63 Abducted Females Escape Extremists In Nigeria
Source: AP / USA Today MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Officials say 63 girls and women abducted by Islamic extremists two weeks ago have escaped. Nigerian security forces and federal government officials had...
View ArticlePres. Obama Seeks $3.7B To Stem Tide Of Kids Crossing Border
Source: Alan Gomez / USA Today As thousands of children continue streaming across the nation’s southwest border, the White House asked Congress on Tuesday for $3.7 billion to improve security along the...
View ArticleNBA Stars Take Heat For Posting Palestine Messages To Social Media
Source: Andrew Kirell / Mediaite In addition to pop icon Rihanna causing a stir this week with a quickly-deleted #FreePalestine tweet, several pro-basketball stars have landed in hot water for...
View ArticleMalaysian Airliner Downed In Ukraine With 295 Aboard
Source: Doug Stanglin / USA Today A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur with 295 people aboard crashed Thursday in Ukraine near the Russian border after reportedly...
View ArticleU.S. Peace Corps Volunteers Exposed To Ebola
Source: AP / CBS News Two Peace Corps volunteers in Liberia have been isolated for exposure to the Ebola virus, CBS News has learned. They are currently showing no signs of sickness. The incubation...
View ArticleWHO Reports 163 New Ebola Cases And 61 New Deaths
Source: Kim Painter / USA Today A second American health worker infected with Ebola was likely to arrive for treatment in Atlanta on Tuesday. Health officials reported more deaths and cases worldwide,...
View ArticleHelping Children Through The Emotional Trauma Of Ferguson
Source: Sandra Jordan / BlackPressUSA.com Whether you saw it first-hand on the streets, on smartphones or on your television at home, the graphic and disturbing images of the killing of unarmed...
View ArticleEbola Toll Passes 20,000 Cases
Source: NBC News More than 20,000 people have been diagnosed with Ebola virus and more than 7,800 have died of it, according to the latest data from the World Health Organization. It’s a new milestone...
View ArticleBoko Haram Kills Scores Of Civilians In Cameroon Attack
Source: Moki Edwin Kindzeka / AP / USA Today YAOUNDE, Cameroon — Boko Haram fighters have shot or burned to death about 90 civilians and wounded 500 in ongoing fighting in a Cameroonian border town...
View ArticleBlack Man Blocked From Boarding Train By Chelsea Fans Calls For Punishment
Source: AP / USA Today PARIS — A black man who was blocked from boarding a Paris metro train by Chelsea soccer fans chanting racist slogans wants the group to be “found, punished and locked up.” In an...
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