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A Texas Whataburger employee was fired Wednesday for refusing to serve two police officers in what the company is describing as an appalling incident. Officers Michael Magovern and Cameron Beckham were working off-duty security at a construction site on I-35 early Wednesday morning when they decided to stop at the restaurant in Lewisville, FOX 26 reports. Magovern said before he could even place his order, the man behind the counter told him “We don’t serve police officers.” The two officers decided to leave and went and got food at Dairy Queen instead. "We were appalled to hear of an employee...

Americans are bracing for a summer of racial disturbances around the country, such as those that have wracked Baltimore, with African Americans and whites deeply divided about why the urban violence has occurred, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll has found. A resounding 96% of adults surveyed said it was likely there would be additional racial disturbances this summer, a signal that Americans believe Baltimore’s recent problems aren’t a local phenomenon but instead are symptomatic of broader national problems. When asked to explain recent events in Baltimore and other cities that have seen confrontations between police and members of...

Chairman of the Holocaust Educational Trust Lord Greville Janner has welcomed news at the weekend that British police have launched their biggest-ever investigation into Nazi war criminals who found refuge in Britain after World War Two. The breakthrough has come with the decision to allow officers from the anti-terrorist branch to examine patient records held by the National Health Service to determine how many of the 7,100 SS troops permitted to Britain after the war are still alive. According to the Sunday Telegraph here, all those identified - estimated to be about 1,200 people will be investigated, either as possible...