Street racer gets 36 months for 2022 incident which killed young mother The driver of accused of hitting and killing a young mother at a bus stop during a street racing incident nearly two years ago was sentenced to 36 months in prison on Friday. 05/4/2024 - 11:04 am | View Link
40 years in court from Beauty in the Bath murder to Death on Nile and Reservoir Dogs The ECHO has looked back at some of the most high profile court cases heard at Liverpool Crown Court since it opened in 1984 ... 05/3/2024 - 7:32 pm | View Link
The knife-men, killers, abusers, thugs and flashers locked up in Wales this month One of the most upsetting cases was the case of intoxicated driver Harley Whiteman who hit and killed a 13-year-old boy who was just standing outside a shop with a group of his friends. Whiteman went ... 05/3/2024 - 1:10 pm | View Link
Portland street racer sentenced to 36 months in 2022 crash that killed woman Jonathan Pena was the driver of the car that struck and killed Ashlee McGill while she waited at a bus stop in Southeast Portland. McGill was 26 when she died. 05/3/2024 - 12:51 pm | View Link
Horror as woman hit by double-decker bus outside Victoria station A woman has been hit by a double-decker bus at a notoriously dangerous junction outside Victoria station. The Metropolitan Police has been contacted for comment. Police interviewed passengers, ... 05/2/2024 - 10:55 pm | View Link
Young America's Foundation, the American version of Hitler's Youth, and the college Republicans at the University of Wisconsin in Madison had collaborated to throw a wild shindig at the Library Mall in Madison. The invitation that they were sharing was something to behold:
They promised there would be American flags, free t-shirts, popsicles, Toby Keith and Freedom!
Well, isn't that interesting?
By Sneha Dey, The Texas Tribune
April 29, 2024
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The Colorado legislature convened Saturday for a final weekend of work in its 2024 session, which is set to end Wednesday. Major pieces of legislation are still pending, with lawmakers expected to debate gun regulations, housing, land-use policy, transportation, property tax reform and other priorities in the final days.
This story will be updated throughout the day.
Updated at 1:30 p.m.: A proposed Constitutional amendment to remove defunct language banning same-sex marriage will go to voters this November after a referred measure passed the Colorado House on Saturday.
The proposed amendment would remove a ban approved by voters in 2006.
Protesters chanted anti-war messages and waved Palestinian flags during the University of Michigan’s commencement Saturday, as student demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war collided with the annual pomp-and-circumstance of graduation ceremonies.
No arrests were reported and the protest — comprised of about 50 people, many wearing traditional Arabic kaffiyeh along with their graduation caps — didn’t seriously interrupt the nearly two-hour event at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, which was attended by tens of thousands of people.
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One protest banner read: “No universities left in Gaza.”
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Kate Middleton’s life changed significantly when she married Prince William in 2011, having met while studying at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.
Now Princess of Wales and next in line to be Queen, Kate married into a generationally wealthy family whose working members get official expenses covered by proceeds from their vast land holdings, and she and her husband have only gotten wealthier during their marriage.
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Russia has put Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on its wanted list, Russian state media reported Saturday, citing the interior ministry’s database.
As of Saturday afternoon, both Zelenskyy and his predecessor, Petro Poroshenko, featured on the ministry’s list of people wanted on unspecified criminal charges. The commander of Ukraine’s ground forces, Gen.