“People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is offering a reward of up to $15,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a half-dressed man who appeared to kick a squirrel off the edge of the Grand Canyon in a video that has gone viral. A spokeswoman …

“A jury in Detroit found Theodore Wafer guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter in the death of Renisha McBride Thursday, according to the Associated Press. Wafer, 55, was on trial in Detroit’s Wayne County Circuit Court after shooting 19-year-old McBride on his porch in November. McBride appeared at Wafer’s house …

“New York City’s Naked Cowboy may have met his match. San Francisco Board of Supervisors candidate George Davis stripped buck naked in Times Square on Wednesday to campaign for the right to be nude in public. Davis spoke out against a 2013 San Francisco public nudity ban introduced by his …

“A Christian radio host who enthusiastically looks for signs the world will end welcomed the Ebola virus as a cleansing force. “This Ebola epidemic could become a global pandemic and that’s another name for plague,” said broadcaster Rick Wiles on his “Trunews” program. “It may be the great attitude adjustment …

“Airstrikes on towns in northern Iraq seized by Islamist militants began late Thursday in what Kurdish and Iraqi officials called the first stage of an American-led intervention to blunt the militants’ advance and provide emergency aid to tens of thousands of refugees. The Pentagon firmly denied that American forces had …

“In February 2013, Move America Forward announced an ambitious fundraising goal. The charity, launched in part by one of the most prominent figures in the Tea Party movement, had adopted the 800 Marines in a battalion fighting in Afghanistan and wanted to send them all care packages. “For some troops, …

“President Barack Obama continued his forceful defense of Israel on Wednesday, blaming Hamas for the conflict in Gaza that has left nearly 1,900 Palestinians and 67 Israelis dead. “I have no sympathy for Hamas. I have great sympathy for ordinary people who are struggling within Gaza,” Obama said at a …

TYT140 – A Lot of News in a Little Time Top stories for August 7, 2014: – Iraq’s Yazidi refugees trapped on a mountain top (full story: http://ow.ly/A54Ke) – Russia hits back at west with ban on imported food (full story: http://ow.ly/A54GV) – Khmer Rouge leaders sentenced in Cambodia (full …

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