President Obama in the Oval Office, December 6, 2015 (Pool photo) In the wake of the San Bernardino shooting that claimed the lives of 14 people, President Barack Obama gave an Oval Office speech, emphasizing, “The threat from terrorism is real, we will overcome it. We will destroy ISIL and any other organization that tries to harm us.” This was his third address from the Oval Office. Obama said that the shootings by husband…
People sign their names and leave messages of hope on a poster outside the historic Emanuel African Methodist Church (Getty Images) The day after victims’ families forgave the suspect in the Charleston church shooting, a website has emerged that is apparently his racist manifesto. With numerous photographs of alleged killer Dylann Storm Roof, the approximately 2,400 word rant concludes, “I have no choice. I am not in the position to, alone, go into the…
After a 14-hour manhunt, the 21-year-old man accused of killing nine members of a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina was taken into custody yesterday. Governor Nikki Haley is calling for the death penalty and, now, suspect Dylann Storm Roof has been charged with nine counts of murder. He also apparently admitted to orchestrating the terrorist massacre. According to CNN,”Roof has confessed to authorities to shooting and killing nine people this week at…
At the Navy Yard, former Walter Reed site, Georgetown University Hospital and D.C. Emergency Operations Center in Southeast.
President Obama speaking to the press today (Getty Images) President Obama renewed his vow to close the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, telling reporters today, “I’m going to go back at this. I’m going to reengage with Congress to try to make the case that this is not something that’s in the best interests of the American people.” He called the facility is expensive and inefficient. “It hurts us in terms of our international…
Apr 19, 2013
Uncles of Boston Marathon Bombing Suspects: ‘I Just Wish They Never Existed’, ‘Turn Yourself In’
An uncle of the two brothers suspected of carrying out Monday’s bombings at the Boston Marathon, said in a television interview that the brothers, Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnev “don’t deserve to live on this earth.”