osama bin laden

Last Monday, the world was talking about the reports of the death of Osama bin Laden.  One Clear Brook High School teacher took it upon himself to make jokes at the expense of a Muslim student.  The freshman algebra teacher told one student, who is described as an American-born girl of Muslim faith, "I bet you're grieving...

Sohaib Athar was vacationing in the mountains outside of Abbottabad, Pakistan, late Sunday night when he heard the sounds of helicopters closing in. The IT consultant had his laptop with him, so he began live-tweeting what we now know were U.S. special forces descending upon Osama bin Laden's hideout. "Uh oh, now I'm the guy who liveblogged the Osama raid without knowing it," Athar conc

In a stunning development, President Barack Obama confirmed late Sunday evening that Osama bin Laden, the leader of terrorist group Al-Qaeda responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks, was killed Sunday in Pakistan. Obama made the announcement in a televised address shortly after 11:30 PM ET, about an hour after reports of bin Laden's death had made their way onto the Internet.