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Elderly woman finds lost dog trapped in rubble during CBS interview
An elderly woman who thought she lost everything including her dog after a tornado wiped out much of an Oklahoma City suburb found a glimmer of hope on Monday during an interview with CBS News reporter Anna Werner. “I never lost consciousness,” Barbara Garcia recalled, standing atop a pile of…
7 children among 24 dead in Moore, Oklahoma tornado
UPDATE: The state medical examiner’s office revealed that some of the victims may have been counted twice and the most recent death toll is at 24 people, 7 of whom are children, according to the Associated Press. Twenty children were among at least 91 people killed when a powerful tornado…
Secret Service probes right-wing radio host for threatening Hillary Clinton
The U.S. Secret Service is eying fringe right-wing radio host Pete Santilli, who recently said he wanted to shoot former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the vagina. Secret Service spokesperson told Talking Points Memo on Monday that the agency was “aware of Mr. Santilli’s comments and will take the…
Oregon senator vows to repeal the ‘Monsanto Protection Act’
Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) on Monday vowed to repeal a measure that prevents federal courts from halting the sale and planting of genetically engineered crops. The Farmer Assurance Provision, dubbed the “Monsanto Protection Act” by critics, was quietly inserted into a short-term funding bill passed by Congress in March. The…
New Yorkers protest fatal shooting of gay man
New Yorkers — including mayoral candidate Christine Quinn — planned a rally Monday to protest the shooting death of a gay man in the neighborhood that was the cradle of the modern US gay rights movement. Mark Carson, 32, was killed with a bullet to the head Friday night in…
Small Alaskan village loses court battle against big oil
Perched at the tip of an Arctic barrier reef in harsh northwestern Alaska, a tiny village took on big oil for causing the climate change that is eroding its shores, but lost its court fight Monday. The US Supreme Court declined to hear the case of Kivalina vs. Exxon. Therefore,…
Karl Rove: Prosecute ‘people who break their oath’ by leaking secrets
Fox News on Monday asked former Bush White House senior adviser Karl Rove, who participated in leaking the name of CIA agent Valerie Plame in 2003, to comment on the Obama administration’s decision to investigate Fox News reporter James Rosen as a co-conspirator in leaking CIA documents. The Washington Post…
White House knew of IRS targeting of tea party groups in April
Wall Street Journal says counsel learned of targeting of conservative groups on 22 April, 18 days before president Barack Obama’s hopes of moving beyond the scandals that have dogged his administration were dashed on Monday, when it was disclosed that the White House had been informed last month about the…
State Department alarmed at rising anti-Muslim and anti-Semitic waves worldwide
The United States on Monday denounced what it called a rising tide of both anti-Muslim and anti-Jewish sentiment around the world as it urged all nations to ensure freedom of religion. In a wide-ranging annual report on religious freedom, the State Department voiced alarm at growing attacks against minority groups…
FBI arrests person behind online threat on LGBT activist
Authorities arrested a Puerto Rico resident after referencing the Boston Marathon bombing in an online threat against an LGBT activist, the Associated Press reported on Monday. A spokesperson for the Federal Bureau of Investigation said agents arrested Joseph Morales Serrano at his home in San Juan following a May 6…
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