Damar Hamlin’s recovery is moving in “a positive direction” two days after the Buffalo Bills safety collapsed and went into cardiac arrest during a game against Cincinnati, the player’s marketing representative said Wednesday. “We all remain optimistic,” Jordon Rooney, a family spokesman who described himself as a good friend of...
Shooting at San Diego Area Synagogue Kills 1, Wounds 3
POWAY — A 19-year-old man armed with a rifle opened fire inside a synagogue near San Diego as worshippers celebrated the last day of Passover, killing a woman and wounding three people Saturday, authorities said. The man, whose name was not released, fled in a car and called 911 shortly...
NFL's 100th Season Schedule Finalized
NEW YORK — The NFL's 100th season will begin with its most classic rivalry and feature the Super Bowl champion Patriots hosting Pittsburgh in the first Sunday night game. As previously announced, NFL 100 will kick off with Green Bay at Chicago for the 199th meeting of a series that...
Their Members Were Massacred. Now Pittsburgh Jews Help New Zealand Muslims.
A Pittsburgh synagogue that was the victim of a shooting massacre killing 11 worshippers last October is raising funds to support New Zealand's Muslim community. An Australian white supremacist is charged with killing 50 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, during Friday prayers. The Goal Is $100,000 As...
Days After Synagogue Massacre, Online Hate is Thriving
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A website popular with racists that was used by the man charged in the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre was shut down within hours of the slaughter, but it hardly mattered: Anti-Semites and racists who hang out in such havens just moved to other online forums. On Wednesday, four...
Fresno Vigils Tonight Will Remember Pittsburgh Synagogue Victims
Two Fresno synagogues will hold vigils Tuesday night (Oct. 30) to honor the memories of the 11 people murdered in Pittsburgh on Saturday. Temple Beth Israel (6622 N. Maroa, Fresno) will hold “A Gathering of Peace and Understanding” event led by Rabbi Rick Winer. The Islamic Cultural Center of Fresno will...
'I'm Barely Breathing.' Synagogue Survivor Recounts Terror.
PITTSBURGH — A survivor of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre described Sunday how he and other terrorized worshippers concealed themselves in a supply closet as the gunman stepped over the body of a man he had just shot and killed, entered their darkened hiding spot and looked around. "I can't say...
Immigrant, Muslim Groups Lead Fundraising Efforts for Synagogue Victims
Following Saturday's massacre at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue, two crowdfunding appeals have raised close to $725,000 to assist the victims as of Monday morning. Since launching, a campaign on the GoFundMe site had collected nearly $600,000 in donations as of Monday morning while a separate effort on the LaunchGood...
Police: Synagogue Gunman Said He Wanted All Jews to Die
PITTSBURGH — The suspect in the mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue expressed hatred of Jews during the rampage and told officers afterward that Jews were committing genocide and that he wanted them all to die, according to charging documents made public Sunday. Robert Gregory Bowers killed eight men and...
Father of Zombie Films Being Honored on 'Living Dead"s 50th
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh is set to honor the father of modern American zombie films outside the theater where his "Night of the Living Dead" premiered 50 years ago. The widow of filmmaker George Romero, Mayor Bill Peduto and others will gather at 10:30 p.m. Monday. Romero died last year. His...