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New Yorkers -- including mayoral candidate Christine Quinn -- planned a rally Monday to protest the shooting death of a gay man in the neighborhood that was the cradle of the modern US gay rights movement.
© Mike Koozmin/The S.F. ExaminerBacon Bacon will be closing Friday following a dispute with neighbors. The eatery’s food truck is also shut down.
But now a popular pork-focused restaurant in the Upper Haight must close its doors Friday following months of failed negotiations with neighbors over neighborhood concerns about porcine aroma and grease disposal.
Department of Public Health officials say the owners of Bacon Bacon, located at 205A Frederick Street, have had months since opening the space to address these and other concerns. But following their failure to do so, the restaurant must shut its doors.
Elvira Campos killed on Saturday night near Sacramento, California
Died after gunmen walked up to front door and opened fire
Father and mother were also injured in the attack
A 10-year-old girl was shot dead while watching TV after gunmen opened fire on her family's home.
Elvira Campos was killed when at least two suspects sprayed the property with bullets, in North Highlands, near Sacramento, California.
Her father and mother were also injured in the attack, on Saturday night.
At least two gunmen are believed to have carried out the shooting, which took place at around 10.30pm.
About a dozen shots are believed to have been fired at the home from two different weapons.
Four holes were clearly visible in the living room window of the property, where the girl is believed to have been sitting.
Bullet holes could also be seen in the property's front door and in the frame around the front window.
Sheriff's spokesman Jason Ramos said the youngster's parents are expected to recover from their wounds, the Sacramento Bee reports.
Detective Scott Swisher said the family were innocent victims and that they were not involved in any disputes that the police are aware of.
Died after gunmen walked up to front door and opened fire
Father and mother were also injured in the attack
Tragic: Elvira Campos, 10, was shot to death on Saturday night after gunmen opened fire on her family's home
A 10-year-old girl was shot dead while watching TV after gunmen opened fire on her family's home.
Elvira Campos was killed when at least two suspects sprayed the property with bullets, in North Highlands, near Sacramento, California.
Her father and mother were also injured in the attack, on Saturday night.
At least two gunmen are believed to have carried out the shooting, which took place at around 10.30pm.
About a dozen shots are believed to have been fired at the home from two different weapons.
Four holes were clearly visible in the living room window of the property, where the girl is believed to have been sitting.
Bullet holes could also be seen in the property's front door and in the frame around the front window.
Sheriff's spokesman Jason Ramos said the youngster's parents are expected to recover from their wounds, the Sacramento Bee reports.
Detective Scott Swisher said the family were innocent victims and that they were not involved in any disputes that the police are aware of.
I'm deliberate about saying I'm a feminist for a couple of reasons. I believe in equality and tearing down the systems of oppression that stand its way, so identifying as a feminist signals my dedication to radical change. But one can be invested in that work without applying the label. I choose it because I always want to be held accountable.
The line that struck me the most in Brittney's interview is when she said: "The thing that we aren't saying about male feminists is that they have to do the emotional work." Relatively speaking, the politics is easy. The emotional work? That shit is hard, but is some of the most important work we're charged with doing.
Because after the dust has settled, the reproductive rights have been won, the pay is equal, and there's equal representation in Congress, the mission is only half complete if sexism still dominates our social spaces. You can say the structural stuff is more important, but it's the everyday stuff that reinforces the structural stuff that adds up to a clusterfuck of mind-numbing oppression. And so many of us are guilty of allowing ourselves to perpetuate it without ever taking a moment to see the damage we're doing.
© FoxIn this undated screenshot, 16-year-old Ariel Alexander and her father Randell Alexander are seen.
16-year-old Ariel Alexander's condition has confined her to a wheelchair for most of her life, leaving her unable to communicate to authorities about who committed the savage act, MyFoxPhilly.com reported.
Yet the human bite marks across her left shoulder and upper back are clearly visible.
Ariel's parents reportedly believe that the incident occurred at MLK High School, where Ariel is a student in a special needs classroom. Her parents say that a few days after the attack, which they claim took place on May 1, a male teacher took them to one side and informed them that a fellow student was responsible. The school rejects the notion that it occurred on school property, stating that all teachers interviewed have denied seeing anything.
© Reuters / Jon NazcaA man begs for money in downtown Malaga, southern Spain May 15, 2013.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which unites the world's most developed countries, has published an update to its report 'Divided We Stand'. The report published in December 2011 showed that by 2008 the industrialized nations had the worst situation with inequality in three decades.
According to the new data, the gap between the rich and the poor in most of its 34 members has been getting wider since the crisis started at a higher pace than it did before. Inequality grew more over the three years between 2007 and 2010 than it did over the 12 years before that.
Among OECD countries, it appears that "the top 10 percent has done better than the poorest 10 percent in 21 countries," with the widest gaps seen in the United States, Turkey, Chile and Mexico. In the three years described above, their income status had been continuously plunging by 2 per cent every year.
© Robert Stolarik for The New York TimesStudents and friends near the scene of a home invasion in Uniondale, N.Y., on Friday that left Andrea Rebello, a Hofstra University junior, dead.
It was not immediately clear who fired the fatal shots, the police said.
The violence played out in the middle of the night on an ordinarily quiet residential street, only blocks from Hofstra University, where the victim went to school. Students who were preparing for their last day of exams awoke to the news that one of their own had been killed, and the normally festive atmosphere that comes with the end of the academic year turned terribly sad.
© Earl Neikirk/Associated PressEmergency personnel respond to one of the people hit by a car, at right, during the beginning of the Hikers Parade at the Trail Days Festival in Damascus, Virginia.
Nine of the injured were taken to hospitals after the incident at the annual trail festival, but none of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening, authorities said.
"Reports to us indicate that no one was injured beyond stable" said Pokey Harris, director of emergency management in Washington County, Va. where Damascus is located, about 300 miles southwest of the District.
Train service in the busy New York-to-New Haven corridor may be restricted for days as officials investigate Friday's rush-hour collision of two trains in Connecticut -- an incident that sent dozens to hospitals -- officials said Saturday.
Officials from the federal National Transportation Safety Board arrived at the site Saturday morning to begin their investigation of the Metro-North train crash in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The wreckage won't be removed until investigators finish examining it on site -- possibly Sunday, NTSB member Earl Weener said -- and then two tracks will have to be repaired before they can be reopened.
© Associated PressThe first gay wedding can be held on 28 May - 10 days after Mr Hollande signed the bill.
On Friday, the Constitutional Council rejected a challenge by the right-wing opposition, clearing the way for Francois Hollande to sign the bill.
He said: "I have taken [the decision]; now it is time to respect the law of the Republic."
The first gay wedding could be held 10 days after the bill's signing.
But Parliamentary Relations Minister Alain Vidalies told French TV he expected the first ceremonies to take place "before 1 July".
Comment: Meanwhile, Hollande has troops in multiple west African countries blowing things up and causing chaos in order to secure Africa's natural resources for French multinationals like Areva, the world's largest uranium mining/nuclear energy company.
In addition, French jihadists are waging proxy war on behalf of Hollande in Syria.
France's media admits that the Syrian "opposition" is Al Qaida, then justifies French government support to the terrorists
The conflict in Mali has nothing to do with fighting terrorists
At least 50 French citizens 'waging jihad in Syria'
But don't mind all this folks, the real issue is gay marriage, so y'all get protesting about this non-issue and we can all congratulate each other on how free we are.