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Autopsy Says Death Of Faith-Healing Couple’s Baby Was Homicide
PHILADELPHIA, (UPI) – A Philadelphia medical examiner has ruled the death of a 7-month-old child of a couple who believe in faith healing was a homicide. An autopsy report found the infant, Brandon Scott Schaible, died April 18 from bacterial pneumonia and dehydration in the home of his parents, Herbert and Catherine Schaible, the Philadelphia […]
Obama Expected To Address Drone Justification, Achievements
WASHINGTON, (UPI) – President Obama is expected to discuss Thursday at the National Defense University is justification for drone strikes and what they achieved, observers said. Obama also may discuss the decline in the use of unmanned aircraft strikes, The New York Times reported Tuesday. Current and former officials told the Times the reason the […]
Anti-Gun Group Sues To Overturn Law Requiring Every Home To Have A Gun
WASHINGTON, (UPI) – An anti-gun group is suing a small city in Georgia for enacting a law that requires the head of every household to own a gun and ammunition. The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence charges the Second Amendment doesn’t give government the right to require individuals to possess firearms, the group said […]
Boy Scouts Of America To Vote On Gay Scout Resolution
IRVING, Texas, (UPI) – Backers of a resolution to allow openly gay youth to join Boy Scouts of America vow to continue to fight even if they lose this week’s vote. Zach Wahls, founder of Scouts for Equality, told The Dallas Morning News his members want “to make the BSA the strongest it can be.” […]
Former Rep. Anthony Weiner Enters NYC Mayor’s Race
NEW YORK, (UPI) – Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, forced to resign from Congress because of Twitter, entered the New York mayor’s race Wednesday via YouTube. Weiner’s video, posted shortly after midnight, asked New Yorkers “to give him a second chance to work for you.” While it ended with a political pitch, much of the […]
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin: ‘We Will Get Through This’
MOORE, Okla., (UPI) – Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin said Tuesday the amount of destruction from Monday’s tornado is unfathomable but “we will get through this.” At least 24 people were killed when the EF4 twister carved a 22-mile path from Newcastle through Moore in central Oklahoma. At some places the path was 2 miles wide. […]
U.S. Appeals Court Says No To Release Of Bin Laden Death Photos
WASHINGTON, (UPI) – An appellate court Tuesday ruled the U.S. government properly classified more than 50 post-mortem photos of Osama bin Laden and they can remain secret. The organization Judicial Watch had filed a Freedom of Information Act request seeking 52 images of bin Laden taken after he was killed by U.S. Navy SEALS and […]
Rand Paul Calls For Independent Probe Of IRS Controversy
CONCORD, N.H., (UPI) – An independent group must look into the IRS targeting of right-wing political groups, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul has told a group of GOP donors in New Hampshire. Commenting at a party fundraiser, Paul, R-Ky., said an Inspector General’s report “makes it sound as if there was some sort of policy directive,” […]
Daughters Sue Nelson Mandela Over Control Of Assets
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, (UPI) – Nelson Mandela is being sued by his daughters for the right to control his money and artwork, legal documents indicate. Makaziwe and Zenani Mandela are fighting a 2004 court order that gave Nelson Mandela the right to instruct his then lawyer, Ismail Ayob, to stop managing his financial affairs. Ayob […]
20 High School Seniors Barred From Graduation Over Prank
WAYNE, W.Va., (UPI) – The 20 students who allegedly broke into their West Virginia school as part of a senior prank will not be allowed to participate in graduation, officials said. The students receive their diplomas, but cannot walk across the stage at the ceremony and are also not allowed on school property, board members […]
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