Month Misfortune August 2015 ---
*Reference
- Wikipedia Current Events Portal
- RT Russia Today Daily Headlines
- Daily Mail UK
- snewsi crimes
- Democracy Now http://www.democracynow.org/2015/8/15/headlines
- SPLC Hatewatch Headlines, 8-15-15 Mass shooting Tracker 2015
- Killed by Police (anti-police site) Mass shooting Tracker 2015:
- List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, August 2015
- Religion justified attacks
Headlines:
- August 15, 2015 Iraq War (2014–present) ISIL bombings kill 21 and wound more than 100 persons in Shia neighborhoods of Baghdad. (The News Hub)
- August 15, 2015 Yemeni Civil War (2015) Saudi-backed forces loyal to the former Government retake the Shabwah Governorate from the Iran-backed rebels. (AFP via Maktoob Yahoo!)
- August 15, 2015 Boko Haram insurgency A suicide bomber kills at least three people in an attack on a marketplace in Borno state. (Reuters via New York Times)
- August 15, 2015 2015 Burundian unrest Jean Bikomagu, a leader of the military during the Civil War is assassinated, heightening fears of another civil war developing. (AFP via Daily Star)Arts and culture
- August 15, 2015 2015 Tianjin explosions The death toll from the explosions in Tianjin rises to at least 85. In a further update, Chinese state media reports are now saying that the death toll has now risen to at least 104. (AP, via MSN), (AFP, AP, via The Daily Telegraph)
- August 15, 2015 At least 40 migrants die of suffocation in the hold of a boat in the Mediterranean Sea near the Libyan coast. (Reuters)
- August 15, 2015 July 28, 2015 spree starts Kern County CA Sheriff’s Deputies Fatally Shoot Released Prisoner After 18 day Terrorist Spree Accused of Killing Dentist, Injuring 2 Deputies
- August 15, 2015 Iraq War (2014–present) ISIL bombings kill 21 and wound more than 100 persons in Shia neighborhoods of Baghdad. (The News Hub)
- August 15, 2015 Yemeni Civil War (2015) Saudi-backed forces loyal to the former Government retake the Shabwah Governorate from the Iran-backed rebels. (AFP via Maktoob Yahoo!)
- August 15, 2015 Boko Haram insurgency A suicide bomber kills at least three people in an attack on a marketplace in Borno state. (Reuters via New York Times)
- August 15, 2015 2015 Burundian unrest Jean Bikomagu, a leader of the military during the Civil War is assassinated, heightening fears of another civil war developing. (AFP via Daily Star)Arts and culture
- August 15, 2015 2015 Tianjin explosions The death toll from the explosions in Tianjin rises to at least 85. In a further update, Chinese state media reports are now saying that the death toll has now risen to at least 104. (AP, via MSN), (AFP, AP, via The Daily Telegraph)
- August 15, 2015 At least 40 migrants die of suffocation in the hold of a boat in the Mediterranean Sea near the Libyan coast. (Reuters)
- August 15, 2015 July 28, 2015 spree starts Kern County CA Sheriff’s Deputies Fatally Shoot Released Prisoner Apparent Terrorist Spree Accused of Killing Dentist, Injuring 2 Deputies Kern County deputies shot and killed a man in Inyokern on Saturday afternoon who matched the description of Benjamin Peter Ashley, a homeless [white] man suspected of killing a retired dentist and wounding two sheriff’s deputies. California Fugitive, Wanted For Murder And Kidnapping, Gunned Down By Police After 18-Day Manhunt People Magazine Benjamin Peter Ashley, 34, made headlines last month with a rampage of violence that .. Deputies located him, confronted him and ordered him to show his hands," "When he pulled a 9 mm handgun from his waistband, deputies fired seven rounds at him and he fell." Three other weapons were found on Ashley and in his backpack, including two .44-caliber handguns, Youngblood says. "The 9 mm was registered to the homicide victim he killed last month." Ashley allegedly took three residents hostage in their cabin. they later escaped, Two days later and ten miles away, Ashley is alleged to have gunned down David Markiewitz, 64, in his cabin. On Aug. 1, two members of a SWAT team arrived at a mobile home and were wounded by a shotgun-wielding man believed to Ashley, We still have no idea why he did this,"... been released from jail in October 2014 due to federal prison overcrowding regulations. .Calif. Police Kill Murder Suspect Benjamin Peter Ashley, Ending Weeks-Long Manhunt NBCNews.com LATimes Ashley was wanted in connection with a series of violent crimes in the area, beginning with a July 28 incident in the Twin Oaks area in which a gunman held three men captive in a cabin Record: He was charged with resisting arrest in Orange County in 2012 and in Glendale in 2013, according to court records. He also had been arrested in San Diego and San Marcos. In 2014, Ashley was arrested in Bear Valley Springs on a fugitive warrant connected to the Glendale incident after police received a report of a suspicious person inside the gated community, police Chief Jeff Kermode said.
*Sources
Two days after explosion, fires, worry rules in Tianjin
CNN - 8 hours ago
Tianjin, China (CNN) While flames are largely extinguished, residents are worried about lingering contamination after explosive fires at a chemical warehouse devastated part of the port city of Tianjin.
What China's Huge Tianjin Explosion Looked Like From Space
Wired - 17 hours ago
The explosion is shown by the black and grey pixels that appear in the middle of each image. The top is from the Himawari-8, a Japanese orbiter that just came on line in early July and has the best weather sensors in orbit.
Tianjin, China Explosions Like 'Nuclear Bomb': Californian Witness
NBCNews.com - Aug 14, 2015
TIANJIN, China - A Californian who captured spectacular footage of the massive explosions that devastated the Chinese city of Tianjin described the blast as akin to "a small nuclear bomb." Daniel van Duren, 40, told NBC ... he recalled. advertisement ...
Bomb threats at 7 schools across Tennessee
The Tennessean - 15 hours ago
Schools in seven Tennessee counties were evacuated Friday morning due to bomb threats. No explosives were found at any of the schools, said Lt.
Bomb Claimed by ISIS Kills Dozens in Baghdad
New York Times - Aug 13, 2015
On my way over, I heard the sound of a very big explosion, and then I managed to drive there and when I arrived, it was a horrible scene of bodies and dead people lying everywhere,” he said.
Gang leader after shooting firefighter: 'Today I die'
New York Post - 2 hours ago
A gangbanger was killed by police after he set off a smoke bomb, shot an FDNY lieutenant - and wrote, “Today I die,” in an online post - during a desperate bid to evade capture at his Staten Island home on Friday.
Brazil: Overnight shooting spree kills 18 in Sao Paulo
BBC News - 12 hours ago
Gunmen have killed at least 18 people on the outskirts of Brazil's largest city, Sao Paulo, in a series of overnight attacks.
2 youngsters killed by falling tree limb while camping in Yosemite
Los Angeles Times - 13 hours ago
Two young people were killed early Friday after a limb from an oak tree fell on their tent as they slept at a popular campground in Yosemite National Park.
Who Killed Kayla Mueller?
The New Yorker - 13 hours ago
The revelation that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-proclaimed caliph of the Islamic State, was repeatedly raping an American hostage, Kayla Mueller, comes just after the Times released a devastating story about the use of rape as a form of religious ...
Charlotte Officer Says He Had No Choice in 2013 Shooting of Unarmed Black Man
New York Times - 14 hours ago
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The police officer said he had no choice but to shoot the unarmed man. But prosecutors pushed back hard on Friday as the officer, Randall Kerrick, took the witness stand, challenging his credibility and account of the night he killed ...
One dead, two injured in Paladin Drive stabbing, according to authorities
WITN - Aug 14, 2015
At a morning news conference, Interim Police Chief Ted Sauls confirmed that Liyahsha "LeLee" Jones died of stab wounds. The 20-year-old was a former student at the University of Mount Olive.
Three killed, two injured in overnight shootings
Baltimore Sun - 20 hours ago
Officers on patrol in the area of York Road and Willow Avenue, just south of East Cold Spring Lane, heard gunshots at about 10:40 p.m.
Tianjin port explosion short-circuits electronics industry
Fortune - 16 hours ago
With flames still flickering following a devastating explosion in the Chinese port of Tianjin, global enterprises are scrambling to assess and respond to the disaster's impacts on their operations.
aug 14 Missionary mother killed by runaway truck after driver charged homicide after forgets to set brake WXIA-TV The mother, 31-year-old Kyra Karr, was killed on impact; the father, 36-year-old Reed Karr, who was driving, was taken to WellStar Kennestone Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. truck driver who police say killed a missionary worker and injured her husband and two children has been charged with vehicular homicide. The crash between a pickup truck and a semi truck happened Thursday evening on Highway 41 in Emerson. City Police Chief Stan Bradley said a truck driver was doing a safety inspection on his big rig, which was hauling corrosive cleaning chemicals, in the driveway of Zep Inc. Investigators said the driver, Ivan Delgado, 53, a contract driver from Rome, New York, forgot to put on the truck's parking brake, causing the vehicle to roll into the road's northbound lane. He was not inside the truck at the time.
No suspects identified in fatal shooting late Thursday inside an Aurora ...
The Denver Post - 3 hours ago
Police blocked off an apartment where a man was fatally shot in Aurora, Aug. 14, 2015. (Kirk Mitchell, The Denver Post). AURORA - Police are investigating a homicide in which a man was shot in the abdomen inside his third-floor apartment late Thursday.
Man killed in officer-involved shooting in Boerne
KSAT San Antonio - 8 hours ago
Aug 13 Update: Dispute in ticket line leads to Colonie Center shooting
Albany Times Union - 15 hours ago police esponded to a shooting scene outside Colonie Center shopping mall in Colonie, N.Y.on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015. (Cindy Schultz / Times Union).
Police investigate explosion at MI5 headquarters in Northern Ireland
The Guardian - 19 hours ago
Police investigate explosion at MI5 headquarters in Northern Ireland. Royal Mail van fire at Palace ... The Police Service of Northern Ireland said one line of inquiry they are pursuing is that the Royal Mail van fire was caused by a small bomb ...
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