2 people were killed and 8 others wounded in shooting at grocery store in south Arkansas, police say
FORDYCE, Ark. (AP) — 2 people were killed and 8 others wounded in shooting at grocery store in south Arkansas, police say.
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AFP NewsAs ice melts, Everest's 'death zone' gives up its ghosts
On Everest's sacred slopes, climate change is thinning snow and ice, increasingly exposing the bodies of hundreds of mountaineers who died chasing their dream to summit the world's highest mountain.Sherpa said that bringing one body down from close to Lhotse's 8,516 metre peak -- the world's fourth-highest mountain -- had been among the hardest challenges so far.
- The Telegraph
South Korea is running out of children – and this country could be next
Every spring, when warm rays of sunshine herald the start of South Korea’s baking summer, fountains across Seoul’s central Gwanghwamun plaza suddenly burst into life, sending cooling jets of water into the air.
- The Telegraph
I salute the nurses who took a stand against this women-have-penises nonsense
Three cheers for Bethany Hutchison, Lisa Lockey, Annice Grundy, Tracey Hooper and Joanne Bradbury. Their names are unknown as yet, but these brave nurses could easily become as significant in the annals of feminist history as the Ford Dagenham women and the Suffragettes. Supported by the Christian Legal Centre, the five nurses who work at Darlington Memorial Hospital, which comes under the control of County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, have filed a legal action against the Trust c
- BuzzFeed
Ex-Millionaires Are Revealing How They Lost All Their Money, And I'm Actually Speechless
"And that's how my mother lost a multi-million dollar inheritance and got stuck with a $50k funeral bill..."
- CNN
The former executive assistant to a tech CEO found decapitated in a Manhattan apartment in 2020 has been convicted of murder
The former executive assistant of a tech CEO was found guilty Monday of murdering his boss – whom he then decapitated and dismembered – in 2020, according to a news release from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.
- NY Daily News
Migrant who shot NYPD cops says that’s ‘common practice’ back in Venezuela, prosecutors say
NEW YORK — A migrant accused of shooting and wounding two NYPD cops in Queens told authorities firing at police was “common practice” back home in Venezuela — although he claimed he didn’t mean to open fire, prosecutors said Wednesday. Bernardo Raul Castro Mata, who prosecutors say shot the officers after being caught zipping the wrong way down a one-way Queens street on a scooter back on June ...
- The Independent
Texas executes man, 41, who committed murder as a teen then served as spiritual advisor to prison inmates
Ramiro Gonzales died by lethal injection and was pronounced dead at 6.50pm at the State Penitentiary in Huntsville
- The Independent
Driver who crashed into Wimbledon school killing two girls will not face charges, having had an epileptic fit
The parents of two eight-year-old girls who died said ‘justice had never been done’ and the ruling was disappointing
- HuffPost
Middle School Principal Who Hired Friend To Kill Pregnant Teacher Is Sentenced
Cornelius Green, 42, used the school's money to hire a childhood friend to kill his girlfriend after she became pregnant.
- People
Death of Woman Who Accused Cop of Sex Abuse Was Ruled Suicide. But Prominent Pathologist Doesn't Think So
Sandra Birchmore was pregnant at the time of her death in 2021
- BBC
US soldier charged in Japan for rape of minor
The case is likely to stoke the long-standing local opposition to US military presence.
- Evening Standard
Julian Assange reunited with wife Stella as he touches down in Australia as a free man
The Wikileaks founder is now a free man
- The Independent
Two men arrested after police discovered that four females were held captive in a shipping container
Two of the females were sexually assaulted and one of the suspects had used ‘multiple weapons’ to threaten the victims, police say
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Texas parole board denies clemency to Ramiro Gonzales, to be executed Wednesday despite expert witness walking back testimony
Texas’ parole board on Monday denied clemency for death row inmate Ramiro Gonzales, who is scheduled to be executed Wednesday for a 2001 murder, despite the fact a key expert witness no longer stands by his testimony at trial.
- The Independent
Driver arrested as police at scene of car crash find dead body in the back of her car
DJ Liara Tsai was found with a cut to her neck and wrapped in blankets and bed sheets. The driver of the car is being held on a $1m bond – but is said to be refusing to speak after taking a ‘spiritual vow of silence’
- CBC
Teen describes intimate messages with Regina teacher on trial for sexual offences
WARNING: This story contains distressing details.Jeffrey Dumba's trial on sex-related charges continued Wednesday in Regina with testimony from the teen who said she exchanged sexually explicit photos and videos with the high school teacher.She described in court how their messaging on Snapchat, then text messages, began in 2021 and became more intimate over two months.Dumba, 52, faces charges including inviting a minor to touch herself sexually, distributing sexually explicit material to a mino
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The Latest | Gaza families bid a tearful goodbye to critically ill kids leaving for treatment abroad
Families bid a tearful goodbye to nearly two dozen critically ill children who left Gaza for treatment abroad on Thursday. It’s the first medical evacuation since the territory’s sole travel crossing shut down in early May after Israeli forces captured it, Palestinian officials say. The kids and their adult escorts left Nasser Hospital in the southern Gaza town of Khan Younis bound for the Kerem Shalom cargo crossing with Israel.
- CNN
Julian Assange plans to swim ‘every day,’ sleep in real bed, his wife says
Assange will take a dip in the sea, get some proper rest and try much-missed food as “a free man,” his wife has revealed, a day after the Australian landed home.
- Yahoo Celebrity
Matthew Perry death investigation nears conclusion, 'multiple people' could reportedly be charged: The latest
As authorities wrap up the investigation into Matthew Perry's ketamine overdose, it's unclear if federal charges will be brought against any individuals.
- Associated Press
Former Honduran president sentenced to 45 years for helping traffickers get tons of cocaine into US
A defiant former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was sentenced in New York Wednesday to 45 years in prison for teaming up with some bribe-paying drug traffickers for over a decade to ensure over 400 tons of cocaine made it to the United States. Judge P. Kevin Castel sentenced Hernández to 45 years in a U.S. prison and fined him $8 million, saying that the penalty should serve as a warning to “well educated, well dressed” individuals who gain power and think their status insulates them from justice when they do wrong. “I am innocent," Hernández said through an interpreter at his sentencing.