Jacqueline Bowser

France Church Attack: ISIS Claims Responsibility For Killing Father Jacques Hamel

ISIS has claimed responsibility for the France church attack in which 85-year-old Father Jacques Hamel was beheaded while attending morning mass. Two armed men enter the Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, a 17th-century church in Normandy, and held the priest and four others hostage. In a statement released by ISIS to the Amaq News agency, it stated,” The two […]

8y ago

china|human rights

Tibetan Academy Razed By China’s Government: Destroys Larung Gar Buddhist Academy

The Chinese government has begun evicting residents and destroying the Tibetan Buddhist Academy which sits 13,500 ft above sea level and western Sichuan province. Government workers began using bulldozers to demolish homes of the Tibetan Monks and nuns, citing overcrowding concerns and it being a fire hazard. The population at Tibetan Buddhist Academy has climbed […]

8y ago

FBI Joins Search For Missing Florida Teen, 14, In Washington State [Update]

The FBI has joined in the search for a missing Florida teenager from Orlando, who vanished while on a family vacation in Big Lake in Skagit County, Washington. Katelynn Barlow, 14 years old, was staying in a family cabin at Big Lake when she was last seen by family members. According to family members, Barlow […]

8y ago

Saudi Arabia

Federal Government Sues California Homeowner For $25 Million Over 2013 Wildfire

A California homeowner is being sued by the federal government for $25 million for the 2013 wildfire that burned 27,500 acres of land in the San Jacinto Mountains. In a lawsuit filed by the federal government on Thursday, homeowner and Saudi businessman Tarek M. Al-Shawaf is accused of negligence for causing a fire that burned […]

8y ago

georgia|murder

Georgia To Execute John Wayne Conner, Clemency Denied For 1982 Murder

John Wayne Conner is scheduled to be executed in Georgia for murdering his friend, James T. White, in 1982. Clemency for Conner has been denied by the State Board of Pardons and Paroles. John Wayne Conner, who is 60-years-old, has been on death row for the last 34 years. John Wayne Conner was sentenced to […]

8y ago

Alton Sterling’s Son Speaks Out For The First Time And Urges Peace, Unity, And Protesting The Right Way

For the very first time, Cameron Sterling, the teenage son of Alton Sterling, is speaking out in the wake of his father’s death. Cameron Sterling, who is 15 years old, wants the world to know about who his father really was and is calling for peace, unity, and for people to protest the right way. […]

8y ago

california|murder|San Diego

San Diego Serial Killer On The Loose Striking The Homeless: Only Suspect Released

Anthony Alexander Padgett has been accused in a series of horrendous killings and attacks on homeless men in San Diego. Padgett was arrested Thursday and was charged with three counts of murder and of one attempted murder. Anthony Padgett is accused of beating and setting the men on fire but was released by San Diego […]

8y ago

Congress|florida

Florida Congresswoman Indicted On Fraud Charges

Florida Congresswoman Corrine Brown and her chief of staff have been indicted on public corruption charges after a federal investigation. Corrine Brown and Elias Simmons have been accused in a fake charity scheme and allegedly used $800,000 in donations for their own personal use. Corrine Brown was involved in the One Door for Education Foundation […]

8y ago

Islam

Muslims Around The World Begin To Celebrate Eid al-Fitr 2016

Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Fitr 2016, which marks the end of Islam’s holy month of Ramadan. Eid al-Fitr means “festival of breaking the fast” and is celebrated over three days. It is estimated that over 1.5 billion Muslims will be celebrating the holiday worldwide. Eid al-Fitr begins at sunset and is based […]

8y ago

death|FBI

Prince’s Doctors Investigated By The FBI

Two doctors who treated Prince are being criminally investigated by law enforced agencies for prescription drugs that led to his death on April 21. Dr. Michael Schulenberg, family physician of Prince and California addiction doctor Howard Kornfeld have been named in the investigation of the accidental overdose of Prince from the opiate painkiller fentanyl at […]

8y ago

Former Virginia Governor’s Conviction Overturned By Supreme Court

The U.S Supreme Court on Monday overturned the conviction of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell by unanimous decision to vacate corruption charges. Both McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, were convicted in January 2014 after McDonnell had left office. McDonnell and his wife were both found guilty of most of the federal charges against them. McDonnell […]

8y ago

Flint|michigan

Michigan Water Crisis: Attorney General Files Lawsuits

Michigan Attorney General Schuette has filed a lawsuit against two water companies in connection with the Flint drinking water crisis. Veolia North America and Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, or LAN, have been named in the lawsuit on behalf of Flint’s lead-poisoned drinking water. Both companies were awarded contracts to help with advising on using the […]

8y ago

Mississippi Burning Case Officially Closes After Half A Century, On The 52nd Anniversary

Officials in Mississippi after more than half a century are closing the Mississippi Burning case, in which three civil rights workers were kidnapped and murdered. On June 21, 1964, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, had volunteered for the Mississippi Summer Project and were trying to help register African American voters at the time […]

8y ago

hillary clinton|New York|Saudi Arabia|terrorism

NYU Helped Organize 2nd Saudi Arabia Trip For Orlando’s Mass Shooter Omar Mateen

An Islamic center in New York has determined that in 2012, Omar Mateen traveled to Saudi Arabia during a trip which was organized by the Islamic Center at New York University. There was approximately 80 people who went on the trip with Mateen for an annual pilgrimage. New York University spokesman John Beckman told the […]

8y ago

Anderson Cooper Defends His Interview With Florida’s Attorney General Pam Bondi

Anderson Cooper defended his interview with Florida’s Attorney General Pam Bondi, who has come out and made allegations against Anderson’s interview with her. Cooper had been covering the story of America’s worst mass shooting at Pulse, a gay Florida nightclub in which 49 people were killed. Florida’s Attorney General Pam Bondi has fired back at […]

8y ago

Philippines

Fate Is Confirmed For Canadian Hostage Robert Hall, Beheaded By Islamic Extremists Abu Sayyaf

Philippine officials have confirmed the brutal death of Canadian hostage Robert Hall, 50, by Muslim extremists. The Abu Sayyaf militant group linked to al-Qaeda claims responsibility for the beheading. Hall is the second Canadian executed in the Philippines this year. John Ridsdel, a former mining executive, was executed in April. Robert Hall’s head was found […]

8y ago

FBI|Isis

The Gunman In America’s Worst Mass Shooting Is Suspected Islamic Extremist Omar Siddiqui Mateen

The gunman who opened fire and massacred at least 50 and injured 53 people in America’s worst mass shooting in history has been identified. Twenty-nine-year-old Omar Siddiqui Mateen has been named as the gunman. Congressman Alan Grayson during a press conference named Omar Mateen as the gunman. Congressman Adam Schiff stated that the attack appears […]

8y ago

Crime

Reporter Attacked On Live Television, New Arrest Made

Philadelphia police arrested Waheedah Wilson, 37, for attacking Emmy Award-winning journalist Iris Delgado, a reporter for Telemundo 62, during a live broadcast in Philadelphia. Delgado had been reporting on the soda tax when the attacked accrued. Delgado was reporting live during the 11 p.m. broadcast when Wilson approached her in front city hall. As Wilson […]

8y ago