Tragic toll: 500 US kids die annually from gunshots, 7,500 injured, research...
Image: Reuters/Mike Segar he number of US children and teenagers who died after sustaining gunshot wounds – mostly from handguns – jumped by nearly 60 percent in a decade, according to new findings. In...
View ArticleShot and Killed at Work? It Happened to 375 People Last Year | Alternet
Image: Alternet It’s every employer’s worst nightmare. An angry employee with a gun takes out his revenge on a boss, coworkers or both. Last year, Andrew J. Engeldinger did it when he killed five and...
View ArticleAutopsy of police shooting victim: No drugs, legal blood-alcohol level
The autopsy of an unarmed man killed by a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer in September shows he had 10 bullet wounds, including five that were fatal. Image: Charlotte Observer The report released...
View ArticleJFK Denialism: Why Does Mainstream Media Refuse to Ask the Real Questions...
Every day, people are charged with criminal conspiracy in courtrooms around the country. In those cases, a “conspiracy” merely describes a criminal act involving two or more individuals. Also every...
View ArticleKendrick Johnson footage released; expert finds it ‘highly suspicious’
Kendrick Johnson’s family waited months for hundreds of hours of surveillance video, hoping it would answer their questions. It raised only others. Image: Uptown Magazine Rather than showing how their...
View ArticleBlack box data recorder recovered, eyed after deadly Metro-North derailment...
Image: Carlo Allegri / Reuters The black box data recorder was recovered from a commuter train that derailed as it hurtled around a sharp curve in the Bronx, killing four people and injuring dozens of...
View ArticleME: Baruch College Student Died Of ‘Head Injuries’
A medical examiner in Pennsylvania says a Baruch College student died of “closed head injuries due to blunt force trauma.” Image: CBS New York The Luzerne County Coroner says they do not yet have a...
View ArticleMandela, America, Israel and systems of oppression
Images: Finalcall.com In the 23 years since Nelson Mandela walked from his notorious Robben Island prison cell, leaving behind the rotting corpse of South Africa’s system of racial and economic...
View ArticleWas Mandela Right to Sell Out Black South Africans?
Image: Final call Nelson Mandela sold out black South Africans. Now there’s a sentence you won’t have heard in the days since his death and that you won’t be hearing at his memorial tomorrow. Yet it’s...
View ArticleTime short to find new facility for brain-dead girl
The family of a California girl declared brain dead after complications from tonsil surgery was running out of time Sunday to find a new facility to take her in and keep her on a ventilator. Image: AP...
View ArticleIsrael Says Its Final Farewell To Ariel Sharon
Image: CBS New York Israel said its last farewell to the late Ariel Sharon on Monday with a state ceremony outside the parliament building before his flag-draped coffin was taken on a cross-country...
View ArticlePoll: Grim assessment of wars in Iraq, Afghanistan
As two of the nation’s longest wars finally end, most Americans have concluded that neither achieved its goals. Image: Tauseef Mustafa, AFP/Getty Images Those grim assessments in a USA TODAY/Pew...
View ArticleFinancial world shaken by 4 bankers’ apparent suicides in a week
The apparent suicide death of the chief economist of a US investment house brings the number of financial workers who have died allegedly by their own hand to four in the last week. Image: RUSSELL...
View ArticleMan charged in loud music killing felt ‘threatened’
Image:: Bob Mack, AP The Florida man accused of killing a 17-year-old after a dispute over loud rap music testified Tuesday that he was taunted and felt menaced in the moments before the shooting. But...
View ArticleSeventh death confirmed in Harlem gas leak explosion
Rescuers combing the rubble of two collapsed East Harlem apartment buildings discovered a seventh victim early Thursday as they continued to search for more missing people. Image: WABC video still via...
View Article‘Most challenging’ deadly disease outbreak: WHO speaks out on Ebola dangers
West Africa is seeing the “most challenging” outbreak of Ebola virus since the disease was discovered 40 years ago. It comes as the death toll reaches over 100, the World Health Organization reported....
View ArticleSupremacist Identified As Suspect In Kansas City Jewish Center Shootings
The Confirmation Files:Posted by Libergirl Originally posted on CBS New York: OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (CBSNewYork/AP) – The man accused of killing three people in attacks at a Jewish community center and...
View ArticleUS Special Ops forces committing suicide in record numbers
US special forces have been committing suicide at record levels for the last two years, the head of the US Special Operations Command (SOCom) admitted in a speech on Thursday. He blamed the high...
View ArticleOklahoma Governor Suspends Execution Until Independent Review Completed
The Confirmation Files: Posted by Libergirl Originally posted on TIME: Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin announced an independent review of the state’s execution protocols Wednesday, following the botched...
View ArticleUCSB Classes Canceled Ahead Of Memorial Service For Isla Vista Murder Victims
Image: CBS Los Angeles Classes have been canceled Tuesday at UCSB for a day of mourning following a violent rampage that killed six people and injured dozens more. A memorial service will be held at...
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