Wal-Mart fires workers for felling a gunman, and more
Four workers have been fired from a Utah Wal-Mart for tackling and disarming a gunman.
Wal-Mart fires workers for felling a gunman
Four workers have been fired from a Utah Wal-Mart for tackling and disarming a gunman. Wal-Mart policy requires workers to “withdraw” if a suspected shoplifter pulls a gun, but the four say they had no choice when the gunman put his weapon in one worker’s back. Gabriel Stewart says learning he’d been fired “felt worse than when I had the gun to my back.”
One man's religious conviction makes neighbors cross
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A Pennsylvania man is refusing to take down a 24-foot-tall illuminated cross he built in his front yard. Officials say the cross violates local ordinances and shines into neighbors’ windows, but Carl Behr says its size demonstrates the depth of his religious conviction. “I’m measuring my faith to the Lord,” said Behr. “I don’t care what anyone else thinks.”
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