Tasneem Nashrulla
A Look At The Six Victims Of The Metro-North Train Crash
These six people were going home to their families when tragedy struck.
Tasneem Nashrulla
Grand Jury Indicts Man Who Allegedly Threatened To Behead NYPD Cop Involved In Eric Garner Chokehold
Alvaro Eduardo Guzman-Telles was arrested for posting the threats on Facebook. He faces up to five years in prison if convicted.
Tasneem Nashrulla
Texas Executes Man Who Killed Police Officer After State's Biggest Prison Escape
Donald Newbury, one of the “Texas 7” fugitive gang who escaped prison in 2000, was executed after the Supreme Court refused to intervene.
Tasneem Nashrulla
Dead Argentinian Prosecutor's Ex-Wife Got A Magazine With A Bullet Hole Drawn On His Photo
Sandra Arroyo Salgado testified Friday that the magazine featured a cover photo of her husband with a simulated bullet hole on his head. Two days later, Nisman died of a gunshot wound -- to his head.
Tasneem Nashrulla
TransAsia Pilots May Have Shutdown Wrong Engine Before Plane Crash
Preliminary findings released Friday suggest the pilots may have shut off fuel to the wrong engine in response to a "flame out." The death toll is at 43, including both pilots.
Jason Wells
Argentinian Prosecutor Had Drafted Arrest Warrant For The President Before His Death
Drafts for the arrest of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her foreign minister were found in a trash can at Alberto Nisman's house.
Tasneem Nashrulla
Nurse Quarantined For Ebola Blasts Chris Christie For Vaccination Comments
Kaci Hickox, who was forcibly quarantined in New Jersey, called the governor's recent statements about vaccinations "ill informed."
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Chris Christie Says Parents Should Have A Choice In Vaccinating Kids
Christie called for "balance" and "choice" in vaccinations, taking a position at odds with the medical community.
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Texas Executes Man With Claimed Intellectual Disability
Robert Ladd was executed for the 1996 murder of a woman after the Supreme Court refused to intervene. His lawyers said he was ineligible for the death penalty because of his intellectual disability.
Tasneem Nashrulla
Gas Explosion Kills 2 And Injures Dozens At Mexico Maternity Hospital
Mexico City's Mayor, Miguel Ángel Mancera, said two people were dead and 66 injured after a gas explosion at a maternity hospital in the Cuajimalpa borough. BuzzFeed News reporter Karla Zabludovsky is in Mexico City.
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Supreme Court Halts Next Three Oklahoma Executions During Court Case
The court ordered the state to postpone the executions until a legal challenge involving the use of a contested sedative in the lethal injection process is resolved.
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Georgia Executes Man With Claimed Intellectual Disability
Warren Hill was executed Tuesday night after the Supreme Court refused to intervene.
David Mack
Kurds Liberate Kobani From ISIS After Three Month Battle
Kurdish forces said Monday they regained control of the Syrian border town from the Islamic State militants.
Tasneem Nashrulla
U.S. Breaks Record For Highest Number Of Exonerations In A Single Year
An unprecedented 125 exonerations of innocent criminal defendants was recorded in 2014, according to a new report from a project of the University of Michigan Law School.
Tasneem Nashrulla
Former Supreme Court Justice Confirms Texas Once Executed An Innocent Man
Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens acknowledged evidence that Texas put an innocent man to death for a murder in the 1980s.
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Texas Girl Accused Of Drowning 2-Month-Old Baby Charged With Capital Murder
Authorities say the 14-year-old girl intentionally drowned the infant inside a Dallas apartment.
Tasneem Nashrulla
New York Officials Want Feds To Investigate The Death Of A Rikers Island Inmate
A report by the New York State Commission of Corrections asked for a civil probe into the "incompetent" treatment of a schizophrenic inmate by prison officials.
Tasneem Nashrulla
Records Of New Jersey Police Officers And Shooting Victim Are Scrutinized
Two Bridgeton police officers shot and killed Jerame Reid while his hands were up. One officer faced several complaints in the past, while another faced disciplinary action. The victim has been convicted of shooting at officers.
Tasneem Nashrulla
Argentina Blames Rogue Intelligence Agents In Shooting Death Of Prosecutor
Alberto Nisman was set to reveal details about his years-long investigation into a 1994 terror attack on a Jewish center in Buenos Aires. Investigators initially said he killed himself, but on Thursday, the government blamed rogue intelligence agents for the killing, adding to an already shocking mystery.
Stephanie McNeal
Another Leader Of Germany's Anti-Muslim Group Quits Due To "Media Pressure"
Kathrin Oertel, another leader of the Pegida movement, resigned Wednesday, a week after Lutz Bachmann quit the group when a photo of him styled as Hitler went viral.
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