Texas

Some 170 rival motorcycle gang members have been charged with engaging in organized crime linked to capital murder after a mass brawl at a Texas restaurant left nine people dead, police said on May 18.

A shootout among rival motorcycle gangs at a popular Texas restaurant left nine bikers dead and 18 injured, and it sent panicked patrons and bystanders fleeing for safety, a police spokesman said May 17.

The violence erupted shortly after noon at a busy shopping center about a 90-minute drive south of Dallas.

Natalie Portman will play the part of Jackie Kennedy in a biopic which will concentrate on the life of the famous former US First Lady, and the four days following her husband’s assassination.

“Jackie” will take start at the moment of John F’s assassination in Dallas, Texas, 22nd of November 1963.

Shooting is expected to begin by the end of 2015.

A few days after jihadists attacked the comic sketch exhibition in Texas, the US is raising its security levels on bases on US soil.

According to the FBI, the jihadist threat led to said increase in security, since there are hundreds of jihadist supporters on social media operating in the US.

You probably know what happened in Garland, Texas, on May 5. The "Muhammad Art Exhibit and Cartoon Contest" was attacked by two gunmen, who were killed by the police before they could cause any harm. Since then, a possible link between the two Muslim attackers and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has been sought and discussed.

It would be a serious “scoop” if proved true… The Independent on Friday circulated a report attributed to the alternative weekly “Athens Voice” by which Yanis Varoufakis’ wife, the elegant and attractive Danae Stratou, is the inspiration of Pulp’s 1995 hit “Common People”.

By Aggelos Petropoulos

The Islamic State of Iraq an the Levant (ISIL) group claimed responsibility Tuesday for the assault on a Texas cartoon contest that featured images of the Prophet Muhammad, but counterterrorism experts said ISIL has a history of asserting involvement in attacks in which it had no operational role.

A company called Vonlane in the US decided to bring about a stylish and comfortable revolution in bus transportation.

Instead of having noisy, cramped, smelly buses, Vonlane equipped its buses with half of the total seats, dressed them up in leather, and a wooden parquet floor.

US investigators probed the background of two slain gunmen May 5 after the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) claimed it had ordered an attack targeting an exhibit of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed.