Some Jewish students at Georgetown Law School say they’re facing threatening anti-Israeli rhetoric from classmates and from outside groups that are being promoted on the Washington, D.C. campus. The hostile rhetoric includes what appears to be a globally orchestrated antisemitic campaign that the students fear will incite physical violence on …
Read More »Man accused of assault in Antarctica was hired as bodyguard for students
A man accused of physically assaulting a woman at a U.S. research station in Antarctica was then sent to a remote icefield where he was tasked with protecting the safety of a professor and three young graduate students, and he remained there for a full week after a warrant for …
Read More »Proposed ballot measure that advocates killing gays puts California attorney general in bind
SAN FRANCISCO – A California lawyer with an idea that has been called offensive, outrageous, reprehensible and illegal is putting the century-old process that gives citizens the right to make laws at the ballot box to its latest test. The state attorney general, Kamala Harris, took the unusual step on …
Read More »Court officers carrying out eviction find woman's body in freezer in Detroit apartment
DETROIT – A woman’s frozen body has been found inside a freezer at a vacant apartment on Detroit’s east side. Detroit police officer Jennifer Moreno says 36th District Court officers found the body during an eviction about 10:45 a.m. Tuesday. Moreno says the officers found the body in the freezer …
Read More »Nearly a decade after being charged, notorious convict to stand trial in strangulation deaths
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – A Pennsylvania man who gained notoriety with the 2003 discovery of at least five bodies in his yard is set to stand trial in two of the deaths. Hugo Selenski was charged nine years ago with strangling a pharmacist and the pharmacist’s girlfriend and burying their bodies …
Read More »Condoleezza Rice testifies at CIA leak trial, says she was stunned media knew about mission
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Former national security adviser Condoleezza Rice told jurors she was stunned to learn that a classified mission to thwart Iran’s nuclear weapons ambitions had been leaked to the news media. That leak is now the subject of a criminal trial in federal court in Alexandria. Prosecutors believe …
Read More »Threats prompt 2 plane evacuations at Seattle-Tacoma airport; third flight diverted to Dallas
SEATAC, Wash. – Two planes were evacuated upon arrival at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Sunday due to what a spokesman called a “security concern.” Airport spokesman Perry Cooper says a JetBlue flight from Long Beach, California, and a regional SkyWest jet from Phoenix were the planes involved. The flights arrived …
Read More »Police: Northern Virginia man impersonating officer charged after pulling over a real cop
MANASSAS, Va. – Police say a northern Virginia man was impersonating an officer when he pulled over a car being driven by a real cop. Prince William County Police say 27-year-old Shawn Michael Robinson of Alexandria pulled over an off-duty officer last Thursday. Police say Robinson was driving a white …
Read More »31-year-old beluga whale dies at SeaWorld Orlando after being treated for infection
ORLANDO, Fla. – A beluga whale has died at SeaWorld Orlando after being treated for an infection associated with a fractured jaw. Sea World officials said Friday that the beluga whale Nanuq died Thursday. The cause of death won’t be known until a post-mortem examination, but the beluga whale had …
Read More »Drought-stricken California set to measure snowpack after previous efforts showed steep drops
SAN FRANCISCO – Drought-stricken California will conduct its final manual snowpack survey in the Sierra Nevada — and the outlook isn’t good. The snowpack has been in decline since electronic measurements on Dec. 30 found the statewide snow water equivalent at 50 percent of the historical average for that date. …
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