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ADL urges hate crime probe in Virginia killing of Muslim girl

June 20, 2017

According to The New York Times , Torres got out of the vehicle and assaulted Hassanen, which is when the rest of the group ran back to the mosque. Julie Parker, director of media relations for Fairfax County police, said in Monday's press conference that the incident started early Sunday around 3:40 a.m.

State to take over Allendale County Schools effective immediately

June 20, 2017

Poor academic performance and failure to improve comes despite the district being among the districts receiving the most federal, state and local money per student, Spearman said, adding she has concerns money has not been wisely spent. "We've got to get some stability there and we have to get the right people in place and I think Dr. Tobin is a huge step in that direction", says Spearman.

Massive fire burning near Big Bear Lake in Southern California

June 20, 2017

The threat to Big Bear is moderate. "We lost one SCE (Southern California Edison) line from Lucerne but are able to operate on the other Lucerne SCE line", Marconi said. But there are voluntary evacuations for the Baldwin Lake area, and a few roads and campgrounds have been closed, as well as a portion of the Pacific Crest Trail.

Anti-Sharia rallies draw counter-protests, arrests

June 20, 2017

The protest was put on by "Act for America", an organization the Southern Poverty Law Center say is an anti-Muslim hate group. The organisation said it opposes discrimination and supports the rights of those subject to Sharia or Islamic law.

The health care debate affects all of us

June 20, 2017

According to Tim Malloy, the assistant director of the poll, "The grim diagnosis from voters: Health care will cost more and deliver less". US drug prices are so high that the researchers didn't even factor them into the study , focusing instead on other developed countries.

TX governor feeling heat to grant special session

June 20, 2017

Gov. Abbott listed a total of nineteen additional items that will be added to the special session agenda as soon as sunset legislation, needed to keep agencies like the Texas Medical Board open, is passed out of the Texas Senate . Villalba said he was surprised by the Governor's lengthy request of bills. "You can pass a scheduling bill, which is really simple - it just continues the operation of the agency and the laws that regulate that agency", Cook says.

Man critically injured in Arlington Heights chainsaw attack

June 20, 2017

That quickly turned into a situation that saw one of the men chasing the other through a parking lot with a chainsaw. When another man in a silver auto pulled into the parking lot, the man in the blue vehicle rammed him and then jumped out.

Otto Warmbier has died; after being returned to family on June 13

June 20, 2017

He said last week that he doesn't know why North Korea released his son but that the country doesn't do anything out of "the kindness of their hearts". Warmbier's death could chill efforts to restart a dialogue with North Korea. Bill Richardson, the former New Mexico governor who served as a negotiator with North Korea, said he had been in a coma for over a year .

Shooting injures 2 girls at school playground in Chicago

June 20, 2017

Two young girls were shot on an elementary school playground as violence across Chicago continues to spike. She said two girls were hit, and the little girl fell. Police say the victims were unintended targets, and that the shooter or shooters were inside a vehicle. Stephaney Branch, Khia's mother, said she felt "disbelief, but not surprise", and was "seriously looking into home schooling".

Sean Spicer is interviewing his own replacement

June 20, 2017

Mike Dubke , who had been in that job for less than three months, resigned in May. David Martosko , the US political editor of London's Daily Mail , who covered the president's campaign, has also interviewed for senior communications jobs, according to a person familiar with the interviews who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the private deliberations.

New Ad Hits Senate GOP Over Healthcare Reform

June 20, 2017

The Senate is now considering the Obamacare replacement bill that narrowly passed in the House last month, despite almost universal opposition from health care advocates and organizations. Lisa Murkowski , Maine Sen. Asked if he would be bringing his photocopier back out, Paul smiled and said, "We'll see". "I have no problem with a group of people meeting to conduct a proposal", he said.

Supreme Court upholds offensive trademarks as form of free speech

June 20, 2017

In a filing Monday, the Justice Department defended the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's decision previous year to strip the team of protections. If the registration of trademarks makes the mark government speech, other systems of government registration (such as copyright) could easily be characterised in the same way, said Alito.

Muslim teen assaulted outside US mosque, found murdered in Virginia

June 20, 2017

U.S. Rep. Barbara Comstock of Virginia said in a statement: "We are heartbroken and horrified by the news of the brutal murder of a lovely 17-year old girl". Chapman said. In a news conference Monday evening, the police said up to 15 teenagers, including Hassanen, were walking and riding bicycles on Dranesville Road at about 3:40 a.m.

US Supreme Court examines partisan gerrymandering

June 20, 2017

Both parties draw congressional and legislative districts to their own advantage-a challenge to a congressional plan drawn by Maryland Democrats is making its way through the courts. The case involves district lines in Wisconsin that challengers say were drawn unconstitutionally to benefit Republicans. The case could have sweeping implications for other states where redistricting conflicts are not yet settled in the courts, including North Carolina.

Trump's trip to the Supreme Court

June 20, 2017

That state's legislative leaders asked the Supreme Court in their brief to reject any effort that "wrests control of districting away from the state legislators to whom the state constitution assigns that task, and hands it to federal judges and opportunistic plaintiffs seeking to accomplish in court what they failed to achieve at the ballot box".

Supreme Court to hear partisan gerrymandering case

June 20, 2017

Rucho heads to trial at a federal courthouse in Greensboro next Monday, challenging the constitutionality of North Carolina's partisan gerrymandering scheme. Four others - only Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen G. Breyer remain - said such challenges could be heard by the court but disagreed on the method.

Russian Federation condemns United States downing of Syrian warplane

June 20, 2017

Iran fires missiles into Syria. The previous Conservative government first deployed Aurora surveillance planes, a Polaris air-to-air refueller and six CF-18 fighter jets to participate in the US -led air campaign against ISIL in October 2014.

Rock Band's Court Win Bodes Well for Redskins

June 20, 2017

Supreme court ruled Monday. [N] o matter how the point is phrased, [the] unmistakable thrust [of the government's argument] is this: The Government has an interest in preventing speech expressing ideas that offend. The team's trademarks were cancelled in 2014, following complaints by Native Americans who found the name offensive. Justice Neil Gorsuch took no part in the case, which was argued before he joined the court.

U.S. shoots down Syrian warplane

June 20, 2017

F/A-18 fighter jet on Sunday shot down a Syrian Su-22 bomber, which was carrying out a combat mission in support of government troops conducting an offensive against Islamic State terrorists in the vicinity of Raqqa , the group's stronghold.

Justices take on fight over partisan electoral maps

June 20, 2017

Supreme Court has taken on the landmark partisan gerrymandering case in Wisconsin, the highest court in America could establish clear constitutional limits on partisan map drawing that could have applicability to IL and other states", said Brad McMillan, the group's vice chair.

Virginia police explain lack of hate crime probe

June 20, 2017

Police told The Washington Post that they had "collected several articles of evidence" reportedly incriminating Martinez Torres. He loaded Hassanen into his auto and dumped her in a pond in neighbouring Loudoun County, Parker said. She did not say who initiated the altercation, but said that police were looking into what the sparked the dispute between the suspect and the teens.

Cosby jury reviews accuser's testimony amid deliberations

June 20, 2017

Cosby is charged with three counts of felony aggravated indecent assault. I have no reason to doubt that the accounts of the more than 60 women who have come forward with allegations against Cosby are completely foreign to Pulliam's own experiences with the man.

4th person dies from Didion Milling explosion injuries, rep says

June 20, 2017

An American flag flies at half-staff in front of the Didion Ethanol. Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, the company grew from one location to eight in Wisconsin, with the business' focus on the merchandising of bulk grain, feed ingredients, and agriculture-input products through unit train and Mississippi River barge terminals.

Virginia mosque killing: Man charged in murder of teen, police say

June 20, 2017

Her autopsy revealed she had blunt force trauma on her upper body. Gotthardt said that police do not now have information pointing toward a "correlation between the victim's faith and the crime", but added that if there were any indication of a "future possible connection to her religion" as the investigation continued, then police would "certainly look into it".

Special counsel Robert Mueller investigating Jared Kushner's business dealings

June 20, 2017

Mueller is also investigating Trump for obstruction of justice , the Post reported Wednesday. The Washington Post had earlier reported that investigators were scrutinizing separate meetings that Kushner held with Russians in December - first with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak and then with Sergey Gorkov , the head of a state-owned Russian development bank.

Redskins' trademark usage boosted by Supreme Court ruling

June 20, 2017

Coleman, partner and lead trademark attorney at Archer. State residents in 2012 voted to dump the nickname and UND's American Indian head logo. Justice Samuel Alito authored the high court's decision , a 39-page document in which Alito details the court's stance on a multitude of situations involving this case.

Authorities: Teen slain after leaving mosque, man arrested

June 20, 2017

Governor's office said that "detectives and relatives believe the body found is Nabra Hassanen ". The murder of a Virginia Muslim teen will not be investigated as a hate crime , investigators announced to the dismay of the victim's relatives Monday (June 19).

Missing girl's body found in creek; homicide suspected

June 20, 2017

On Tuesday investigators searched Eight Mile Creek for evidence. Family members are not now considered persons of interest in the case, he said, but there are persons of interest outside the family. "I will leave the why to the psychologists and the scriptwriters". When asked if a family member is on the person of interest list, Morgan said it's "possible".

Coroner: Cocaine among drugs found in Carrie Fisher's system

June 20, 2017

Sleep apnoea is a common condition in which a person stops breathing during sleep, either for a few seconds or minutes. Fisher's death came four days after she suffered a cardiac event on a flight from London to Los Angeles . "My mom battled drug addiction and mental illness her entire life", a statement to People magazine reads . The actress had publicly addressed her longtime struggle with drug abuse, including smoking marijuana at 13 and using LSD at 21.

2 charged after newborn's remains found in trash bag

June 20, 2017

Police later determined that the body had been moved from 375 Lake Ave., where Rheaume lives, to 384 Lake Ave., police said. Remains of a newborn found outside of a Lake Avenue home in Worcester. Both have been charged with concealment in the death of a child. The local medical examiner is set to conduct an autopsy that will determine the relationship between Santiago, Rheaume, and the infant as well as the baby's cause of death.

Sheriff says Ohio man is suspect in 5 slayings

June 20, 2017

Brunswick police Lt. Robert Safran told Fox 8 Cleveland that the man inside the barricaded house is the suspect in the murders of Taylor Pifer , 21, Kylie Pifer , 18, and their mother Suzanne Taylor , 45. He was released in September 2000. When he stopped by the house, he would later tell a 911 operator that he saw "her friend George's car" at the home.

The Other Mom Weighs In On 'Wife Swap' Murders

June 20, 2017

The family was featured on the ABC reality show Wife Swap in 2008. Laurie swapped with Kathryn Stockdale in 2008, and says when she allowed Jacob and his 3 brothers to have more freedom. On Friday, the eldest brother, Calvin Stockdale, released a statement according to The Associated Press and said that the family "appreciates the prayers and support [they] are receiving from [their] friends and the community".

Polygamous sect leader captured after almost a year on the run

June 20, 2017

An off-duty Yankton police detective spotted the vehicle, suspecting it was driven by Jeffs , and police pulled over the vehicle at a recreation area marina southwest of Sioux Falls. His attorney later came up with an unusual explanation for the religious leader's disappearance, arguing in court documents that Jeffs may have been raptured .

Theresa May condemns 'sickening' terror attack on Muslims

June 20, 2017

Earlier this month, a van veered into pedestrians on London Bridge, setting off vehicle and knife attacks that killed eight people and wounded many others on the bridge and in the nearby Borough Market area. All of the casualties were Muslims , he added. Eyewitnesses interviewed by ABC News said people had gathered outside the mosque after prayers when the van drove into them.

Trump slams Democrats for stalling his legislative agenda

June 20, 2017

Despite winning the support of Bernie Sanders, many have criticized him a Republican-lite candidate whose centrist policies are too similar to Hillary Clinton - the very same policies Democratic strategists hope make him better suited to win a district that's historically swung red.

UK police: London mosque attack suspect now arrested on terror grounds

June 20, 2017

Police believe the attacker acted alone but said they were investigating all circumstances leading up to the incident. "I didn't see the attacker himself, although he seems to have been arrested, but I did see the van". Muslim leaders called for calm . "People feel unsafe because after the terrorist attacks of London , Manchester , the increase of Islamophobia and hate crimes", he added.

Investigators name 4 in tips request on Ohio slaying of 8

June 19, 2017

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Pike County Sheriff Charles Reader announced that investigators are looking for information about George "Billy" Wagner III, 46, Angela Wagner, 46, George Wagner IV, 25 and Edward "Jake" Wagner, 24.

Mike Pence got a puppy for Father's Day; meet Harley

June 20, 2017

Harley plans to spend his day exploring the vice president's residence, Pence's press secretary reports. Pence's wife, second lady Karen Pence, announced Sunday that the family got two new pets while on a weekend trip to their home state of IN: a dog named Harley and a cat named Hazel.

Scalise Shooting Will Win Us Tuesday's House Election — Georgia GOP Leader

June 19, 2017

Pundits say the election will be a test of young voter turnout . "A victory for Jon means we're going to take the House". The election in the state's 6th Congressional District is set for Tuesday. No House race has ever been this costly, with more than $50 million being spent between candidates, parties and political groups. Ossoff doubled the $8 million he raised in the first round, hauling in $15 million for the runoff.

Steve Scalise sends Father's Day message

June 20, 2017

In addition to Mr Scalise , a police officer, a congressional aide and a lobbyist were wounded on Wednesday morning when a man opened fire as the Republican lawmakers practised for the game in the Washington suburb of Alexandria, Virginia .

Officer Who Shot Philando Castile Says He 'Had No Choice'

June 20, 2017

Yanez capped the trial's first week of testimony on Friday by taking the stand to say that Castile disregarded his commands not to pull out his gun. "He was not complying with my directions". As for the other felonies, the jury must decide that Yanez "intentionally" discharged his gun "under circumstances that endangered the safety of another person".

The intensifying strangeness of US-North Korea relations

June 20, 2017

He said Warmbier, of Cincinnati, was en route to the U.S. Otto Warmbier (WORM'-bir), whose parents say is in a coma, arrived at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center late Tuesday night. Seoul said last month that it will flexibly resume civilian inter-Korean exchanges to an extent that the move does not compromise the worldwide sanctions regime.

Trump Administration Overturns Obama Order to Protect Immigrant Parents

June 20, 2017

On Thursday evening, the Trump administration announced that the so-called Dreamers will still have legal status and be able to receive work permits, renewable every two years, assuming they satisfy certain minimal conditions. Thursday's announcement that the Trump administration was rescinding the policy means the administration will no longer defend the policy in court, stating in a press release that "there is no credible path forward to litigate the now enjoined policy".

Van Hits Pedestrians Near London Mosque In Possible Terrorist Attack

June 19, 2017

Some eyewitnesses report that the driver veered off the road into the crowd on goal. As for the deceased, it's now unclear if the victim's death was caused by the van assault as officials have noted that the person was receiving first aid when the conflict unfolded.

Jury Acquits Minnesota Police Officer Who Fatally Shot Philando Castile

June 19, 2017

The arrests came hours after St. Anthony Police Officer Jeronimo Yanez was found not guilty on Friday of second-degree manslaughter in 32-year-old Castile's July 2016 shooting death in the St. "Some people will tell you protest don't work ..." In an incident that shocked the nation, Mr. Castile's girlfriend live-streamed the moments following the shooting on Facebook while sitting in the auto along with their four-year old daughter.

Sen. Al Franken Cancels Appearance on Bill Maher's Show

June 19, 2017

The next " Real Time " airs at 10 p.m. Friday on HBO . The rapper was already scheduled to appear on the June 9 episode of HBO's "Real Talk With Bill Maher " and has no intention of backing out now. In a sharply worded statement , HBO called Maher's comments "completely inexcusable and tasteless". Tweets soon poured in condemning Maher's remarks.

The Obamas Pull Heartstrings On Father's Day

June 19, 2017

Michelle Obama started the process with a loving message on behalf of herself and their daughters Sasha and Malia . To all those lucky enough to be a dad, Happy Father's Day!' he wrote. To make matters more embarrassing for Trump, his tweet claiming that his approval rating is higher than President Obama's is laughable. "We love you." This was the post Barack Obama had retweeted.

3 churches hit with Satanic graffiti

June 19, 2017

Walker II, senior pastor of the Amityville Full Gospel Tabernacle, said he arrived at the church Saturday morning, to. All are located in North Amityville within a mile of each other. Last week, police in Nassau County found demonic imagery and phrases spray painted on New Covenant Church in East Meadow. Anyone with information about these incidents is asked to call Hate Crimes Section at 631-852-6323 or call anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.

Puerto Rico votes to become 51st state of the US

June 19, 2017

A government website for the status referendum , Puerto Rico's fifth since 1967, showed 97 percent of roughly 485,000 votes counted so far in favor of becoming the 51st US state. In 1992 nearly 2 million Puerto Ricans voted. Statehood would allow Puerto Ricans to claim full welfare benefits available to US citizens, but would compel residents to begin paying federal taxes on income obtained on the island.

2 killed in California crash involving wrong-way driver

June 19, 2017

Authorities said calls began flooding into dispatchers just after 3:15 a.m., reporting a wrong-way driver heading north in the freeway's southbound lanes. A person was apparently trapped and one of the vehicles were on fire. The drivers of both vehicles were killed and the SUV burst into flames, according to the CHP.

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