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Newest first · UTC+11:00Police announce arrest in Oklahoma shooting that left 1 dead, 22 injured
EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — Police announced Wednesday that an 18-year-old man has been arrested in a shooting that left one woman dead and 22 other people wounded last weekend during a nighttime party beside an Oklahoma lake.
Orleans Parish School Board votes to settle 2019 lawsuit against city government
The Orleans Parish School Board voted on Tuesday to accept an agreement on a funding battle that district officials said funneled around $135 million away from schools and towards municipal expenses, settling a 2019 lawsuit filed against the city of New Orleans by the district.
· Safura Syed Verite News
Circuit court must consider whether deputies were to blame in man’s death, appeals court says
The Mississippi Court of Appeals has reversed a judge’s ruling that Rankin County deputies bore no blame for the 2021 death of Damien Cameron after witnesses said one deputy sat on Cameron’s back while another kneeled on his neck.
Disney, James Cameron sued for allegedly misusing actor’s face in ‘Avatar’
Disney and director James Cameron have been sued in California federal court by an actor who alleges Cameron misused her likeness as the basis for the character Neytiri from the blockbuster “Avatar” films.
· Reuters
Man accused of running a Chinese spy outpost in NYC goes on trial
Lu Jianwang waits to enter a federal courthouse in New York, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
· Michael R Sisak
Court orders CERT to probe
Fort Magistrate Pasan Amarasena yesterday (06) ordered the Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) to immediately investigate and file a report in Court regarding the misdirection of nearly US$ 600,000, which the Postal Department had intended to pay the United States Postal Service, but has instead been …
· Gayan Abeykoon
SC affirms death sentence - DailyNews
The Supreme Court (SC) five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Preethi Padman Surasena yesterday decided to dismiss appeal petitions filed by four convicts who were sentenced to death for the abduction, gang rape, and murder of 18-year-old schoolgirl Sivaloganathan Vidya in Punguduthivu.
· Gayan Abeykoon
Case against former Minister Kumara Jayakody fixed for trial on June 17 - DailyNews
A case filed against former Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody for allegedly causing a loss of over Rs. 8.8 million to the Government by misappropriating funds belonging to Ceylon Fertilizer Company while serving as its Procurement Manager in 2016, was yesterday fixed for trial on June 17 by the Colombo High Court.
· Gayan Abeykoon
Court orders forest restoration on land surrounding Raja Maha Viharaya
The Supreme Court yesterday ordered the Wildlife Conservation Director General to launch a re-plantation programme to restore forest areas cleared near the Nakolagane Purana Raja Maha Viharaya.
· Gayan Abeykoon
Al-Qaeda-linked fighters storm Mali prison, block food supplies to Bamako
In a new wave of attacks in Mali, an al-Qaeda-linked group has stormed a main prison housing fighters from the armed group and set fire to trucks with food supplies heading to the capital Bamako.
· Al Jazeera Staff
Puppy dies after sick woman kicks, hurls pooch in caught-on-camera assault: ‘Special place in hell’
A puppy died days after a sick Florida woman was caught on video throwing and kicking the helpless pooch in the street, according to police.
· Patrick Reilly
'I'll show no mercy': Charity founder faces 'tickle torture' allegations
Cody Schaeffer pleaded guilty in March to assaulting five teenagers at his home between 2021 and 2023. (Supplied: Instagram)
· Eden Gillespie
Woman who threw acid on man for harassing sister arrested
A woman was arrested on Tuesday (5) for throwing acid at a man who had a dispute with her younger sister, the Horana Headquarters Police stated.
· Gayan Abeykoon
Toronto Police charge teenager in shooting of two synagogues
An 18-year-old man was charged with shooting at two Toronto-area synagogues in March; the Toronto Police Service and York Regional Police announced on Wednesday.
· MICHAEL STARR
Magistrate orders probe into Immigration officials over fraudulent passports - DailyNews
Colombo Chief Magistrate Asanga S. Bodaragama ordered the Human Trafficking and Maritime Crime Investigation Division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to immediately investigate and submit a report to the Court regarding Immigration and Emigration Department officials involved in preparing and approvin…
· Gayan Abeykoon
Witness says Patali was driving car that caused an accident, injuring one - DailyNews
It was revealed before the Colombo High Court that former Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka was the driver of the vehicle that caused an accident that seriously injured a youth named Sandeep Sampath, in Rajagiriya in 2016.
· Gayan Abeykoon
Woman who threw acid on man for harassing sister arrested - DailyNews
A woman was arrested on Tuesday (5) for throwing acid at a man who had a dispute with her younger sister, the Horana Headquarters Police stated.
· Gayan Abeykoon
New Consul General to Saudi Arabia felicitated - DailyNews
Former Appeal Court President Justice Mohamed Lafar Thahir who was appointed Consul General of Saudi Arabia was felicitated at the Al Mubarak Muslim National School in Malwana on Saturday.
· Gayan Abeykoon
Israeli strike kills colonel in Gaza police force, say Palestinian medics
A senior officer in Gaza’s Interior Ministry has been killed in an Israeli air strike, according to Palestinian medics and Hamas sources.
· Al Jazeera Staff
Put an end to all custodial deaths - DailyNews
Custodial deaths are increasingly becoming the norm in this country. Yet another death of an inmate at the Welikada Prison has been reported in the media the other day. This follows the death of an inmate hardly two weeks ago while also in custody. Three suspects have been taken into custody in this connection. Hard…
· Gayan Abeykoon
Investigations continue into alleged sex assault of minor by monk - DailyNews
Police Media Spokesman ASP Fredrick Wootler said that investigations into the alleged sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl by a monk are continuing.
· Gayan Abeykoon
Israeli strike in Gaza kills senior Palestinian police officer
An Israeli air strike in Gaza has killed a senior officer in the Palestinian interior ministry, according to health officials.
· Middleeasteye
Marcus Freeman’s ‘SNL’ appearance was canceled due to Sherrone Moore scandal: Shane Gillis
Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman was “close” to appearing on “Saturday Night Live” in December before the firing and arrest of former Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore derailed plans, according to comedian Shane Gillis.
· Jenna Lemoncelli
Mayhem as Ring camera psycho appears in court over terrifying stalking video
A knife-wielding maniac who brought terror to a Sacramento neighborhood in shocking Ring footage went ballistic in court.
· Ross O'Keefe
Search warrant served at Kristin Smart killer’s mother’s home decades after college freshman vanished
Sheriffs served a search warrant Wednesday morning at the home of Susan Flores, the mother of convicted killer Paul Flores, in the decades-old Kristin Smart murder case.
· Zain Khan
Spain urges EU to resist Trump’s sanctions
The European Union should shield the International Criminal Court from US sanctions linked to its case against Israel’s alleged war crimes in Gaza, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has said.
· RT
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The European Union should shield the International Criminal Court from US sanctions linked to its case against Israel’s alleged war crimes in Gaza, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has said.
· RT
Andrew Tate's civil rape trial will be heard 'as soon as possible', judge says
Andrew Tate's civil trial for allegations of rape and sexual assault "will be heard" as soon as possible despite further delays, a High Court judge has said.
· Ewan Somerville
Teen boy, woman fatally shot after 18-year-old is turned away from soccer game
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A young man who was turned away from an informal soccer game in Michigan fatally shot a 14-year-old boy and killed a woman who tried to help the victim, all in the presence of other kids, police said.
Jury deliberates on murder retrial of deputy’s killing of a Black man in Ohio
Jason Meade, center, sits with his attorneys Mark Collins, left, and Kaitlyn Stephens, right, during opening statements in the retrial of the former Ohio sheriff’s deputy charged with murder and reckless homicide in the 2020 killing of Casey Goodson Jr., inside Franklin County Common Pleas Court in Columbus, Ohio, A…
· Patrick Aftoora Orsagos
NYPD releases images of punks who vandalized Jewish sites, homes with Nazi graffiti
Authorities blasted out images of four punks who allegedly scrawled Nazi graffiti across five locations in Queens as religious leaders called the antisemitic crime spree “hatred directed against all of us.”
· Carl Campanile, David Propper
Keep quiet ‘so we don’t go to jail’: the Israelis charged with bribery after suspicious bets placed on Iran strikes
Authorities allege that Omer Ziv and an unnamed air force major used classified information to bet on the timing of military operations on Polymarket
· Niamh Rowe
Eight killed in Iran shopping centre fire as probe targets builder
A major fire broke out at the Arghavan shopping centre, west of the capital. The blaze swept through the complex sending thick black smoke across the surrounding area. The centre included more than 250 shops and around 50 offices. State television reported on Wednesday that 36 people were injured in the fire, and of…
· AfricaNews
Ex-JPMorgan banker Chirayu Rana made eye-popping, 8-figure settlement demand before filing ‘fabricated’ ‘sex slave’ suit: sources
Disgraced ex-JPMorgan banker Chirayu Rana tried to wrangle a settlement from the bank worth “north of $20 million” before he filed his bombshell sexual harassment lawsuit last year, The Post has learned.
· James Franey
Epstein-linked billionaire accused of rape privately reached out to federal judge to defend his ‘good name’
Leon Black has denied he ever met or raped ‘Jane Doe’. In an exclusive statement, Doe tells the Guardian ‘I am still here. And I am not done’
Israeli airstrike reportedly kills colonel in Hamas-led Gaza police force - report
An Israeli airstrike killed a senior officer in the Hamas-run Interior Ministry in the Gaza Strip, health officials and Hamas sources said on Wednesday.
· REUTERS
The top photos of the day by AP's photojournalists
Supporters of Lu Jianwang, also known as Harry Lu, stand outside a federal courthouse before the opening of his trial in New York, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
· The Associated Press
Mother of Elon Musk’s children testifies in lawsuit against OpenAI
Shivon Zilis, an executive at Musk’s brain implant startup Neuralink, served on OpenAI’s board from 2020 to 2023
· Dara Kerr, Nick Robins Early
US issues travel warning for gorgeous vacation destination as crime, unrest rise
American tourists are being warned to exercise caution in a Latin American country, with a “do not travel” warning issued for one of its provinces.
· Fox News
Indigenous actor sues James Cameron for ‘stealing’ her facial features for Avatar character
Suit says director used Q’orianka Kilcher’s features without permission after seeing her in advert for The New World
· Owen Myers
Apple dealt blow by Supreme Court in long-running antitrust feud against ‘Fortnite’ maker
The US Supreme Court rejected on Wednesday Apple’s request to temporarily block a judicial order that found the iPhone maker in violation of sweeping court-mandated changes to its lucrative App Store as part of an antitrust lawsuit by “Fortnite” maker Epic Games.
· Reuters
Israeli court rejects appeal to free detained Gaza flotilla activists
An Israeli court has denied an appeal seeking the release of pro-Palestine activists Thiago Avila and Saif Abu Keshek, who were detained after Israeli forces seized a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, according to legal rights group Adalah.
· Middleeasteye
NYT sued for discrimination against white male
The New York Times has been sued by a US government agency over allegations that its diversity policies led to discrimination against a white male employee in a newsroom promotion decision.
· RT
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The New York Times has been sued by a US government agency over allegations that its diversity policies led to discrimination against a white male employee in a newsroom promotion decision.
· RT
28-year-old woman attends NYC high school posing as teen student but social media profile gives her away: cops
A 28-year-old woman claimed she was actually a 16-year-old and enrolled in a New York City high school — but was confronted by the principal who learned her true identity on Facebook, according to police.
· Joe Marino, Patrick Reilly
'The Sheep Detectives': A 20-year journey to bring it to theaters
The human stars of “The Sheep Detectives” had no real sheep to work with on their new murder mystery yarn, which sees Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Chris O’Dowd voicing two of the film’s woolly stars. (April 24)
· Lindsey Bahr
Restaurateur’s haunting post just days before she and her 2 kids killed by husband: ‘The foreshadowing is chilling’
The prominent Texas restaurateur who was slain alongside her kids in a shocking murder-suicide by her husband had made a haunting post about her future just days earlier.
· Anthony Blair
AP Source: Office of Virginia Senate leader searched by FBI as part of corruption probe
Virginia Senate President pro tempore Louise Lucas, D-Portsmouth, listens to debate on the Senate floor, Feb. 17, 2026, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Ryan M. Kelly, File)
· Eric Tucker