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Al Qaeda Leader Al-Zawahiri Declares War on ISIS 'Caliph' Al-Baghdadi

Just ahead of the fourteenth anniversary of al Qaeda’s 9/11 attacks on the U.S., the leader of the terrorist group took aim in an angry speech at a mortal enemy — but not American “crusaders” this time. Ayman al-Zawahiri, the Egyptian doctor who replaced Osama bin Laden as the head of al Qaeda four years ago, in a new audio message accused ISIS top leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi of “sedition”

Police trials in Freddie Gray death to stay in Baltimore: judge

By Donna Owens BALTIMORE (Reuters) – A Baltimore judge on Thursday denied a request for a change of venue for the trials of six police officers charged in the death of a black man who died from an injury in police custody. The death of Freddie Gray Jr. in April triggered protests, including a day of rioting and fueled a U.S. debate on police treatment of minorities. Defense lawyers for

Seattle schools canceled for second day as teachers strike over pay, hours

Seattle educators and support staff took to picket lines on Wednesday for the first time in three decades on what should have been the first day of the school year. The walkout by the 5,000-member teachers’ union was the latest upheaval in Washington state’s public education system following court cases challenging charter schools and classroom funding. “Seattle Public Schools appreciates our teachers and educators.