Oct 28 Watch 7:29 Pittsburgh mourns as names of synagogue shooting victims emerge By Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green, Mori Rothman A day after 11 people at Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh were killed in the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in U.S. history, communities there were mourning and considering what precautions will help them feel safe. Meanwhile, suspect… Continue watching
Oct 28 Wait times for citizenship applications stretch to 2 years By Amy Taxin, Associated Press More than 700,000 immigrants are waiting on applications to become U.S. citizens, a process that once typically took about six months but has stretched to more than two years in some places under the administration of President Donald Trump. Continue reading
Oct 28 Georgia election fight shows that black voter suppression, a southern tradition, still flourishes By Frederick Knight, The Conversation Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brian Kemp has been sued after an Associated Press investigation revealed that his office suppressed 53,000 voter registrations – most of them filed by African-Americans. Continue reading
Oct 28 Pipe bomb suspect was spinning records as FBI closed in By Eric Tucker, Michael Balsamo, Colleen Long, Associated Press In the hours before his arrest, as federal authorities zeroed in and secretly accumulated evidence, Cesar Sayoc was in his element: spinning classic and Top 40 hits in a nightclub where he’d found work as a DJ. Continue reading
Oct 28 Debate erupts over Halloween costumes crossing racial lines By Terry Tang, Associated Press The issue has reverberated across social media, from magazine articles about white children wearing Black Panther costumes to protests against costumes that perpetuate Native American stereotypes. Continue reading
Oct 28 Islands regain some air, sea access after monster storm By Caleb Jones, Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Associated Press Some airport and shipping access has returned to a U.S. Pacific territory ravaged by a super typhoon, but tens of thousands of residents still without power and sifting through rubble face a long road to recovery. Continue reading
Oct 28 Enough is enough: Fed-up Americans crave unity amid violence By Claire Galofaro, Margery A. Beck, Associated Press As authorities intercepted more than a dozen pipe bombs addressed to President Donald Trump’s most ardent critics, political scientists and ordinary Americans observed, again, that rabid partisanship had devolved to the point of acts of violent extremism. Continue reading
Oct 28 Married couple, brothers among synagogue victims By Associated Press The 11 people killed in the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh included a married couple, Bernice and Sylvan Simon, and two brothers, Cecil and David Rosenthal. Continue reading
Oct 28 Police: Synagogue gunman said he wanted all Jews to die By Mark Scolforo, Allen G. Breed, Claudia Lauer, Associated Press The suspect in the mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue told officers afterward that Jews were committing genocide and he wanted them all to die, according to charging documents made public Sunday. Continue reading
Oct 27 Charges filed against suspected synagogue gunman By Associated Press In a 29-count criminal complaint, a man suspected of killing 11 people at a synagogue in Pittsburgh has been charged with using a firearm to commit murder, weapons offenses and seriously injuring police officers while obstructing the exercise of religious… Continue reading