EDITED BY KALAHAN DENG Donald Trump and members of his Secret Service detail were briefly trapped in an elevator Friday before a campaign rally in Colorado Springs. They were rescued by firefighters with theColorado Springs Fire Department, which lowered a ladder into the elevator, allowing Trump and his entourage to climb out. Two Trump campaign sources confirmed the incident to ...

EDITED BY KALAHAN DENG At the same time that political tensions between Washington and Moscow were raging this week, the US and Russia calmly handled the emergency landing of a US military aircraft in western Siberia, according to the Pentagon. The incident occurred Wednesday when the landing gear of a US observation flight malfunctioned and the plane had to make ...

EDITED BY KALAHAN DENG An off-duty Indianapolis police officer shot a fellow officer Friday and then fled to Cincinnati, where he was later arrested, according to police. Indianapolis police identified the officer in custody as 42-year-old Adrian Aurs. Both Aurs and the victim worked at the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, where Aurs is an 18-year veteran, said Sgt. Kendale Adams. ...

EDITED BY KALAHAN DENG A hot air balloon carrying 16 people crashed in central Texas after catching fire in the air Saturday morning, the Federal Aviation Administration said. There were no survivors in the crash near Lockhart, about 30 miles south of Austin, the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office said. Here’s the latest information on the crash: — Two sources told ...

  WRITTEN BY KALAHAN DENG If the enslavement of our forefathers (black people) in the past could not break their spirit, then how much more can racism demoralizes us today? The fact is, you cannot make a racist man denounces his racist attitude. For his temper and reasoning are unpredictable like an avalanche in the winter season. Now, let’s imagine ...

WRITTEN BY KALAHAN DENG The Republican Convention that was held in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A. has in fact revealed a true colour of leaders who want white America without the rest of the non-white that make up what is known to be the greatest nation of our era. Mr. Donald Trump believes that he can fix everything on his own, in ...

EDITED BY KALAHAN DENG After days of bloodshed in South Sudan, an uneasy truce is in effect in the world’s youngest nation, where soldiers slaughtered dozens last week. South Sudan President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar appealed for calm after days of heavy fighting between their soldiers. Kiir and Machar have separate forces loyal to each side, but ...

EDITED BY KALAHAN DENG  ISIS is claiming responsibility for a joint suicide bombing Saturday that killed dozens of people during a peaceful demonstration by a minority group in Kabul, Afghanistan. “I saw tens of people laying down in blood around me and hundreds of people running away from the scene,” said Fatima Faizi, an Afghan freelance journalist. So far, 80 ...

WRITTEN BY KALAHAN DENG I would like to say this to those who believe in violence to solve their problems, killing American police officers is not an answer to the majority of the African-Americans who feel as being neglected by their justice system.  Police officers are not the ones that make the laws in America; they are just law enforcers ...

WRITTEN BY KALAHAN DENG Racism in America in the past was considered as a part of convention or social institution that has no boundaries or limitations against black people. This is a hard fact about America which many people do not know or understand. Freedom for black people was one thing and equality something else. In other words, black and ...