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US Resumes Nonlethal Aid To Syrian Opposition

More than a month after al-Qaida-linked militants seized warehouses and prompted a sudden cutoff of Western supplies to the rebels, U.S. nonlethal aid to Syria has resumed.

Associated Press
بواسطة Associated Press

  GENEVA (AP) — The United States has restarted deliveries of nonlethal aid to the Syrian opposition, officials said Monday, more than a month after al-Qaida-linked militants seized warehouses and prompted a sudden cutoff of Western supplies to the rebels. The communications equipment and other items are being funneled for now only

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Oakland Police Must Increase Use Of Vest Cameras: Report

Policy requires every officer who has been issued a vest camera to use it, but as documented, many of the officers have failed to comply with this requirement.

Katie Rucke
بواسطة Katie Rucke

As part of the Oakland, Calif., police department’s court-ordered reform to reduce the number of police abuse claims, almost all of the department’s police officers have been required to wear a personal data recording device, or a vest camera, since 2003. But as independent monitor Robert Warshaw, a former police chief in Rochester, N.Y.,

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Gambia’s President Claims To Cure Cancer

The West African country’s cult-like president has previously claimed to have the power to cure AIDS, too.

Les Neuhaus
بواسطة Les Neuhaus

The African continent has a long history of omnipotent leaders who have taken on bizarre characteristics in their path to creating great cults of personality. Jean Bédel Bokassa, former leader of the Central African Republic, believing himself to be the 13th apostle, crowned himself emperor and ate human flesh on at least one occasion. In Congo,

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Target Credit Card Suspects

McAllen Police Chief Victor Rodriguez displays photos of Daniel Guardiola Dominiguez, left, and Mary Carmen Garcia, who were arrested Sunday after arriving at the border with 96 fraudulent credit cards that were produced using data stolen during the Target security breach late last year, Monday, Jan. 20, 2014, in McAllen, Texas.  (AP Photo/The Monitor, Gabe […]

Les Neuhaus
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Holder Open To Possible Snowden Plea Deal

The Obama administration has successfully prosecuted more cases of government whistleblowers than any presidential administration before it.

Frederick Reese
بواسطة Frederick Reese

In an interview with MSNBC Thursday, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder acknowledged for the first time that the Department of Justice may be open to a plea bargain with Edward Snowden. The interview aired on MSNBC’s “The Cycle” and was done to correspond with the attorney general’s visit to the Roanoke, Va., Federal Veterans’ Court -- which

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A Photographic Look At How Graffiti Is Healing Detroit

Graffiti has become an important art form that has turned the dark, crumbling buildings in the largely abandoned Motor City into a visual display of hope.

Katie Rucke
بواسطة Katie Rucke

(Photos courtesy of Chris Freitag, Pieces of Detroit) Widely regarded as a colorful form of vandalism and an indication of a lesser affluent, crime-inflicted part of town, graffiti is rarely, if ever, viewed as a positive addition to any community. But as community members in cities such as Detroit struggle to piece back together a city

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