ninjapundit: Daily Misfortune Thursday, May 19, 2016

Daily Misfortune Thursday, May 19, 2016 --- ===
Monthly Misfortune May 2016 ---

List of incidents of terror which could be accidents, crimes, or terrorist attacks.

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Phoenix officer critically wounded in shooting Fox News A Phoenix police officer was in extremely critical condition Thursday morning after a shooting that left a burglary suspect dead.
SitRep: Chinese Fighters Intercept U.S. Spy Plane Foreign Policy Magazine On Tuesday, two Chinese J-11 jet fighters intercepted an American surveillance plane flying over international waters in the South China Sea...Pentagon described the flyby as “unsafe,” as one of the Chinese jets came within about 50 feet of the U.S. Navy’s EP-3E Aries aircraft. August 2014, when an armed Chinese jet harassed a U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon aircraft 2001, a U.S. EP-3 collided with a Chinese J-8, killing the pilot and forcing the American plane to make an emergency landing in China. officer at the center of a burgeoning spy scandal may not have simply betrayed his country: He may have also helped China compromise Washington’s most-sophisticated tool for tracking Beijing’s submarines, ships, and planes. The surveillance aircraft potentially exposed in the espionage case are America’s high-tech “eyes in the sky” in the western Pacific, the EP-3E Aries II and P-8A Poseidon, which are equipped with sensors and radar that allow them to scoop up the electronic communications of Chinese forces and monitor their movements. Lin had worked for the Navy’s Special Projects Patrol Squadron 2 for a year before he was arrested in September. The Hawaii-based unit is one of two elite squadrons that fly the Aries and Poseidon planes, which means that Lin has an unusually deep and granular understanding of the two planes. faces possible charges of espionage, attempted espionage, and patronizing a prostitute. Cases of Americans passing secrets to Taiwan are more rare. U.S. State Department official Donald Keyser pleaded guilty in 2005 to charges of unauthorized handling of classified information and passing information to a Taiwanese intelligence agent with whom he was having an affair. Then in 2010, retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. James Wilbur Fondren Jr. was convicted of passing information to a Taiwanese contact,
EgyptAir crash: Plane 'made sharp turns before plunge' An EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo made two sharp turns before plunging into the Mediterranean Sea, Greece's defence minister says. Airbus A320 had "turned 90 degrees left and then a 360-degree turn to the right", before disappearing from radar.Egypt's civil aviation minister has said the possibility of a terror attack is stronger than technical failure.... wreckage had been found in the sea ... seemed to drop off the radar at 37,000 feet, suggesting a sudden break-up. described the aircraft making sharp turns and dropping height quickly. Which suggests it was intact for longer. Either way, it does not rule out either an accident, or something more sinister. EgyptAir Flight 804: Wreckage found, airline official says CNNCairo (CNN) Searchers scouring the heavily traveled waters of the Mediterranean Sea for EgyptAir Flight 804 and the 66 people on board have found the plane's wreckage, airline Vice Chairman Ahmed Adel told CNN's Christiane Amanpour. Egypt: Search for jetliner makes find in MediterraneanCBS News EgyptAir Flight 804 Crash Increasingly Looks Like TerrorismDaily Beast Local Source:What we know so far about the missing EgyptAir flightAhram Online From France:Wreckage of crashed EgyptAir plane found at seaExpatica France Opinion:Q&A: key questions about missing EgyptAir flight MS804The Guardian Live Updating:Live Coverage | Plane's Earlier Stops Were in Worrisome Places, Analysts SayNew York Times
House Erupts Into Chaos After LGBT Protection Amendment Narrowly Fails The amendment from Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-New York, would have barred federal contracts to companies that discriminate against LGBT employees.
Semi Crash Collapses NB May Ave. Bridge Onto Oklahoma City Expressway bridge collapse at Northwest Expressway and N. May Ave., Thursday afternoon. According to reports, a flatbed semi hauling some sort of heavy equipment too tall for the bridge passed under and tore the northbound lanes down. Oklahoma City Police tell News 9 that no one has been injured
Google: Today is 95th Birthday of Late Civil Rights Activist Yuri Kochiyama Google marked her birthday with an illustration of the civil rights activist on its homepage. She supported Castro, Lenin, Mao, race separatist Malcolm X,converted to Islam and supported the 9/11 attacks and Osama Bin Laden
Syrian civil war Syrian government forces and allies, including Lebanese Hezbollah fighters, retake a large area southeast of Damascus, including the key town of Deir al-Asafir. (BBC) (Al Arabiya)
Fighting between Jaysh al-Islam and rival factions led by al-Qaeda’s Nusra Front in Ghouta, near Damascus, leaves more than 50 people dead. (Swiss Info) (Ara News)
Iraqi civil war (2014–present) At least three civilians are killed and 10 others wounded in a bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq. (Rudaw)Arts and culture
Google honors Asian American civil rights activist Yuri Kochiyama who held controversial views about racial harmony, terrorism and American power with a doodle. Democracy Now Washington Post
EgyptAir Flight 804 EgyptAir Flight 804 between Paris and Cairo disappears with 56 passengers and 10 crew onboard. The plane was at 37,000 feet when it disappeared ten minutes before entering Egyptian airspace over the Mediterranean Sea. It is later reported to have crashed off the Greekisland of Karpathos. Locals reported seeing a fireball. (Reuters) (The Telegraph) (The Guardian)
2016 Silk Way Airlines Antonov An-12 crash An Azerbaijani cargo airplane crashes during landing in southern Afghanistan, killing seven out of its nine crew members. (Washington Post) (Daily Sabah)
SLED investigates after Forest Acres officer shoots man early Thursday
The State The incident was the 17th officer-involved shooting in South Carolina in 2016, according to a SLED news release. It was the first involving the Forest Acres department.
2 wounded in Chicago West Loop pulled up road-rage shooting, police say WLS-TV -Two people were wounded overnight after road rage on Lake Shore Drive escalated to a shooting in Chicago's West Loop overnight, police said. vehicle pulled up to a maroon Nissan Altima just after 2:10 a.m. Thursday. Investigators said that's when someone inside opened fire on the Nissan before speeding off.
Bomb explodes seconds after being removed from Polish bus RT -Any remaining explosive material was neutralized, so there is no risk of a repeat explosion. According to tvn24.pl, a man in a hood entered the bus, abandoned a plastic bag and left. One person has been slightly injured by shrapnel Witnesses reported seeing what looked like a cooker nesting inside the suspicious package. They promptly told the driver, who acted on the information.

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wednesday Suspect in custody accused of fatally shooting man after demandi - KMOV.com KMOV.com The unidentified suspect was located and taken into custody just before 9 a.m. Thursday. The suspect is accused of shooting two people at a house in the 9900 block of Jones Creek Road, which is located near Cedar Hill, Wednesday night. One of the ...

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May 16, 2016 Dashcam catches dramatic stolen car chase, head-on crash in Brockton WCVB Boston The Mitsubishi collided with a green Jeep SUV that was driving through the intersection on North Warren Avenue and then crashed head-on into car with dashcam The Mitsubishi collided with a green Jeep SUV that was driving through the intersection on North Warren Avenue and then crashed head-on into the vehicle with the dashboard camera.The camera then showed a police cruiser in pursuit and a man in a red shirt running from the vehicle. Paulo Jorge, 18, was arrested.charged with receiving a stolen motor vehicle, disturbing the peace, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. He was issued a summons to appear in court.

25 January 2015 UK: It should NOT be a crime to join ISIS, says Green party leader who does not want to punish people for what they think Natalie Bennett insists it should not be illegal to join any organisation Stresses that inciting violence or supporting violence should be illegal ISIS was banned by the UK last summer after rise in extremists attacks Government warns of 'very significant risk' of an ISIS-inspired attack Greens have seen a surge in membership to overtake Ukip and Lib Dems But few people know what their policies are with 4 months until the election The Green party does not believe people should be banned from joining ISIS or Al Qaeda, its leader has revealed. In an extraordinary claim, Natalie Bennett said people should not be punished for what they think and stressed it should 'not be a crime simply to belong to an organisation'. More than 600 people from Britain are thought to have travelled to Syria

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Say What Now? Couple Shot and Killed by Inglewood Police Were Unconscious When Officers ...
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A man and woman who were shot and killed by Inglewood Police last weekend were both reportedly already unconscious when police first showed up ...

Pedestrian struck and killed on I-85 AccessNorthGa.com Pedestrian struck and killed on I-85. share; tweet; +1. By The ... 10:56AM( 16 minutes ago ). Habersham deputies injured in altercation with driver.

Two drivers injured in head-on crash
News 10NBC
Monroe County Sheriff's deputies say that two people were taken to the hospital after a head-oncar crash in Churchville on Sunday afternoon.
Driver Ticketed in Head-on Crash - TWC News

Head-on collision kills two people Cecil Whig NORTH EAST — Maryland State Police at the John F. Kennedy Highway Barrack are investigating a Sunday morning head-on collision that killed two ...

Police investigate fatal shooting onNorwood Ave.
ABC10.com
Sacramento police continue investigate the death of a 19-year-old man, who was shot Friday while driving on Norwood Avenue. Christian Torres was ...

4 arrested after fatal stabbing onIndian reservation
Fresno Bee
Four people have been arrested in connection to a fatal stabbing at a Southern California Indian reservation. The San Diego Union-Tribune reports ...

Man injured in shooting on East 42nd Street
Savannah Morning News
The man was shot within the 1400 block of East 42nd Street. He then went to the porch of an acquaintance, who called the police, Police Lt. David ...

Man dies after possible accidentalshooting on NE Side
FOX 29
SAN ANTONIO - A man is dead after what police say could be accidental shooting on Sunday. Theshooting happened just before 2 p.m. at the Perrin ...

Los Angeles Times
Soap opera actress arrested on suspicion of DUI after head-on crash, CHP says
Los Angeles Times
A veteran soap opera actress, who recently returned to acting on “The Young and the Restless,” was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of driving ...

MLive.com
Police investigating shooting on Bay City's East Side, teen hospitalized
MLive.com
BAY CITY, MI — A sunny Bay City afternoon was interrupted by the shooting of a teenager on the East Side. About 1 p.m. on Thursday, May 19, police ...

21Alive
27-year-old Angola man dies after crashing head-on into Semi on US 20
21Alive
ANGOLA, Ind. (21Alive) -- A 27-year-old Angola man died after police say his car went left of center and struck a semi head-on Thursday morning.

The Australian
Federal election 2016: Labor campaign on hold after head-on crash
The Australian
Labor suspended its campaign across the nation yesterday after a head-on collision near Bill Shorten's election convoy after which the Opposition ...
Bill Shorten's convoy at scene of rural NSW head-on collision - The Guardian
Bill Shorten Comforts Car Crash Victim After Head-On Collision - Huffington Post Australia
Shorten comforts woman, child after head-on crash - The West Australian
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AL.com
3 killed in head-on collision on I-565 in front of US Space & Rocket Center
AL.com
Three people are dead, including a child, following an early morning head-on collision on Interstate 565 in Huntsville. The crash occurred around 1:30 ...

WABC-TV
2 dead in head-on wrong-way crash on Route 8 in Shelton
WABC-TV
State police say two people have died in an early morning head-on crash on Route 8 in Shelton. Police said in their accident report that 29-year-old ...

KSDK.com
Police investigate shooting on W. Florissant
KSDK.com
Shooting on W, Florissant in front of WalMart south of 270. @stlcountypd has 51 evidence markers on road @ksdknews pic.twitter.com/fSQbaNMptK.

Ten Eyewitness News
Head-on crash
Ten Eyewitness News
Perth News - 19 May 2016 Comprehensive coverage of local, national and overseas news presented by Narelda Jacobs. Includes sport presented by ...

CTV News
Police to provide update on December drive-by shooting on Peter Street
CTV News
Police will hold a news conference this morning to provide an update on their investigation into a brazen drive-by shooting in the Entertainment District ...
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fox13now.com
Police identify man killed in crash involving dump truck in Magna
fox13now.com
MAGNA, Utah -- Police confirm one person is dead Wednesday after a car apparently swerved into oncoming traffic and hit a dump truck head-on in ...

MyNewsLA.com
Man killed in head-on crash between car, truck in Glendora
The San Gabriel Valley Tribune
Initial investigation indicated the Acura was driving on the wrong side of the road when it collided head-on with the asphalt-hauling Peterbilt truck, ...

ABC Online
Two dead, one in hospital after head-on car crash near Moora in WA's Wheatbelt
ABC Online
Two drivers have been killed and another person has been critically hurt after a head-oncrash in Western Australia's Wheatbelt region. A station ...
Two dead in head-on crash near Moora - The West Australian
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ABC Online
Election Live: Bill Shorten suspends campaign after motorcade at scene ofhead-on smash
ABC Online
Note: This is a blog. Posts are organised by date with the newest posts at the top. When new posts are added they will be added to the top of the list ...

Kokomo Tribune
Head on crash injures North Miami assistant principal
Kokomo Tribune
Matthew Storm, the assistant principal at North Miami High School, was injured in a head on crash Tuesday, along with six other Logansport residents.

Globalnews.ca
Police looking for 3 men after shooting on Peepeekisis First Nation
Globalnews.ca
REGINA – A 29-year-old man was shot after a home invasion on the Peepeekisis First Nation early Wednesday morning. The File Hills First Nations ...

WRCB-TV
Head-on crash claims life of Chattanooga man in Florida
WRCB-TV
A head-on collision in Florida claimed the lives of a Chattanooga man and a Florida man Monday and left four others injured. The crash happened ...

Madison.com
Suspect arrested in Janesville stabbing on West Side
Madison.com
Janesville police have arrested an 18-year-old man who allegedly stabbed his step-grandfather early Wednesday morning on the city's West Side.

KTUL
Police investigate accidental shooting on Highway 169
KTUL
Police said a driver accidentally shot himself in the leg while driving. He was taken to the hospital with a non-life threatening wound. He originally told ...

Anniston Star
Anniston teen killed in Tuesday night shooting on Christine Avenue
Anniston Star
Anniston police investigators and crime scene personnel on Tuesday night canvas the scene of a shooting on the 2100 block of Christine Avenue.
One dead, two injured in Christine Avenue shooting - Anniston Star
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UPDATE: SFPD fatally shoots woman allegedly driving stolen car
San Francisco Examiner Protesters have been calling for Suhr's job since Bayview police shot and killed Mario Woods in December. After the fatal police shooting of Luis Gongora last month, five activists went on hunger strike for 17 days to pressure Suhr to resign or for Lee ...

Cinemark not liable for Aurora theater shooting, civil jury says
The Denver Post -The decision is the first in a trial against theater chain Cinemark stemming from the The Latest: Shooting Victims to Appeal After Theater ClearedABC News
Colorado theater not to blame for shooting, jury saysFox News

2 dead in officer-involved shooting at North Las Vegas casino
Las Vegas Review-Journal North Las Vegas police are investigating an officer-involved shooting at the Silver Nugget, 2140 Las Vegas Blvd. North, early Thursday morning, May 19, 2016.

Phoenix police officer dies following shooting in Laveen
FOX 10 News Phoenix -Phoenix police officer dies following shooting in Laveen. During a press conference on Thursday, Phoenix Police Department Chief Yahner announced that Officer David Glasser, a 12-year veteran of the police department, has died as a result of his ...

'Woke Up to the Roof on Top of My Face': Explosion Rocks Suburban Apartment Complex
NBC ChicagoFire officials responded to a report of a gas explosion in unincorporated Des Plaines Thursday morning. The North Main Fire Department said around 9 a.m.

Wallet may connect deadly stabbing suspect to assault
KTRK-TV A wallet found at the scene of an 11-year-old boy's deadly stabbing may also connect his alleged killer with an assault the day before.

US|A Lonely Mission to Pardon US Soldiers Who Killed Civilians
New York TimesThis spring, one of the students, Mr. Hart, submitted a clemency petition for Corey Clagett, a former Army private who pleaded guilty to shootingtwo unarmed detainees in Iraq in 2006 - killings that an Army investigation found were ordered by Mr ...

Chaos on House floor as Dems, Republicans clash over LGBT proposal
CNN Washington (CNN) House Democrats and Republicans on Thursday angrily confronted each other after a Democratic proposal to ban taxpayer money for federal contractors who discriminate against LGBT workers was defeated minutes after it appeared to ...

Suspects arrested in slayings of 6 family members in Chicago The Seattle Times

Washington Post poll shows Native Americans unbothered by Redskins name ESPN A new Washington Post poll found that 90 percent of Native Americans aren't offended by the Washington Redskins' nickname and an overwhelming majority consider it an unimportant issue.

Charles Wade Arrested: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
Heavy.comA Black Lives Matter activist was arrested and accused of trafficking a 17-year-old girl for prostitution.

EgyptAir airliner 'apparently' brought down by terror attack – Russia's security chief
RT

University of Missouri criticized for its firing of Click
St. Louis Public Radio The University of Missouri “violated fundamental principles of academic due process” and endangered academic freedom when it fired Mizzou Communications Professor Melissa Click in the wake of her actions during protests in Columbia last fall, a new ...

China denies 'unsafe intercept' of US military plane
The Hill China pushed back Thursday against the Pentagon's accusation that Chinese fighter jets made an "unsafe" intercept of an American military reconnaissance aircraft this week.

Moral Victory on Confederate Flag, Painful Defeat on LGBT Protection
Roll Call emocrats achieved a long-awaited moral victory Thursday as the House adopted an amendment to bar the Confederate flag from flying over some federal cemeteries.

Semi Over Height load Crash Collapses NB May Ave. Bridge Onto Northwest Expressway
news9.com KWTV OKLAHOMA CITY -. Emergency crews are on the scene of a bridge collapse at Northwest Expressway and N. May Ave., Thursday afternoon.
Police: Semi causes bridge collapse over Oklahoma City expresswayKOMO News
Section of bridge collapses on Oklahoma City expressway after struck by truckFox News

Distracted driving cited in east metro crash that killed ...
www.startribune.com/distracted-driving-suspected-in-east...
Distracted driving suspected in east metro crash that killed 22 ... Fleming’s car hit an embankment and went airborne into a Goeltz ... deaths in Minnesota and ...

Woman hit and killed by car on Hennepin Avenue in downtown ...
www.startribune.com/...hit-by-car-in...minneapolis/367438001
A pedestrian was struck and killed while crossing Hennepin ... Woman fatally hit by car in downtown Minneapolis. ... Weather may have played a factor in the crash; ...

14-year-old killed after car goes airborne, hits ...
www.wsoctv.com/...14...killed-after-car-goes-airbo...
... which she was riding went airborne and hit a building in ... was killed Monday morning when a car in ... killed after car goes airborne, hits building, ...

Suicidal Crash Kills Man Trying to Flee Police, Kill Van in Minneapolis | KSTP ... Erratic driver stops, then flees fro police, hits the front of a van, goes airborne and he kills himself hitting a building. Was he on a suicide terrorist mission? ... at a high rate of speed and hit the front of a van waiting to ... into a building near Broadway and Penn in Minneapolis. The crash killed the ...

Insane airborne car crash into overpass (8/23/2010)youtube.com Car does not appear to be out of control, tries to cross median to hit oncoming traffic but is instead terrain acts like ramp and launched into the air to the overpass pillar.

Car goes airborne 100 mph crash hits bridge caught on dash ...youtube.com

Woman Hit, Killed in Downtown Minneapolis Identified | KSTP ...
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... Killed in Downtown Minneapolis Identified Tweet. ... The woman hit and killed in downtownMinneapolis has been identified by ... New Hope Crash May Have Been Nerf ...

Pedestrian killed, suspect in custody in Mpls. hit...
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Pedestrian killed, suspect in custody in Mpls. hit ... and came to rest at the building here on Broadway ... hit-and-run crash in north Minneapolis ...

Houston PD: Airborne car smashes into office building; 2 killed
www.kens5.com/story/news/2014/06/16/10594013
... Airborne car smashes into office building; 2 killed. ... the car hit the mound, it went airborneand smashed into the side of ... the cause of the crash.

Explosion causes fire at US base in South Korea
USA TODAY SEOUL, South Korea - An oxygen tank has blown up at a U.S. military base in South Korea, causing a fire, but there were no reports of casualties.

Houston man arrested in stabbing death of 11-year-old boy ( no motive = terrorism?) Fox News Authorities Wednesday arrested a Houston man suspected of stabbing an 11-year-old boy to death as he walked home from school, but a motive for the murder remained unclear.

Brawl erupts outside court after emotional hearing in girl's fatal stabbing Chicago Tribune - (WGN-TV / Chicago Tribune). A brawl erupts outside court after a hearing about a 15-year-old girl's fatal stabbing. May 18, 2016.

Teen killed his girlfriend's parents and celebrated with sex. He's being released after 5 years. Washington Post Another uncle had been killed. And he watched his mother endure domestic violence. He began smoking marijuana at age 10 and became involved with a gang.

Former Ariz. lawmaker held in Alaska shooting USA TODAY PHOENIX - A former Arizona state representative has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a Juneau jeweler on a hunting trip in southeast Alaska, according to court documents.

Hero in Mall Stabbing: We Wish to Go Back to Our Lives ABC News The Massachusetts sheriff's deputy called a hero for fatally shooting a man who went on a stabbing rampage in a restaurant says he just wants to get back to his normal life.

Man killed in shooting in Southeast Washington DC Washington Post A man was shot and killed early Thursday in Southeast Washington near the border with Maryland, according to D.C. police. The shootingoccurred about 2:40 a.m. in the 800 block of Southern Avenue SE in Washington Highlands. Police said the victim was ...

Man shot by officers in Milliken ID'd 9NEWS.com MILLIKEN - A man and a woman were injured during an officer-involved shooting early Wednesday morning. The shooting ... Weld County Critical Incident Response Team is on the scene, which typically denotes the shooting involved an officer. The CIRT is ...

Minnesota man charged in stabbing death of pregnant wife CBS News - ‎May 18, 2016‎ MINNEAPOLIS -- A suburban Minneapolis man charged with killing his pregnant wife and their prematurely born child told police she was going to take his children away from him and that he saw no other way out, according to a criminal complaint filed ...

Stabbing victim hospitalized in Baytown KTRK-TV Deputies are now investigating the stabbing at Methodist Hospital in Baytown. It's unclear at this time where the stabbing happened. We're following this developing story and will bring you the latest details as we learn more. Keep checking back on ...

Police looking for gunman in double shooting
KSDK.com The major case squad is now investigating a double shooting in Jefferson County. That left one ... DITTMER, MO. - Police are looking for a gunman in a Wednesday afternoon double shooting in Dittmer, Mo., that left one man hurt and his neighbor dead.

Police ID suspect killed in officer-involved shooting in Crawford County KMOV.com -WEST SULLIVAN, Mo. (KMOV.com) - Authorities have released the identity of a suspect who was shot and killed by police in Crawford County Wednesday night.

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Montco man who recorded children in bathroom sentenced · More News ...

Gas station clerk: At least six shots fired at shooting victim fox8.com EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio - One person is dead after a shooting at an East Cleveland gas station, police sources confirmed to Fox 8's Peggy Gallek.

Police investigating shooting in West Valley involving teens celebrating graduation ABC15 Arizona - TOLLESON - Police officers from Phoenix and Tolleson are investigating after a shooting involving a large group of teenagers in the West Valley.

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