Archive for May 2024
Slovak Politicians Call For Cooling Political Divisions After Shooting Of Prime Minister
Slovak politicians have called for calm in the Central European country after Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot multiple times by a would-be assassin on Wednesday, a rare instance of political violence that prompted soul-searching among leaders in the deeply divided society. Fico was in serious but stable condition Thursday, a hospital official said, after…
Read MoreNazi flag-bearing man who crashed a truck into barriers near the White House pleads guilty to felony
A Missouri man who crashed a rental truck into White House barriers and showed a Nazi flag before his arrest last year pleaded guilty on Monday to damaging government property, court records show. Sai Varshith Kandula, 20, drove a U-Haul truck onto a sidewalk, sending pedestrians running for safety, before ramming it into metal bollard…
Read MoreMassive Manhunt In France For Prison-Break Gang That Gunned Down Officers
A massive manhunt was underway in France on Wednesday for an armed gang that killed two prison officers and seriously injured three others to spring an inmate they were escorting. French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said “unprecedented” efforts were deployed, with hundreds of officers mobilized in the search for the escaped convict, Mohamed Amra, and…
Read MoreThree dead in New Caledonia as riots rage after Paris approves voting change
Three people were killed in riots in New Caledonia, an official said, after a move to change voting rules in the French-ruled Pacific island triggered violent unrest in which vehicles were torched and stores looted, residents said on Wednesday. The three dead were young indigenous Kanak, said a spokesman for New Caledonia’s president Louis Mapou,…
Read MoreMan accused in Los Angeles Jewish hate crime shooting agrees to plead guilty
The man accused of shooting two Jewish men in Los Angeles last year has agreed to plead guilty to hate crime and firearm charges, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. Jamie Tran is expected to plead guilty as charged to two counts of hate crimes with intent to kill and two counts of using a firearm…
Read MoreMaryland woman pleads guilty to alleged plot to attack Baltimore power stations
A Maryland woman accused of plotting to carry out attacks on multiple energy substations surrounding Baltimore pleaded guilty on Tuesday to federal conspiracy and firearms charges, court records show. Sarah Beth Clendaniel, of Catonsville, was charged last year with conspiring with a Florida-based founder of the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen to carry out the attacks, in…
Read MoreNew Jersey Marine accused of threats to kill white people, commit mass shooting
A former Marine from New Jersey was arrested Friday and accused of threatening to kill white people and carry out a mass shooting, federal prosecutors said Monday. Joshua Cobb, 23, of Trenton, wrote on social media in December 2022, before he joined the Marines last year: “I want to cause mayhem on the white community”…
Read MoreLouisiana parishioners confront teen who entered church with a gun during children’s Mass, police say
A Mass celebrating dozens of children’s first Communion at a church in southern Louisiana was interrupted Saturday when a 16-year-old boy armed with a gun walked in, the church and police said. No one was injured during the incident in Abbeville at the St. Mary Magdalen Church, during which a “suspicious person” opened the back…
Read MoreHundreds Of Syrian Refugees Head Home As Anti-Refugee Sentiment Surges In Lebanon
More than 300 Syrian refugees headed back home to Syria in a convoy on Tuesday, leaving two remote northeastern towns in crisis-stricken Lebanon where anti-refugee sentiment has been surging in recent months. Lebanese officials have long urged the international community to either resettle the refugees in other countries or help them return to Syria. Over…
Read MoreOhio Man Pleads Guilty to Creating and Distributing Videos Depicting Monkey Torture and Mutilation
A plea agreement was unsealed today in which an Ohio man pleaded guilty to creating and distributing videos depicting acts of extreme violence and sexual abuse against monkeys. Ronald P. Bedra, of Etna, pleaded guilty to conspiring to create and distribute so-called “animal crush” videos. According to court documents, Bedra conspired with others to create…
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