How Shifting U.S. Policies Led to One of the Deadliest Incidents Involving Immigrants in Mexico’s History A year ago, 40 men were killed in a detention center fire in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. An examination by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune shows that it was the foreseen and foreseeable result of landmark ... 04/30/2024 - 11:00 pm | View Link
Teenage Boy Killed in London Sword Attack A 14-year-old boy was killed and four other people were injured after a stabbing in London on Tuesday involving a man with a sword. Police said they did not believe the incident was terrorism-related ... 04/30/2024 - 7:02 am | View Link
Charlotte, state, national leaders mourn loss of law enforcement officers killed in standoff C HARLOTTE, N.C. ( QUEEN CITY NEWS) – The front of the federal courthouse on Trade Street is home to a small memorial under a flag flying at half-staff. Employees placed flowers for the US Marshal ... 04/30/2024 - 6:06 am | View Link
‘We lost heroes.’ 3 US Marshal task force officers killed, 1 CMPD officer dead 3 others hurt in E CLT shootout C HARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) — Multiple people were rushed to hospitals, and residents, along with anyone in the area of an east Charlotte neighborhood, are asked to avoid the area as active gunfire ... 04/29/2024 - 4:35 pm | View Link
‘Today, we lost heroes,’ Charlotte police chief, mayor speak out after four officers killed, others injured Today, we lost some heroes who were just simply trying to keep our community safe,” Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings said. 04/29/2024 - 2:30 pm | View Link
Both President Joe Biden and Xi Jinping strongly reject the current U. S.-China competition as a new Cold War. As recently as September, Biden said that he doesn’t “want to contain China” and that “we’re all better off if China does well.” Xi, in turn, proclaimed that “China doesn’t want a cold war or a hot war with anyone,” following a meeting between the two in San Francisco in November.
(NEW YORK) — Large numbers of New York City police officers began entering the Columbia University late Tuesday as dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters remained on the campus.
Demonstrators had occupied Hamilton Hall hours earlier after setting up an encampment earlier in the month.
Students had defiantly set up tents again after police cleared an encampment at the university on April 18 and arrested more than 100 people.
mdash; Two men have been charged with cutting down the popular 150-year-old Sycamore Gap tree next to Hadrian’s Wall last year in northern England, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Daniel Graham, 38, and Adam Carruthers, 31, were charged with causing criminal damage and damaging the wall built in A. D. 122 by Emperor Hadrian to guard the northwest frontier of the Roman Empire.
They were ordered to appear in Newcastle Magistrates’ Court on May 15.
The sycamore’s majestic canopy between two hills made it a popular subject for landscape photographers.
LONDON — A man wielding a sword attacked members of the public and police officers in a east London suburb Tuesday, killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring four others, British authorities said.
A 36-year-old man was arrested in a residential area near Hainault subway station, police said. The incident is not being treated as terror-related or a “targeted attack.”
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Police said the 14-year-old died in the hospital from his injuries.
King Charles III officially returned to public duties on Tuesday, following a months-long period of recuperation since being diagnosed with an undisclosed type of cancer in February.
The 75-year-old monarch opted for a cause close to home to mark his return to work. King Charles and Queen Camilla visited a cancer treatment center in London, where he greeted doctors, held hands with patients, and gave out gifts to children.
Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, became the first member of the British royal family to visit Ukraine since Russia launched its full scale invasion of the country in February 2022. Sophie is the wife of Prince Edward, the youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II, and brother of King Charles III.
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The Duchess met Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and First Lady Olena Zelenska during the Monday visit.