Alek Minassian faced 10 counts of first-degree murder and 16 counts of attempted murder in connection with the attack on 23 April 2018 that drew attention to an online world of sexual loneliness; rage and misogyny. Minassian had pleaded not criminally responsible, But the defense failed to prove Minassian’s autism spectrum disorder deprived him of […]
Oman has decided to close all commercial activities in the country for more than two weeks from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. as part of efforts to prevent the spread of coronavirus, according to Oman News Agency (ONA) reported. According to the committee; the temporary closure of businesses also includes closing all restaurants and cafes; […]
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of at least 6.0 struck central Greece Wednesday and was also felt in neighboring Albania and North Macedonia, and as far as Kosovo and Montenegro. One man was injured by falling debris but there were no other immediate reports of serious injury. Local officials reported structural damage, mainly to […]
A 15-year-old student is in “extremely critical” condition after he was shot by another 15-year-old boy in a “targeted” attack at an Arkansas junior high school Monday morning; police said. Police reported that the teen had died from his wounds — but later rescinded that; saying “bad information was released,” the station said. The teen […]
A French court on Monday sentenced former President Nicolas Sarkozy to three years in prison; for corruption and influence-peddling but suspended two years of the sentence. President from 2007 to 2012, he was found guilty of trying to illegally obtain information from a senior magistrate in 2014; about an ongoing investigation into his campaign finances. […]
The police raided the headquarters of F.C. Barcelona on Monday, seizing evidence and detaining four club officials. The arrests; on the eve of the club’s presidential election, created another crisis for a soccer behemoth brought low by crippling debt, boardroom infighting, and poor performances on the field. A spokeswoman for Mossos d’Esquadra, Catalonia’s regional police […]
Saudi Arabia said Saturday it intercepted a missile attack over its capital and bomb-laden drones targeting a southern province; the latest in a series of airborne assaults it has blamed on Yemen’s rebel Houthis. The attack comes amid sharply rising tensions in the Middle East; a day after a mysterious explosion struck an Israeli-owned ship […]
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Saturday that the country’s biggest city; Auckland; will go into a seven-day lockdown from early morning on Sunday after a new local case of the coronavirus of unknown origin emerged. This comes two weeks after Auckland’s nearly 2 million residents were plunged into a snap three-day lockdown […]
Haitian authorities announced Friday that more than 400 inmates escaped and 25 people died in a prison breakout, making it the country’s largest and deadliest one in a decade, with the prison director and a powerful gang leader among those killed. The breakout at Croix-des-Bouquets prison on the outskirts of the capital Port-au-Prince on Thursday […]
A pilot on a Phoenix-bound American Airlines flight radioed that an unidentified object flew over the plane in New Mexico on Sunday. At approximately 1:19 p.m. CST, the pilot of American Airlines Flight 2292 from Cincinnati reported, “Do you have any targets up here? We just had something go right over the top of us,” […]
