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Boston mosque refuses to bury alleged bomber’s corpse
A Boston-area mosque has refused to bury the body of 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of the men allegedly behind the Boston Marathon bombing, his aunt tells NBC News. Patimat Suleimanova said that Tsarnaev’s body has been released to his family, who requested a funeral from their local mosque. She did…
Boston bombing survivor needs donations to pay his medical bills
Jeff Bauman, Jr., who helped authorities in their search for the suspects connected to Monday’s bombing at the Boston Marathon, has taken to social media to enlist help in paying his medical bills. Think Progress reported on Friday that a donation page has been set up to pay the $300,000…
Police: North Carolina man accidentially killed son while cleaning shotgun
A 10-year-old North Carolina boy was shot and killed on Sunday evening when his father’s shotgun discharged as he sat in his living room cleaning the weapon. The child, Christopher Stanlane, Jr., was hit by the round squarely in the head and killed instantly, police told a reporter for WPDE-TV.…
Massachusetts sheriff defends joking about Obama’s assassination
A sheriff in Massachusetts is refusing to apologize for joking that President Barack Obama could best serve the country by being assassinated. Plymouth County Sheriff Joseph D. McDonald, Jr. made the joke during a local St. Patrick’s Day breakfast for Republicans on Sunday. He said that the ghost of Lincoln…
Hollywood stars pressure action on gun violence
Hollywood celebrities and children of slain Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy joined shooting victims Wednesday in demanding tougher action from US lawmakers on reducing gun violence. Comedian Chris Rock, aging Grammy-winner Tony Bennett and actress Amanda Peet brought their starpower to Congress to press for legislation that…
Activists use MLK’s ‘I Have A Dream’ speech to pick copyright fight
Hoping to highlight what they see as problems with America’s copyright system, a group of activists called Fight for the Future published a copy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech to Vimeo over the weekend with the express intent of picking a fight, urging people…
Savage on Thanksgiving lesbian attack: ’2nd Amendment applies to queers, too’
In the wake of a vicious attack on a lesbian woman in Alabama, writer and activist Dan Savage reminded LGBT people, “The Second Amendment applies to queers, too.” Savage spoke to Raw Story about a Thanksgiving Day assault on 23-year-old Mallory Owens, who was severely beaten by her partner’s brother,…
Museum to open balcony where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot
The motel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee where US civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968 is being opened to the public, a spokeswoman said Friday. It is the first time that visitors to the erstwhile Lorraine Motel, now the National Civil Rights Museum, will…
One injured after Maryland teen opens fire on first day of class
On the first day of classes at Baltimore’s Perry Hall High School, 15-year-old Robert Wayne Gladden, Jr. allegedly walked into the cafeteria and opened fire, critically injuring a special needs student before teachers tackled him. Police told local reporters that the injured 17-year-old was not specifically targeted, implying that the…
Missile defense staff ordered not to surf so much Internet porn at work
Employees and contractors with the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency have been warned in an official memo to stop using the agency’s computers to surf for Internet porn. According to Bloomberg News, Executive Director John James, Jr. issued the one-page memo last week. Agency spokesperson Rick Lehner said that the measure…
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