A visibly angry President Obama said today that “The entire world is appalled” by ISIS’s slaughter of American journalist Jim Foley. As ABC News reports,“No just God would stand for what they did yesterday or every single day,” the president said during a news conference in Martha’s Vineyard. “People like this ultimately fail. They fail […]
A video obtained by the Associated Press shows Ferguson cop receiving a commendation months before the shooting of Michael Brown for prevailing in a struggle with a different suspect. The video shows Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson presenting officer Darren Wilson with the commendation for what Wilson’s father described as his “extraordinary effort in the line […]
The Fort Worth Star Telegram reports that Fred Couch, “the father of so-called ‘affluenza’ teen Ethan Couch was arrested Tuesday morning, accused of impersonating a police officer during a disturbance call last month in North Richland Hills.” The Telegram went on to explain that Couch “repeatedly told North Richland Hills patrol officers that he was […]
Brian Williams remembers NBC colleague Don Pardo, the voice of Saturday Night Live for decades. As NBC reports, “Few would recognize his face, but most would know his voice: that booming baritone that for nearly four decades would introduce the lineups on ‘Saturday Night Live.’” Don Pardo, the durable television and radio announcer whose resonant […]
Numerous media outlets are reported that an American journalist who was missing for nearly two years has been beheaded by ISIS. American freelance photo-journalist James Wright Foley, 40, was last seen in Syria on Thanksgiving Nov. 22, 2012 while working for Agence France-Presse. Salon reports that “A video has surfaced purporting to depict American journalist […]