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Rolling Thunder XXVI May 26, 2013: Until They Are Home

Always remember our troops serving, those who have borne the battle and those who gave their lives for us so we can live free!

(WASHINGTON DC) - Few things are more "American" than the roar of hundreds of thousands of bikers riding through Washington D.C.

Each year bikers honor the more than 58,000 who gave their lives in the Vietnam War and the countless number left behind.

Israeli Intactivist Group Produces Hebrew Materials

Israeli anti-circumcision activists are busy and their efforts constant...

(TEL AVIV) - One subject we cover frequently at Salem-News.com is the stark reality of circumcision of boys and girls.

Our articles examine the physical and emotional implications...

EXCLUSIVE: Diane Downs Never Held a Weapon, How Could She Have Shot Her Kids?

Though her appeals are used up, Downs' advocates have unearthed 4700 pages of evidence the prosecution did not share during the trial.

(EUGENE, OR) - It's hard to say exactly what convicted Diane Downs in the shooting of her children, a terrible event that played out on a dark night in 1983.

If one word plays into the scenario over and over, it is "emotion" and that is indeed a raw, powerful determiner of guilt in many cases, sometimes appropriately, sometimes not.

Activist Violently Arrested For Filming At Oregon Rodeo

SHARK’S video of horse tripping at the 2012 Big Loop Rodeo inspired Sen. Mark Hass, D-Beaverton to introduce a horse-tripping ban.

(JORDAN VALLEY, OR) - Animal Rights volunteer Adam Fahnestock was monitoring the Big Loop Rodeo Saturday when rodeo personnel and a deputy approached him.

After a very brief conversation, the deputy suddenly grabbed Fahnestock and threw him violently to the ground where rodeo personnel then also set upon him.

Bombing Kills 15 in Kabul, 6 Americans: Is this What Winning Looks Like? (+ VICE video)

A sad and realistic view of the Afghan war now.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Gulbuddin Hikmatyar’s Hizb-i Islami [the Islamic Party] guerrilla group bombed a military convoy in Kabul this morning, killing 15, including 6 Americans.

The Reagan administration gave Hikmatyar billions in the 1980s because he was effective in fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan, but in 2001 the old guerrilla switched sides and allied with the Taliban in an effort to get the US back out of his country.

Father Beaten To Death By 9 Sheriffs, Bystanders Captured On Camera

Bakersfield cops drop to an all time low?

(BAKERSFIELD) - A Bakersfield father of four died this week after struggling with nearly nine police officers outside of a medical facility. Witnesses say that the thirty-three year old pled for his life.

Reports say he died early Wednesday morning after being struck by nine officers an unreported number of times. He was believed to be intoxicated.

`Black Night in Bangladesh` - Government Accused of Massacring Thousands

It's time for the world to do something. It's time to terminate the Murderous government of Bangladesh.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - The 6^th of May 2013 will go down in history as one of the darkest nights in the history of Bangladesh.

This is a government that has no problem striking down unarmed citizens in cold blood, in fact that is the way this country was formed, perhaps it will be the same it ends.

BANGLADESH: The Motijheel Massacre: Many Die After Police Fire At Protesters

Unarmed protestors slaughtered by government forces in Bangladesh.

(DHAKA, Bangladesh) - Bangladesh security forces opened fire on protesters in Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital city, killing many after a rally numbering up to a million people.

While the exact number of dead is unknown, estimates range from several dozens, to hundreds, possibly more than a thousand.

Statement by Professor Israel Shahak: On the Jewish hatred towards Christianity

Professor Israel Shahak is an Israeli citizen, former concentration camp inmate during WW II, and the founder of Israel's Human Rights League.

(TEL AVIV) - Dishonouring Christian religious symbols is an old religious duty in Judaism.

Spitting on the cross, an especially on the Crucifix, and spitting when a Jew passes a church, have been obligatory from around AD 200 for pious Jews.

New Orleans` Shooting 19 Wounded Including 2 Kids at Mother`s Day Parade

Nine people were taken to the area's University Hospital, eight of them having sustained gunshot wounds, according to WWLTV. Three are said to be critical condition.

(NEW ORLEANS) - At least 17 people were reportedly wounded during a Mother's Day parade in New Orleans on Sunday.

Among the victims was a 10-year-old girl who was grazed by a bullet.