Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
20/7/2016: A previous version of this article estimated the age of the boy at about 10 years old. His actual age, according to the Jerusalem brigade, was 12, as reflected in the altered headline. A video circulating on social media appears to show Syrian rebels beheading a Palestinian boy who they accused of being a…
Image copyright AP A shooting in the US city of Baton Rouge has left three police officers dead and three more injured, one critically. The gunman was shot dead at the scene. This is what we know so far about what has happened. Baton Rouge shooting: As it happened What happened? The shooting was near…
Video Reports of Officer Shooting There were reports of gunfire and an officer being wounded in Baton Rouge on Sunday near where protests have been held since the police shooting of Alton Sterling on July 5. By TWITTER on Publish Date July 17, 2016. Photo by Mike Kunzelman/Associated Press. Watch in Times Video » The…
Police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana have suffered gunshot wounds in what the Advocate reports local law enforcement is calling “an active shooter situation in the area of Airline and Old Hammond highways.” According to NBC Nightly Nights, at least two officers, as well as a suspect, have been shot. Police respond as officers are feared…
A truck ploughed into a crowd of people in Nice on Thursday night, reportedly killing at least 84 people. Here is what we know so far. What happened? Prosecutors confirmed that at least 84 people were killed when the large white truck ploughed through a crowd watching Bastille Day fireworks in the southern city…
PARIS Dozens of people were killed in the French Riviera city of Nice late on Thursday when a truck ploughed into crowds watching a fireworks display on France’s Bastille Day national holiday, the mayor said on Twitter. BFM TV said at least 30 were dead after the truck drove through people on the famed…
(CNN)The mayor of Nice, France, tweeted that a truck ran into a crowd on Bastille Day, killing multiple people. Mayor Christian Estrosi said late Thursday that there are “tens of dead.” “Dear Nice residents, the driver of a truck appears to have caused tens of deaths. Stay for the moment in your homes. More info…
Two bailiffs in a county courthouse in southwestern Michigan were killed following a shooting by an inmate, according to the county sheriff. Two bailiffs and the shooter are dead in Berrien County Courthouse shooting, Monday, July 11, 2016.(Photo: Michelle Crandall) Berrien County Sheriff Paul Bailey confirmed at a Monday press conference that two court bailiffs…
Protests past and present Tess Apslund, 42, stands with a raised fist in front of uniformed neo-Nazis during a Nordic Resistance Movement demonstration in Borlange, Sweden, on Sunday, May 1. Click through the gallery to see memorable images from other protests throughout history. Protests past and present On March 12, 1930, Indian nationalist leader Mahatma…
(Mark Mellone) New video has surfaced showing the moment an off-duty police officer shot and killed a 37-year-old man in an apparent road rage incident in Brooklyn this week. Officer Wayne Isaacs, a three-year veteran of the force, fired two shots at Delrawn Small in East New York early Monday morning. Small, who was…