A police officer is gunned down in his patrol car in Penn Hills, Pa., while waiting for backup. Near Seattle, four officers starting their day at a coffee shop are ambushed by an ex-con with a handgun. Four officers are shot to death in Oakland, Calif., after a traffic stop gone awry. ...more

December 26, 2009

A police officer is gunned down in his patrol car in Penn Hills, Pa., while waiting for backup. Near Seattle, four officers starting their day at a coffee shop are ambushed by an ex-con with a handgun. Another four officers are shot to death in Oakland, Calif., after a traffic stop gone awry. Across the nation, 2009 was a particularly perilous year for officers involved in gun disputes. ...more

December 13, 2009

Observation of the bickering and machination these past four weeks on the issue of "bailing out" the auto industry should cause grave concern about the future of this country. The outrageous attacks on the CEOs, unions and employees certainly verify the mean-spirited, hard-nosed and imperialistic image of the Republican Party. It is now crystal-clear that cheap labor and poverty wages are the core of "conservative" policy. ...more

December 24, 2008

An American military investigation concluded Tuesday that five to seven civilians and 30 to 35 Taliban were killed in an airstrike operation in western Afghanistan last month, far lower than the figure of 90 civilians that Afghan and United Nations officials found in preliminary investigations. ...more

September 3, 2008

A U.N. human rights team has found "convincing evidence" that some 90 civilians - among them 60 children - were killed in airstrikes on a village in western Afghanistan on Thursday night. ...more

August 27, 2008