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The Pentagon won't say how many Americans are fighting ISIS
The Week - 11 Aug 2016 16:32
How many ground troops has the United States deployed against the Islamic State? No one knows, because the Pentagon won't say. What the Department of Defense will share is the "force management level," which counts only ...
Witnesses describe horror of seeing boy decapitated on water slide
New York Post - 11 Aug 2016 19:23
The tragic boy killed on the world’s largest waterslide left a trail of blood behind his lifeless body, two horrified witnesses recalled. Park-goers Jess Sanford and Melanie Gocke were on the Verrückt slide at the Sch...
Secret Service spoke to Trump about 2nd Amendment remark
New York Post - 11 Aug 2016 04:53
The Secret Service has spoken to Donald Trump's campaign about his controversial "Second Amendment" comments, CNN reported Wednesday. "There has been more than one conversation," the network quoted one unnamed Secret S...
Fires Ravage Southern France and Portugal Leaving Four Dead
Time - 11 Aug 2016 04:06
Residents described chaotic nighttime scenes, with people fleeing the flames by car at high speed on the wrong side of the road
Military downplayed power, threat of ISIS: report
New York Post - 11 Aug 2016 16:44
The US military routinely manipulated intelligence to play down the growing threat of ISIS — with 40 percent of analysts saying they had experienced attempts to distort their findings, a new congressional report allege...
ISIS is digging up old Nazi land mines to build their arsenal
New York Post - 11 Aug 2016 16:40
Adolf Hitler is helping ISIS from beyond the grave. The terror group is digging up old Nazi land mines and bombs across Egypt as a way to beef up their weapons arsenal, according to a report. The Islamic State and other ...
No Prison For Colorado Student Who Raped 'Helpless' Freshman
The Huffington Post - 11 Aug 2016 05:31
Austin Wilkerson told friends of a fellow University of Colorado-Boulder student who drank too much at a party that he’d take care of her. Instead, he raped her as she drifted out of consciousness and lied about what h...
Disgraced teen-sexting ex-congressman sat behind Donald Trump at rally. Then things got surreal.
The Week - 11 Aug 2016 06:28
At a Donald Trump rally in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Wednesday evening, former Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) showed up early to secure a good seat behind Trump so he'd be on TV, as he had during State of the Union Addresse...
Police shoot 14-year-old boy dead
CNN - 11 Aug 2016 03:43
Los Angels police shot and killed a 14-year-old boy after he shot at the officers, police said Wednesday.
Trump Tower Climber Charged
ABC News - 11 Aug 2016 16:41
He is undergoing a psychological evaluation at Bellevue Hospital.
Hugh Grant Tells Howard Stern Why He Doesn't Believe In Marriage
IBTimes - 11 Aug 2016 16:03
Hugh Grant has revealed why he isn't married yet. During his first ever guest appearance on "The Howard Stern Show" on Wednesday, the 55-year-old English actor admitted that he doesn't believe in marriage.
President Obama was only a state senator when ISIS was founded
The Week - 11 Aug 2016 15:57
Donald Trump blasted President Obama on Wednesday for allegedly "founding" the Islamic State, although he later revised his statement to say that Obama was merely a co-founder, working with Hillary Clinton to start the t...
Officer who accidentally shot 73-year-old woman 'was going to kill somebody,' lawyer claims
Fox News - 11 Aug 2016 15:55
The lawyer for a man who lodged an excessive force complaint against the Florida cop who mistakenly shot and killed a 73-year-old woman Tuesday said he'd warned people the officer "was going to kill somebody."
Cop who killed librarian has history of alleged abuse
New York Post - 11 Aug 2016 15:19
PUNTA GORDA, Fla. -- The officer who shot and killed a 73-year-old retired librarian during a police “shoot/don’t shoot” demonstration in Florida was accused of using excessive force with his police dog and resigne...
Up to 7 missing after gas explosion, fire in D.C. suburb
USA Today - 11 Aug 2016 14:54
Dozens injured, including people jumping from apartment building windows.
Turkish military attaches in Greece go missing
Al Jazeera English - 11 Aug 2016 14:52
Two Turkish military attaches working in Greece are missing after being called back to Ankara in a post-coup probe
Airport Security Finds 3D Printed Gun in Carry-On at Reno Airport
Time - 11 Aug 2016 14:17
The passenger also had 5 real bullets
Zambia elections: Polls open in test for ruling party
Al Jazeera English - 11 Aug 2016 10:48
Voting for presidential and parliamentary elections begins after a campaign blighted by violence between rival groups.
Clinton rolls out endorsements from low-ranking Republicans
New York Post - 11 Aug 2016 06:16
Hillary Clinton's campaign rolled out a slew of endorsements from Republicans on Wednesday -- but they weren't the big names she's been hoping to reel in. Clinton's supporters are former Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierr...
New Mexico teen charged with incest tried to save mom from abuse, police say
Fox News - 11 Aug 2016 06:01
A 19-year-old man charged in New Mexico with having an incestuous relationship with his mother told authorities he believed he could take care of her and keep her safe from abusive men like those in her past, a criminal ...
Living in NYC is too expensive for Syrian refugees
New York Post - 11 Aug 2016 05:35
WASHINGTON -- The rent's too damn high in New York City -- even for Syrian refugees. The Big Apple may be the nation's melting pot, but only 11 of the 10,100 Syrians fleeing a brutal civil war who have resettled in the U...
Indonesia urged to take stern action on illegal bird trade
Miami Herald - 11 Aug 2016 05:26
A wildlife trade monitoring group has called on Indonesia to take strong action against traders of endangered birds who are driving several species toward extinction. …