A 95-year-old man who was a Nazi concentration camp guard during WWII has been deported from the U.S. to Germany; authorities announced on Friday. Friedrich Karl Berger, who lived in Tennessee, was deported “for participating in Nazi-sponsored acts of persecution” while serving at the concentration camp in 1945; the Justice Department said. Acting Attorney General […]
The U.S. Air Force confirmed Friday night that the two pilots were killed after a T-38 trainer aircraft crashed near the Montgomery Regional Airport Friday. Marshall J. Taggart, Jr., executive airport director; said the airport was informed about the crash in an adjacent, wooded area at about 5:05 p.m. Executive Airport Director Marshall Taggart Jr. […]
A 20-year-old man was shot to death during a “prank” robbery staged for social media Friday night, according to a release from Nashville police. Police said Timothy Wilks was shot and killed in a parking lot at a building with several businesses, including a trampoline park, around 9:20 p.m. Detectives were told Wilks and a […]
An avalanche killed four skiers and injured four others later on Saturday in a popular recreation area, making it one of the deadliest avalanches in Utah history, authorities said. The avalanche occurred in a backcountry region of Millcreek Canyon. Eight skiers were in the area of Wilson Basin; when they triggered the avalanche, Sgt. Melody […]
President Biden announced Thursday that the U.S. will no longer support offensive military operations led by Saudi Arabia in Yemen, reversing a policy started by the Obama administration and continued by the Trump administration despite widespread accusations of Saudi war crimes. U.S. President Joe Biden made the announcement during a wide-ranging foreign policy speech; that declared diplomacy […]
Two FBI agents were killed and three others were wounded while serving a warrant early Tuesday in Florida, officials said. The agents, who were not immediately identified, were shot at a residential complex in Sunrise at about 6 a.m. while executing a court-ordered search warrant in a case involving violent crimes against children, FBI officials […]
On Thursday, Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ruled that four men convicted of kidnapping and murdering American journalist Daniel Pearl should go free. Daniel Pearl was a Wall Street Journal reporter covering militants in Pakistan in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. Daniel Pearl was told he was meeting with a radical cleric when instead he […]
New York Attorney General Letitia James said that the state Department of Health underreported COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes by as much as 50%, according to a report released Thursday. The count of deaths in state nursing homes has been a source of controversy for Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and state Health Department officials; who […]
Eight Chinese bomber planes and four fighter jets entered the southwestern corner of Taiwan air defence identification zone on Saturday, and Taiwan’s air force deployed missiles to “monitor” the incursion, the island’s Defence Ministry said. China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory, has conducted almost daily flights over the waters between the southern part […]
Bitcoin fell heavily on Friday and was heading towards its sharpest weekly drop since last March, as worries over its technology and regulation extended a pullback from recent record highs. The world’s most popular cryptocurrency fell more than 5 percent to an almost three-week low of $28,800 in the Asia session, before steadying around $30,000. […]
