A Michigan city has been dismissed from a lawsuit over the fatal police shooting of a Black motorist, but the case will continue against a former officer who killed the man in 2022. U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney said immunity doesn’t apply to Christopher Schurr at this early stage of […]
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Photos show Prigozhin’s gravesite after burial in St. Petersburg, Russia
New images taken Friday show the gravesite of late Wagner Group mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin following his burial at a cemetery in St. Petersburg, Russia. The scenes showing Russian police standing guard at the Porokhovskoye cemetery come as it remains unexplained what caused the aircraft carrying Prigozhin to crash outside […]
Read MoreGerman woman, who was a member of the Islamic State, sentenced for allowing 5-year-old slave to die of thirst
A Munich court on Tuesday sentenced a German woman who was a member of the Islamic State group to 14 years in prison for allowing a 5-year-old Yazidi girl she and her husband kept as a slave in Iraq to die of thirst in the sun. The decision replaced an […]
Read MoreGen. Milley says ‘we don’t like the outcome’ of Afghanistan, vows ‘accountability’ for Gold Star families
Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Tuesday released a statement vowing “accountability” for the families of those killed in the Abbey Gate bombing two years ago during the withdrawal from Afghanistan. “We owe Gold Star families everything. We owe them transparency, we owe them […]
Read MoreOver 100 former clerks of Justice Thomas sign open letter defending his integrity, independence
EXCLUSIVE – Over 100 former clerks of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas wrote an open letter defending him after recent news articles accused him of bending court ethics, saying that his “integrity is unimpeachable” and “his independence is unshakable.” “As his law clerks, we offer this response. Different paths led us […]
Read MoreFarewell film of Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, who died from cancer, to premiere at Venice Film Festival
Sitting alone before a grand piano in a stark studio, Ryuichi Sakamoto takes the listener on a journey of his life, playing 20 of his compositions. Shot entirely in black and white, on three 4K cameras, the film “Opus,” directed by Neo Sora, is the Japanese composer’s farewell, poetic yet […]
Read MoreUS Marine veteran jailed in Russia seen in rare video on state media
American citizen and Marine veteran Paul Whelan was seen in a rare video on Russian state media from the prison where he is currently serving a 16-year sentence on espionage charges long dismissed by the U.S. government. The video, aired on Monday by Russia Today, a Kremlin-backed television network, shows […]
Read MoreGeorgia indictment: First Trump co-defendant pleads ‘not guilty’
Ray Stallings Smith III, a former Trump campaign lawyer, has pleaded “not guilty” to the election meddling charges brought against him in Fulton County, Georgia. Smith’s attorney filed court documents Monday that waived his formal arraignment and entered a “not guilty” plea to each of the 12 counts in District […]
Read MoreCanadian police charge man with 12 additional counts of aiding suicide for selling lethal substances
Canadian police said Tuesday they are charging a man with 12 additional counts of counseling and aiding suicide for allegedly selling lethal substances on the internet to people at risk of self harm. An international investigation is underway following the arrest in Canada earlier this year of Kenneth Law, who […]
Read MoreNigerian police detain at least 67 people celebrating gay wedding
Police in Nigeria said Tuesday they detained at least 67 people celebrating a gay wedding in one of the largest mass detentions targeting homosexuality, which is outlawed in the West African country. The “gay suspects” were arrested in southern Delta state’s Ekpan town at about 2 a.m. on Monday at […]
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