California teacher found hanging in classroom
According to Steve Concialdi, with the Orange County Fire Authority, students had been waiting outside the classroom to get in. Another teacher opened the door. – CNN’s Sonya Hamasaki contributed…
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NJ Police Officer Pressured Woman To Have Sex To Avoid Arrest: Lawsuit
A New Jersey police officer told a woman that he could handle her legal troubles “in an adult manner” that would spare her from arrest, according to a lawsuit. Shakera…
‘Smart City’ knows who needs power, and when
In 1882 on Pearl Street, New York City, Thomas Edison opened the world’s first commercial electric grid, lighting up local homes and businesses with cables connected to his power station….
Egypt’s Ousted President Morsi Starts Trial On Spying Charge
A new trial for Egypt’s ousted ex-president opened Sunday in Cairo, with prosecutors accusing him of espionage and leaking confidential information to Qatar while in office. – Sissi’s government has…
The Stacks: Billie Holiday: Jazz’s Aching Songbird
Dizzy Gillespie’s big band, at Birdland in New York. Coming down the stairs I heard a crackling, stunning trumpet cadenza, brilliant in content as well as in its reckless virtuosity….
12 Things You Didn’t Know About Disneyland’s Main Street U.S.A.
Main Street, U.S.A. is America at the turn of the [20th] century – the crossroads of an era, the gas lamps and the electric lamp – the horse-drawn car and…
Activist Who Underwent Female Genital Mutilation Helps Girls Escape Practice, Child Marriage
Kenyan activist Agnes Pareyio opened up to HuffPost Live about undergoing female genital mutilation, or FGM, and why she’s since dedicated her life to abolishing the practice, as part of…
Boko Haram massacres scores in Cameroon town, residents say
The attackers moved door-to-door slaughtering people in the predawn raid on the town of Fotokol, according to witnesses, and opened fire on at least three mosques, including the central mosque,…
‘Fifty Shades’ Star Dakota Johnson On Why Anastasia Is Actually Feminist
“Fifty Shades of Grey” star Dakota Johnson won’t take criticism of her character silently. In a new interview alongside co-star Jamie Dornan and director Sam Taylor-Johnson for Glamour’s March issue,…
Taliban claim responsibility for Kabul attack that killed 3 Americans
“Yesterday in the evening he managed to get to a crowd of invading and infidel American military forces where he turned his gun towards them and opened fire,” he added….
U.S.-based Bitcoin exchange set to open
San Francisco-based Coinbase, which opened in June of 2012, has until now solely been a platform where merchants and their customers can conduct transactions using bitcoins. – Chicago Mercantile Association:…
CIA Torture Report Sinks A Little More, As Agencies Don’t Bother To Read It
WASHINGTON — When the new Senate Intelligence Committee chairman, Richard Burr (R-N.C.), announced that, allegedly unbeknownst to him, the former chairwoman had widely distributed the panel’s study of CIA torture,…
Lutz Bachmann, Founder Of German Anti-Muslim Movement PEGIDA , Shocks With Hitler Photo
By Madeline Chambers BERLIN, Jan 21 (Reuters) – German prosecutors opened an investigation into a leader of the anti-Muslim PEGIDA movement on Wednesday for inciting hatred after a newspaper printed…
Shots fired at U.S. Embassy vehicle in Yemen
The Embassy added that it did not know who opened fire.
Canadian Soldiers Exchange Fire With ISIS In Iraq
Canadian soldiers opened fire on Islamic State group extremists in Iraq over the last week in what a general called an act of self-defense. – He says that while Canadian…
Israeli strike kills son of top Hezbollah commander, source says
According to a statement from the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah, a group was doing a field inspection in Quneitra when a helicopter opened fire. At least six people were killed,…