Posts by Kayda Norman

Emotions ran high in a New York state courtroom packed with supporters of the Sean Bell family this morning. Judge Arthur Cooperman delivered a not-guilty verdict in the case of slain groomsman Sean Bell who was shot 50 times by undercover police officers on his wedding day. As the words acquitted of all charges rang [...]

<p>Today the largest U.S. bank, Citigroup Inc.,&nbsp; announced a $5.1 billion loss and 9,000 layoffs. It’s tough news for a company whose chairman of the executive committee, former Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin, is often credited for crafting the financial boom of the 1990s. The Washington Independent’s finance reporter Mary Kane <a href="http://www.washingtonindependent.com/view/credit-crisis-not">predicted</a> problems for [...]

<p>At a public mass held at the Washington Nationals Stadium today, Pope Benedict warned the 46,000 attendees of the dangers of secularism and then asked for help in healing the wounds of the clergy child abuse scandal. Benedict made similar remarks speaking to American bishops and at the White House on Wednesday. The striking dichotomy [...]