Sinkhole swallows more than a dozen cars in Mississippi IHOP parking lot
Photo: WTOKMERIDIAN, Miss. — Police say at least 14 vehicles were swallowed by a sinkhole that opened up Saturday in the parking lot of a newly-opened International House of Pancakes in Meridian, Miss.Customers inside the restaurant at the time of the incident told WTOK they heard a series of booms before the electricity went...One dead, two injured in shooting near Manhattan’s Penn Station
NYPD officers stand guard near the Penn Station following an early morning shooting in Manhattan, Nov. 9NEW YORK — A 43-year-old man was killed and two men, aged 45 and 48, were wounded in a shooting early Monday at an entrance to New York City's Penn Station transportation hub in Manhattan, police said.Police said they were searching...Poll: Americans becoming less religious, especially young adults
WASHINGTON - Americans are becoming less religious, judging by such markers as church attendance, prayer and belief in God, and the trend is more pronounced among young adults, according to a poll released on Tuesday. The share of U.S. adults who say they believe in God, while still high compared with other advanced industrial...Pentagon spends $43 million to build Afghanistan gas station
WASHINGTON -The U.S. Department of Defense spent nearly $43 million on a gas station in northern Afghanistan and has been unable to explain why it cost so much, a U.S. special inspector reported on Monday. The Pentagon “charged the American taxpayers $43 million for what is likely to be the world’s most expensive gas...Pastor faked own assault by blaming Muslims
NEW JERSEY - The pastor of a Somerset County church tied himself up, wrote misspelled Muslim words on paper taped to his body, and lied about being assaulted inside his own church last week, Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey Soriano announced.On Friday, Oct. 30 around 11:20 a.m., Somerville police responded to New Covenant Missionary...
Army post prohibits vendor from selling anti-Islamic T-shirt
November 5th, 20150 DENVER - U.S. military authorities told a vendor on a Colorado Army post to stop selling T-shirts depicting the Statue of Liberty clad in a head-to-toe Muslim covering after a shopper complained that they were anti-Islamic, an official said on Wednesday.The gray T-shirts feature the words "Don't let this happen to America" along with a...Ohio voters reject measure legalizing recreational marijuana use
Photo: yesonohio3.comOhio voters soundly rejected on Tuesday a measure that would have made it the first Midwest state to legalize marijuana for recreational use.Issue 3, which would have added an amendment to the state constitution that legalizes both the personal and medical use of marijuana for those over 21, was defeated by nearly a...GM says auto industry headed for record sales in 2015
Photo: GMThe U.S. auto industry is on track for a record year of sales, General Motors Company said Tuesday, as the country’s top automaker and its rivals reported October sales that far exceeded expectations.GM said the six-month rolling average for U.S. auto sales is 17.8 million on an annualized basis, which means the industry is...New FBI program accused of telling teachers, students to spy on Muslims
WASHINGTON - The FBI is postponing the debut of an unusual game-style website aimed at preventing young people from joining terrorist groups–because Muslim and Arab groups are complaining.The program “Don’t Be a Puppet,” scheduled to be released Nov. 9., is now on hold. The program targets young people with information...U.S. police chiefs call for background checks for all gun purchases
CHICAGO - Police chiefs from across the United States called on Monday for universal background checks for firearms purchases, saying opinion polls consistently show that most Americans support such restrictions. The proliferation of firearms is one of the factors behind a rise in homicide rates in many U.S. cities this year,...As U.S. braces for Syrian refugees, mental health services lag
WASHINGTON - More than 20 years after Saddam Hussein's soldiers in Iraq killed his brother in front of him, Ali Alghazally still suffers from night terrors he blames on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a common problem among refugees often left untreated. As the United States prepares to take in 10,000 or more...Bernie Sanders invites Muslim student to the stage, attacks racism
"If we stand for anything, we have got to stand together and end all forms of racism."FAIRFAX, Va— Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders brought a Muslim student to the stage during a speech in Fairfax, Virginia to highlight the divisive history behind bigotry and racism.The student had told Sanders that the...Sheriff fires officer who dragged female student across classroom
A screengrab from a video of the incident RICHLAND COUNTY, S.C. — School resource officer Ben Fields, who slammed and dragged a female student in a Spring Valley High School classroom Monday, has been fired after videos of the incident went viral. Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said Wednesday he fired Fields following an...Two California men plead not guilty to financial fraud in Islamic State case
Nader ElhuzayelLOS ANGELES - Two Southern California men accused of conspiring to travel to the Middle East to join the Islamic State pleaded not guilty on Monday to financial fraud charges connected with their alleged attempts to support the militant group, federal officials said. Muhanad Badawi and Nader Elhuzayel,...Texas teen arrested over clock is moving to Qatar with his family
DALLAS -The Texas boy arrested for bringing to school a homemade clock that was mistaken for a bomb is moving to Qatar, his family said on Tuesday, a few hours after he was at the White House for an astronomy night hosted by President Barack Obama. Ahmed Mohamed, 14, a bespectacled ninth-grader who became an Internet sensation......
Trump under fire for saying he would close U.S. mosques
October 22nd, 20150 WASHINGTON - Donald Trump is under fire from Muslim groups after stating in an interview on the Fox Business Network that he would shut down mosques in the U.S.On Wednesday, Trump, discussing his strategy to fight ISIS said he would revoke the passports of U.S. citizens who have traveled abroad to fight for ISIS.Host Jim Varney asked...Indiana University student arrested for attacking Muslim woman, yelling ‘white power’
Triceton Bickford appears in his mugshot. Monroe County Sheriff's OfficeINDIANAPOLIS — A 19-year-old Indiana University student was arrested over the weekend for allegedly attacking a Muslim woman while she and her daughter sat inside a cafe. Witnesses say Triceten Brickford shouted ethnic slurs at the 47-year-old woman and her......
Democratic rivals back Clinton on emails, but little else in scrappy debate
LAS VEGAS –With a smile and a handshake, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton secured unexpected support from chief rival Bernie Sanders over an email scandal during their first debate, helping to defuse an issue that has dogged her campaign. Sanders, a 74-year-old U.S. senator from Vermont came to her rescue on...Muslim groups’ lawsuit over N.Y. surveillance revived by court
NEW YORK - A coalition of Muslim groups can pursue a civil rights lawsuit that accuses New York City police of conducting secret surveillance of Muslims in New Jersey without suspicion of criminal activity, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday.The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia reversed a lower court's decision...ACLU sues two psychologists who devised CIA interrogation program
James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen, two former military psychologists, "designed the torture methods and performed illegal human experimentation," the ACLU saidWASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union sued two psychologists who devised the CIA's Bush-era interrogation program on Tuesday, saying they encouraged the agency "to adopt...Deadly Arizona school shooting reported as Obama heads to Oregon
One person is dead and three others injured in a shooting early this morning at Northern Arizona University, according to university officials. A suspect is in custody. The shooting occurred about 1:20 a.m. Friday on the Flagstaff campus – just hours before President Obama was to arrive in Oregon to meet with families of......
ISIS threat posted online against Fox News contributor
WASHINGTON – A supporter of Islamic State militants has issued a threat against Fox News contributor Rob O'Neill, the former U.S. Navy SEAL who says he fired the shot that killed Osama bin Laden, and also posted the ex-commando's purported home address in Montana on-line. Undersheriff George Skuletich of the...New York’s MTA must run ‘Muslim’ movie posters in subways
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority to let filmmakers run a series of lighthearted advertisements promoting their film "The Muslims Are Coming!" in the subway. The decision by U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon in Manhattan is a defeat for the MTA, which in April banned......
FBI says it disrupted activities of dozens of potential IS recruits
October 9th, 20150 FBI Director James ComeyFBI counterterrorism agents followed dozens of potential militants around the United States full time over the summer and disrupted activities pursued by many of them, FBI Director James Comey told a congressional committee on Thursday.Comey also told the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental...Civil rights activist Grace Boggs dies in Detroit at 100
"Grace Lee Boggs was a force for promoting social change." - Mayor Mike DugganDetroit - Grace Lee Boggs, an author and activist in the feminist, labor, civil rights and environmental justice movements, died in Detroit on Monday at the age of 100, according to her Facebook page."Grace died as she lived surrounded by books, politics,......
