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Officials announce local gun buyback
In an effort to reduce gun-related violence in the region, officials are planning a state-sponsored gun buyback program to be hosted in three local churches next month.
thedailyjournal.com (19 minutes ago)
Father of Afghanistan cricket captain abducted
Afghanistan's cricket board says gunmen have kidnapped the father of its national team captain. There has been no ransom demand since Mohammad Nabi's 60-year-old father, Khobi Khan, was abducted near his home in the city of Jalalabad. Cricket board president Shazada Masoud said Thursday that police are assisting but...
foxnews.com (19 minutes ago)
Europe: The Struggle for Supremacy by Brendan Simms – review
"In the state of nature which Hobbes imagined," AJP Taylor declared in the opening sentence of his classic study of 19th-century international relations, The Struggle for Mastery in Europe, "violence was the only law, and life was 'nasty, brutish and short'. Though individuals never lived in this state of nature,...
guardian.co.uk (19 minutes ago)
Swedish riots rage for fourth night
Hundreds of youth have burned down a restaurant, torched more than 340 cars and attacked police in a fourth night of rioting in suburbs of the Swedish capital, shocking a country that dodged the worst of the financial crisis but failed to solve youth unemployment and resentment among asylum-seekers. Violence spread...
guardian.co.uk (22 minutes ago)
Blast in Pakistan Kills 13 Police Officers in Restive Region
The province where the attacks took place has been the site of a separatist insurgency and violence by other militants.
nytimes.com (55 minutes ago)
Blast kills 12 in Pakistan's Balochistan province
A car bomb blast killed 12 people, including six police officers, in Pakistan's violence-plagued Balochistan province, police said Thursday.
cnn.com (2 hours ago)
Suspect had long history of violence
The man suspected of abducting two Dayton girls Monday was accused of attempted rape at the age of 15, court records show.
desmoinesregister.com (3 hours ago)
Cross-dressing male robs Sandy bank
Sandy police are looking for a cross-dressing bank robber. The male walked into Zions Bank at 8955 S. 700 East on Wednesday at 4:53 p.m., right before it closed, wearing a white blouse, white hat and white sunglasses, according to a Sandy police news release. “He placed a light blue purse on the counter and told the...
sltrib.com (4 hours ago)
Four shot in two incidents in Baltimore Wednesday night
Shootings follow recent string of violence in which seven people were shotA shooting that left a man in critical condition and a triple shooting that injured three people Wednesday night followed another recent stretch of violence in Baltimore.
baltimoresun.com (4 hours ago)
Nancy Schwartzman: Bollywood Actors Stand Up Against Violence
A number of India's Bollywood actors are taking a stand against sexual violence -- and have been since long before a string of devastating, yet consciousness-raising events such as the brutal gang rape, beating and eventual murder of a 23 year old woman in New Delhi this past December or the more recent, rape of a...
huffingtonpost.com (4 hours ago)
Youth gets 5, candy, gum - and prison
WEST CHESTER - A Coatesville teenager with a history of violence was sentenced Wednesday to serve almost two years in Chester County Prison for an armed robbery of a school acquaintance that netted him $5, some candy and some gum.
dailylocal.com (4 hours ago)
'Smart Guns' Could Allow Owners To Disable Remotely
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- A high-tech startup is wading into the gun control debate with a wireless controller that would allow gun owners to know when their weapon is being moved – and disable it remotely. The technology, but not an actual gun, was demonstrated Tuesday at a wireless technology conference in Las Vegas and...
huffingtonpost.com (4 hours ago)
GOP Reps: Stop Targeting Conflict Minerals
WASHINGTON -- Republicans at a House subcommittee hearing this week objected to a 2010 law that targets conflict minerals from Central Africa, saying it places too many regulations on U.S. businesses and hasn't accomplished enough since it went into effect. "Some of us may pat ourselves on the back and say, 'Well,...
huffingtonpost.com (4 hours ago)
Officials say Goffstown High 8216safe8217 after threat of violence
Security at Goffstown High School was beefed up this week after violent threats were made against the school via social media.
unionleader.com (4 hours ago)
San Mateo schools expand gang-prevention program
Throughout this school year, San Mateo’s Borel Middle School has hosted a new program designed to snuff out gang problems at their roots. Last week, the board of trustees approved expansion of the program to other middle schools in the San Mateo-Foster City School District. The Gang Resistance Education and Training...
sfexaminer.com (5 hours ago)
Pekin man convicted of assaulting officers
An hour of violence with law enforcement officers produced three trials for Daniel Johnson since last July. Two juries failed to reach verdicts. The third deliberated about four hours Wednesday before finding Johnson, 40, guilty of crimes that could put him on probation or in prison for up to 14 years.
pjstar.com (5 hours ago)
Terrorism 'can strike without warning'
ATTORNEY-GENERAL Mark Dreyfus says violence sparked by twisted ideology can strike without warning.
news.com.au (5 hours ago)
Malkin Explodes On Hannity Over UK Terrorist Attack: Political Correctness On Islam Leads To Dead...
Sean Hannity tonight led a heated panel discussion on the horrifying terrorist attack in London today. He and Michelle Malkin credited Prime Minister David Cameron with immediately labeling it a terrorist act, saying that liberal political correctness would have prevented that if such an attack occurred in the...
mediaite.com (5 hours ago)
Sheriff Joe Arpaio gives tour of Arias' cell, lets her do jailhouse interviews
Phoenix - The Jodi Arias trial had all the ingredients of a circus the minute it started: sex and violence, a defendant more than willing to seek the spotlight, a judge who extended leniency in allowing lengthy testimony and cameras in court - and a media-savvy sheriff ready and willing to set up jailhouse...
sltrib.com (5 hours ago)
In Arias trial, TV cameras never far behind
Phoenix - The Jodi Arias trial had all the ingredients of a circus the minute it started: sex and violence, a defendant more than willing to seek the spotlight, a judge who extended leniency in allowing lengthy testimony and cameras in court - and a media-savvy sheriff ready and willing to set up jailhouse...
sltrib.com (6 hours ago)
A Killing Puts U.K. on Guard for Terror
The gruesome broad-daylight killing of a man believed to be a British soldier was quickly branded an act of terrorism by officials, reviving fear of violence by Islamic extremists in a country that has spent years buttressing its defenses in the wake of past attacks.
wsj.com (7 hours ago)
Mother’s Day shooting victim sends message to City Hall
NEW ORLEANS e_SEmD Perhaps the most dramatic, or at least poignant, moment at Wednesday’s meeting of the New Orleans City Council committee came not by way of the high-ranking city officials there to assess progress on the mayor’s anti-violence c...
theadvocate.com (7 hours ago)
Oklahoma tornado: Inside the school that took full force of killer twister
No matter what preparations they had made it could never have been enough for the violence that was heading their way
mirror.co.uk (8 hours ago)
Chicago board approves largest school closing
By Mary Wisniewski CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Board of Education voted on Wednesday to close 50 schools - including about 10 percent of all elementary schools - in the largest mass school closing in the nation. The closings in mainly Hispanic and African-American neighborhoods have drawn protests by parents and...
yahoo.com (8 hours ago)
Youth violence in Stockholm shock Sweden
Hundreds of youth have torched cars and attacked police in four nights of riots in immigrant suburbs of Sweden's capital, shocking a country that dodged the worst of the financial crisis but failed to solve youth unemployment and resentment among asylum seekers.
yahoo.com (8 hours ago)
VIDEO: Kenya leaders named in TRJC report
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy have been named in connection with post-election violence in report investigating human rights abuses in the country
bbci.co.uk (8 hours ago)
In Arias trial, TV cameras never far behind
PHOENIX - The Jodi Arias trial had all the ingredients of a circus the minute it started: sex and violence, a defendant more than willing to seek the spotlight, a judge who extended leniency in allowing lengthy testimony and cameras in court - and a media-savvy sheriff ready and willing to set up jailhouse...
bostonherald.com (8 hours ago)
Eastside students touched by Rosewood
On Wednesday, 20 Eastside High School juniors stepped off the beaten path in Rosewood to get a living history lesson on the racial violence that destroyed the town in 1923.
gainesville.com (9 hours ago)
Upper Providence man jailed for Royersford road rage incident
NORRISTOWN - Jail is the next trip for an Upper Providence man who assaulted another driver during a "road rage" incident in Royersford. Luigi C. Sacchetti Jr., 23, of the 100 block of Ramsgate Drive, was sentenced in Montgomery County Court on Wednesday to 10 days to 23 months in the county jail, to be followed by...
thereporteronline.com (9 hours ago)
Gainesville students touched by Rosewood
On Wednesday, 20 Eastside High School juniors stepped off the beaten path in Rosewood to get a living history lesson on the racial violence that destroyed the town in 1923.
ocala.com (9 hours ago)
