Suicide bomb in Kabul kills young girl, wounds 22 A suicide car bombing in the eastern part of the Afghan capital on Friday morning killed at least one person, a young girl, and wounded 22, Afghan officials said. Basir Mujahid, spokesman for the Kabul police chief, said the blast occurred […]
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British teacher convicted of trying to recruit children for an ISIS-inspired ‘army’ A British teacher was convicted Friday of trying to recruit students to carry out Islamic State-inspired attacks across London. Umar Haque, 25, was accused of radicalizing children at two schools and a mosque, making them re-enact deadly attacks […]
Trump asking John Kelly for help in pushing Ivanka, Kushner out of White House President Donald Trump is asking chief of staff John Kelly for help in pushing his daughter and son-in-law out of the White House, The New York Times reports. The Times, citing two people familiar with Trump’s […]
Demoralized West Wing stokes fears over Trump’s capacity to handle a crisis Chaos here, backlash there, shock everywhere. And in Washington and around the globe another gasping chorus of WTF commentary: reckless, not normal, reality show run amok. And so on, et cetera, et cetera, for the one-hundredth-and-can’t-remember time of […]
Putin boasts military might with animation of Florida nuke strike Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday used a concept video of unlimited range nuclear warheads apparently raining down on Florida — President Donald Trump’s home away from home — to tout his country’s new firepower. Putin boasted about the Kremlin’s […]
US Embassy in Montenegro attacked with grenade, prompting security scare The U.S. Embassy in the Balkan state of Montenegro was attacked Thursday by an individual armed with a hand grenade, who hurled the explosive at the compound before blowing himself up. The area was sealed off by the police and […]
California transit agency releases video of fatal shooting A Northern California transit agency on Wednesday released a video recording showing one of its police officer fatally shooting a man fighting with another man. The 52-second video clip showed Bay Area Rapid Transit officer Joseph Mateu shooting Sahleem Tindle, 28, three […]
Wisconsin teen invents device to protect students during a shooting One high schooler has come up with a device to prevent active shooters from getting inside classrooms – and to keep students safe. He calls it the “JustinKase.” It’s a product made of steel that latches to a door frame […]
Trump Adds Cautious Support to Changes to Background Checks for Gun Buyers President Trump signaled on Monday that he was willing to join a discussion on gun restrictions amid the national outcry led by teenagers who survived last week’s mass shooting at a Florida high school. Mr. Trump is open […]
Woman accused of fatally shooting driver for cutting her off A Massachusetts woman allegedly shot a driver for cutting her off — and bragged that she’d warned her victim, “don’t make me spank you,” on Facebook, according to local reports. Graciela Paulino, 20, was nabbed in Lowell Thursday for killing […]
