PARIS – As the funeral of a teenager who was shot dead by a police officer began on Saturday, France was reeling after a fourth night of riots that raged in cities across the country, resulting in more than 1,300 arrests on Friday. Demonstrations broke out again in Paris as well as in the cities … Read more
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A European space telescope lifted off Saturday on a quest to explore the mysterious, unseen realm known as the Dark Universe. SpaceX has launched the European Space Agency’s Euclid observatory to its ultimate destination 1.5 million miles away, the vicinity of the Webb Space Telescope. It will take him a … Read more
Police A man and woman suspected of murder have been arrested after the body of a two-year-old girl was found in a property, police said. Suffolk Constabulary said the toddler’s remains were found in a temporary accommodation unit in Sidegate Lane, Ipswich at around 11.45am on Friday. The force said a Bedfordshire man and homeless … Read more
By Harold Isaac and Michelle Nichols PORT-AU-PRINCE/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited Haiti on Saturday to highlight the crises facing the impoverished Caribbean country as it struggles to fight against the violent gangs that have largely invaded the capital Port-au-Prince. Guterres’ visit comes nearly nine months after he backed a request … Read more
The death of an inmate at Broad River Correctional Facility is being investigated as a homicide. Getty Images/iStockphoto Authorities are investigating a suspected homicide after an inmate at the Broad River Correctional Institution died on June 30. [–> James Harrison Pennington, 44, died in his cell at the Columbia prison. [–> Pennington pleaded guilty to … Read more
Ron DeSantis; Migrants; Martha’s Vinyard Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images Ron DeSantis has real issues. No, we’re not talking about him trailing Donald Trump in the polls or his clumsiness as a retail politician. Far more concerning are the removals and criminal investigations surrounding the DeSantis administration’s relocation of migrants from Texas to Massachusetts and … Read more
July 1 – BUFFALO – A Hamilton, Ont., man has pleaded guilty to charges accusing him of attempting to fly nearly 50 pounds of marijuana into a Grand Island state park with a helicopter. Raminderjit Assi, 28, pleaded in a proceeding before U.S. District Court Judge John L. Sinatra, Jr. on Friday. Assi pleaded guilty … Read more
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials on Saturday morning reported higher civilian casualties in Russian bombardments in the east and south of the country, as Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s visit started in Kyiv as a sign of continued support from Madrid and the European Union. for Ukraine’s struggle to dislodge the invading Russian forces … Read more
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In its ruling allowing an evangelical Christian web designer to refuse service for same-sex marriages, the U.S. Supreme Court again took an expansive view of religious interests at the expense of protecting LGBT people . In a 6-3 ruling by its conservative majority on Friday, the court backed Lorie … Read more
July 1 – A Glynn County man convicted of sexually assaulting and murdering a 6-year-old child is back on death row following a Georgia Supreme Court ruling released this week . The state Supreme Court issued a ruling on Thursday that overturned a 2022 decision to overturn David Edenfield’s death sentence and remanded the case … Read more