Guatemalan Court Convicts Ex-Dictator On Genocide Charges
Former dictator Rios Montt has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for genocide and an additional 30 years for crimes against humanity.
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Seattle Police Clash With May Day Protesters
Police resorted to flash-bang grenades and pepper spray to move the crowd out of the downtown area of Seattle Wednesday night.
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Tamerlan Tsarnaev Was On A Classified Government Watch List
The Boston Marathon bombing suspect was placed on the “Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment” list after the FBI spoke to him in 2011.
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Suspect Unknown In Boston Attacks
Law enforcement confirms three explosions. What we know.
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13 People Killed In Mass Shooting In Serbia
The killings occurred in the village of Velika Ivanca, thirty miles Southeast of Belgrade.
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BREAKING: Rihanna Seen Shopping At Walmart
Tell everyone you know. QUICKLY!
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North Korea Enters A “State Of War” With South Korea
In a special statement, North Korea said it will deal with every inter-Korean issue in a wartime manner, Yohhap News reports. The declaration refocuses the conflict from hollow threats to Atlanta to dead-serious ones targeting Seoul.
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Nelson Mandela Hospitalized In South Africa
Former President Nelson Mandela was admitted to hospital Thursday due to the recurrence of his lung infection.
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South Korea Suffers Server Outages At Major TV Networks, Banks
Computer networks of the nation’s key broadcasters and banks were completely paralyzed Wednesday in what appeared to be a cyber attack, police said.
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Fiery Plane Crash In Florida Parking Lot
A Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport spokesman says the plane began experiencing problems shortly after takeoff and was trying to return when it hit a warehouse at 53rd Street and North Powerline Road.
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North Korea Threatens Nuclear Strike
North Korea says it is scrapping all non-aggression pacts with South Korea and closing its hotline with Seoul, BBC reports.
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Heart Attack Killed A Suffering Chavez
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez last words were: “I don’t want to die. Please don’t let me die.”
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Chavez’s Respiratory Problems Worsen
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s breathing problems have worsened and there is a new ‘severe’ infection, Associated Press reports.
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Oscar Pistorius Granted Bail
“The accused has made a case to be released on bail,” Magistrate Desmond Nair said during a bail hearing in South Africa.
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Oscar Pistorius Investigator Faces Attempted Murder Charge
Lead investigator, Detective Hilton Botha, faces seven counts of attempted murder in South Africa.
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Four Dead After Hostage Situation In Aurora, CO
Three bodies were discovered inside a town home where there was an ongoing hostage situation this morning in Aurora. The gunman was shot by police.
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Watch Fred Armisen And Bill Hader’s Best Unaired Sketch Together
Top sketch 2012. I couldn’t love these two more.
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Shooting Near Brookfield, Wisconsin Mall, At Least Seven Injured [Updated]
A shooting at Brookfield Square Mall in Brookfield, Wisconsin has been described as a “mass casualty” situation. Update: At least three people are dead, and the suspected shooter, Radcliffe Haughton, has been found, dead from what police believe is a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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Ryan Reynolds And Blake Lively Got Married
They wed near Charleston, South Carolina, and Florence Welch performed at their wedding. I wasn’t even given the chance to speak now or forever hold my peace!!!
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Russell Brand And Geri Halliwell Are Dating
Yes, that’s Ginger Spice and Katy Perry’s ex-husband. I approve of this relationship.
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Neil Armstrong’s 7 Most Inspirational Quotes
For a man that didn’t talk that much, he said some pretty awesome stuff.
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Remembering The Victims Of The Wisconsin Temple Shooting
Family and friends have released photos of the six killed in Sunday’s shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin. Sikhs from Oak Creek, Wis., to Amritsar, India, are holding vigils for the victims.
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Chevron Oil Refinery Catches Fire Over San Francisco Bay
Residents of the area are being advised to stay inside and to seal their homes with whatever they can until the smoke from the fire is contained.
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Colorado Victims Reach Out To Wisconsin Victims
A sad reminder that the Aurora theater shooting happened just 16 days before the temple shooting in Oak Creek, Wis.
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Alleged Temple Shooter Was A White-Power Hardcore Musician
The suspected Sikh temple shooter was in multiple skinhead groups, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Hear the chilling lyrics from his various bands. (Language NSFW.)
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Wade Michael Page Is The Suspected Wisconsin Temple Shooter
Here’s what we know about the alleged white supremacist who killed six at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin Sunday.
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CNN: Sikhs “Unfairly” Mistaken For Muslims
Cable news networks covering the shooting at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin emphasized to their viewers that Sikhs are not Muslims, a confusion CNN described as unfair. Sometimes-violent anti-Muslim sentiment is pretty much taken for granted at this point.
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A Tragic History Of Hate Crimes Against Sikhs In The U.S.
Although the motives of the shooter in Wisconsin this morning are not yet clear, there is a bloody history of violence towards Sikhs in the United States since 9/11. Sikhism is a peaceful religion and its primary principles include equality and justice for all.
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62 Photos From The Shooting In Wisconsin
Grief and shock as families gather outside a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisc. Read the breaking news as it develops.
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A Timeline Of The Wisconsin Sikh Temple Shooting
A gunman killed at least six people Sunday morning at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin. Police have designated the shooting as domestic terrorism.
