By: Erin Fuchs Article Reprint The news Thursday that police killed an apparently unarmed mother who rammed her car into a security barricade by the Capitol was shocking to many people including her friends. That
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Legendary Vietnam Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap dies
By: MARGIE MASON and CHRIS BRUMMITT Article Reprint HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vo Nguyen Giap, the brilliant and ruthless self-taught general who drove the French out of Vietnam to free it from colonial rule and
Read moreFormer US Soldiers Charged In Elaborate Drug Cartel Assassination Plot
By: Chris Francescani Article Reprint NEW YORK (Reuters) Two former U.S. soldiers have been extradited to New York to face charges of plotting to murder a U.S. federal drug agent and informant as part of
Read moreWhen High School Students Are Treated Like Prisoners
Advocates call for an end to the criminalization of students in New York and around the country By: Molly Knefel Article Reprint As students in New York City return to school for the fall, a
Read moreFollowing court defeat, Beck rescinds automobile impound policy
By Joel Rubin Article Reprint Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck on Friday evening quietly rescinded the department’s car impound policy, a controversial set of rules Beck put in place last year to be more
Read moreThe Odd Story of the Law That Dictates How Government Shutdowns Work
A shutdown would end up costing more because of the price of restarting the government — and other strange facts about the late-1800s Antideficiency Act. By: Andrew Cohen Article Reprint If rogue Republicans do not
Read moreNo trips to Alcatraz but school lunch is still being served: How government shutdown would affect daily life as Senate prepares to vote tomorrow
Government edges ever closer to a shutdown – the first in 17 years Social Security and Medicare benefits would continue to be paid and children would still receive free school lunches By Associated Press Article
Read moreIs Saddam Hussein’s fortune in a warehouse in Moscow? Mystery over £16.75bn piles of cash left at airport for six years
No recipient listed but sources say it could belong to Saddam Hussein Other theories are that it belonged to Colonel Gaddafi, a Mafia operation linked to the state, or corrupt officials By Will Stewart Article
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