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
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Newest first · UTC+11:00Magistrate 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
Doc impersonator nabbed allegedly defrauding individuals with job offers in Australia - DailyNews
An individual posing off as a doctor allegedly defrauded individuals of hundreds of thousands of rupees by promising them Government jobs in Australia, was arrested by a team of officers from the Polonnaruwa Divisional Criminal Investigation Division (PDCID) yesterday (06) morning in the Deepa Uyana area of Polonn…
· 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
UCLA med school used race in admissions, Trump's Justice Dept. finds
Royce Hall on University of California, Los Angeles, campus is seen in Los Angeles on Aug. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
· Heather Hollingsworth
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
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
Horrifying moment cops shoot beloved rottweiler ‘Daisy’ dead after making mistake during raid
A Southern California family is devastated after a sheriff’s deputy shot and killed their beloved rottweiler “Daisy” while investigating a stolen car report and they want answers.
· Katie Jerkovich
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
Israeli strike on Lebanese town kills two people
At least two people have been killed and another wounded in an Israeli strike targeting a house in the town of Khirbet Selm in southern Lebanon.
· Middleeasteye
Israel strikes Beirut for the first time since Lebanon ceasefire
Israeli media says a commander in Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force was targeted and killed in the city’s southern suburbs
· Reuters
Israel strikes Beirut for the first time since Lebanon ceasefire
Israeli media says a commander in Hezbollah’s elite Radwan force was targeted and killed in the city’s southern suburbs
· Reuters
Weirdo who carried woman into NYC subway claimed he was ‘pretending to kidnap’ her: cops
The weirdo who allegedly carried a woman into a Queens subway station in a rush-hour horror was arrested – as prosecutors revealed he told the victim he was “pretending to kidnap” her.
· Amanda Woods
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
Influencer Clavicular faces charges in Florida tied to alligator shooting video
Video shows ‘looksmaxxing’ influencer shooting an apparently already dead alligator in the Everglades
· Guardian staff
Tennessee Rep. Ogles will get phone back from Justice Department
Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., speaks to supporters after being declared the winner in his Republican primary race, Aug. 1, 2024, in Franklin, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
· Alanna Durkin Richer
Paralyzed NYC subway shove victim breaks down as her attacker is sentenced — but can’t wipe away her own tears
The award-winning artist who survived being shoved into a moving Manhattan train heartbreakingly needed her mom to wipe away her tears at her attacker’s sentencing Wednesday — after the senseless attack left her paralyzed from the shoulders down.
· Kevin Sheehan, Kyle Schnitzer
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
Fire at a shopping center in Iran kills 8 people and injures dozens
TEHRAN, Iran — A fire in a shopping center near Iran's capital killed eight people and injured 40, Tehran’s emergency service department said Wednesday.
· Associated Press
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
Inside the alarming rise of teens injecting black market peptides as an ‘easy fix’ to their insecurities
Sitting in the passenger seat of a car, a high school teen clutches an insulin needle beneath her pursed lips. She overlays the social media video with a sexually charged caption: “when he says he wants to pin me so i lowkey grab the r3ta and he looks at me weird.”
· Kyra Breslin
Santa Barbara man tortured and cooked his dog ‘Coco’ in front of family: cops
A Santa Barbara County man allegedly killed and cooked the family dog in a disturbing case of animal cruelty, cops reportedly said.
· Ross O'Keefe
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
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
IDF kills Hamas terrorists in northern Gaza airstrikes
The Israel Defense Forces killed several Hamas terrorists who posed a threat to troops in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday.
· Jewish News Syndicate
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
Syria arrests armed Uzbeks after stand-off in Idlib | The National
Syrian authorities have arrested 16 Uzbek fighters after a stand-off with armed members of the community in Idlib, sources in the area said on Wednesday.
· Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Iran claims to destroy ‘Zionist Christian sect’ in Yazd province
The Islamic regime arrested three Christian leaders who allegedly opened their own church to preach Zionist teachings privately, according to the Yazd Justice Department's Public Relations Department and statements made by Yazd prosecutor Mehdi Hassanpour.
· DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
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
Andorra's Piqué gets 6-match suspension, 2-month ban for altercation with game officials
Former soccer player Gerard Pique arrives at the National Court in Majadahonda, Spain, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)
Bondi Beach mass shooting suspect faces 19 extra charges
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· Agence France-Presse
OCTA: 60% of Filipinos satisfied with police force performance
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· Red Mendoza
Lutnick Testifying Today On Epstein Ties After Dems Demand Subpoena
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick - a former neighbor and pal of Jeffrey Epstein who emailed the sex offender about visiting his Caribbean island (and then said it was 'nice to see him' in a subsequent email) - will provide closed-door testimony today in front of the US House committee investigating the Epstein's cr…
· Tyler Durden
Bombshell new theory in Chiara Poggi case revives Italy’s infamous Garlasco murder mystery
ROME — Nearly two decades after 26-year-old office worker Chiara Poggi was found dead in her home in the small northern town of Garlasco, a case that once seemed closed has been reopened, reviving doubts about one of Italy’s most scrutinized murder investigations.
· Reuters
Lebanese newspaper files complaint in France over remarks on killed journalist
Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar has filed a legal complaint in Paris, accusing former Unifil official General Philippe Sidos of “apology for war crimes” over comments he made about the killing of one of the paper’s journalists, Amal Khalil.
· Middleeasteye
I’m an infectious disease doctor — the virus that keeps me up at night, especially on a cruise ship
A dream trip has turned into a floating nightmare for passengers and crew aboard the MV Hondius, where a hantavirus outbreak has killed three and sickened at least four others.
· McKenzie Beard
Fadel Chaker and Ahmed Al Assir found not guilty of murder plot | The National
A Beirut criminal court has found singer-turned-militant Fadel Chaker and his former associate, the radical cleric Ahmed Al Assir, not guilty of involvement in an attempted murder more than a decade ago.
· The National