TEL AVIV (Agence France-Presse) — A masked man opened fire on a crowd at a gay community center in Tel Aviv late Saturday, killing three people and wounding at least 10 others, the Israeli emergency services said. A young man and a young woman were killed on the spot and the third victim died in […]
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CAMP PENDLETON — A sailor charged with killing and burning a Navy seaman during an arson attack at Camp Pendleton was found dead in the base’s brig, according to Navy officials. Petty Officer Jonathan Campos, 32, of Lancaster, apparently asphyxiated himself by ingesting toilet paper, said Brian O’Rourke, a spokesman for Navy Region Southwest. Campos
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President Barack Obama is scheduled to posthumously award America’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to Harvey Milk, one of the country’s first openly gay elected officials. The award will be accepted at a White House ceremony August 12th by Stuart Milk, the nephew of the late San Francisco Supervisor and civil rights activist. "The
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BAGHDAD — The young man turns to the camera and pleads with his tormentors. "I’m not a terrorist," he tells the Iraqi police who surround him. "I want you to know I am different. But I am not a terrorist." To some fundamentalist Iraqi Muslims, Ahmed Sadoun Saleh was worse than a terrorist. He was
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As many as three explosive devices reportedly detonated in two track stadiums of the Outgames in Copenhagen, leaving one person with minor injuries. Before the men’s 4×200-meter track relay in the afternoon, two bombs were thrown onto the track and exploded instantly, according to a witness writing in an e-mail obtained by Advocate.com. An Outgames athlete
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A major slash to the State Budget made today by the Governor will result in critical changes to health services for the people of California. HIV/AIDS programs were drastically compromised by the Governor’s actions. Read the story here: Schwarzenegger Slashes Health Care To Create A Surplus
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The Get Engaged Tour , organized by Marriage Equality USA, was a recent set of meetings held throughout the state of California, including one here in Fresno, which I participated in with other local LGBT groups and activists. The meetings solicited communities to come out, listen to results of polling data concerning public opinion on
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Just a month ago I made the biggest decision of my life. I packed up my bags, kissed my family and friends goodbye and I moved here, to Fresno, from Gawler, South Australia. Three weeks ago, it was the best thing I’d ever done, woohoo. Two weeks ago, I was wondering what in the world
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UPDATE: JUDGE ORDERS MCINERNEY TO STAND TRIAL FOR THE MURDER OF LAWRENCE KING, STATING THAT THE MURDER WAS CLEARLY PRE-MEDITATED. CLICK HERE FOR THE STORY. Lawrence King, at the age of 15, was shot and killed by a classmate on February 12, 2008. His pre-trial began Monday, July 20th, 2009. Tactics were vivid on the
When I first heard of the federal case for same sex marriage I agreed with some of the things I read. Maybe this was the wrong time. Maybe it was doomed to fail, based on the history of other challenges which weren’t supported by a majority on a state level. I’ve been there since, wondering
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