Dallas Attack

Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi has urged the Dallas police to prosecute to the full extent of law a woman seen harassing and assaulting four Indian descent women in Texas last week.

Four Indian-American women have been racially abused and smacked by a Mexican-American woman in the US state of Texas who hurled racist slurs at them that they are "ruining" America and should "go back to India".

The threat of violence by people inspired by foreign extremists invokes fear in a majority of young Americans across racial groups. But for young people of color, particularly African-Americans, that fear is matched or surpassed by worries about violence from white extremists.

Several dozen protesters marched through downtown Dallas on Friday to protest police violence toward African-Americans while also paying homage to five police officers slain by a sniper during a demonstration earlier this month.

Police seized a dozen rifles and six handguns from the home of a suburban Detroit man after a witness reported the man said he wanted to kill police officers, authorities said on Saturday.

The Dallas Police Department, which was struggling to recruit officers, has seen a surge in job applications after the ambush shooting this month that killed five officers and brought global attention to the Texas city, officials said on Friday.

In the aftermath of the deadly attack on Dallas officers, the city's police chief issued an appeal to blacks: If you want to change law enforcement, join us. Apply to become a cop.

Three police officers were shot to death and several others wounded in Baton Rouge, Louisiana today, the city's mayor said, as the country remained on edge in the wake of police shootings of black men and the killings of five Dallas officers.

Nearly a week after five officers were killed by a gunman in Dallas, memorial services for three of them drew thousands of mourners on Wednesday.

President Barack Obama delivered a personal and powerful message in Dallas today, grieving the death of five police officers in the last week's hate attack, but consoled an entire nation, divided by race and fear.

President Barack Obama embarked on a somber visit to Dallas Tuesday, to memorialize five white police officers murdered by a black gunman and try to unify a country divided by race and politics.

When Micah Johnson opened fire on Dallas police in an act of vengeance against white officers, he was attacking a department whose Chief had been lauded across the country for taking bold steps to root out bad cops and repair relations with minorities.

Dallas Police Chief David Brown on Monday defended the use of a bomb-carrying robot to kill the gunman who went on a shooting rampage last week targeting police and killing five officers.

When shots rang out in Dallas last week, police zeroed in -- wrongly -- on men in camouflage gear carrying powerful military-grade rifles.

Dallas police improvised when they decided to use a robot typically deployed to inspect potential bombs to instead deliver one to kill a gunman who had slain five officers at a march against police violence, the city's police chief said on Monday.

Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi has urged the Dallas police to prosecute to the full extent of law a woman seen harassing and assaulting four Indian descent women in Texas last week.

Four Indian-American women have been racially abused and smacked by a Mexican-American woman in the US state of Texas who hurled racist slurs at them that they are "ruining" America and should "go back to India".

The threat of violence by people inspired by foreign extremists invokes fear in a majority of young Americans across racial groups. But for young people of color, particularly African-Americans, that fear is matched or surpassed by worries about violence from white extremists.

Several dozen protesters marched through downtown Dallas on Friday to protest police violence toward African-Americans while also paying homage to five police officers slain by a sniper during a demonstration earlier this month.

Police seized a dozen rifles and six handguns from the home of a suburban Detroit man after a witness reported the man said he wanted to kill police officers, authorities said on Saturday.

The Dallas Police Department, which was struggling to recruit officers, has seen a surge in job applications after the ambush shooting this month that killed five officers and brought global attention to the Texas city, officials said on Friday.

In the aftermath of the deadly attack on Dallas officers, the city's police chief issued an appeal to blacks: If you want to change law enforcement, join us. Apply to become a cop.

Three police officers were shot to death and several others wounded in Baton Rouge, Louisiana today, the city's mayor said, as the country remained on edge in the wake of police shootings of black men and the killings of five Dallas officers.

Nearly a week after five officers were killed by a gunman in Dallas, memorial services for three of them drew thousands of mourners on Wednesday.

President Barack Obama delivered a personal and powerful message in Dallas today, grieving the death of five police officers in the last week's hate attack, but consoled an entire nation, divided by race and fear.

President Barack Obama embarked on a somber visit to Dallas Tuesday, to memorialize five white police officers murdered by a black gunman and try to unify a country divided by race and politics.

When Micah Johnson opened fire on Dallas police in an act of vengeance against white officers, he was attacking a department whose Chief had been lauded across the country for taking bold steps to root out bad cops and repair relations with minorities.

Dallas Police Chief David Brown on Monday defended the use of a bomb-carrying robot to kill the gunman who went on a shooting rampage last week targeting police and killing five officers.

When shots rang out in Dallas last week, police zeroed in -- wrongly -- on men in camouflage gear carrying powerful military-grade rifles.

Dallas police improvised when they decided to use a robot typically deployed to inspect potential bombs to instead deliver one to kill a gunman who had slain five officers at a march against police violence, the city's police chief said on Monday.