PARIS—Plans to strip dual citizens of their French nationality in terrorism cases have strong popular support, a poll showed on Tuesday after the government said it would pursue the measure despite fierce left-wing criticism.President Francois Hollande announced the plan after Islamist gunmen and suicide bombers killed 130 people in the November 13 attacks in Paris. […]Load more...
Reuters December 29, 2015 LONDON—A British couple were convicted on Tuesday of plotting an attack in London after the husband sent out tweets asking for advice on which targets he should hit, alerting police to a stockpile of chemicals at their home.Mohammed Rehman, 25, and Sana Ahmed Khan, 24, were found guilty by a jury […]Load more...
VOA News December 29, 2015 Hollywood’s award season is just around the corner, but one movie has already garnered a dubious honor. «Interstellar,» the science fiction blockbuster starring Matthew McConaughey, has been named the most pirated movie of 2015, with 46 million illegal downloads, according to piracy watchdog firm Excipio. Just behind it was «Fast […]Load more...
Heidi Chang December 29, 2015 HONOLULU—Listen to Joey Alexander play the piano, and you can hear the future of Jazz. People who hear him play say they are moved by his virtuosity, and his mastery of the piano. He’s 12.But the jazz greats who work with him and listen to him are the first to […]Load more...
VOA News Last updated on: December 29, 2015 1:25 PM A white Chicago police officer who shot a black teenager 16 times has pleaded not guilty to murder charges, as Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel cut short his vacation after two more fatal police shootings. Jason Van Dyke entered his plea Tuesday at Chicago’s Cook County […]Load more...
Chris Hannas, Mike Richman Last updated on: December 29, 2015 Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi visited Ramadi Tuesday after government forces recaptured the government compound in the key western city. Iraqi state television reported that Abadi was in Ramadi but offered no other details. But an Iraqi military officer told the Associated Press the prime minister […]Load more...
VOA News December 29, 2015 The U.S. military says an Islamic State (IS) leader with direct links to the alleged ringleader of last month’s terrorist attacks in Paris was killed in a coalition airstrike in Syria. A coalition spokesman, Colonel Steve Warren, said in a news briefing Tuesday that Charaffe al-Mouadan was killed last week […]Load more...
December 29, 2015 – With the holiday now behind us, O Christmas tree, how saggy are your branches? The gifts have been removed from under the pine, the tree is swiftly losing its coat of green, and the needles are piling up on the floor, which means it’s time to remove the tree from your […]Load more...
§ 42-28-46 Development of system monitoring crimes motivated by bigotry and bias. – (a) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) Police department – all state, municipal and campus police departments within the state of Rhode Island; (2) Hate crime – any crime motivated by bigotry and […]Load more...
42 officers shot and killed-52 died in traffic-related incidents Washington, DC-Law enforcement fatalities nationwide rose slightly during 2015, with 124 federal, state, local, tribal and territorial officers killed in the line of duty, according to preliminary data compiled and released today by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) in their 2015 Law Enforcement […]Load more...