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Honoring veterans on Veterans Day

11/9/2018, 2:42:52 AM
Veteran’s Day had its origin at the end of World War I in 1918, a conflict so horrendous that it was dubbed “the Great War” or “the war to end all wars,” with the United States playing the decisive role in the Allied powers final victory. ✔ It went into effect on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, after some 20 million people from both sides had given their lives in the war effort ✔ Not surprisingly, the number of veterans who turn out to vote has been consistently higher than non-veterans by 16 percent to 30 percent ✔ His father, a World War II veteran, is 95 years old



The wargame that could have ended the world

11/9/2018, 1:20:32 AM
A military exercise staged 35 years ago this week almost triggered World War Three. Previously secret documents now reveal what happened. ✔ On 7 November 1983, around 100 senior military officers gathered at Nato headquarters in Brussels to ‘fight’ World War Three ✔ There was also an unprecedented emphasis on civil defence measures ✔ If a crisis comes along, the chances of a misunderstanding of the sort we saw in 1983 will be greater



'Horrific scene': 13 dead including gunman at California bar

11/9/2018, 12:37:43 AM
undefined ✔ Law enforcement officers and workers react after the hearse carrying the body of Sergeant Ron Helus arrives at the medical examiner's office in Ventura, Calif., Nov. 08 ✔ The gunman was tall and wearing all black with a hood and his face partly covered, witnesses told TV stations



Harrowing video shows gunman shoot victims inside California bar

11/9/2018, 3:18:24 AM
WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO The sickening video shows ex-Marine Ian Michael Long, 28, stalking through the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks, California late Wednesday. ✔ Telemachus Orfanos Kristina Kaylee Morisette  Morisette worked as the cashier at Borderline Bar and Grill ✔ The killer shot himself before police were able to get inside the building  Many inside the bar had to throw bar stools to break the windows and escape as the gunman opened fire



Thousand Oaks gunman had ‘several contacts’ with police over the years

11/9/2018, 2:35:40 AM
Ian David Long killed 12 in a shooting rampage at a California bar. ✔ By Tony Biasotti , William Wan and William Wan National correspondent covering science and news Email Bio Follow Frances Stead Sellers Frances Stead Sellers Senior writer covering national politics Email Bio Follow November 8 at 9:12 PM THOUSAND OAKS, Calif ✔ The college confirmed Long was a former student who last attended the school in 2016



Thousand Oaks gunman was a Marine veteran who often visited the site of the shooting

11/9/2018, 12:41:25 AM
The gunman who killed 12 people at the Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, California, was a 28-year-old veteran of the Marine Corps who had previous run-ins with the law, officials said. ✔ Photos: In photos: Mass shooting at California bar Tim Dominguez, who was in the bar with his son, sits distraught under a freeway overpass near the crime scene in Thousand Oaks ✔ Murphy, Cheri Mossburg, Ryan Browne, Sonya Hamasaki and Joe Sutton contributed to this report



Inside, it was ‘like hell.’ Another mass shooting in another public place claims 12 lives

11/9/2018, 2:15:56 AM
Being young in America during an age of massacres means that when the gunfire starts, everyone knows what to do: Run and hide. ✔ Many of the patrons were drawn by the college country night promotion ✔ Rob Kuznia and Tony Biasotti in Thousand Oaks, Calif., and Julie Tate, Alice Crites, Jennifer Jenkins, William Wan, Allyson Chiu, Antonia Noori Farzan, Meagan Flynn, Kyle Swenson, Fred Barbash, Alex Horton, Amar Nadir, Lindsey Bever, Isaac Stanley-Becker and Matt Zapotosky in Washington contributed to this report



The truth about the Trump economic boom

11/9/2018, 2:42:43 AM
Former President Obama has been claiming credit for the Trump economic boom, saying he paved the way for President Trump’s remarkable success. Not quite. ✔ Because capitalism responds to consumer needs, it is actually the most altruistic economic system ✔ Ronald Kessler, a former Washington Post and Wall Street Journal investigative reporter, is the author of The Trump White House: Changing the Rules of the Game (Crown Forum)



Ian David Long, California bar shooter, guns should have been confiscated, neighbor says

11/9/2018, 2:33:43 AM
The specific motive behind Wednesday night’s massacre at a packed Southern California bar, the latest mass shooting to rock the nation, remains a mystery ✔ ‘Acting irrationally’ In the California case, police officials said they had witnessed Long acting irrationally when they visited his home in April and speculated that he may have been dealing with PTSD, though there is no evidence that Long had made any violent threats



12 dead & 10 hurt as veteran 'with PTSD' storms bar in ski mask

11/9/2018, 12:35:35 AM
TERRIFYING footage has emerged from inside the California bar of the exact moment a troubled army vet gunned down 12 people – before turning the gun on himself. During the chilling 38-second … ✔ Jason Coffman tonight revealed his son Cody Coffman was among the victims ✔ Tearful students huddled in blankets, behind the cordon hugging and waiting anxiously for news of their friends ✔ It was ranked as the fourth safest among cities with a population greater than 100,000 in the US by the FBI's 2013 Uniform Crime Reports



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