STERLING, Va. (AP) — Whether a mourner in a black robe at a mosque or a soccer mom in a T-shirt and shorts at a community vigil, reaction to 17-year-old Nabra Hassanen’s death carried a common refrain: That could have been my daughter. More than 5,000 people attended Hassanen’s funeral Wednesday in suburban Washington, grinding … Continue reading
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Islamic extremists attacked a popular Somalia restaurant in an overnight siege and killed 31 people — many at point-blank range — before they were slain by security forces, police said Thursday. Survivors described harrowing scenes of hiding under tables and behind curtains as the five gunmen hunted for victims in the … Continue reading
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The man police say fatally stabbed two other men who tried to shield young women from an anti-Muslim tirade on a Portland, Oregon, light-rail train makes his initial court appearance Tuesday and the city’s mayor says he hopes the slayings will inspire “changes in the political dialogue in this country.” Jeremy … Continue reading
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — U.S. Marshals are looking for a woman they believe married a man charged with the murder. Agents on Monday released what appears to be a wedding photo of the woman and suspect Jihad Amir Ramadan. He’s accused of stabbing to death a fellow student at Hampton University in Virginia in 2005 … Continue reading
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