by Carlos Marquez KTSW News President Barack Obama held a press conference this afternoon to discuss the situation with ISIS. Obama says that the fight against ISIS will be a long-term campaign adding that the coalition against ISIS has launched more than 5,000 airstrikes. During the conference, President Obama pointed out that we will never be at war with Islam and that the Middle East needs a security force that can sustain […]
Compiled by Holly Henrichsen Assistant Web Content Manager The talk of a possible suicide crash of the Germanwings flight that killed all 150 people aboard has now arisen. According to the Washington Post, a French prosecutor said earlier today that the co-pilot wanted to destroy the plane. The statement comes after the voice recorder on the plane was found and indicated that the pilot was locked out of the cockpit […]
By Holly Henrichsen Assistant Web Content Manager The masked Islamic State militant who has been featured as an avid role in multiple execution videos and is known as “Jihadi John”, has been identified as British Citizen Mohammed Emwazi. According to The Wall Street Journal, it is believed Emwazi traveled to Syria from London in 2012 and soon after joined ISIS. Emwazi has become a figurehead in the ISIS videos where […]
By Holly Henrichsen Assistant Web Content Manager The FBI has arrested 3 men this afternoon for attempting to fly from New York to Turkey to join ISIS. CNN reports, The United States Attorney's office in Brooklyn is charging the suspects with providing material support to terrorists. The arrests occurred after a complaint was unsealed by the FBI containing recorded conversations between the suspects the suspects initially drew the attention of […]
By Holly Henrichsen Assistant Web Content Manager Police are looking for help locating a missing San Marcos man who may be in danger. 25 year old Jonathan Russell was last seen Thursday morning riding a gold colored bicycle on the west access road in the 1600 block of IH-35. Russell is a white male about 6'2" with brown hair and hazel eyes. He was last seen wearing a burnt orange […]
By Holly Henrichsen Assistant Web Content Manager Prison officials in south Texas are transferring hundreds of inmates after nearly 2,000 men took control of the prison and caused riots Friday morning. According to BBC, most of the “low-level” offenders housed at the Willacy County Correctional Center located in Raymondville, are immigrants who entered the United States illegally. Pipes were used as weapons and prisoners maintained partial control of the facility […]
By Holly Henrichsen Assistant Web Content Manager New reports from British police officers are showing three young school girls have fled their homes to join the Islamic State in Syria. According to ABC News, the girls, whose ages range from 15 to 16, fled tuesday night but have only recently been discovered to be traveling to become Jihadist brides.The U.S. Senior Adviser for Foreign Fighters, Ambassador Thomas Krajeski, said during […]
By Holly Henrichsen Assistant Web Content Manager A judge in Travis County has recently approved the marriage license of Sarah Goodfriend and Suzanne Bryant who were married this morning in Austin. This will be the first same sex marriage in Texas history. In response to the marriage, Governor Greg Abbott has released a statement saying that the Texas constitution defines marriage as consisting 'only of the union of one man […]
By Holly Henrichsen Assistant Web Content Manager The Russian - Ukrainian ceasefire agreement falters after shots continue to be fired. According to CNN, 5 more Ukrainian service members have been killed in the past 24 hours. Pro-Russian rebels seized control of most areas fought over, despite the ceasefire agreement. Ukrainian Defense spokesman reported there was at least 129 violations of the ceasefire the day after the agreement went into effect. […]
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