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The Daily BeastElon Musk Has the Worst ‘Both Sides’ Take on Latest Trump Assassination Attempt
Elon Musk, the billionaire king of bad takes, came up with a new one to cement his reign on Sunday night. Responding to a second potential assassination attempt on Donald Trump’s life, the X owner questioned why no one was trying to kill the Democratic president and vice president. “And no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala,” he posted, adding a thinking-face emoji. Read more at The Daily Beast.Get the Daily Beast's biggest scoops and scandals delivered right to your inbox. Sign up n
- People
Remains of Elijah Vue, 3, Found in 'Thick Wooded Area' After Nearly 7 Months Missing: 'Devastated'
The toddler was discovered by a hunter just over three miles from his Wisconsin home, police announced on Friday, Sept. 13
- The Independent
‘The bruises aren’t working’: Boyfriend accused of fatally stabbing teen partner with a sword
Shane Curry was found curled up with the lifeless body of Nevaeh Goddard with a sword and kitchen knife in the room, police said
- The Independent
Ryan Routh: What we know about Trump shooting suspect caught with an AK-47 and a GoPro
A past armed stand-off with police, anti-Trump social media posts, and pledges to fight in the war in Ukraine: what we know about suspect Ryan Routh
- The Daily Beast
How Ukraine Turned Putin’s Own Trick Against Him
KHARKIV, Ukraine—Stuck in a crowded prison cell in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, 45-year-old Viktor faces a choice. He can stay where he is, serving out his sentence in the knowledge that a Russian bomb could hit the jail any day, or he can swap his cell for the dangers of the front lines, as a volunteer defending his country.“Better to go fight with weapons, than sit here,” he tells the Daily Beast.In a tactic borrowed from Vladimir Putin’s playbook, Ukraine has started releasing prisoners for
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Hong Kong man faces jail over 'seditious' T-shirt
A 27-year-old man faces up to several years in jail for sedition, after pleading guilty Monday to wearing a protest T-shirt that prosecutors say flouts Hong Kong's new national security law.On Monday, he pleaded guilty to one count of "doing acts with seditious intent", leading to the city's first conviction under the new tougher law.
- The Independent
Former employee of Trump shooting suspect recalls police standoff and penchant for ‘stupid’ behavior
EXCLUSIVE: ‘I don’t know what he was thinking,’ Tina Cooper tells The Independent of her former employer Ryan Wesley Routh, who is accused of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump. She’d worked for Routh in 2002 when he’d been arrested after a three-hour long police standoff
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A father was killed in a Missouri bar brawl. His twin daughters’ podcast helped lead to an arrest 35 years later
On October 13, 1989, Jimmie Wade Martin went for a drink at his neighborhood bar in Bonne Terre, Missouri. His bloodied body was later found nearby, but no assailant was ever convicted. So years later, his twin daughters began investigating the case themselves.
- The Daily Beast
Who Is Alleged Trump Golf Course Gunman Ryan Wesley Routh?
The suspected gunman involved in what authorities are calling an apparent assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump was identified by authorities Sunday night as Ryan Wesley Routh. The 58-year-old allegedly carried an AK-47-style rifle with a scope onto the grounds near Trump’s golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida. He also had two backpacks filled with ceramic tile and a GoPro camera hanging on a nearby fence.Secret Service agents allegedly confronted and shot at Routh after n
- BBC
Police reviewing 'brutal' arrest caught on CCTV
A man says he was "beaten up by police" after giving a homeless person some change.
- BBC
Woman who stabbed man to death jailed for 17 years
Bailey Heywood, 23, is sentenced for killing Dale Bond at his flat in Bicester on 13 March.
- The Independent
Australian couple acquitted in murder of teen mother Amber Haigh
Robert and Anne Geeves, both 64, were accused of killing Haigh to take her five-month-old baby
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DEA shutting down two offices in China even as agency struggles to stem flow of fentanyl chemicals
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is shutting down two of its hard-won offices in China, The Associated Press has learned, a move that comes even as the agency struggles to disrupt the flow of precursor chemicals from the country that have fueled a fentanyl epidemic blamed for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans. “These closings reflect the need to harness DEA’s limited and strained resources to target where we can make the biggest impact in saving American lives,” DEA Administrator Anne Milgram told agents in an email last week that also included plans to close a dozen other offices worldwide to trim DEA’s current footprint of 93 offices in 69 countries. DEA said only that the move followed a data-driven process intended to maximize the agency's impact.
- The Independent
Waffle House customer accused of shooting dead employee after ordering food
Burlie Dawson Locklear, an 18-year-old Waffle House employee, died from a gunshot wound
- Associated Press
An Iowa shootout leaves a fleeing suspect dead and 2 police officers injured
A shootout early Monday left two Iowa police officers hospitalized and a suspect dead, Des Moines police said. The encounter began around 1:40 a.m. when patrol officers stopped a 37-year-old driver for an equipment violation, police said. The driver pulled over in a parking lot but sped away as officers exited their patrol vehicles, police Sgt. Paul Parizek said in a news release.
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Thousands in France rally in support of mass rape victim, call for end to violence against women
Thousands took to the streets across French cities on Saturday to demand an end to rape and support the main plaintiff in a mass sexual assault trial that has shocked the country. Gisèle Pélicot, who is using her married name, has requested the trial of her ex-husband and 50 co-defendants since September 2 be made public to raise awareness about the use of drugs to commit abuse.
- People
10-Year-Old Girl Being Held Hostage by Mom at Knifepoint Is Accidentally Tased by Police During Rescue
The 48-year-old mother was arrested by the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police and now faces charges including receiving stolen property and endangering the welfare of children
- CNN
Kansas cold case ends 44 years later as man is sentenced for killing his former neighbor in 1980
More than 44 years after a nursing student was slain in her trailer home in central Kansas, her former neighbor has been sentenced to 10 to 25 years in prison for killing her.
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Biden directs 'every resource' to protect Trump - as Secret Service scrutinised over second 'assassination attempt'
President Joe Biden has said he will ensure the Secret Service has "every resource" to keep Donald Trump safe after a second "assassination attempt" on his life.
- Associated Press
An American pastor detained in China for nearly 20 years has been released
A Christian pastor from California has been freed from China after nearly 20 years behind bars and is back home in the U.S., the State Department said Monday. David Lin, 68, was detained after he entered China in 2006, later convicted of contract fraud and sentenced to life in prison, according to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom and advocacy groups.