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Boy Scouts to welcome girls into all ranks for the first time
The unanimous decision by the 100-year-old group's board of directors came after years of requests from families and girls, it said. According to recent surveys by the Boy Scouts of America , parents not involved with Scouting showed high interest in getting their daughters signed up for programs like Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts, with 90 percent expressing interest in a program like Cub Scouts, a... [Full Article...]
Vegas Shooting Timeline Gets Another Update
Their conversations have shed new light on the shooter's upbringing but have yet to answer the most daunting question: Why? "We believe he chose to take the lives he did and he had a very purposeful plan that he carried out". The night of the shooting, there were 51 Metropolitan Police Department officers working overtime to staff the Route 91 Harvest festival. It wasn't clear exactly what time ... [Full Article...]
Day One testimony continues in Jessica Chambers murder trial
The horrific circumstances surrounding the former high school cheerleader's death garnered national attention. She replied, "Eric, '" Ms. Davis said during her testimony on the second day of the trial in in Batesville, Mississippi. "At one point I even laid down beside her". The prosecutor also said Tellis' alibi was fabricated. But defense attorney Darla Palmer cautioned jurors against discount... [Full Article...]
Pakistan banned from world football until government returns PFF offices and accounts
It also added that the suspension would prevent Pakistani teams, including the national side, from playing in the global competition and the PFF from benefiting from Federation Internationale de Football Association development and training programmes. [Full Article...]
Rapist Given Joint Legal Custody of Victim's Child
According to the unnamed victim's attorney Rebecca Kiessling, nine years ago, now-27-year-old Christopher Mirasolo violently raped and threatened to kill her client, who was only 12 years old at the time. A hearing in the case is scheduled for October 25. The incident occurred in September 2008 when the victim was 12 and Mirasolo was 18. "This might be something we will have a conversation about, ... [Full Article...]
Mumbai stampede: High-level Railway committee gives clean chit to Railway officials
Ministry of Railways on Wednesday constituted a high level committee to probe 18-month delay in the tender of new foot overbridge at Elphinstone Road station . An inquiry team set up to probe the incident found that the stampede was caused due to panic and confustion at the entrance to the railway station. The committee has instead blamed the stampede, in which 23 people died, on rains and ru... [Full Article...]
Many in country music mum over gun issues after Vegas deaths
Land said there was one noticeable difference between the two tragedies. Sadly, if the deaths of 20 six- and seven-year old children, together with six adults, at the Sandy Hook Elementary School were not enough to bring about a change in gun regulation, it seems unrealistic to expect the Las Vegas shootings to restore sanity and humanity to the issue. [Full Article...]
U.S. still seeking explanation for arrest of staff in Turkey - ambassador
Erdogan said his government members were boycotting Bass' farewell activities in the Turkish capital Ankara. Some Western allies fear the crackdown shows the country is slipping ever deeper into authoritarian rule under Erdogan. Some contracts were signed between the Ukrainian and Turkish defense companies. He was referring to Metin Topuz, a veteran Turkish employee of the US consulate in Is... [Full Article...]