Texas teen arrested over clock is moving to Qatar with his family
DALLAS -The Texas boy arrested for bringing to school a homemade clock that was mistaken for a bomb is moving to Qatar, his family said on Tuesday, a few hours after he was at the White House for an astronomy night hosted by President Barack Obama. Ahmed Mohamed, 14, a bespectacled ninth-grader who became an Internet sensation...
Trump under fire for saying he would close U.S. mosques
October 22nd, 20150 WASHINGTON - Donald Trump is under fire from Muslim groups after stating in an interview on the Fox Business Network that he would shut down mosques in the U.S.On Wednesday, Trump, discussing his strategy to fight ISIS said he would revoke the passports of U.S. citizens who have traveled abroad to fight for ISIS.Host Jim Varney asked...Indiana University student arrested for attacking Muslim woman, yelling ‘white power’
Triceton Bickford appears in his mugshot. Monroe County Sheriff's OfficeINDIANAPOLIS — A 19-year-old Indiana University student was arrested over the weekend for allegedly attacking a Muslim woman while she and her daughter sat inside a cafe. Witnesses say Triceten Brickford shouted ethnic slurs at the 47-year-old woman and her...Democratic rivals back Clinton on emails, but little else in scrappy debate
LAS VEGAS –With a smile and a handshake, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton secured unexpected support from chief rival Bernie Sanders over an email scandal during their first debate, helping to defuse an issue that has dogged her campaign. Sanders, a 74-year-old U.S. senator from Vermont came to her rescue on...Muslim groups’ lawsuit over N.Y. surveillance revived by court
NEW YORK - A coalition of Muslim groups can pursue a civil rights lawsuit that accuses New York City police of conducting secret surveillance of Muslims in New Jersey without suspicion of criminal activity, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday.The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia reversed a lower court's decision...ACLU sues two psychologists who devised CIA interrogation program
James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen, two former military psychologists, "designed the torture methods and performed illegal human experimentation," the ACLU saidWASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union sued two psychologists who devised the CIA's Bush-era interrogation program on Tuesday, saying they encouraged the agency "to adopt...Deadly Arizona school shooting reported as Obama heads to Oregon
One person is dead and three others injured in a shooting early this morning at Northern Arizona University, according to university officials. A suspect is in custody. The shooting occurred about 1:20 a.m. Friday on the Flagstaff campus – just hours before President Obama was to arrive in Oregon to meet with families of...ISIS threat posted online against Fox News contributor
WASHINGTON – A supporter of Islamic State militants has issued a threat against Fox News contributor Rob O'Neill, the former U.S. Navy SEAL who says he fired the shot that killed Osama bin Laden, and also posted the ex-commando's purported home address in Montana on-line. Undersheriff George Skuletich of the...New York’s MTA must run ‘Muslim’ movie posters in subways
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority to let filmmakers run a series of lighthearted advertisements promoting their film "The Muslims Are Coming!" in the subway. The decision by U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon in Manhattan is a defeat for the MTA, which in April banned...
FBI says it disrupted activities of dozens of potential IS recruits
October 9th, 20150 FBI Director James ComeyFBI counterterrorism agents followed dozens of potential militants around the United States full time over the summer and disrupted activities pursued by many of them, FBI Director James Comey told a congressional committee on Thursday.Comey also told the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental...Civil rights activist Grace Boggs dies in Detroit at 100
"Grace Lee Boggs was a force for promoting social change." - Mayor Mike DugganDetroit - Grace Lee Boggs, an author and activist in the feminist, labor, civil rights and environmental justice movements, died in Detroit on Monday at the age of 100, according to her Facebook page."Grace died as she lived surrounded by books, politics,...
Oregon shooter singled out Christians
October 3rd, 20150 ROSEBURG, Ore. - The gunman who went on a deadly rampage at an Oregon college was heavily armed and equipped with extra ammunition, authorities said on Friday, and he might have killed more people were it not for the heroism of a military veteran in an adjoining classroom.A day after the shooter killed nine people and wounded...Judge dismisses 9/11 victims’ case against Saudi Arabia
NEW YORK — A U.S. judge on Tuesday dismissed claims against Saudi Arabia by families of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks who accused the country of providing material support to al Qaeda. U.S. District Judge George Daniels in Manhattan said Saudi Arabia had sovereign immunity from damage claims by families of the nearly 3,000...Congress averts government shutdown, sends funding measure to Obama
WASHINGTON — Ending weeks of infighting, the Congress on Wednesday voted to avert a government shutdown just hours before a midnight deadline, passing a stop-gap measure to extend funding for federal agencies until Dec. 11. The House of Representatives relied heavily on Democrats to secure passage in a 277 to 151 vote. A...Gunman kills nine at Oregon college, dies in shootout with police
OREGON - A gunman burst into a community college in southwest Oregon on Thursday and opened fire, killing nine people and wounding seven others before police shot him to death, authorities said, in the latest mass killing in America.The suspect, who witnesses say fired dozens of shots into a classroom full of screaming students, was......
Trump says he would send Syrian refugees back if elected
"If I win, they're going back."WASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump would send all the Syrian refugees the United States accepts back to Syria if he is elected, he said on Wednesday at an event in Keene, New Hampshire.Trump also said after President Barack Obama reduced American troop levels in Iraq, rebels forces...
North Carolina poll: 72 percent of Republicans say a Muslim shouldn’t be president
October 1st, 20150 40 percent said the practice of Islam should be outright illegalDetroit Native Ben Carson has enjoyed a polling surge in recent weeks, in part due to his comments asserting that a Muslim should never be allowed to become president. Donald Trump still remains in the lead for the Republican party race.In a recent survey done by...Georgia executes a woman for the first time in 70 years
Pope Francis had urged officials to commute Gissendaner's death sentence.ATLANTA — The state of Georgia executed its only woman on death row on Wednesday, marking the first time in 70 years the state has carried out a death sentence on a woman.Kelly Gissendaner, 47, died by lethal injection at 12:21 a.m. EDT at Georgia Diagnostic...Report: Immigrants will drive U.S. population growth in next five decades
Immigrants and their descendants will drive U.S. population growth over the next half century, transforming the country into one where no racial or ethnic group is a majority, a Pew Research Center report released on Monday said.If current trends continue, immigrants and their descendants are projected to account for 88 percent of the......
Pope Francis brings message about power and the poor to U.S.
WASHINGTON - Pope Francis arrived on his first visit ever to the United States on Tuesday, bringing to Washington a message that its power and wealth should be used to serve humanity. Bestowing on Francis an honor that few foreign dignitaries receive, both President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden personally greeted the...Family of Texas teen arrested over homemade clock retains lawyers
DALLAS - The family of a Texas teenager who was arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school that was mistaken for a bomb has hired two Dallas attorneys to pursue his legal rights, a representative for the two said on Wednesday. The case of Ahmed Mohamed, 14, a Muslim student who dabbles in robotics and attended a Dallas-area high......
White House seeks answers from China on U.S. woman detained in spy probe
AUSTIN — The White House has contacted China's Foreign Ministry over the detention of an American businesswoman accused of spying, a spokesman said on Tuesday, in a case that blew up just as President Xi Jinping began a visit to the United States. Sandy Phan-Gillis of Houston, Texas, has been held by Chinese authorities for about...Illinois man accused of trying to join Islamic State may face trial
CHICAGO - A federal judge said he wanted to set a trial date for a Chicago-area man accused of trying to provide support to Islamic State militants, as prosecutors and the defense failed to reach a plea deal in the case. Mohammed Hamzah Khan, 20, of the Chicago suburb of Bolingbrook is charged with trying to provide material......
