LONDON — Kimberlee Singler, the Colorado mom who is accused of drugging and then killing two of her children before fleeing to the United Kingdom, has been told by a British court that she can be extradited back home to stand trial. Singler watched silently and without emotion during a …
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Read More »Captain Cook statue in Sydney defaced ahead of Australia’s national day
A statue in Sydney of British explorer James Cook, captain of the first Western ship to reach the east coast of Australia, was sprayed with red paint and damaged two days before Australia’s national day, authorities said on Friday. It was the second time the statue has been defaced and …
Read More »Ohio pastor convicted in dispute over sheltering homeless vows to continue his mission
BRYAN, Ohio — For more than a year, a pastor who opened his church around the clock to shelter and give hope to homeless people has been at odds with an Ohio city over the building housing his ministry. On Tuesday, a city judge found Pastor Chris Avell guilty of violating …
Read More »North Korea preparing to send more troops to Russia after suffering casualties, South Korea says
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s military said Friday it suspects North Korea is preparing to send additional troops to Russia after its soldiers fighting in the Ukraine war suffered heavy casualties. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff also assessed in a report distributed to journalists that North Korea is …
Read More »Trump pardons two D.C. officers convicted in fatal chase and cover-up
President Donald Trump issued full and unconditional pardons Wednesday to two Washington, D.C., police officers who were convicted for their roles in a deadly chase of a young man on a moped in 2020 and subsequent cover-up, a case that led to protests in the nation’s capital. Trump granted clemency …
Read More »ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for two Taliban leaders over persecution of women
THE HAGUE — The International Criminal Court prosecutor said Thursday he had applied for arrest warrants for two Taliban leaders in Afghanistan including supreme spiritual leader Haibatullah Akhundzada, accusing them of the persecution of women and girls. A statement issued by the office of chief Prosecutor Karim Khan said investigators found reasonable grounds to believe that Akhundzada …
Read More »Trump suggests Ukraine shouldn’t have fought back against Russia
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump suggested in an interview that aired Thursday night that Ukraine should not have fought when Russia invaded it. “Zelenskyy was fighting a much bigger entity, much bigger, much more powerful,” Trump told Fox News’ Sean Hannity. “He shouldn’t have done that, because we could have …
Read More »Student who killed 1 in Nashville school partially livestreamed the shooting
The teenager who fatally shot a student at a high school in Nashville, Tennessee, livestreamed part of the incident, according to the platform he used, and he was influenced by internet content that authorities described Thursday as “harmful and objectionable.” The 17-year-old gunman, who wounded a second student before he …
Read More »Hughes Fire containment grows after thousands forced to flee
LOS ANGELES — Firefighters gained more ground Thursday on a fast-moving brushfire that erupted north of Los Angeles the day before and within hours exploded to thousands of acres amid high winds, officials said. The Hughes Fire, which started near Castaic Lake, was 24% contained and had burned more than 10,000 …
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