A woman has been arrested and charged with the death of her boyfriend after police say she deliberately mowed him down with her car. The incident occurred on Saturday, August 20, when the Prince George’s County Police Department responded to a call at approximately 8:45 p.m. to reports of a […]
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Turkish pop star jailed over joke about religious schools
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish pop star Gulsen has been arrested on charges of “inciting hatred and enmity” over a joke she made about Turkey’s religious schools, the country’s state-run news agency reported. The 46-year-old singer and songwriter, whose full name is Gulsen Colakoglu, was taken away for questioning from her […]
Abe murder suspect says life destroyed by mother’s religion
TOKYO — The brazen assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with a handmade gun shocked a nation unused to high-profile political violence. But there has been another surprise in the weeks since the murder as details have emerged about an alleged assassin who was well-off until his mother’s […]
Britain to see 80% spike in energy bills as crisis worsens
LONDON — Jennifer Jones keeps feeding money into her energy meter, but it never seems to be enough. And when she can’t pay, she feels the impact immediately. The power in her London home has gone off suddenly three times recently, once when her partner was cooking an egg. Like […]
2 dead, multiple injured in shooting at Kentucky homeless shelter
Two people have been killed and multiple others injured in a shooting at a Kentucky homeless shelter for men Thursday night, police said. The Henderson Police Department responded to an active shooter incident at Harbor House Christian Center, authorities said. Kenneth B. Gibbs of Henderson has been identified as the […]
Ukrainian siblings recall long journey from war zone to refugee camp
At a camp in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, for people displaced by the war, two siblings recounted the harrowing journey they’d made from their village, which was being bombed by Russian forces. Maria Zalata, 14, and her brother Dymtro Zalata, 17, traveled for two days from their village of Vesele to reach […]
Black pastor arrested while watering flowers speaks after body camera footage release
A Black pastor who was arrested in May after a neighbor reported a “suspicious person” in a yard watering flowers, said he is considering filing a racial discrimination lawsuit against his local police department. After returning from his church’s Sunday service, Pastor Michael Jennings of Childersburg, Alabama, said he was […]
Newsom says ban on gas car sales will transform US
California Gov. Gavin Newsom told ABC News that his state’s historic vote Thursday to ban the sale of new gas engine vehicles by 2035 is a game changer in the country’s goals to curb its dependency on fossil fuels. The California Air Resources Board approved the new regulations Thursday afternoon […]
Convicted at 17, prisoner, now 53, exonerated in rape
NEW ORLEANS — A Black man wrongfully convicted as a teenager for a New Orleans rape more than 36 years ago was ordered freed Thursday after a judge threw out his conviction. Sullivan Walter, now 53, used a handkerchief to wipe away tears as a state district judge formally vacated […]
North Korea says new fever cases were flu, not COVID-19
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Friday said the latest fever cases detected in its border region with China were tested to be influenza, not coronavirus infections as initially feared. The report by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency came a day after the North said it locked […]