NBC News

The Southern Baptist Convention, the country’s largest evangelical denomination, is headed for a showdown over its treatment of women that could not only have far-reaching ramifications for the church but also influence the broader secular #MeToo movement.

At its annual meeting next week in Dallas, delegates called “messengers” will decide whether to approve a resolution acknowledging that, throughout the church’s history, male leaders and members of the church “wronged women, abused women, silenced women, objectified women.”   Continue reading “#MeToo goes to church: Southern Baptists face a reckoning over treatment of women”

ANH USA – by Gretchen DuBeau

So far this year, 31 people have been killed in school shootings, including 26 students. In comparison, 13 military service members have died in the line of duty in 2018. The fact that our schools are currently more dangerous than combat zones should fill us all with horror. As a mother, that is certainly my reaction.

Each time a new shooting occurs — on average, once every week — the same question arises: What warning signs did we miss?  Continue reading “Are Antidepressants to Blame For America’s Violence Epidemic?”

Chron

AUSTIN — President Donald Trump praised the Coast Guard for its heroics during Hurricane Harvey Wednesday, but credited the high number of water rescues to people taking their boats out to watch the storm roll in, baffling first responders.

Trump was on a conference call with state and federal leaders in preparation for another dreadful hurricane season. During the call, Trump thanked the Coast Guard for its service in helping save 16,000 people after Harvey, Hurricane Maria and other storms. The Coast Guard doesn’t “get enough credit,” Trump said.   Continue reading “Trump: Many Texans watched Harvey from their boats, requiring Coast Guard rescue”

KDVR

DENVER — An Uber driver shot and killed a passenger on Interstate 25 early Friday morning, the Denver Police Department said.

The shooting happened about 2:45 a.m. as the vehicle passed over the University Boulevard bridge and forced the closure of southbound Interstate 25 for more than five hours.   Continue reading “Uber driver fatally shoots passenger on I-25 in Denver”

NewsOne

The grandmother of a North Carolina teen who was shot eight times by a police officer early Saturday recently broke her silence amid her wait for answers and a state investigation.

“He’s fighting for his life. He’s fighting for his life,” Wanda Bethea, grandmother of 18-year-old Dezmond Bethea, said about the teen being shot in Laurinburg to local news outlet WPDE. “And as far as the investigation, we can’t say anything, like. The SBI (State Bureau of Investigation). It could take a week. It could take a month. It could take whatever. You know, we’re still waiting to hear from there. I understand it’s going to take some time for this to take place.”   Continue reading “Grandmother Says Police Shot At Her Grandson Eight Times”

Post Crescent

FOX CROSSING – Investigators released no new information in the past four days to explain how and why a Kaukauna man was shot and killed by a police officer May 23 on the Fox Cities Trestle Trail bridge.

The Wisconsin Department of Justice on Friday identified the man as Joshua M. Gomoll, 25.   Continue reading “Questions linger in deadly Fox Crossing police shooting”

St Louis Today

JEFFERSON CITY • Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens announced Tuesday he is stepping down effective at 5 p.m. Friday in the face of an impeachment effort, an adverse judicial ruling and multiple criminal investigations.

“The last few months have been incredibly difficult for me, for my family, for my team, for my friends, and many, many people that I love,” he said, saying he was the victim of “legal harassment.”

Continue reading “Embattled Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens resigns; ‘resolution’ reached in St. Louis”

AOL

America’s opioid epidemic has ravaged the country by land, and is also making its presence felt by sea.

Washington researchers tracking pollution levels in Puget Sound have discovered traces of opioids in mussels in harbors in the Seattle and Bremerton areas, according to the Puget Sound Institute, which is affiliated with the University of Washington.   Continue reading “Mussels in Seattle area test positive for opioid oxycodone, chemotherapy drug”

Pittsburgh Post Gazette

More than a dozen barges broke loose Thursday afternoon and floated down the Monongahela River, authorities said.

About 15 barges loaded with coal were reported to be moving downstream from the Rankin Bridge shortly before 4 p.m., according to Allegheny County emergency officials.  Continue reading “Bridges reopen after barges break loose on Monongahela River”

Palm Beach Post

Saturday was Jacob Kosinski’s big day. His whole family, many from out of town, saw the Charleston, South Carolina, student graduate from his Christian-based homeschool program with a 4.89 grade point average and the coveted honor of summa cum laude.

His mother, Cara Koscinski organized a graduation party for her 18-year-old son. For the occasion, she ordered a cake online from her nearest grocery store, Publix, which lets customers build their own cakes complete with a customized inscription, which they enter into a little message box.     Continue reading “Proud mom orders ‘Summa Cum Laude’ cake online. Publix censors it to ‘Summa … Laude.’”

The Record Courier

Update: Rescuers estimated about 200 people were sheltering on the second floor of the Topaz Lodge after severe mudslides struck the area and inundated the ground floor on Monday evening.

Nevada Department of Transportation crews were working to clear a lane of Highway 395 so about two dozen motorists could escape from the area to the north.   Continue reading “Mudslides close Highway 395 near Topaz Lake, Nevada”

KTTS

PERRY HALL, Md. – A Baltimore County, Maryland police officer was killed in the line of duty in Perry Hall, Maryland on Monday.

According to Baltimore County Police, around 2 p.m. they received a call for a suspicious vehicle in the unit-block of Linwen Way.

Police say the officer responded to the scene when she encountered a suspect or suspects. They say she suffered significant critical injuries and was later transported to Franklin Square Hospital where she was pronounced dead at 2:50 p.m.   Continue reading “Maryland officer killed in line of duty, armed suspect remains at large”

Business Insider

Houston Police chief Art Acevedo says it’s time to do something different to address gun violence in America.

Acevedo sounded off after the latest deadly mass shooting on Friday — this time, in Santa Fe, Texas, where 10 people were killed when a student opened fire inside a classroom there.   Continue reading “Houston police chief sounds off on gun control and mass shootings in the wake of the Santa Fe High School massacre”

ABC 13

SANTA FE, Texas (KTRK) — Santa Fe High School is on lockdown after a situation with an active shooter on campus. Witnesses say the shooting took place in an art class on campus between 7:30 and 7:45 a.m.

Police were called to the school on 16000 Highway 6.   Continue reading “LIVE COVERAGE: Active shooter situation at Santa Fe HS”

Miami Herald

A gunman ranting about President Donald Trump walked into the lobby of Trump National Doral Miami resort early Friday morning, draped an American flag on the counter and began firing.

The man — who was not a guest at the resort — waited in the lobby for police officers to arrive before luring them into a gunfight, authorities said. During the gunfight, the unidentified man was struck several times in the lower body. No workers at the resort or guests were injured. A Doral cop hurt his wrist.   Continue reading “Man firing gun and ranting about Trump shot by police inside Trump National Doral resort”

BuzzFeed – by Caroline Kee

Despite their tiny size, ticks are surprisingly powerful vectors of disease. And in the US, the risk of tick-borne infections is increasing. According to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ticks infected people with seven new germs — including bacteria, parasites, and viruses — between 2004 and 2016.

The CDC recently analyzed data trends for all nationally notifiable diseases caused by the bite of an infected mosquito, tick, or flea. The number of cases has tripled since 2004, to 642,602, and those caused by ticks doubled. Of the tick-borne illnesses, 82% were cases of Lyme disease, a bacterial infection that causes a rash and flu-like symptoms that can spread to the joints and nervous system if left untreated.
Continue reading “Ticks Are Spreading More Rare Diseases In The US Than Ever Before”

WSB TV

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. – Emergency crews have evacuated part of a hotel on Memorial Drive due to some type of hazardous material, police say.

DeKalb County police confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that officers were called out the United Inn & Suites Hotel along Memorial Drive in Stone Mountain shortly before 5 p.m. fro investigate a body found inside a room.   Continue reading “Several officers sick in hazmat situation after responding to body found in hotel, police say”

AOL

ISLAMABAD, May 12 (Reuters) – Pakistani authorities have barred a U.S. diplomat involved in a fatal traffic accident from leaving the country, forcing an American military aircraft flown in for his departure to leave without him, local media reported on Saturday.

The move came a day after Pakistan said it would restrict the movements of all American diplomats in the country in response to Washington’s similar restrictions on Pakistani embassy diplomats.   Continue reading “Pakistan bars US diplomat from leaving amid tense relations”