Gun Violence Video PSA: "Back-To-School Essentials - Sandy Hook Promise"

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“Survive the school year with these must-have back to school essentials.”

Survive the school year with these must-have back to school essentials. https://www.sandyhookpromise.org A chilling new ad spot by Sandy Hook Promise depicts kids showing off their new “back to school” gear while a mass shooting suddenly erupts around them and—be warned—it’s a tough watch....

A teen allegedly wanted to ‘shoot 400 people for fun.’ Cops found an AK-47 in her bedroom.

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“Wilson told the other teenage waitress how much she resented the people at her old school — allegedly adding that she wanted to “shoot 400 people...”

Pittsburg County Sheriff Chris Morris said Alexis Wilson was arrested Monday after investigators saw a video of her shooting an AK-47 and her co-workers reported she had said she would "shoot up" a high school. (Pittsburg County Sheriff's Office via AP) Alexis Wilson was working an afternoon...

Exclusive: Russia carried out a 'stunning' breach of FBI communications system, escalating the spy game on U.S. soil

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“But there was another critical, and secret, reason why those locations and diplomats were targeted.”

The Elmcroft Estate was one of two Russian diplomatic compounds seized by Washington. (AP: Alexander F Yuan) Yahoo News • September 16, 2019 On Dec. 29, 2016, the Obama administration announced that it was giving nearly three dozen Russian diplomats just 72 hours to leave the United States...

Trump says he didn't offer Iran a meeting without preconditions. He did, repeatedly.

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““No preconditions. No. If they want to meet, I’ll meet. Anytime they want. Anytime they want. It’s good for the country, good for them, good for...”

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is denying he previously offered to meet Iranian leaders without preconditions, despite a litany of instances in which he did just that. Trump’s remarks come as tensions mount in the Middle East following an attack over the weekend on Saudi Arabian oil...

Israa Ghareeb: A Palestinian woman who lost her life in the name of ‘honor’

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“When 21-year-old Israa Ghareeb, a makeup artist from Bethlehem, went out to dinner with her fiancé and his sister, she did not think that the...”

Photo credit: Tamara Abueish, Al Arabiya English When 21-year-old Israa Ghareeb, a makeup artist from Bethlehem, went out to dinner with her fiancé and his sister, she did not think that the meeting would trigger a horrific turn of events which would lead to her death. Ghareeb had posted a...

More Than 100,000 Americans Are Victims of Gun Violence Each Year. What Happens to Those Who Survive?

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“While we focus on the victims of mass shootings, survivors struggle with psychological trauma of their own. Especially when new horrors play on loop.”

Connecticut State Police lead children from the Sandy Hook Elementary School immediately after the shooting Photo: AP Photo/Newtown Bee, Shannon Hick When a bullet tears a jagged path through a body, it may end one life...and dramatically alter others: the friend who was standing right there,...

Shia Muslims Celebrate Ashura (WARNING: Some people may find photos to be upsetting)

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“Children left covered in blood as devout Muslims use knives to slice their heads open during traditional Ashura show of faith in Iraq”

The day commemorates the death of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the prophet Muhammad. Credit: AFP or licensors THESE incredible pictures show devout Muslims using knives to slice open their heads - and those of children - during the traditional Ashura show of faith in Iraq. They are among...

We need more monopolies like Google

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Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt in Washington, DC after after a news conference to announce an antitrust probe into Alphabet's Google on Sept. 9, 2019. REUTERS/Bryan Pietsch I traveled to Europe earlier this year, and used Google maps to get around in a rented car. Google Translate...

Prof. Muhammad Bashouti: The scientist who makes smart devices from molecules

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“This inquisitive son of a Muslim Galilee farmer made the correct assumption that every molecule does contain some of the properties of the whole....”

Photo of Dr. Muhammad Bashouti by Wolfgang If you isolate a single molecule of a conductive metal, can it conduct energy all by itself? That question nagged Muhammad Bashouti in high school and stumped his science teacher. So, this inquisitive son of a Muslim Galilee farmer made the correct...

White House Official Says It Was Trump Himself Who Altered the Hurricane Dorian Map With a Sharpie

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“It was Trump himself who drew on the map, extending the range of the storm’s impact to include a teensy-weensy tip of Alabama...”

Sharpie toss (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) At this point, it’s almost like President Donald Trump wishes Hurricane Dorian had hit Alabama. The president of the United States, of course, made multiple erroneous claims about the trajectory of the storm as it inched toward the U.S. But Trump makes...