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6 US Cops Injured In Shooting, 2 Trapped In House With Gunman Rescued
Six police officers were wounded in a shooting in the US city of Philadelphia on Wednesday after reportedly responding to drug activity, a department spokesman said.
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In Video, Cops Wrestled Black Woman To The Ground, Exposing Her Breasts
Two police officers in Alabama wrestled a woman to the ground in a Waffle House on Sunday morning, exposing her breasts during the struggle and prompting comparisons to two black men arrested in a Philadelphia Starbucks earlier this month.
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Starbucks Chief Executive Apologises For Arrests Of Two Black Men
Starbucks Chief Executive Kevin Johnson apologised late on Saturday for the arrests of two black men at a Philadelphia coffee shop last week, which sparked accusations of racial profiling.
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Philadelphia Police Probe Possible Extremist Ties In Police Shooting
Philadelphia police said on Sunday they were seriously pursuing a tip provided to a street officer on Saturday that the man suspected of shooting police officer Jesse Hartnett had ties to a group with "radical beliefs."
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American Airlines Flight Diverted After Passenger's 'Alarming' 9-11 Speech
An American Airlines flight bound for Philadelphia from Los Angeles was diverted to Phoenix on Thursday after a passenger made "alarming" statements referencing the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, police said.
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Sunil Tripathi's family responds on Facebook
The anxious family of 22-year-old Indian-American student Sunil Tripathi, who went missing on March 16, has issued a statement on social website expressing relief after he was vilified on social media sites today, saing he was one of the suspects in Boston Marathon blasts case. Here is the full statement issued by the family:
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Sunil Tripathi: missing student wrongly identified as Boston Marathon bombing suspect
For a few hours yesterday, Sunil Tripathi, a young Indian-American who has been missing since March 16, trended as people on social media sites reported that the Boston Police Department scanner had named him as one of two men suspected to be responsible for the Boston Marathon bombings on Monday, that left three people dead and about 180 injured.
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2012 Pulitzer Prize winners announced
The Associated Press won a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting Monday for documenting the New York Police Department's spying on Muslims, while The Philadelphia Inquirer was honored in the public service category for its examination of violence in the city's schools.
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6 US Cops Injured In Shooting, 2 Trapped In House With Gunman Rescued
Six police officers were wounded in a shooting in the US city of Philadelphia on Wednesday after reportedly responding to drug activity, a department spokesman said.
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In Video, Cops Wrestled Black Woman To The Ground, Exposing Her Breasts
Two police officers in Alabama wrestled a woman to the ground in a Waffle House on Sunday morning, exposing her breasts during the struggle and prompting comparisons to two black men arrested in a Philadelphia Starbucks earlier this month.
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Starbucks Chief Executive Apologises For Arrests Of Two Black Men
Starbucks Chief Executive Kevin Johnson apologised late on Saturday for the arrests of two black men at a Philadelphia coffee shop last week, which sparked accusations of racial profiling.
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Philadelphia Police Probe Possible Extremist Ties In Police Shooting
Philadelphia police said on Sunday they were seriously pursuing a tip provided to a street officer on Saturday that the man suspected of shooting police officer Jesse Hartnett had ties to a group with "radical beliefs."
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American Airlines Flight Diverted After Passenger's 'Alarming' 9-11 Speech
An American Airlines flight bound for Philadelphia from Los Angeles was diverted to Phoenix on Thursday after a passenger made "alarming" statements referencing the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, police said.
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Sunil Tripathi's family responds on Facebook
The anxious family of 22-year-old Indian-American student Sunil Tripathi, who went missing on March 16, has issued a statement on social website expressing relief after he was vilified on social media sites today, saing he was one of the suspects in Boston Marathon blasts case. Here is the full statement issued by the family:
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Sunil Tripathi: missing student wrongly identified as Boston Marathon bombing suspect
For a few hours yesterday, Sunil Tripathi, a young Indian-American who has been missing since March 16, trended as people on social media sites reported that the Boston Police Department scanner had named him as one of two men suspected to be responsible for the Boston Marathon bombings on Monday, that left three people dead and about 180 injured.
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2012 Pulitzer Prize winners announced
The Associated Press won a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting Monday for documenting the New York Police Department's spying on Muslims, while The Philadelphia Inquirer was honored in the public service category for its examination of violence in the city's schools.
