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Clashes between opposing political camps erupted in Berkeley, California, as Trump supporters and opponents squared off under the watchful eye of police in riot gear.
People participating in the "March 4 Trump" demonstration, to show support for President Donald Trump, were met by a "By Any Means Necessary" counter-demonstration group in downtown Berkeley on Saturday afternoon.
Journalist and co-host of "Unauthorized Disclosure," Rania Khalek
The individuals employed pressure in the same manner that pro-Israel students and groups typically employ pressure to shut down pro-Palestine events that they perceive to be unjustifiably against Israel.
"An Evening With Rania Khalek" was scheduled for February 27. It was co-sponsored by the Black Student Movement and Criminal Justice Awareness and Action. It was promoted as an opportunity for students to hear about the "role Israel plays in training the U.S. police force and how this impacts the lives of disenfranchised communities from Palestine to Baltimore and beyond."
She was also expected to highlight Israel's influence on the "United States' border security and its use of drones as weapons of destruction." The chapter expected her to address the implications of President Donald Trump's election on Palestine.
Event organizers described Khalek as "an outspoken independent journalist known for her groundbreaking work covering Palestine and Syria," but at no point was Khalek planning to talk about the conflict in Syria.
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The victim, a Sikh man aged 39, told police that an altercation followed after the attacker approached him, the Seattle Times reported, citing local police. The gunman - described as a stocky, 6-foot-tall white man wearing a mask over the bottom part of his face - allegedly shouted, "go back to your own country," and opened fire, injuring the victim's arm.
"Some comments were made to the effect of 'get out of our country, go back to where you're from,' and our victim was then shot," Kent Police Chief Ken Thomas told a news conference, as cited by Reuters.
Luckily, the man's wounds were not life-threatening, but the attacker is said to still be at large. Kent Police have contacted the FBI and other law enforcement agencies to track the suspect.
© Carlos Tischler / www.globallookpress.com A protest against US president Donald Trump, February 12, 2017, Mexico.
Tensions between the two countries amid concerns of a looming crackdown on illegal immigration under President Trump's administration has prompted Mexican officials to take legal steps to protect citizens "against an eventual deportation."
"What changes today is that we are prioritizing legal matters over everything. Previously, we didn't have the need to seek so much legal support for our people," Mexican Consul General in Miami, Jose Antonio Zabalgoitia said Friday.
Mexico's President Enrique Peña Nieto allocated some $50 million to 50 Mexican consulates in the US to provide better legal support. The initiative is not aimed at "promoting illegality," but rather "a moral imperative," Mexican FM Luis Videgaray said as he visited the country's New York City consulate.
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Brigadier General Paul W. Tibbets IV has been promoted to vice commander of the US Air Force's Global Strike Command (AFGSC), headquartered at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, the Pentagon said.
The newly-appointed officer is the grandson of Brigadier General Paul Tibbets Jr., who piloted the B-29 bomber - its notorious nickname, 'Enola Gay,' chosen after Tibbets' mother - which dropped the Little Boy uranium bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.
Deployment of the Little Boy marked the first of two atomic bombs used in warfare, with the second one being dropped on Nagasaki, just 560 miles from Hiroshima.
At least 90,000 people are believed to have been killed in the inferno, and many others died from radiation sickness, burns, and other injuries during the months that followed, as well as illness and malnutrition. As many as 40,000 died in Nagasaki.
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"Walls are hot right now, but I was into them long before [Donald] Trump made it cool," Banksy said in a statement.
The nine-room "Walled Off Hotel" is not an art stunt, but a real business venture, the artist insists. "It's a genuine art hotel with fully functioning ensuite facilities and limited car parking," Banksy's website explains. "Operated by the local community, we offer a warm welcome to everyone from all sides of the conflict and across the world."
It also sits feet from the more than 320-mile security wall (or apartheid wall) that Israel began building in 2002 roughly along the border with the West Bank and occasionally making deep cuts into Palestinian territory. Its windows look out onto concrete slabs or illegal Israeli settlements visible in the distance.
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RT made it to the finals of the international awards competition with a number of projects, including news reports, online programs, and documentaries.
The work of the Russian channel's correspondents in the war-torn countries of the Middle East has not gone unnoticed by the festival, and RT received nominations in different categories for reports from both Syria and Libya.
RT's Murad Gazdiev, who has extensively covered the struggle against terrorism in Aleppo, Syria, has been nominated for the Best News Reporter/Correspondent award, while RT correspondent William Whiteman is among the Special Report finalists for a series of exclusive reports he delivered from the frontline in Libya.
But on Tuesday night, there were new concerns mounting that the posts are not what they seem to be.
As CBS2's Jessica Borg reported, chances are you have probably seen something like this on your Facebook feed - a friend shares a heartbreaking photo of a baby or a teenager with a life-threatening illness.
The post urges you to "like," "comment," or "share."
Tatiana Morin said she sees it all the time — and it's effective.
"When it comes to the animals or children, any traumatizing story, I think, is heartbreaking," said Morin, of Garrison, Putnam County.
But experts are warning folks that not all of these emotional posts are real.
"What they're trying to do is trap you," said digital media expert Tanya Barrios.
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On February 28, at his joint address to Congress, President Donald Trump announced the creation of a new office as part of the Department of Homeland Security. He named it Victims of Immigrant Crime Engagement, or VOICE.
"We are providing a voice to those who have been ignored by our media, and silenced by special interests," he said. And he wants the office to issue quarterly reports on "the effects of the victimization by criminal aliens present in the United States."
Creating Homeland Security offices for specific victims is a great idea. How about such an office for native Americans? They still suffer effects of immigrant victimization, even if the immigrants in question — Colonial era white Europeans — aren't exactly the ones Trump had in mind.
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