Woman in police custody after 2 people shot dead, 1 critically wounded at Pa. cookie factory

Woman held after 2 shot dead at Pa. cookie plant

PHILADELPHIA – Minutes after a woman was suspended from her job at a Kraft Foods Inc. plant and was escorted out, she returned with a handgun and opened fire, killing two people and critically injuring a third before being taken into custody, police said.
The shootings occurred …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Woman in police custody after 2 people shot dead, 1 critically wounded at Pa. cookie factory.

Calm prevails in Los Angeles neighborhood after violent protests over fatal police shooting

Calm prevails in LA neighborhood after protests

LOS ANGELES – After three nights of violent protests, calm mainly prevailed over a gritty neighborhood where police fatally shot an illegal immigrant from Guatemala who was menacing officers with a knife.
About a hundred residents took to the streets for the fourth night in a row Thursday, but no …. Source article  : Calm prevails in Los Angeles neighborhood after violent protests over fatal police shooting.

Wash. state executes man convicted of woman’s rape, murder in 1991; 1st execution since 2001

Wash. executes man convicted of woman’s murder

WALLA WALLA, Wash. – Convicted killer Cal Coburn Brown was executed early Friday by lethal injection for the rape, torture and murder of a Seattle-area woman, in Washington state’s first use of capital punishment in nine years.
Prison officials say Brown, 52, died at 12:56 a.m. PDT, after a four-member … Read : Wash. state executes man convicted of woman’s rape, murder in 1991; 1st execution since 2001.

Guinea election commission president, planning director charged with fraud before vote

2 Guinea election officials charged with fraud

CONAKRY, Guinea – Two senior voting officials have been charged with vote tampering and sentenced to one year in prison a week before Guinea’s crucial presidential vote, in a court proceeding that not even their lawyers were informed of and which is bound to increase tensions before the poll.
El … Read more >>>.

Police: 2 people shot dead by suspended worker at Kraft Foods cookie factory in Pa., 1 injured

2 shot dead at Kraft cookie plant in Pa., 1 hurt

PHILADELPHIA – A woman who had just been suspended from her job and escorted from a Kraft Foods Inc. facility returned with a handgun and opened fire Thursday, killing two people and critically injuring a third before being taken into custody about an hour later, …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Police sub-inspector killed in Jharkhand gunfight

RANCHI – A police sub-inspector was killed and a policeman was injured in a gunfight with Maoists in Jharkhand’s Dumka district Friday, authorities said.

“Sadanand Singh, officer in-charge of Jama police station in Dumka district, was killed. Helicopter has been sent to bring the injured policeman for treatment to Ranchi,” Jharkhand police spokesperson R.K. Mallik …. Read the original article  : here.

Residents gather for 4th night to mourn police shooting victim in LA neighborhood; no violence

4th night of police protests in LA; no violence

LOS ANGELES – A city all too familiar with civil unrest was caught by surprise with the level of outrage over the fatal police shooting of an illegal immigrant from Guatemala who was menacing officers with a knife.
The officers were also Hispanic, and witnesses backed up their …. Original source  : Residents gather for 4th night to mourn police shooting victim in LA neighborhood; no violence.

Al-Qaeda linked group claims Mogadishu suicide blasts

Mogadishu, Sep 10 (IANS/AKI) Al-Qaeda-linked insurgent group Al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack Thursday at Mogadishu airport. At least 13 people were killed and scores were wounded when two explosives-filled vehicles blew up at the gates of Aden International airport, according to reports.

The spokesman for the African Union peacekeeping mission AMISOM could not …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Al-Qaeda linked group claims Mogadishu suicide blasts.

Courts reject appeals from death row inmate as Wash. prepares for 1st execution since 2001

Washington prepares for 1st execution since 2001

WALLA WALLA, Wash. – Prison officials are making final preparations for Washington state’s first execution since 2001.
Convicted murderer Cal Coburn Brown is scheduled to die by lethal injection early Friday. On Thursday night, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to overturn the ruling of a federal judge … Original source on Gaea Times at : Courts reject appeals from death row inmate as Wash. prepares for 1st execution since 2001.

Despite report of planned raid, police who caught Mexican drug capo didn’t know who he was

Mexican police didn’t know they’d caught drug capo

MEXICO CITY – The Mexican police officers who arrested infamous drug suspect Edgar Valdez Villarreal, alias “La Barbie,” did not initially know who they had caught, according to a booking report obtained Thursday.
The Mexican government has depicted the capture of the U.S.-born Valdez as the result of a … Read : Despite report of planned raid, police who caught Mexican drug capo didn’t know who he was.

Report says US has failed to create systems to deal with homegrown terror

Report: US must deal with domestic radical problem

WASHINGTON – The U.S. was slow to take seriously the threat posed by homegrown radicals and the government has failed to put systems in place to deal with the growing phenomenon, according to a new report compiled by the former heads of the Sept. 11 Commission.
The report says … Read : Report says US has failed to create systems to deal with homegrown terror.

Honduras deploys soldiers on anti-crime patrols, identifies 2 suspects in factory shootings

Honduras deploys soldiers on anti-crime patrols

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – The Honduran government has deployed soldiers to perform anti-crime patrols in some of the Central American country’s most violent cities, following the massacre of 18 people in a shoe factory this week.
Security Minister Oscar Alvarez says police have identified two suspects among the five attackers in the … Original article on : Honduras deploys soldiers on anti-crime patrols, identifies 2 suspects in factory shootings.

Police: 2 people shot dead at Kraft Foods facility in Philly, 1 injured; shooter held

Police: 2 shot dead at Kraft plant in Pa., 1 hurt

PHILADELPHIA – A woman who had just been suspended from her job and escorted from a Kraft Foods Inc. facility returned with a handgun and opened fire Thursday, killing two people and critically injuring a third before being taken into custody about an hour later, … Read more >>>.

Fed judge: Military’s ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy violates constitutional rights of gays

Judge: Military’s ban on gays is unconstitutional
LOS ANGELES – A federal judge said she will issue an order to halt the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, after she declared the ban on openly gay service members unconstitutional.
U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips ruled Thursday that …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Police: 3 people shot at Kraft Foods facility in Philly, shooter held; no deaths known

Police: 3 shot at Kraft plant in Pa., shooter held

PHILADELPHIA – Three people were shot inside a Kraft Foods Inc. facility in the city’s northeast section on Thursday, and the shooter was taken into custody, police said.
The conditions of the wounded people remained uncertain, and police didn’t immediately say if anyone had been killed.
Officers were …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Police: 3 people shot at Kraft Foods facility in Philly, shooter held; no deaths known.

Philly police: 3 People shot at Kraft Foods facility; no deaths known

Philly police: 3 shot at Kraft Foods facility

PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia police say three people have been shot inside a Kraft Foods Inc. facility in the city’s northeast section.
Police Lt. Frank Vanore (vuh-NOR’) tells The Associated Press officers are at the plant of the nation’s largest food manufacturer. He says somebody inside opened fire Thursday night.
Police …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Federal jury convicts Islamic charity co-founder on tax, false return charges

Islamic charity co-founder convicted on tax charge

EUGENE, Ore. – The co-founder of an Islamic charity has been convicted of charges related to helping smuggle $150,000 to Muslim fighters in Chechnya.
Defense attorneys argued that Pete Seda was the leader of a centrist Muslim movement who made friends of local rabbis and ministers but unknowingly ran afoul … Read more : Federal jury convicts Islamic charity co-founder on tax, false return charges.

Mo. man accused of keeping young woman as sex slave; 4 others accused in her torture

Mo. man accused of keeping woman as sex slave

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Five Missouri men are accused of taking part in the sexual torture of a young woman allegedly kept as a sex slave by one of the men and forced to work as a stripper, prosecutors announced Thursday.
Federal prosecutors describe the woman, now 24, … Read this article on Gaea Times at : Mo. man accused of keeping young woman as sex slave; 4 others accused in her torture.

LA gang member convicted in hate crime murder of 14-year-old girl, potential witness

LA gang member convicted in hate-crime murder

LOS ANGELES – A Latino gang member was convicted Thursday of first-degree murder in the racially motivated shooting death of a 14-year-old black girl and the stabbing death of a potential witness.
Prosecutors said defendant Jonathan Fajardo was a member of an Hispanic gang that targeted blacks.
The jury deliberated for …. Read the original article  : LA gang member convicted in hate crime murder of 14-year-old girl, potential witness.

Authorities find another body inside N. Calif. home where elderly man was found dead in Aug.

Authorities find 2nd body inside N. Calif. home

HERCULES, Calif. – Authorities have found another body inside the Northern California home where a 73-year-old man was found bludgeoned to death last month.
A Hercules police spokesman says investigators are gathering evidence and have not yet determined the identity of the body found Thursday. Ricardo Sales was found … Read more >>.