| Muslim Americans fear demonization of Islam after mass shooting Posted: 03 Dec 2015 12:53 PM PST  Muslim Americans fear their religion will be demonized and Islamophobia will spread after a young Muslim couple was accused of carrying out one of the bloodiest mass killings in the United States. Across the country, Muslim Americans responded with shock and outrage after a shooting in which authorities said Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 27, stormed a holiday party attended by San Bernardino County employees in California on Wednesday, killing 14 people and wounding 21. "I was at the gym yesterday while the shooting was taking place and all the TVs were showing that footage and all I could keep thinking to myself is 'God, I hope they don't have any Eastern descent, not just Middle Eastern, anything we'd associate with a Muslim'," said Adam Hashem, 32, in Dearborn, a Detroit suburb with one of the country's largest Muslim populations.
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| Man’s hoard of nearly 5,000 guns shows ease of amassing arms in U.S Posted: 03 Dec 2015 12:22 PM PST  By Peter Eisler PAGELAND, South Carolina (Reuters) - As sheriff's investigators threaded past the battered cars, cast-off tires and rusted farm equipment cluttering Brent Nicholson's front yard, there was no hint of the sinister stockpile hidden behind his windowless front door. "This has completely changed our definition of an ass-load of guns," said Chesterfield County Sheriff Jay Brooks. Six weeks after the discovery, officers are still cataloging the weapons, many of which have proved stolen, and the final tally is expected to be close to 5,000.
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| Jury mulls case of Arizona couple accused of imprisoning girls Posted: 03 Dec 2015 11:34 AM PST  The girls endured such long-term isolation that the eldest, now 19, was diagnosed with a condition known as disarticulation disorder, prosecutor J. Alan Goodwin told the court in Tucson on Wednesday during closing arguments. The two girls told police they fled after their stepfather, Fernando Richter, now 36, kicked in their bedroom door while brandishing a knife.
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| Former Massey exec found guilty of conspiracy in West Virginia mine blast Posted: 03 Dec 2015 09:56 AM PST  CHARLESTON, W. Va. (Reuters) - Former Massey Energy Chief Executive Don Blankenship was found guilty on Thursday of conspiracy to violate mine and safety standards in a trial over the 2010 explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine that killed 29 people.
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| Live: Investigation into the San Bernardino mass shooting Posted: 03 Dec 2015 09:08 AM PST Authorities are continuing to search for a motive after a heavily-armed couple opened fire at an office holiday party in San Bernardino, Calif., on Wednesday, killing 14 people and wounding 17 others in one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history. |
| U.S. charges Texas city with discriminatory police hire practices Posted: 03 Dec 2015 08:53 AM PST AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against Lubbock alleging that the Texas city has engaged in a pattern of discriminatory hiring practices in its police department, which have hurt Hispanics and women, it said on Thursday. |
| U.S. appeals court clears New York's 'cannibal cop' of all charges Posted: 03 Dec 2015 08:23 AM PST  New York's so-called "Cannibal Cop" was cleared of all charges by a divided U.S. appeals court on Thursday, more than two years after a jury convicted him of plotting to kill and eat women. Former New York City Police Officer Gilberto Valle was found guilty at trial in March 2013 of conspiring to kidnap women and illegally accessing a police database to collect information on potential victims.
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| California Muslims condemn 'horrific' mass shooting Posted: 03 Dec 2015 06:29 AM PST  California's Muslim community expressed its horror at the mass shooting that killed at least 14 in San Bernardino, after a local Muslim man was widely identified as a suspect. Syed Farook, a US citizen who worked for the town's health department, is believed to have been killed in a shootout with police hours after opening fire inside a Christmas party at a local social services center. "The Muslim community stands shoulder to shoulder with our fellow Americans in repudiating any twisted mindset that would claim to justify such sickening acts of violence," he added in a statement.
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| Texas sues U.S., relief agency, to block Syrian refugees Posted: 03 Dec 2015 04:20 AM PST  A Texas state agency sued the U.S. State Department, a relief agency and others in federal court on Wednesday, seeking to block the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the state just ahead of a plan to bring a new group of Syrians within a week. The International Rescue Committee is set to relocate two Syrian refugee families to Texas in the coming days despite a threat from state officials that such a move would be reckless and met with a cut in funding for the agency. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission sued, asking the U.S. District Court in Dallas for an immediate restraining order and a hearing by Dec. 9 for an injunction that would prevent resettlement.
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| Baltimore police trial heads into second day of testimony Posted: 03 Dec 2015 03:33 AM PST  The trial of a Baltimore police officer for the death of a black man from an injury while in custody heads into a second day of testimony on Thursday, with prosecutors saying the officer ignored the man's pleas for medical aid. Officer William Porter is the first of six officers to go on trial in Baltimore City Circuit Court for the death in April of Freddie Gray. Gray died a week after he was taken into custody for fleeing an officer and possessing a knife.
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| South Africa's Supreme Court finds Oscar Pistorius guilty of murder Posted: 03 Dec 2015 02:29 AM PST  By Zandi Shabalala BLOEMFONTEIN (Reuters) - Paralympian Oscar Pistorius's conviction for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp has been scaled up to murder from culpable homicide by South Africa's top appeals court. "Blade Runner" Pistorius could now be sent back to jail for at least 15 years for shooting Steenkamp dead on Valentine's Day 2013. The athlete is expected to be sentenced for the new murder conviction by a lower court at a date still to be determined.
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| 2 FIFA officials arrested in new round of pre-dawn raids Posted: 03 Dec 2015 01:08 AM PST  ZURICH (AP) — Two FIFA officials were arrested at the request of U.S. authorities on Thursday in a widening bribery case that has rocked soccer's scandal-hit governing body.
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| UK poised for Syria air strikes after parliament vote Posted: 02 Dec 2015 07:01 PM PST  Britain will join the US-led bombing campaign against Islamic State (IS) jihadists in Syria after a decisive parliamentary vote, with fighter jets launching their first air strike as early as Thursday. Prime Minister David Cameron's government was backed by 397 lawmakers compared to 223 who opposed the bombing, giving him at 174 the strong mandate he said was essential for military action. Royal Air Force planes based at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus are already helping to bomb targets in Iraq and government sources indicated that they could start flying missions over Syria imminently.
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| Baltimore officer was negligent in black man's death: prosecutor Posted: 02 Dec 2015 05:27 PM PST  A Baltimore policeman on trial for the death of a black man from a spinal injury while in custody failed to secure him in the back of a van and ignored his request for medical aid, a prosecutor said in opening statements on Wednesday. Gray's death in April triggered rioting, arson and protests in the largely black city and fueled a national debate over police tactics and relations with minorities. Porter, 26, faces charges in Baltimore City Circuit Court that include manslaughter, second-degree assault and misconduct.
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| Shooting rampage in California leaves 14 dead, 17 wounded Posted: 02 Dec 2015 04:55 PM PST  By Tim Reid and Dan Whitcomb SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (Reuters) - Gunmen opened fire on a holiday party on Wednesday at a social services agency in San Bernardino, California, killing 14 people and wounding 17 others, then fled the scene, triggering an intense manhunt and a shootoutout with police, authorities said. One suspect was struck by gunfire and one officer was injured, San Bernardino police spokeswoman Sergeant Vicki Cervantes told reporters, adding that a second suspect might still be "outstanding." She did not know the condition of the struck suspect but said the officer's injuries were not considered to be life-threatening. San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan said in a televised news briefing earlier that as many as three suspects were believed to have made their getaway in a dark-colored sport utility vehicle.
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| San Bernardino shooting: What we know about the Inland Regional Center for persons with disabilities Posted: 02 Dec 2015 03:36 PM PST  Gunmen opened fire at the Inland Regional Center for persons with developmental disabilities in California on Wednesday.
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