Want to Know | GlobalPost

NY Police: fatal shooting was an anti-gay hate crime

Kaitlin FunaroMay 19, 2013 11:54

Police say that the man accused of a seemingly random murder in New York City was shouting anti-gay slurs before pulling out a revolver and shooting a man in the face. Late Friday, Harlem resident Marc Carson was out on the town with a friend, standing just blocks away from the gay rights landmark, the Stonewall Inn, when he was confronted by a group of three men.

John Lennon's custom electric guitar sold for $408,000 at auction

Kaitlin FunaroMay 19, 2013 11:21

A custom electric guitar played by both John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles sold for $408,000 at a New York auction. The semi-hollow custom Vox guitar features two symmetrical flared shoulders on the upper body. It was made in 1966 and used by Harrison to play "I Am The Walrus" for a scene from Magical Mystery Tour in 1967. Lennon also played the guitar in a video for "Hello, Goodbye" later that year.

Tunisian Islamists clash with police over banned rally

Kaitlin FunaroMay 19, 2013 10:49

At least one supporter of the hard line Islamic group Ansar al-Sharia died in clashes with Tunisian police on Sunday, after the group encouraged its supporters to defy a government ban on their annual rally.

Twin accidentally shot dead by police after taken hostage

Ellen ConnollyMay 19, 2013 10:36

A New York college student was accidentally shot dead by police after her and her twin sister were taken hostage.

Man drives car into Virgina parade, injuring dozens

Kaitlin FunaroMay 19, 2013 10:23

Police are investigating what caused an elderly man to plow his car into a crowd of hikers gathered for a parade in Virginia, injuring about 60 people. The accident happened Saturday afternoon in a small Virginia mountain town close to the Tennessee border.

Iran hangs two men alleged Israeli and US spies

Daniel DeFraiaMay 19, 2013 08:58

Mohammad Heidari had allegedly smuggled security secrets to Israeli intelligence agency, the Mossad, and Kourosh Ahmadi, reportedly collected information for the Central Intelligence Agency. Both were hanged at dawn.

North Korea fires short-range missile for 2nd consecutive day

Daniel DeFraiaMay 19, 2013 08:04

"North Korea fired a short-range missile as it did yesterday into its east sea in the afternoon," the officer told Yohnap, a South Korean news agency.

Gunmen abduct father of Assad spokesman Faisal Mekdad

Daniel DeFraiaMay 18, 2013 16:50

"Today [Saturday] armed men abducted Mekdad's father from his home in the village of Ghossom," in the southern province of Daraa," a government source said. "They beat him up in front of his family then took him to Daraa city."

DSM-5, controversial update to psych manual, released

Talia RalphMay 18, 2013 15:09

The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, known simply as the DSM-5, was released by the American Psychiatric Association this week amid criticism of the guide’s changes.

Libya unrest: Armed groups attack Benghazi military posts

Daniel DeFraiaMay 18, 2013 13:06

No deaths were reported in four separate overnight attacks on the three posts, where assailants used rocket-propelled grenades and bombs, commander Hamed Belkhair said.