Friday, August 12, 2016

Muslim flight attendant sues ExpressJet for insisting she serve alcohol and other top stories.

  • Muslim flight attendant sues ExpressJet for insisting she serve alcohol

    Muslim flight attendant sues ExpressJet for insisting she serve alcohol
    A Muslim flight attendant who made headlines last year has sued her employer, ExpressJet, alleging that she was wrongly suspended by the airline for requesting she not have to serve alcohol to passengers. The Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair-MI) filed the lawsuit in Michigan’s eastern district court last week on behalf of Charee Stanley. Stanley began working for ExpressJet in 2013, around the time she converted to Islam, according to court documents. On her f..
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  • Thousands crammed into 'inhumane' Philippines jail as president's drug war continues

    Thousands crammed into 'inhumane' Philippines jail as president's drug war continues
    Philippine officials said on August 9, 2016, that the government would build new jails to address severe congestion made worse by President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war (Source: AFP) Philippine officials have said the government would build new jails to address severe congestion made worse by President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war, describing conditions as "inhumane" and "unacceptable". Inmates sleeping inside the Quezon City jail in Manila on 21 July 2016 (Source: AFP) Photographs of Quezon City..
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  • Green Party candidate Jill Stein says we need a jobs program like the 'New Deal'

    Green Party candidate Jill Stein says we need a jobs program like the 'New Deal'
    Green Party candidate Jill Stein told CNBC on Wednesday she is the only 2016 presidential nominee who is free to provide the medicine the economy needs. "As the only candidate that is not poisoned by corporate money lobbyists or super PACs, I can actually stand up for what it is we need," she said in an interview on "Squawk Box." She said the United States needs an emergency jobs program like the New Deal — "a green New Deal" to solve "the emergency of climate change," and a cancellation..
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  • Charles Sadler: Ohio Man Accused Of Raping 3-Year-Old Arrested, Caught 'Red-Handed' By Good Samaritan

    Charles Sadler: Ohio Man Accused Of Raping 3-Year-Old Arrested, Caught 'Red-Handed' By Good Samaritan
    Charles Sadler, a 35-year-old man from Columbus, Ohio has been arrested on charges of sexual assault after he was allegedly “caught red handed” raping a 3-year-old girl in an abandoned garage. The act was reportedly witnessed by a woman who was driving through the area. Once the woman was convinced that the little girl needed help, she immediately called 911 to alert officials. According to a report by The Daily Mail, the incident happened on the 300 block of South Richardson Avenue, near west ..
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  • The Nauru files: cache of 2000 leaked reports reveal scale of abuse of children in Australian offshore detention

    The Nauru files: cache of 2000 leaked reports reveal scale of abuse of children in Australian offshore detention
    The devastating trauma and abuse inflicted on children held by Australia in offshore detention has been laid bare in the largest cache of leaked documents released from inside its immigration regime. More than 2,000 leaked incident reports from Australia’s detention camp for asylum seekers on the remote Pacific island of Nauru – totalling more than 8,000 pages – are published by the Guardian today. The Nauru files set out as never before the assaults, sexual abuse, self-harm attempts, child abu..
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  • He fought in Afghanistan. Now he's battling for a 'War on Terror' memorial in DC

    He fought in Afghanistan. Now he's battling for a 'War on Terror' memorial in DC
    Andrew Brennan, a former Army Captain who served as a pilot in Afghanistan, was struck with the idea for a post-9/11 war memorial on the Mall when he witnessed the annual Rolling Thunder visit to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 2014. Here he points to the name of a cousin on the wall.  Photo credit: Katie Lange/ Department of Defense Andrew Brennan’s life shifted as he watched the motorcycles roaring around him. Brennan, a former Army captain who flew Blackhawk helicopters in Afghanistan, s..
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  • South Sudan rejects UN troops proposal

    South Sudan rejects UN troops proposal
    South Sudan has rejected a US proposal for the UN Security Council to send 4000 additional troops to the East African country to restore calm, saying it "seriously undermines" its sovereignty and threatens a return to colonialism.Government spokesman Michael Makuei said the proposal gives the UN the ability to govern. The proposal also calls for a vote on an arms embargo on South Sudan if UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reports within a month that authorities have blocked the regional force.The..
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  • The Daily 202: State polls give GOP fresh hope for holding Senate majority, but Trump headwinds might be too strong

    The Daily 202: State polls give GOP fresh hope for holding Senate majority, but Trump headwinds might be too strong
    Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and his wife celebrate an endorsement last month from a union that had previously backed his Democratic rival. (Alex Brandon/AP) THE BIG IDEA: In all but one of this year’s Senate races, the Republican incumbent is meaningfully outperforming Donald Trump in the polls. An NBC/WSJ/Marist poll that was conducted last month on the eve of the conventions found that both the presidential race and the Senate race in Ohio were tied. A fresh version of their poll, released..
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  • Rio media bus windows smashed by gunfire, says journalist

    Rio media bus windows smashed by gunfire, says journalist
    A journalist on board a Rio 2016 media transport bus that had two windows smashed while it was travelling from a venue to the Olympic park has said the damage was caused by gunfire.Lee Michaelson, a reporter on women's basketball who is also a retired US Air Force captain, said she instinctively hit the floor when she heard the sound of gunfire and called on other passengers to do the same.Police are investigating but Olympic officials have said it is not clear whether the incident was caused by..
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