop over a faulty brake light. City Patrolman Michael Thomas Slager, who is white, was taken into [...]
The Take | Cruz tests the limits of conservatism in his run for presidentNews from Washington Post: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) announced his intention to run for president in the 2016 election during a speech at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. (AP) By Dan Balz March 23 at 1:05 PM If there is such a [...]
Thousands March in Russia to Mourn Putin Critic NemtsovNews from ABC News: World News Videos | US News Videos Copy Carrying flowers, portraits and signs that said “I am not afraid,” thousands of Russians marched Sunday in Moscow to mourn opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, whose slaying on the streets of the capital has shaken Russia’s [...]
More snow, cold tempsNews from News Item: AccuWeather reports a storm passing through the Northeast riding a tidal wave of frigid air will evolve into a blizzard over New England before departing during the Valentine’s Day weekend. The worst of the storm will target the central and northern New England coast tonight into Sunday with [...]
Survivors recall panic before Mexico City hospital blastNews from Washington Post: Rescue workers climb out of the wreckage of a maternity and children’s hospital amid one of several temporary evacuations as firefighters monitor the leaking gas tanker that caused the explosion in Cuajimalpa on the outskirts of Mexico City, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015. The explosion, [...]
Northeast Corridor braces for ‘potentially historic’ snowstormNews from Fox News: A relatively mild winter for the Northeast Corridor was expected to come to an abrupt end Monday, as the National Weather Service said that between 2 to 3 feet of snow were expected to fall in an area spanning from northern New Jersey to southern [...]