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Empire State Building Shooting Leaves 2 Dead, 9 Wounded

Empire State Building Shooting Leaves 2 Dead, 9 Wounded

Nine people were wounded and two people were killed outside the Empire State Building in Midtown Manhattan Friday after a desperate designer for women’s accessories named Jeffrey Johnson shot his 41 year-old former boss, Steven Ercolino. The two dead include the gunman, who was shot and killed by the police near the tourist entrance of […]

Atheist Summer Camp: Heaven for Nonbelievers

Atheist Summer Camp: Heaven for Nonbelievers

Most summer camps host kayaking, arts and crafts classes and campfires, but what makes Camp Quest Northwest different is that it is literally “beyond belief.” Located just north of Seattle, Camp Quest Northwest is a summer camp for atheists or children of atheists, self-described “freethinkers” or people not otherwise traditionally religious. “We would encourage them to read, […]

Rise in Fuel Prices Expected After Refinery Fire

Rise in Fuel Prices Expected After Refinery Fire

After the fire burned out a key section of the largest oil refinery in U.S., prices of gas in West Coast are expected to increase up to $4 per gallon, as analyzed by the experts. The company and the state inspectors are working together with the U.S. Chemical Safety Board team, which is part of […]

Houses Destroyed In Oklahoma Wildfire

Houses Destroyed In Oklahoma Wildfire

On Friday, Oklahoma City area was affected by a wildfire that caused several homes to be burned. Firefighters gave great effort to prevent the fire from affecting more parts of the city. According to the officials of Oklahoma’s emergency management, there are 25 structures that were burned in the east of Noble. Residents were instructed […]

Accused Colorado Movie Theater Gunman Charged with Multiple Counts of Murder

Accused Colorado Movie Theater Gunman Charged with Multiple Counts of Murder

Prosecutors on Monday charged James Holmes with two dozen counts of first-degree murder and more than 100 other violent offenses related to the recent deadly rampage at a Colorado movie theater. Holmes, who appeared in court with the same cartoonish orange-red hair he had at the time of the shooting, said only one word during […]

Mississippi Church Refuses to Marry Black Couple

Mississippi Church Refuses to Marry Black Couple

Charles and Te’Andrea Wilson had booked their wedding far in advance. The invitations had been sent, the programs printed. But one day before they were to be married at the Mississippi church they frequented, they said a pastor told them they would have to find another venue — because they were black. There has never […]

Colorado Gunman Jalme Holmes’ Family Stands by Son

Colorado Gunman Jalme Holmes’ Family Stands by Son

The family of suspected Colorado gunman James Holmes said they will support the Ph.D student accused of entering a movie theatre last Friday and killing 12 people while wounding another 58. Asked if they stand by Holmes, lawyer and family spokeswoman Lisa Damiani said at a press conference today, “Yes they do. He’s their son.” […]

Police Sending a Robot to Detonate Explosives at Colorado Shooting Suspect’s Home

Police Sending a Robot to Detonate Explosives at Colorado Shooting Suspect's Home

Police investigating the Colorado shooting rampage prepared on Saturday to send in a robot to detonate what they called a sophisticated booby-trap in the apartment of a man accused of killing 12 people at a screening of the new “Batman” film. James Eagan Holmes, 24, is accused of storming into a theater in a suburban […]

Real-Life “Joker” Kills 12 People, Injures Dozens At The Premiere of New Batman Movie “The Dark Knight Rises”

Real-Life “Joker” Kills 12 People, Injures Dozens At The Premiere of New Batman Movie "The Dark Knight Rises"

Fifty nine people were injured and 12 people killed in Aurora, Colo., during a sold-out midnight premier of the new Batman movie “The Dark Knight Rises” when 24-year-old James Holmes unloaded four weapons’ full of ammunition into the unsuspecting crowd.  The number of casualties makes the incident the largest mass shooting in U.S. history. Holmes, […]

Feds Offer $1 Million Reward for Alleged ‘Fast and Furious’ Killers

Feds Offer $1 Million Reward for Alleged 'Fast and Furious' Killers

Justice Department officials today offered $1 million for the capture of the five Mexican “border bandits” who killed Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry with an ATF-sourced weapon in the mountains south of Tucson. Agent Terry’s death has been at the center of the Congressional investigation into a botched ATF gun-smuggling investigation dubbed “Fast and Furious.” […]

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