lol, the 50s and 60s when there were segragated drinking fountains and school children had to practice drills for nuclear fallout and luxury meant having one 20 inch color TV instead of three smartphones, two game consoles, microwave, home PC, tablet, high speed wifi, Netflix, etc. etc.? 

People have it pretty damn good today. And it's debatable if the USA ever was the "best country in the world", Canada and UK were fine in the 50s and 60s too, Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall is a very nice place too. There are plenty of nice countries to live in with nice modern amenities and similar liberalized values, probably will less crime to boot. 

If you don't like it you can go try living in Saudi Arabia or Syria for a year and see how long you can hold out. 

Well I didn't mean like a consumer standpoint, I meant like being number 1 in Science, Math, Health, etc.... I'd be surprised if we're even in the top 20 of any of those categories anymore

Was the US ever tops in those categories? If they were it was probably by default because other countries hadn't developed then (like China and India are today). But by the 60s/70s Japan was kicking the US' ass in things like math and taking over automobile production, electronics production, etc. etc. 

But y'know if the US wants to be higher in things like Science and Math ... maybe try funding schools more? Like I dunno? Just an idea. 

No, that would be an actual good Idea. Everyone knows the US government is incapable of doing good things

Honestly, its completely unknown at this point, seems like its just been picked up and attached to the crime before proper motive has been established.

you mean, the murderer who handed himself in to police the same day?, as stated in the OP?
Also, the coverage for charlie hebdo was more pronounced because the two gunmen had, as well as the initial shootings, shot police and were still at large (where as by the time the reports of this shooting hit the news, the gunman had already handed himself in), the hebdo gunmen still posed a threat to the general public, and was extended further when a hostage situation began, related to the attack, the same week.

Once the hostage situation and the seige to catch the remaining to gunmen was over, it died out in terms of live coverage pretty fast, so comparing the coverage intensity of both, is quite pointless.

If the gunman had shot these three, then a police officer, in the streets of the city, with hundreds watching/recording it, then ran and was right now, still being hunted by police, this would be world breaking news.

I saw that shit on the news as soon has I opened the tv and I live in an freaking Igloo (canadian) what the sweet mother of all maple syrups are you talking about OP

I turned on CNN a few hours ago, and this was the first thing that I saw. They had legal experts talking about the situation (about whether it would tried as a hate crime) and had statements from the police, neighbors, and I think the murder's wife. I don't know how you are saying it is not being reported on.

Who?

Well US-media is also not reporting in how their drones are killing other people in muslim countries everyday. No suprise there