Sep 17 Watch News Wrap: Former NOLA Cops Granted New Trial for Katrina Bridge Killings In our news wrap Tuesday, five former New Orleans policemen were granted a new trial in the shooting deaths of unarmed civilians on the city's Danziger Bridge following Hurricane Katrina. Also, investigators ruled a fire that destroyed 50 businesses on… Continue watching
Sep 16 TV drug ads frequently make misleading claims according to study Six times out to ten, you're getting misleading information from drug advertisements broadcast on television, according to a study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. While 1 in 10 claims turned out to be totally… Continue reading
Sep 16 Colorado flood devastation, by the numbers By News Desk Colorado National Guardsmen respond to floods in Boulder County. Photo by Sgt. Joseph K. VonNida via the Army National Guard. The Denver Post lists some of the staggering figures related to the flooding. Here are a few:… Continue reading
Sep 16 Watch Witnesses Raise 'Security Vulnerabilities' Concerns at Navy Yard After Shooting Witnesses Raise 'Security Vulnerabilities' Concerns at Navy Yard After Shooting… Continue watching
Sep 16 UPDATE: Navy Yard shooter identified as Texas man, Aaron Alexis Updated at 6:10 p.m. EDT: Earlier Monday, the U.S. Navy Office of Information released biographical information on Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis. The report includes his home of record as New York, N.Y., his date of enlistment into the… Continue reading
Sep 16 Five years later, has the economic crisis been fixed? Courtesy: Treasury Department On the fifth anniversary of the biggest bankruptcy in American history, have efforts by the Treasury Department been able to reverse the economic crisis that crippled the nation? Take a look at these… Continue reading
Sep 16 Facebook and Twitter are accessible in Iran for the first time in four years Is Iran's Berlin Wall of internet censorship crumbling down? I am tweeting from Tehran from my cell without restrictions.— Thomas Erdbrink (@ThomasErdbrink) September 16, 2013… Continue reading
Sep 16 AP: Raw video shows Syrian helicopter shot down by Turkey .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } AP: A Turkish fighter jet… Continue reading
Sep 16 UN Secretary-General: Syria findings "beyond the pale" "The results are overwhelming and indisputable. Eight-five percent of the the blood samples tested positive for sarin, while a majority of the environmental samples confirmed the use of sarin. A majority of the rockets or rocket fragments recovered… Continue reading
Sep 16 New Jersey beach towns get $15 million for repairs Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images After fires blazed across the Seaside Park and Seaside Heights boardwalk on Thursday, Governor Chris Christie announced that $15 million in state aid will be given for repair efforts. Continue reading