Sunday, October 16, 2016

Syrian Rebels Capture Symbolic ISIS-Held Town


As ISIS anticipates one noteworthy attack in Mosul, Iraq, the self-proclaimed caliphate has lost its control of a typical fortress in north Syria.

Egypt Launches 'Revenge' Airstrikes on ISIS in Sinai



The Egyptian military has propelled airstrikes on "psychological oppressor positions" in the Sinai landmass "to retaliate for the blood" of its warriors killed in an assault on a military checkpoint Friday, as indicated by an armed force proclamation.

Iraq Air Force Drops Leaflets Warning of Mosul's Liberation From ISIS


The Iraqi Air Force dropped a huge number of pamphlets over Mosul on Saturday night to caution inhabitants of an approaching hostile on the ISIS-held city.

USS Mason Fires Missiles in Red Sea After Apparent Attack


The Navy destroyer USS Mason terminated countermeasures in the Red Sea on Saturday after it recognized what it accepted were approaching rockets.

Battling Horror of ISIS: Iraq's Bloody Crisis Up Close


Thousands dead. Millions more determined from their homes. A future a long way from certain.

This is the circumstance in Iraq today.

Monday, October 3, 2016

New Sex Assault Bills OK'd After Brock Turner Outrage

Brock Turner, the former Stanford swimmer convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman, leaves the Santa Clara County Jail in San Jose, California, U.S. September 2, 2016.: brock-turner-rtx2nvnr.jpg

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Gov. Jerry Brown said Friday that he marked two bills that rose in the midst of national shock overthe six-month prison sentence given to a previous Stanford University swimmer who sexually attacked a lady went out close to a junk canister.

Thief Steals Barrel of Gold Flakes From Armored Truck in NYC

A selection of gold bars and gold flakes.A thief somehow made off with a 55-gallon barrel of gold flakes weighing about 86 pounds. - Fairfax Media/Fairfax Media via Getty Images

A crook kept running off with over $1 million worth of gold in the wake of swiping a barrel from a shielded truck in Midtown, police sources said Friday.

Police Make Third Arrest in Slaying of FSU Professor

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Badge accept fabricated a third arrest in the 2014 killing of a Florida State University law professor, a woman who they say has ties both to the ancestors of the victim’s ex-wife and one of the declared shooters.

High-Speed Chase Suspect Shoots Out Own Tires, Ends Pursuit



Des Moines police say a fast pursue finished when the suspect inadvertently shot out his own tires.

Police endeavored to stop 24-year-old Taylor Parker for a petty criminal offense.

Man Gets Prison And Must Pay $61 Million for Starting Huge Fire in The Sequoia National Forest

<span style="font-size:13px;">Cedar Fire in the Sequoia National Forest near Panorama Heights, Calif., on Aug. 22, 2016.</span>

Hours after government prosecutors recorded charges against him, a Mexican national conceded Thursday to beginning an out of control fire that as of late blazed more than 45 square miles in the Sequoia National Forest.

They Keep Finding Bodies: Gang Violence in Long Island Town Fuels Immigration Debate

Residents of Brentwood, N.Y., at a memorial for Nisa Mickens, 15, who was murdered along with her best friend, Kayla Cuevas, 16, last month. The police suspect MS-13, a transnational gang, in the killings.

BRENTWOOD, N.Y. — Four dead youngsters. Two weeks. One town. Also, a heartless posse, the powers say, was undoubtedly in charge of the toll. Once more.

What ISIS left behind

Destroyed buildings line a street in Sinjar, Iraq. The town was taken over by the ISIS militant group in August 2014. It was liberated in 2015, but it no longer looks the same.

In August 2014, Iraqi strengths and Kurdish Peshmerga warriors set out the set for help Yazidi individuals caught on Mount Sinjar.