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A member of a group of Islamic State militants who beheaded American hostages in Iraq and Syria, and were nicknamed "The Beatles" for their British accents, was found guilty of terrorism offenses in…
Islamic State 'Beatles' cell member convicted in US of beheading hostages
WASHINGTON: A member of a group of Daesh militants who beheaded American hostages in Iraq and Syria, and were nicknamed “The Beatles” for their British accents, was found guilty of terrorism offenses in a US court on Thursday. A jury found El Shafee Elsheikh, 33, guilty on all counts following a trial in Alexandria, Virginia, just outside Washington, on charges including
US jury decides Elsheikh part of gang that beheaded American hostages
Earlier this year, Linda Thompson walked into what must've been a very tough room to enter: a gathering of area mothers who'd lost their children to gun violence. Thompson wasn't there as a mother who'd lost a child, but as a representative of the Wilmington Police Department. Before taking a new job this past summer, Thompson had worked for the WPD for 25 years, serving as both head public information officer and, more recently, as both a PIO and a diversity and inclusion officer. She wasn't expecting it, but "I knew just about every face in that room. I had to take a deep breath," Thompson ...