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Travis King was also accused of kicking and punching other officers, unlawfully possessing alcohol, making a false statement and possessing a video of a child engaged in sexual activity A TV screen shows a file image of American soldier Travis King during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea on … Read more

A new bout of hot weather has inflamed fire activity in recent weeks, with more than 50 out-of-control blazes burning in the province currently A wildland firefighter with Alberta Wildfire in an image uploaded to Alberta Wildfire’s Facebook page on July 7, 2024.Photo by Alberta Wildfire Hot and dry weather is spawning dozens of new … Read more

An inmate who shimmied out of handcuffs and escaped from Bellevue Hospital last month was caught riding an bus – just two miles from his daring getaway, cops and sources said. James Mossetty, 35 – who had been on the lam since June 26 – was picked up around 1:45 p.m. Tuesday while riding an … Read more

This image provided by Naval History and Heritage Command shows African American sailors of a naval ordnance battalion unloading aerial bombs from a rail car, circa 1943/44, in Port Chicago, Calif. The U.S. Navy has exonerated 258 Black sailors who were found to be unjustly punished in 1944 following a horrific port explosion that killed … Read more

Even canines are sinking their teeth into politics these days. The crowd at the Republican National Convention was treated to a paws-itively precious display Tuesday night when West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice brought out his sidekick Babydog — a hefty pooch regarded by those in the know as one of the country’s most powerful political … Read more

Cyndi Lauper’s troubled son name dropped his legendary pop-star mom and her hit single “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” when he was arrested on gun possession charges stemming from a Harlem shooting earlier this year, new court papers show. Aspiring rapper Declyn “Dex” Lauper begged police to call his mother after the discovery of … Read more

Montreal police say the 21-year-old man attempted to escape again by driving at police vehicles. Photo by Allen McInnis /Montreal Gazette files Montreal police say they have arrested a 21-year-old man who allegedly struck a police officer in April with a stolen BMW before fleeing on a downtown sidewalk. Police say the man, identified in … Read more

Donald Trump and J.D. Vance, second and third from left, respectively, watch delegates from the stands at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee this week. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) Out of wartime necessity, Ukrainians tend to be keen observers of U.S. politics. And for the Ukrainian government — as well as its European … Read more

Belarusia’s authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has long ties to Russia, is relaxing visa restrictions on European visitors in an attempt to build ties to the West. (Evgenia Novozhenina / Associated Press) Belarusian authorities on Wednesday expanded visa-free travel for residents of 35 European countries, including members of the European Union and the United Kingdom, … Read more

John Hinckley, the man who shot and nearly killed President Ronald Reagan in 1981, has asked the world to choose peace over violence after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. “Violence is not the way to go,” Hinckley wrote on X on Wednesday. “Give peace a chance.” The message comes after Trump was … Read more