Paris Terror Attacks: 120 Dead, 8 Attackers Killed

VIDEO [CC] - Exclusive: Paris terror attacks, at least 153 killed in gunfire and blasts, French officials say in Paris.

CNN PARIS - On a night when thousands of Paris residents and tourists were reveling and fans were enjoying a soccer match between France and world champion Germany, horror struck in an unprecedented manner.



Terrorists - some with AK 47s, some reportedly with bombs strapped to them - attacked sites throughout the French capital and at the stadium where the soccer match was underway.

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Scores were killed in the coordinated attacks late Friday, leaving a nation in mourning and the world in shock. CNN will update this story as information comes in: [Latest developments, posted at 11:59 p.m. ET]



• Paris Prosecutor spokeswoman Agnès Thibault-Lecuivre said eight extremists are dead after attacks. Seven of them were killed in suicide bombings.

• U.S. President Barack Obama spoke with French President Francois Hollande to offer condolences and assistance in the investigation, the White House said. Earlier, Obama said, "This is an attack not just on Paris, not just on the people on France, but an attack on all humanity and the universal values we share." He called the attacks an "outrageous attempt to terrorize innocent civilians."



• A total of six locations were attacked in and just outside the capital, Paris prosecutor François Molins told reporters Saturday.



“Paris has been hit again by terror tonight,” Deputy Mayor Patrick Klugman said on Twitter.

Paris frappé à nouveau ce soir par la terreur.

— Patrick Klugman (@PKlugman) November 13, 2015

• Five suspected attackers have been "neutralized," said Molins. It was unclear whether that term meant the terrorists were dead.



• A witness tells Radio France that attackers inside the Bataclan concert hall entered firing rifles and shouting "Allah akbar."



• At least 153 people were killed in the Paris and Saint-Denis shootings and bombings, French officials said. Saint-Denis is home to the national stadium where the soccer match was being played.

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• The worst carnage occurred at Bataclan, with at least 112 left dead. A journalist who was at a rock concert there escaped and told CNN: "We lied down on the floor not to get hurt. It was a huge panic.



The terrorists shot at us for 10 to 15 minutes. It was a bloodbath." Julien Pearce didn't hear the attackers speak, but he said one friend who escaped heard them talk about Iraq and Syria. Later, he said the men were speaking French. Two men dressed in black started shooting and after wounded people fell to the floor, the gunmen shot them again, execution-style, he said ... Read More: http://cnn.com/2015/11/13/world/paris-shooting/



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Deaf Arsonist Set Fire To Deaf Family's Home

VIDEO: Caught on camera: The shocking moment a drug-fuelled arsonist poured a gallon of petrol on to the house of a Deaf family sleeping inside before setting it on fire.



LONDON - A drug-fuelled arsonist has been sentenced to jail after he was caught red-handed on camera trying to set the home of a Deaf family on fire while they were sleeping inside.



Michael Douglas was paid £1,600 to target the victims by pouring petrol onto their house and then setting it alight in the early hours of the early morning.



The family's CCTV cameras caught Douglas, who is profoundly Deaf himself, and an unknown accomplice running up to the house in Bradford, West Yorkshire, emptying a gallon of fuel and setting it alight before making their escape.

The shocking moment a drug-fuelled arsonist poured a gallon of petrol on to the house of a Deaf family sleeping inside before setting it on fire.



Bradford Crown Court heard that the arsonist was drunk and high on cocaine and cannabis when he carried out the attack at 5am on May 26.



He has been jailed for five years and three months after pleading guilty to arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered as well as a variety of motoring offences.



Douglas told police he had been paid £1,600 to 'light the house' but had refused to kidnap the mother who lived there because the whole family was Deaf, the Telegraph & Argus reported.



After the 26-year-old father of four and his accomplice fled the scene, a neighbour called 999 and the victims were unharmed, although the ground floor of their house, their garage and the wheelie bins were damaged... Read more: HERE

Deaf Indian Woman Returns Home After 12-Years

VIDEO: Deaf Indian woman Geeta 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' to return home nearly after being stranded in Pakistan for 12 years.

NEW DELHI - Several families had come forward to claim the Deaf and mute Indian girl is their daughter. The Punjab Rangers brought her to the Edhi Foundation nearly 14 years ago, said Faisal Edhi of the social welfare group.



She was barely 11 years old when she accidentally crossed the border and landed in Pakistan. Now in her early 20s, Geeta - who is Deaf and mute - is set to return to her homeland as her family has been traced in India.



The Centre said on Thursday that Geeta will be reunited with her family.

“Geeta will be back in India soon. We have located her family. She will be handed over to the family only after the DNA test,” External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said.



Geeta was being looked after by Edhi Foundation, a charitable organisation, in Karachi. The 23-year-old has identified her family through a photograph and they reportedly live in Bihar. Pakistani authorities said they have completed all formalities to repatriate Geeta to India.



“We have completed all formalities on our part for repatriation of Geeta. The Indian side has already been informed accordingly. We, therefore, are waiting for response from the Indian High Commission regarding the mode of her return,” Foreign Office spokesperson Qazi Khalilullah said.



Geeta’s case came to light after Bollywood star Salman Khan’s film Bajrangi Bhaijaan was released earlier this year. ... Read More: HERE

Deaf and Hearing Worlds Unite - Shares Story

VIDEO [CC] Deaf and Hearing Worlds Unite: North Dakota couple shares story.



DES LACS, ND - KXNews - It's said that marriage is the ultimate partnership.



And perhaps no two people know that to be true as well as Darrell and Susan Francis.



Tonight the couple shared their experiences with Minot State University students and community members, as part of National Deaf Awareness Week.



Susan has been Deaf since birth; Darrell is Hearing. The Des Lacs couple told stories and took questions about their forty-two year marriage - what it was like to meet, date, get married, and raise three children in a hard-of-hearing environment.

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(Off-Camera) "When you first started dating, was it kind of frustrating for both of you on both ends? Or was it pretty easy?"



(Darrell Francis, Des Lacs) "It was... quiet."



(signing for Susan Francis, Des Lacs) "Yeah, he didn't know what to do."



(Darrell Francis) "Don't tell them everything!" "Raising a family of three boys, all hearing - she did most of that on her own, because I was working. I held two jobs. She did a great job raising the kids."



Darrell and Susan have nine grandchildren and Darrell says they've started picking up bits of sign language, too. Source

Deaf Teen Girl Awaiting Adoption

VIDEO: True Inspiration: Deaf teen awaiting adoption, strives to better life.



Forever Family shares the inspiration of a Deaf teen girl, Maci waiting in foster care for adoption, strives to better life for others.

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Forever Family has expanded from a small, grass-roots effort on NBC Miami to include ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX television stations in Florida, North Carolina and in national programming. Since 2002, thousands of viewers have stepped up to help our children. In addition, our toll-free hotline, web and social media sites act as a clearinghouse tying together concerned citizens with national, state and local child welfare agencies. To learn more visit http://foreverfamily.org

Deaf Fremont School Football Team Interviews

VIDEO - California School for the Deaf - High School Media Day.



MaxPreps is America's source for high school sports, shares the video in American Sign Language. The Football USA High School Media Day: Exclusive interview with the California School for the Deaf Football Team - Fremont, CA.

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Deaf Woman Brutally Beaten and Robbed

VIDEO [CC] - Deaf woman attacked in broad daylight in Austin, Texas.



KVUE AUSTIN - Austin police are looking for four teenagers, three males and one female, who they say followed and punched a Deaf woman, and stole her purse in North Austin, Texas.



Police said the woman was walking on Redlands Street in the Brentwood neighborhood at around 1:20 p.m. Monday when she noticed a Hispanic teen wearing a bandana over his face following her. She told police she kept an eye on the teen because of his covered face.



The teen stopped to talk to a car and the victim lost sight of him. Police said shortly afterward, the same teen and three others in a tan four-door sedan cut off the victim.



"At that time, the same suspect displayed a knife. Then she was struck and punched to the ground, she fell to the ground and the Hispanic female stole her purse," said Austin Police Robbery Sgt. Will White.

White said the teens took off in the same car. That's when Joanna Fried heard banging on her door.



"She was banging on my door and pushing to get in which was scary," Fried said. "Frantic, like really really crying. There was blood on her hands and her face was swollen, and she realized she was scratched up on her leg. It was really hard to understand what she was saying."



Fried said she then called 911 and kept the victim at her house until EMS and police arrived. Fried said she called the victim's ex-husband and explained what happened.



Russell West, director of support operations at the Texas School for the Deaf, said anytime a member of the Deaf community is the victim of a crime, they often don't know their rights. West said Deaf victims need to ask for interpreters... Read more: http://kvue.com/story/news/crime/2015/07/21/austin-police-say-deaf-woman-attacked-in-broad-daylight/