Tasia Fortune’s mother says she was “at peace” during the last time they saw each other and does not believe her daughter took her own life.

One attorney wrote in a sworn declaration that officers broke a detainee’s wrist and “pepper sprayed everyone.”

In the Gaza Strip, health officials say Israeli soldiers shot and killed a 9-year-old girl in front of her third grade class on Thursday, traumatizing students and teachers who were left in “psychological shock.” Ritaj Rihan was reportedly struck by a b...

Though the US is almost certainly not going to have a draft, media commentary and online anxiety have surfaced * Middle East crisis – live updates The United States is almost certainly not going to have a military draft to fight Iran. That hasn’t stopped the chatter, and anxiety, across the country. In recent weeks, Donald Trump has ordered a number of marines and army paratroopers to head to the Middle East, gesturing toward a possible ground war to reopen the strait of Hormuz or secure nuclear weapons material. The provocative military activity has led to speculative conversation about what it would take to invade a country twice the population and three times the territory of Iraq. Continue reading...

If President Trump approves the plans, such an effort would mark a new phase of the war that could be significantly more dangerous to U.S. troops than the first four weeks.