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The Daily BeastStarving American Yoga Student Chained to Tree ‘For 40 Days’
An American woman who went to India a decade ago to study yoga and meditation has claimed she survived without food and water for 40 days after being shackled to a tree by her former husband.U.S. citizen Lalita Kayi Kumar, 50, was found starving and emaciated on Saturday by a local shepherd in a remote forest in the Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra about 25 miles from Goa, according to reports.The shepherd broke an iron chain that was used to secure her to the tree. Police said she was severel
- The Telegraph
American woman found in Indian forest had been chained to tree for 40 days
An American woman has been found chained to a tree in an Indian forest where she had been for 40 days, triggering a manhunt for her former husband.
- INSIDER
An NFL legend was handcuffed on a United plane and barred from flying. Weeks later, a flight attendant involved in the incident has left the airline.
NFL Hall-of-Famer Terrell Davis took to Instagram to say that he had been placed on a United 'no fly' list. The airline said the ban was lifted.
- CNN
Man sentenced to 30 years to life in fatal stabbing of Christina Yuna Lee in her Manhattan apartment
A man was sentenced to 30 years to life in state prison Tuesday for fatally stabbing a 35-year-old woman inside her New York City apartment in 2022 after following her home, according to the Manhattan district attorney’s office.
- BBC
Witness to Titan sub tragedy tells of fear and false hope
Rory Golden, who was on the Titan sub's support ship when it went missing, recounts the experience.
- People
A Social Worker Accidentally Knocked on Wrong Door. Man Who Answered Allegedly Stomped Her to Death: Police
Maria Coto, 56, died after suffering severe brain bleed, brain swelling and multiple facial fractures in May, per authorities
- Associated Press
Hong Kong young people struggle to rebuild their lives after being jailed under Beijing's crackdown
After spending five months in jail for publishing seditious Instagram posts, Joker Chan returned to a harsh reality. Chan, 30, was sentenced in 2022 for posts containing slogans like “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times,” which were popularly chanted during massive anti-government protests in the city in 2019. Authorities said such slogans could imply separating Hong Kong from China — a red line for Beijing.
- Euronews
Israeli air strike on Beirut 'attack on goodwill', Lebanese official says
The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah confirmed that Israel killed a top commander after a rare strike in Beirut.
- The Independent
Body cam footage shows moment cops shot 4-year-old boy being held hostage by knife-wielding man
The horrifying domestic incident began with a brutal knifing and ended with an officer firing a fatal shot that killed the suspect and the child he was using as a human shield.
- The Telegraph
Female prison officer had tryst with inmate in cleaning cupboard
A prison officer had an affair with an inmate that included a tryst in a cleaning cupboard while she was on shift, a court heard.
- The Independent
Dramatic video shows Chick-fil-A employee fighting off armed intruder who came through drive-thru window
Tommie Lee Williams, 51, held the fast food employee at gunpoint before fleeing the building.
- AFP News
'It's a thunderbolt,' say Palestinians of Hamas chief's killing
The killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in an air strike in Tehran Wednesday came as a "thunderbolt" to war-weary Gazans, with some expressing disappointment Iran was unable to "protect him".On Wednesday, Hamas and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards announced that Haniyeh had been killed in Tehran in an Israeli air strike.
- Cinema Online
Dr. Say shocked by housemaids inviting strange men into his home
The celebrity doctor shared that he panicked and called the police who responded almost immediately
- People
14 Arrested in San Diego Comic-Con Sex Trafficking Sting
Ten potential victims, including a 16-year-old girl, was also recovered, authorities said
- The Independent
Comic-Con sex trafficking sting leads to 14 arrests and 10 rescues
‘Sex traffickers capitalize on large scale events such as Comic-Con to exploit their victims for profit,’ said California’s Attorney General
- Yahoo News Singapore
Nearly 60 hospitalised after Singapore TikTok office suffers major food poisoning outbreak; Singapore swimmer Gan Ching Hwee sets new national record at Paris Olympics: Singapore live news
Yahoo Singapore is featuring a curated selection of some of the biggest, most important, and fascinating news that's making waves online.
- The Guardian
Police break up largest illegal pornography ring in Taiwan’s history
Hundreds involved in Chuangyi Sifang, an online platform that shared child sexual abuse images, have been arrested
- Reuters
Myanmar's junta terrorised a Rohingya Muslim town. Then rebels burned it down
(Reuters) -Saifur Rahman woke up to screams. The town of Buthidaung in Rakhine state, Myanmar's largest settlement of minority Rohingya, was on fire and under attack. “All I could see was fire,” said the 30-year-old Rohingya.
- PA Media: UK News
Man found guilty of attempted murder after pushing postman onto Tube tracks
Kurdish migrant Brwa Shorsh, 24, shoved stranger Tadeusz Potoczek, 61, at Oxford Circus Underground station in central London on February 3.
- CNN
William Calley, officer convicted for his role in My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War, dead at 80
William L. Calley Jr., the only US Army soldier to be convicted in the 1968 My Lai massacre, which saw more than 300 unarmed Vietnamese civilians killed by US soldiers in one of the most notorious war crimes in American history, has died. He was 80.