A family of six was killed in the Gaza Strip on Thursday when their house caught fire from a burning candle during a power outage.
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“The settlements are established for the exclusive benefit of Israeli Jews; settlements are being maintained and developed through a system of total segregation between the settlers and the rest of the population.” This is the conclusion reached by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) in a report that slams Israel’s state-sanctioned settlement campaign. In typical […]
The gunman who fatally shot a school bus driver in Midland city, Alabama and then took a 6-year-old kindergardener hostage yesterday is still holed up in his underground bunker as the standoff with law enforcement continues. The bus driver, who was shot four times, has been identified as 66-year-old Charles Poland Jr. and is being hailed […]
Nearly half of Americans are one medical emergency or job loss away from poverty, says a report released today by the Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED). According to CFED’s Assets and Opportunities Scorecard, 43.9 percent of American households are “liquid asset poor” meaning they “lack adequate savings to cover basic expenses at the federal poverty level […]
Does ABC News think people of color don’t go missing? Given their latest article on missing persons the FBI and local authorities are actively searching for, the answer appears to be yes. Of the 15 missing people ABC profiles, all but one are white, which wouldn’t be such a big deal if the article reflected the […]
“How am I supposed to explain to my daughters that their father was murdered by the police, the people who they are supposed to go to for protection,” asked Rosanna de la Trinidad three days after her husband was three days after her husband was killed. Jose de la Trinidad, 36, left behind a wife and two daughters, […]
The gun industry is spending millions of dollars a year to market their products to America’s children.
Sandy Hook has understandably horrified the country and put school’s everywhere on edge. But taking it out on a little kids isn’t going to make schools safer.
Her name was Lubna Hanash. She was a 21-year-old political science major in her fourth year at Al-Quds University.
Israel has been very busy in the West Bank these last few weeks arresting peaceful protesters and killing and injuring unarmed Palestinian youths. To anyone familiar with the conflict, these routine human rights violations are nothing new. But every so often, Israel still manages to shock even the most cynical among us. This was the […]
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