Man found shot to death in Northeast Kingdom died during failed robbery, police say Police haven't identified the victim. The body will be brought to the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington for an autopsy and identification. So far, no one is in custody. Anyone with ... 05/15/2024 - 8:20 am | View Link
Couple found shot to death in apparent murder-suicide inside NW Harris County home, sheriff says Authorities found the married couple's bodies with gunshot wounds during a welfare check after they hadn't been heard from since Saturday. 05/15/2024 - 1:56 am | View Link
'What was the reason?': 18-year-old dead after shooting in North College Hill One person is dead after a shooting in North College Hill Monday night, according to the coroner's office. The coroner identified the victim as 18-year-old Nikkel Rashawn Drew. The shooting happened ... 05/14/2024 - 2:51 pm | View Link
Man shot and killed after raising a gun at four Anchorage officers, police chief says The police chief in Alaska's largest city says four officers have shot and killed a man who raised a gun toward them. 05/13/2024 - 5:51 am | View Link
8 people killed in mass shooting "right in the center of town" near resort area in Mexico Eight people died in a weekend shooting in Mexico's Morelos state, adjacent to Mexico City, authorities reported Sunday. The attack occurred Saturday in the municipality of Huitzilac, off a highway ... 05/12/2024 - 11:42 pm | View Link
Every year on May 15, Palestinian people across the world observe what is known as Nakba Day, the solemn anniversary of the day in 1948 when the Arab-Israeli War began, precipitating a wave of displacement and expulsion among the Palestinian population. This year, with more than 450,000 people—nearly a quarter of Gaza’s population—newly displaced in just the past week, the commemoration of the Nakba, Arabic for “catastrophe,” takes on new significance.
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For those who observe it, Nakba Day is not only a day for mourning, but for a sense of re-establishment.
(LONDON) — Two men accused of cutting down the majestic Sycamore Gap tree concealed their faces from cameras as they arrived at court Wednesday but inside the courtroom they couldn’t hide from the cost of the damage they allegedly caused.
A prosecutor said the value of the roughly 150-year-old beloved tree that was toppled onto Hadrian’s Wall in northern England last year exceeded 620,000 pounds ($785,000).
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“This is a case that will be instantly recognizable to you, indeed anyone hearing the charges read out,” prosecutor Rebecca Brown said in Newcastle Magistrates’ Court.
(DALLAS) — Scientists once thought of dinosaurs as sluggish, cold-blooded creatures. Then research suggested that some could control their body temperature, but when and how that shift came about remained a mystery.
Now, a new study estimates that the first warm-blooded dinosaurs may have roamed the Earth about 180 million years ago, about halfway through the creatures’ time on the planet.
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Warm-blooded creatures — including birds, who are descended from dinosaurs, and humans — keep their body temperature constant whether the world around them runs cold or hot.
(SAO PAULO) — While flooding that has devastated Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state has yet to subside, another scourge has spread across the region: disinformation on social media that has hampered desperate efforts to get aid to hundreds of thousands in need.
Among fake postings that have stirred outrage: That official agencies aren’t conducting rescues in Brazil’s southernmost state.
LONDON — King Charles III has unveiled the first portrait of the monarch completed since he assumed the throne, a vivid image that depicts him in the bright red uniform of the Welsh Guards against a background of similar hues.
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The larger-than-life painting by artist Jonathan Yeo captures the king with his hands clasped atop the hilt of his sword and a butterfly flitting above his right shoulder.
(BRATISLAVA, Slovakia) — Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico was wounded in a shooting Wednesday afternoon and taken to hospital.
Reports on TA3, a Slovakian TV station, said that Fico, 59, was hit in the stomach after four shots were fired outside the House of Culture in the town of Handlova, some 150 kilometers northeast of the capital, where the leader was meeting with supporters.