Again hearts are heavy across the nation following the massass shooting at an orlandoorldo nightclub over the weekend. Wked this was the scene in the in t district where people paidple p tribute to the victim. He v the crowd called for increasednd tolerance and the end of of violence towards the lgbt community. Mm now this was the scene in denver where the group track the willing beltway club ing bea denver hosted app candlelight cg vigil for the victims of orlando club shooting. In overnight officials beganffib the heart wrenching task ofart f removing the victims bodiesmss from the night club. The 50 victims are on their the way to the medical examinersr office. Fi more than 50 others were alsoo injured. Were also slowly learningo y the names and faces of those victims. So far 21 have been released including 34yearold edwarddwar sotomayor. Law a brand manager for a for travel agency and attended thehe university of south florida. Flo Juan Guerrero was 22 years2 s old. This year. Th y
I apologize to all of those people who gave of their faith, time energy and resources to elect me to a fourth term last year and who has supported me the last four decade. It is deeply troubling to realize a person can be charged, tried, convicted and sentenced by the media with no due process and no independent verification of the allegations involved. Nonetheless i understand i have become a liability to the very institutions and policy toss which i have dedicated my career and indeed my entire adult life. He goes on to say he is confident that he has not broken any laws or done anything dishonest. But reading from his statement here, the escalating media frenzy has clearly reached the point of no return. Kitzhaber says he will step down officially next wednesday morning 10 00 a. M. Local time. 10 00 a. M. In oregon. John kitzhaber is 67 years old. He spent what feels like a lifetime in politics in oregon. He was on his way to becoming the second largest serving governor in the histo
Shooting started around 2 00 a. M. Eastern time. As plane many as 53 others in l hospitals being treated, some serious injuries. We also know that the shooter identified as Omar Siddiqui mateen boars in new yorn in new lived in port st. Lucie, florida made a 911 call. We dont know exactly the moment this call was that, was it before the shooting, but we know he pledged his allegiance to isis. Also mentioning the tsarnaev brothers involved in the boston bombings. At this hour we also have not received any confirmation that he was in direct contact with isis, but an isis Media Organization claiming that this act was inspired by that terror group and that the man you see there on your screen is an Islamic State fighter. And Pete Williams says the claim of responsibility did not come after it was indicated that this 911 call was made. The effort to remove the bodies of all of the individuals continues. Identifying them also. There are Family Members on social media contacting authorities a
The author confronts Western leaders and media for treating the Middle East region with ignorance, racism and disregard for Arab suffering.
By As`ad AbuKhalil
Special to Consortium News
It has become customary for Arabs invited on Western TV news programs to be asked, off the bat, to conde
Every year, Defense for Children International - Palestine collects hundreds of statements from Palestinian children who were arrested and subjected to long periods of interrogation without the presence of a parent, guardian or lawyer, and Israel is never held to account for these abuses, its director tells MEMO. .