Social and Cultural
Aug 30, 2015: Adam Parker, the father of slain TV reporter Alison Parker has vowed to take action on gun control in the U.S. After TV slaying, reporter's dad finds voice on gun control | … Continue reading Reporter and Photographer for WDBJ7 in Roanoke Virginia Shot and Killed
View ongoing articles regarding the San Juan River and the Navajo Nation on the Navajo Times website here. Mar 13, 2018: http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/378097-epa-to-review-all-claims-from-colorado-mine-spill-within-weeks Aug 9, 2017: New Mexico congressional delegation worries state, Navajo Nation will be … Continue reading Animas River in Colorado Contaminated by Gold King Mine Wastewater
Jan 6, 2016: A grand jury in Texas indicted Trooper Brian Encinia for perjury on statements he made in an affidavit filed with jail officials justifying the arrest of Sandra Bland. The grand jury is … Continue reading Sandra Bland Found Dead in Texas Jail Cell Three Days after Police Traffic Stop
Jan 18, 2016: Speaking at a campaign event at Liberty University, Donald Trump said: If you look at what's going on throughout the world...Christianity is under siege. We're going to protect Christianity. Liberty University is … Continue reading 2016 United States Presidential Candidate Donald Trump
Jul 10, 2015: The Confederate flag was taken down at the South Carolina capital grounds. Era Ends as South Carolina Lowers Confederate Flag | The New York Times Jul 9, 2015: By a vote of … Continue reading The Removal of the Confederate Flag from U.S. Government Grounds
On September 21, 1996, H.R.3396 - Defense of Marriage Act was signed into law by President Bill Clinton. The law states: Defense of Marriage Act - Amends the Federal judicial code to provide that no … Continue reading Defense of Marriage Act
In 2003, in the case of Lawrence v. Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court decided by a vote of 7-2 that state laws banning homosexual sodomy are unconstitutional and that they violate right to privacy and … Continue reading Sodomy and the Supreme Court Case of Lawrence v. Texas
Oct 11, 2022: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/3682559-supreme-court-denies-appeal-by-charleston-church-shooter Oct 28, 2021: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/578942-families-in-south-carolina-church-massacre-settle-with-doj-over-faulty Sep 23, 2021: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/573877-appeals-court-declines-to-take-up-dylann-roofs-death-sentence Sep 8, 2021: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/571324-dylann-roof-challenges-death-sentence-after-appeals-court-ruling Aug 25, 2021: https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/569357-appeals-court-upholds-death-sentence-in-charleston-church-shooting Apr 10, 2017: In Charleston, South Carolina Dylann Roof pleaded guilty to separate state murder … Continue reading Nine People Shot and Killed at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston South Carolina
Sep 13, 2017: Freddie Gray's family 'devastated and disappointed' by DOJ decision not to charge officers, attorney says | The Baltimore Sun Sep 12, 2017: Citing "insufficient evidence", the U.S. Department of Justice released a … Continue reading Freddie Gray Dies of Spinal Cord Injury After Arrest by Baltimore Police
May 12, 2015: A 7.3 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal, the second major earthquake in that region in less than three weeks. Fresh earthquake kills scores in Nepal and India | Reuters May 2, 2015: The … Continue reading Powerful Magnitude 7.8 Earthquake Hits Nepal