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Nov 16 2023
News
TikTok shredded as Osama Bin Laden’s ‘Letter to America’ gets viral praise: ‘Terrorist propaganda’
The text of an inflammatory “letter to America” from 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden has gone viral on TikTok and drawn praise from young users – and US lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are blasting the China-owned app for promoting “terrorist propaganda.” In the letter, bin Laden claimed that he orchestrated the deadly attacks on the World Trade Center that killed nearly 3,000 Americans
New York Post (News)May 07 2024
News
New commissioner appointed to IC Ad Hoc Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Lubna Mohamed will fill former Ad Hoc Truth and Reconciliation commissioner Marie Krebs’ position after being appointed in a unanimous vote on Tuesday by the Iowa City City Council. A total of five people applied to the commission, and the council had to choose someone who identifies as a woman to fill the role to follow the TRC’s diversity guidelines. According to Mohamed’s application
The Daily IowanJul 27 2023
News
Niger "coup bid" sees President Mohamed Bazoum defiant but detained by his own guard as U.S.
Niamey — Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum on Thursday defiantly vowed to protect "hard-won" democratic gains after he was detained by elite troops who declared they had taken power in the troubled West African nation. Bazoum was confined in Niamey on Wednesday by members of his presidential guard, who hours later announced that "all institutions" in the country would be suspended, the borders
CBS News (Online)Nov 21 2023
Opinion
What Bin Laden's viral letter tells us about our fractured society – and our kids
Dear America,
We are in trouble. Our society is fractured. Our kids have been lied to. We’re in a serious downward spiral that we have to work to quickly reverse.
It’s not hard to find a small minority of people to agree with any ridiculous proposition but it was still shocking to discover that thousands of TikTok users were sharing, and celebrating, a document purporting to be
Fox News (Online News)May 01 2023
News
New Mexico mom sentenced for tossing baby in trash bin
A New Mexico teenage mother was sentenced Monday to a mandatory 18 years in prison for tossing her newborn son into a trash bin behind a shopping center, but a state district judge cited mental health concerns and the defendant's age in suspending two years of the punishment. Jurors convicted Alexis Avila, 19, of child abuse involving great bodily harm following a days-long trial last month in
Times UnionMay 01 2023
News
New Mexico mom sentenced for tossing baby in trash bin
A New Mexico teenage mother was sentenced Monday to a mandatory 18 years in prison for tossing her newborn son into a trash bin behind a shopping center, but a state district judge cited mental health concerns and the defendant's age in suspending two years of the punishment. Jurors convicted Alexis Avila, 19, of child abuse involving great bodily harm following a days-long trial last month in
Beaumont EnterpriseMay 01 2023
News
New Mexico mom sentenced for tossing baby in trash bin
A New Mexico teenage mother was sentenced Monday to a mandatory 18 years in prison for tossing her newborn son into a trash bin behind a shopping center, but a state district judge cited mental health concerns and the defendant's age in suspending two years of the punishment. Jurors convicted Alexis Avila, 19, of child abuse involving great bodily harm following a days-long trial last month in
SFGATEMay 01 2023
News
New Mexico mom sentenced for tossing baby in trash bin
A New Mexico teenage mother was sentenced Monday to a mandatory 18 years in prison for tossing her newborn son into a trash bin behind a shopping center, but a state district judge cited mental health concerns and the defendant's age in suspending two years of the punishment. Jurors convicted Alexis Avila, 19, of child abuse involving great bodily harm following a days-long trial last month in
Connecticut PostMar 16 2024
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U.S.-ordered religious freedom group ends Saudi trip
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- A U.S. group mandated by federal law cut short a fact-finding mission to Saudi Arabia after officials in the kingdom ordered a Jewish rabbi to remove his kippah in public, highlighting the religious tensions still present in the wider Middle East. Speaking to The Associated Press, Rabbi Abraham Cooper of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
Arkansas Democrat-GazetteNov 17 2023
News
9/11 Families United blasts TikTok videos praising Osama bin Laden 'Letter to America'
9/11 Families United is condemning a growing number of TikTok users in the United States praising ideals outlined in Osama bin Laden's "Letter to America," calling it "pro-terrorist propaganda" and asking users to "educate themselves." "No American should ever not know Osama bin Laden was a terrorist who helped mastermind the murder of nearly 3,000 innocent Americans on September 11, 2001,”
Washington Examiner