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Bastille Day terrorist took smiling selfie with death truck
New York Post - 20 Jul 2016 04:27
The Bastille Day terrorist took these selfie photos flashing an evil smirk and flipping the bird inside the rental truck he used to fatally mow down 84 people in Nice. ISIS-inspired Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, 31, snapped...
U.S. airstrike kills at least 85 Syrian civilians after mistaking them for ISIS fighters
The Week - 20 Jul 2016 16:59
More than 85 Syrian civilians, including children as young as 3, were reportedly killed in a U.S. airstrike on Tuesday as they were trying to flee an Islamic State-controlled region of Northern Syria. The Syrian Observat...
Parents of Nice attack victim speak out
CNN - 20 Jul 2016 16:51
Conrad and Paola Leslie were on their way to Nice, France, when they found out that their son Nicolas had died in last week's terror attack.
Cop-killer stood no chance against Dallas police robot
New York Post - 20 Jul 2016 05:53
DALLAS -- The blood stains have been removed. So has most of the debris. But some remnants of the blast that ended Micah Johnson’s deadly police ambush in Dallas remain at El Centro College: a wall and door frame blown...
Protesters arrested after hanging anti-Trump in Cleveland
New York Post - 20 Jul 2016 03:45
Three women were arrested on Tuesday after climbing a flagpole near the site of this week’s U.S. Republican National Convention and hanging a banner protesting the party’s presidential candidate, Donald Trump. “Don...
Turkey Pursues Cleric Living in U.S., Blamed as Coup Mastermind
The New York Times - 20 Jul 2016 03:25
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Fethullah Gulen was behind a coup attempt last week that almost succeeded in taking over the state and killing Mr. Erdogan himself.
U.S. airstrikes in Syria 'kill civilians'
CNN - 20 Jul 2016 03:48
A U.S- led coalition in Syria has killed more than 100 civilians since June and wounded dozens more in airstrikes in and around the ISIS-controlled city of Manbij, according to several human rights groups.
#NeverTrump delegate says she was threatened in the toilet
New York Post - 20 Jul 2016 03:39
CLEVELAND - A Utah delegate at the Republican National Convention says she was threatened Monday night inside one of the venue's bathrooms, after her delegation led an effort to challenge Donald Trump's presidential nomi...
Brussels bomb squad swoop on man in coat
CNN - 20 Jul 2016 16:59
Belgian police are investigating a suspicious man seen wearing a winter coat with a wire coming out of it in Brussels, Belgian federal police said.
Armed groups kill 17 soldiers at Mali base
Al Jazeera English - 20 Jul 2016 05:14
Another 35 troops were wounded in what the government says was a "coordinated terrorist attack".
NASA: Hottest June on record
CNN - 20 Jul 2016 04:44
The first six months of 2016 were the hottest ever recorded, NASA announced on Tuesday, while Arctic sea ice now covers 40% less of the Earth than it did just 30 years ago.
Florida Investigates Possible First US Case of Local Zika Transmission
ABC News - 20 Jul 2016 16:47
Possible case of Zika virus transmission from mosquito to human.
Europol warns that the ISIS threat is only going to get worse
New York Post - 20 Jul 2016 16:40
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The number of people killed in attacks by extremists throughout Europe soared in 2015 from a year earlier, the European Union police agency reported Wednesday as it warned the Islamic State gro...
Brazilian terror group pledges allegiance to ISIS before Olympics
New York Post - 20 Jul 2016 16:22
A group calling itself "The Brazil Caliphate" has pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, the self-proclaimed leader of the Islamic State, sparking fresh concerns about the nation’s ability to safeguard the upcomin...
Family of toddler killed by gator at Disney won't sue
New York Post - 20 Jul 2016 16:17
Loved ones of the little boy killed by an alligator at a Florida resort said Wednesday they won't file a lawsuit against Disney in connection with the tragedy. Matt Graves, the Elkhorn, Neb. dad of 2-year-old Lane Graves...
Found: 3,000-year-old lost world
CNN - 20 Jul 2016 12:46
British archaeologists working on the Must Farm project in England's Cambridgeshire Fens can hardly restrain themselves.
David Duke blames Melania's plagiarism on 'Jewish media insiders'
The Week - 20 Jul 2016 03:09
There have been a handful of responses from Donald Trump's supporters to explain away Melania Trump's evident plagiarism of Michelle Obama's 2008 Democratic convention speech, but former KKK leader David Duke's explanati...
Federal appeals court rules Texas voter ID law has a 'discriminatory effect'
The Week - 20 Jul 2016 21:53
The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals handed a significant victory to voting rights Wednesday when it ruled a controversial Texas voter ID law has a "discriminatory effect" that violated the U.S. Voting Rights Act. The l...
Journalist Pavel Sheremet killed by Ukraine car bomb
Al Jazeera English - 20 Jul 2016 16:10
Belarusian-born award-winning journalist Pavel Sheremet was killed in a car bomb explosion in central Kiev.
Porn star dies after falling from window during drug-fueled party
New York Post - 20 Jul 2016 16:02
A porn star who appeared on Great Britain’s version of “Jersey Shore” has died after she was allegedly pushed from a first-floor flat at a drug-fueled party. Heartbroken pals of Aimee Spencer poured out their grief...
Residential skyscraper in Dubai catches fire in dense area
Miami Herald - 20 Jul 2016 16:01
A residential skyscraper in Dubai caught fire on Wednesday in the densely populated Marina district, sending plumes of smoke into the air and pieces of the building's facade tumbling below. …
Dutch BASE jumper dies after leap from electricity pylon
Miami Herald - 20 Jul 2016 15:10
Dutch police say a 28-year-old woman has died after her parachute apparently failed to open when she attempted a BASE jump from an electricity pylon. …