MORE THAN 60 YEARS ago, a Polish Jewish lawyer named Raphael Lemkin fled Nazi-occupied Europe, arrived in the U.S. and invented a word that he thought would change the world
It’s Not Enough to Call It Genocide
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Los Angeles school year shortened in teachers deal
Los Angeles school year shortened in teachers deal The Los Angeles teachers union says it has reached a deal with the school district that would shorten the school year by at least five days, as officials cope with a $640 million budget deficit. United Teachers Los Angeles spokeswoman Marla Eby says under the agreement reached […]
FBI arrests another suspect tied to group seeking Islamic state
The FBI on Wednesday arrested another suspect that it says is linked to a group that sought to establish an Islamic state in the United States, an FBI spokeswoman said Thursday.
Composer Lloyd Webber has prostate cancer, spokeswoman says
Andrew Lloyd Webber, the award-winning composer and producer of more than a dozen musicals including “The Phantom of the Opera” and “Cats,” has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, a spokeswoman said Sunday.
Colorado balloon incident under federal investigation
Last week’s “balloon boy” incident is being investigated by the Federal Aviation Administration, an agency representative said Tuesday.
S.C. student dead, officer hurt after fight at school
An altercation between a South Carolina high school student and a school resource officer ended tragically Friday with the student dead of a gunshot wound and the officer hospitalized after being stabbed. The incident took place about 8:25 a.m., and both the officer and the 16-year-old student were transported to Conway Medical Center, where the student died, said Sgt
DNA leads to suspect after 19 years, FBI says
A suspect has been arrested in the 1990 abduction and attempted murder of an 8-year-old Texas girl, a spokeswoman for the FBI’s Houston, Texas, office said. The victim, Jennifer Schuett, is now 27.
Plane crash in Haiti kills 11, U.N. says
All 11 people aboard a U.N. plane carrying military personnel died Friday afternoon when the aircraft crashed into a mountainside in Haiti, a spokeswoman said
German raids target ‘violent Islamic extremists’
German police on Wednesday conducted a “city-wide search” in Berlin, targeting “potentially violent Islamic extremists,” a police spokeswoman told CNN.
Rwanda genocide suspect arrested, extradited
Police in Uganda have arrested and extradited a man who is among the most wanted suspects in the Rwandan genocide.