general news
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 2 weeks 4 days 7 hours 50 minutes ago
A Colorado mother who shot her 9-year-old son five times did it to get back at her husband, according to police documents. Lisa Marie Lesyshen, 45, was taken into custody Friday and charged with first-degree murder, child abuse leading to death and domestic violence.
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 2 weeks 4 days 7 hours 50 minutes ago
A single bullet was still lodged in the spine of an 11-year-old girl on Saturday, one day after she was shot outside her Brooklyn home — and her reeling family doubted she’d ever walk again.
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 2 weeks 4 days 8 hours 50 minutes ago
New rule goes into effect June 1 and applies to stores where local laws don't already restrict smoking near businessesCoffee and cigarettes used to be an inseparable pairing; like wine and cheese or pancakes and syrup.But now, according to a new rule by mega-cafe chain Starbucks,...(more)
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 2 weeks 4 days 8 hours 50 minutes ago
Military already overstretched with conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, poll suggestsLess than a quarter of the public believes that the government should arm the rebels in Syria, according to a poll in the wake of Britain's support for the lifting of an arms embargo.Just 24% back...(more)
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 2 weeks 4 days 8 hours 50 minutes ago
Attacks come a week after US President Barack Obama signalled a new approach to use of unmanned aircraftDrone strikes killed seven suspected al-Qaida militants in southern Yemen on Saturday, nine days after US President Barack Obama said such attacks would only be used in the case...(more)
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 2 weeks 4 days 9 hours 50 minutes ago
The economy is still growing, but concerns about religious interventions, political repression – and above all the Kurdish peace process – cloud Turkey's horizonsDespite the astonishing, far-reaching changes that Turkey has undergone in recent years, clouds of anxiety are gathering over the country.The apprehension has little...(more)
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 2 weeks 4 days 9 hours 50 minutes ago
Government to propose amendment restricting foreign adoptions of Russian children to 'traditional' familiesRussia will ban foreign same-sex couples from adopting Russian children, an official has said, underscoring a growing rift over gay rights between President Vladimir Putin and the west.Putin said in April that a French...(more)
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 2 weeks 4 days 9 hours 50 minutes ago
Judge who earlier ruled National Security Letters unconstitutional orders Google to nonetheless comply with themA US judge has ordered Google to comply with FBI secret demands for customer data, despite earlier ruling the warrantless orders unconstitutional.District court judge Susan Illston this week rejected the internet search...(more)
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 2 weeks 4 days 9 hours 50 minutes ago
Mike Bettes and two photographers walk away safely from banged-up vehicle after trying to outrun El Reno tornadoThe next time meteorologist Mike Bettes talks about the power of tornadoes on The Weather Channel, he can speak from personal experience.Bettes was nursing minor injuries on Saturday, a...(more)
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 2 weeks 4 days 9 hours 50 minutes ago
Justine Greening calls in heads of firms owning Top Shop, Dorothy Perkins, BHS, Evans, French Connection, Karen Millen and others to demand action after Bangladesh factory deathsThe chief executive of Sir Philip Green's Arcadia clothing empire is to be put under pressure by the development secretary...(more)
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 2 weeks 4 days 10 hours 50 minutes ago
The park demonstration has turned into a wider protest against Prime Minister Erdogan.
a shared story
submitted by Robby for team staff news 2 weeks 4 days 10 hours 50 minutes ago
A memorial service is planned in New Hampshire on Saturday for Nancy Lanza, whose son shot her to death in their Connecticut home in December before driving to Sandy Hook Elementary School and gunning down 20 students and six educators.
