By Katy Tur, Correspondent, NBC News ROXBURY, Mass. — The community of Roxbury had high hopes for its newest public school back in 2003. There were art studios, a dance room, even a theater equipped with cushy seating. A pilot school for grades K-8, Orchard Gardens was bui … Original post on nbcnews.com Comments on reddit.com
Police are searching for a suspect in the Monday shooting in the Russian city of Belgorod. A gunman opened fire near an arms shop, leaving six people dead and one injured. Original post on rt.com Comments on reddit.com
West EMS Director Dr. George Smith says as many as 60 or 70 people died and at least 100 were injured Wednesday night in a fertilizer plant explosion in West. Original post on kwtx.com Comments on reddit.com
Traveling an estimated 120 mph and under the influence of alcohol, a St. John man is accused of causing a fiery crash which killed another man Sunday morning in St. John then fleeing the scene. David R. Hatfield, 39, is charged with failure to stop Original post on suntimes.com Comments on reddit.com
Four buses belonging to Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood were torched and about 120 people were injured in clashes between opposition protesters and t Original post on alarabiya.net Comments on reddit.com
Breaking North Korea News, Opinion, Culture & Curiosities + Professional, Academic & Student resources on North Korea / DPRK Original post on nknews.org Comments on reddit.com
By: Charles Rollet, with additional reporting by Annalise Frank A Northwestern in Qatar student was beaten by police, then jailed for 10 days for going behind the scenes in the aftermath of a controversial mall fire. He says Northwestern did little to help, accusing him of being a Original post on chronicle.com Comments on reddit.com
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) blasted fellow GOP Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Thursday, saying the two “think the whole world is a battlefield.” Original post on hillnews.com Comments on reddit.com
Arrest warrants have been issued for fired Dallas officers Jon Llewellyn and Randolph Dillon. After the charges were filed, the district attorney’s office dismissed 60 criminal cases they each investigated. Original post on wfaa.com Comments on reddit.com
And the Department of Justice says there’s nothing illegal about it, either. Original post on arstechnica.com Comments on reddit.com
A late ambulance that resulted in what’s been called a bill for nearly $800 has motivated tens of thousands of people to sign an online petition to drop the charge. Original post on wtopnews.com Comments on reddit.com
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Fears that tear gas rounds may have sparked blaze that killed ex-policeman after recording surfaces purporting to be of police scanner conversation during raid Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Torrance police say the man was driving a pickup resembling the fugitive’s. The incident happened just after the LAPD fired on women delivering newspapers nearby Original post on latimes.com Comments on reddit.com
The officers involved in a shooting that wounded two newspaper delivery women in a case of mistaken identity during a high-profile hunt for an ex-LAPD officer accused in a fatal rampage were placed on… Original post on nbc4.tv Comments on reddit.com
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A gunman tried to shoot a Danish writer and prominent critic of Islam on Tuesday, but missed and fled after a scuffle with his intended victim, police and the writer said. Original post on washingtonpost.com Comments on reddit.com
From the blog The Sideshow: An Applebee’s waitress who posted a receipt with a note from a pastor complaining about the automatic gratuity added to the bill on the Internet was fired on Wednesday after the pastor complained to her manager. Chelsea Welch, the waitress, wrote in an email to Yahoo News that the pastor (who has since been identified [...] Original post on yahoo.com Comments on reddit.com
Panicked crowds pushed toward the exits as fire swept through a packed nightclub in southern Brazil early Sunday. At least 233 people were killed. Original post on cnn.com Comments on reddit.com
A major blaze at a nightclub in southern Brazilian town of Santa Maria has left at least 245 people dead, according to local police. The fire happened in the city center, with the area remaining isolated. Original post on rt.com Comments on reddit.com
More than 245 people killed in blaze caused by a pyrotechnics show in the city of Santa Maria, local police report. Original post on aljazeera.com Comments on reddit.com
A road tunnel in Norway is likely to be closed for several weeks after a lorry-load of brown goat cheese caught fire. Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
A severe weather warning has been issued for Sydney, just hours after the city registered its hottest day on record. Original post on smh.com.au Comments on reddit.com
Carmen Ortiz was being talked about last month as the next Massachusetts governor. Now she’s being investigated for threatening the late Aaron Swartz with decades in prison. Read this article by Declan McCullagh on CNET News. Original post on cnet.com Comments on reddit.com
Two people are killed and nine are injured when a helicopter crashes into a crane at the top of a building in Vauxhall in central London. Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Bank robbers have made off with an unknown amount of loot after digging a 100-foot tunnel into a Berlin bank from a nearby parking garage. To get into the building, they broke through two concrete walls. Police have no leads. Original post on spiegel.de Comments on reddit.com
One of Louisville’s best known restaurants has closed after a controversy over a new employee policy. Lynn’s Paradise Cafe closed Friday after 22 years in business. Facebook discussion about the closing Original post on al.com Comments on reddit.com
This deep purple is a brand-new shade that the Australian bureau of meteorology was forced to add to its heat index because their country is, you know, kind of on fire. Original post on theatlanticwire.com Comments on reddit.com
