50 trombones given out to honor slain Parkland student
Fifty special trombones have been given out to band students throughout Florida in honor of a teenager who died in the Parkland high school shooting. The South Florida SunSentinel reports…
Shooting kills college football player, injures Giants’ pick
Washburn University’s joy over one of its own going to the pros quickly shifted to grief this weekend after a shooting killed a current Washburn player and wounded the former…
Congo Ebola center set on fire after armed attack
Burned structures are seen after attackers set fire to an Ebola treatment center run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in the east Congolese town of Katwa, Democratic Republic of Congo…
Liberia’s vice-president Joseph Boakai seeks to replace Sirleaf [The Morning Call]
Liberia’s outgoing President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will step down as Africa’s first female head of state following more than a decade in power. Although she has … source
VICE News Daily: Greece Threatens to Exit the Eurozone
The VICE News Capsule is a news roundup that looks beyond the headlines. Today: Kashmiri separatists ordered a general strike to protest against a series of … source
Slavoj Zizek: Political correctness solidifies hatred, it doesn’t work
Revolutions are often initiated by idealists, carried out by fanatics and hijacked by scoundrels. These observations by philosopher Thomas Carlyle still ring true … source
VICE News Daily: Beyond The Headlines – April, 24 2014
The VICE News Capsule is a news roundup that looks beyond the headlines. Today: forensic experts excavate a suspected mass grave in Serbia, Kosovo’s … source
VICE News Daily: Beyond The Headlines – April 7, 2014.
The VICE News Capsule is a daily roundup that looks beyond the headlines. Today: intense fighting around Damascus, France is accused of direct involvement … source
Meeting the Brits with guns – BBC News
When you mention guns, the UK is definitely not the first place you’d think of. But, there are more than 700000 firearm owners in Britain, and nearly 2 million ……
Former co-worker: Wisconsin shooting suspect never smiled
A former co-worker says a gunman who opened fire at a Wisconsin software company was quiet and never smiled. WTS Paradigm employee Anthony Tong shot four co-workers at the company’s…