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15-year-old boy shot to death blocks from Obama’s Chicago home
A 15-year-old boy was found shot to death on Monday just blocks from President Barack Obama’s home in the Kenwood community area of Chicago. Chicago Police said that they were called to the 5000 block of South Evans Avenue at around 9:30 p.m. and found 15-year-old Cornelius German with a…
Obama accused of nuclear U-turn as guided weapons plan emerges
President appears to be reneging on vow to work towards nuclear disarmament with $10bn plan to update B61 bombs Barack Obama has been accused of reneging on his disarmament pledges after it emerged the administration was planning to spend billions on upgrading nuclear bombs stored in Europe to make the…
Obama vows answers after Boston bombing suspect held
President Barack Obama vowed to find out what turned two young US residents accused of the Boston bombings to violence, after the second suspect was captured alive, ending a week of horror. Obama said in a late-night on-camera statement that the attacks had failed because Americans refused to be terrorized…
Rick Perry asks Obama for a ‘quick turnaround’ on federal aid after explosion
Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) on Thursday declared a disaster area and said he planned to request federal funds in response to an explosion at a fertilizer plant in Waco that may have killed as many as 15 people. At a press conference, the governor thanked President Barack Obama for…
Mississippi man arrested over ricin laced letter sent to Obama
US authorities have arrested a suspect over mailings laced with the deadly poison ricin to President Barack Obama and a senator, officials said. “Today at approximately 5:15 pm (2215 GMT), FBI special agents arrested Paul Kevin Curtis, the individual believed to be responsible for the mailings of the three letters…
Obama slams Senate minority who ‘willfully lied’ about background checks
An defiant and angry President Barack Obama Wednesday said the defeat of gun reforms in the US Senate was “shameful,” accused senators of caving to the gun lobby, and promised to fight on. A deeply emotional Obama — in unusually direct language, and surrounded by relatives of gun victims including…
White House refuses to admit gun reform defeat
The White House refused to admit defeat despite signs a bid to expand background checks for gun owners will fail later on Wednesday in the US Senate. President Barack Obama’s spokesman Jay Carney also lashed out angrily at complaints by Republican Senator Rand Paul that the White House was using…
Letter to Obama with ‘suspicious substance’ being tested for ricin
A letter address to President Barack Obama was being tested for the poison ricin on Wednesday. A law enforcement source told CNN that the letter was “very similar” to a letter sent to Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) that tested positive for ricin on Tuesday. The Associated Press was also told…
Hundreds turn out to mourn victims of Boston Marathon attack
Hundreds gathered at Boston Common on Tuesday night in one of a number of vigils held around the city. People lit candles, held signs and hugged one another as a choir sang from the bandstand in the middle of the common. Over 200 people looked on as night began to…
Texas attorney general: Democrats ‘far more dangerous’ than nuclear-armed Kim Jong Un
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott (R) warned Republicans this week that President Barack Obama’s administration and some Democrats in Texas were “far more dangerous” than North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who has reportedly threatened to blow up Austin with nuclear weapons. At a Monday meeting of the McLennan County…
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