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An ongoing military inquiry has found the US preliminarily responsible for a deadly Tomahawk missile strike on an Iranian elementary school that killed at least 175 people, most of them children, the New York Times has reported.
Long Island police have finally ID’d the killer in a shocking, long-unsolved case — and the victim’s family is happy to officially clear their father’s name after more than 50 years.
Major storms whipped up tornadoes that killed at least two people in northwest Indiana and leveled buildings in Kankakee, Illinois, authorities said Wednesday, as another round of rain, hail and strong winds made its way through the region.
A pervy school secretary’s admission to having sex with a student during a taped police interrogation could result in the case being tossed, the lead prosecutor warned.
A second person has been charged over the alleged kidnappingof a Sydney tobacco store owner, leading to a covert police operation to save him.The 53-year-old man was snatched by four people from outside his shop on Meadows Road in Mount Pritchard just after 6am on February 24, with CCTV footage showing him being bun…
A Manhattan federal judge said “nein” to a German tourist who tried to sue a Time Square taco spot for $100,000, claiming his northern European tongue suffered “nonstop pain” from salsa that was dangerously spicy, according to a recent court decision.
A man who crashed his car outside Sacramento and tried to carjack another driver somehow ended up nude when police arrested him.
A 75-year-old Queens man was busted Wednesday in the murder of his much-younger wife – whose dismembered remains were found scattered across the borough several months apart, cops and sources said.
Heart-wrenching police bodycam footage captured the tragic final moments for hero NYPD cop Jonathan Diller, as his partner fought in vain to save the young dad.
WASHINGTON — President Trump is preparing to launch new trade investigations that could bring additional tariffs after the Supreme Court struck down his use of emergency powers to unfurl “reciprocal” and “fentanyl” levies.
At least six people were killed and several others wounded in Israeli air raids on the Burj al-Shamali camp in southern Lebanon, the country’s National News Agency reported.
VILLA RICA, Ga. (AP) — A 12-year-old girl was taken to a hospital and died days after she collapsed in the street following a fistfight near a school bus stop in her Georgia neighborhood, according to police.
When the US Supreme Court ruled that the administration’s tariffs were unlawful, it resolved a constitutional question. What it did not resolve is how to unwind the economic damage. Gov. JB Pritzker has called for roughly $1,700 per Illinois household — about $8.7 billion total — arguing that families effectively pa…
Two people have been killed in tornadoes in the Midwest region of the United States amid a spate of extreme weather, according to authorities.
ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Meta AI, Gemini and others suggested ‘locations to target’ and ‘weapons’ to use to researchers posing as 13-year-old boys
Artists paint a portrait of slain Haitian President Jovenel Moise near the presidencial residence where he was assassinated two years ago in the Petion-ville area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, July 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)
The Trump administration on Wednesday announced new trade investigations of China, Mexico, the European Union and more than a dozen other countries, with the goal of replacing President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs, which were recently ruled illegal by the Supreme Court.
Keir Starmer (left) appointed Peter Mandelson to the UK's most prestigious diplomatic role. (Reuters: Carl Court)
Decades after patients first warned Columbia University that one of its doctors sexually abused them, some university administrators have finally faced consequences.
A Mexican citizen accused of trying to smuggle a half ton of liquid methamphetamine hidden in a truck’s fuel tank at the California border is facing life in prison.
Kansas City Chiefs inside linebacker Darron Lee takes part in a drill at NFL football training camp, July 27, 2019, in St. Joseph, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
Colombo Fort Magistrate Isuru Nettikumara yesterday (11) ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to immediately investigate and submit a report regarding directives issued by the former President in 2022 to conduct a third DNA test on Pulasthini Mahendran, alias Sara Jasmine.
The Supreme Court yesterday held that seven officers of the Excise Department had violated the Fundamental Rights of a restaurant owner in Midigama and ordered them to pay compensation from their personal funds.
Editor of the Lanka e-News website, Don Pradeep Sadaruwan Senadheera, was arrested by Immigration officials yesterday (11) afternoon upon his arrival at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) from London, United Kingdom.
It has been four months since Cyclone Ditwah struck Sri Lanka. The World Bank estimated the direct damage at around USD 4.1 billion. The Central Province was among the worst affected regions, with damage in the Kandy District alone estimated at USD 689 million, mainly due to flooding and, to a lesser extent, landsli…
FRIBOURG, Switzerland — An inferno on a Swiss bus that killed six people was seemingly started by a "disturbed" man on board who set himself alight, the investigating prosecutor said Wednesday.
Norwegian police say they have arrested three brothers suspected of carrying out Sunday’s “terror bombing” attack on the US embassy in Oslo.
The “Ambassador for a Day 2026” initiative is organized by the Women Ambassadors Group in partnership with United Nations in Thailand and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, together with diplomatic missions and UN agencies based in Thailand. The 2026 edition was held under the theme “Ensuring and strengthe…
The Illegal Assets Investigation Division, under the Police, has stated that property worth nearly Rs. 40 million believed to belong to Salindu Malshitha, also known as ‘Panadura Kudu Salindu’, an organised criminal and large-scale drug trafficker currently hiding abroad, has been frozen.
A four-year-old boy was saved by the life-saving officers attached to the Wattala Police while he was drowning at the Prithipura beach in Wattala, Hendala.
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Polish prosecutors have launched an investigation into suspected human trafficking linked to late US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, after documents released by the US Justice Department indicated victims were allegedly recruited in the country.
Richard Kemp tells high court former Sinn Féin leader would have authorised attacks carried out in England
Nathan Chasing Horse found guilty on 13 of 21 charges in case that affected Indigenous communities across US
Strike in Shukeiri killed teachers and health care workers and is latest incident in three-year war
The Big 12 Tournament’s new LED court was meant to be the next big thing in basketball. It gives stadium operators the ability to bring nearly any graphic idea to life through the use of the court.
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A crew of immigrants from El Salvador were caught driving with Molotov cocktails after an early-morning traffic stop on Long Island this week, Suffolk County police said.
Following the shooting of a gardener at his home, the youngest son of former Zimbabwean ruler Robert Mugabe has appeared in a South African court.
She dined and dashed straight into police custody.
Trio held on suspicion of ‘terrorist bombing’ that caused minor damage but no injuries
Uma onda de vitórias eleitorais da direita varre a América Latina. José Antonio Kast no Chile, Javier Milei na Argentina, Daniel Noboa no Equador, Tito Asfura em Honduras, Laura Fernández na Costa Rica. Por trás da maioria dessas vitórias está a promessa de emular Nayib Bukele: o presidente de El Salvador prega tole…
Strike that killed at least 175 people, most of them children, reportedly due to targeting mistake by US military planners
Jason Hughes died after slipping into the road as teens fled a prank involving toilet paper
KANKAKEE, Illinois — Major storms whipped up tornadoes that killed at least two people in northwest Indiana and leveled buildings in Kankakee, Illinois, authorities said Wednesday, as another round of rain, hail and strong winds made its way through the region.
The siblings are Norwegian citizens, and police are investigating if they were working on their own or on orders from a foreign entity
CoreCivic’s shuttered prison, the Midwest Regional Reception Center, is seen on March 3, 2025, in Leavenworth, Kansas. (AP Photo/Nick Ingram, File)
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The head priest and dean of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in downtown Pittsburgh is facing charges after being accused of stealing more than $1,000 in baseball cards from a Walmart.
Lebanon’s Health Emergency Operations Center said an Israeli strike on the town of Tebnine in the Bint Jbeil district killed at least eight people.