ALEXEY NIKOLSKY/AFP/Getty Images(MOSCOW) — Russia on Thursday marked its annual Victory Day holiday with its usual large military parade overseen by President Vladimir Putin, and with huge commemorative processions that have become a feature of the holiday in recent years. Putin pledged to strengthen Russia’s armed forces as he watched thousands of troops and dozens …
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May 09
Afghan boy, wounded in war, dances on new prosthetic leg in heartwarming video
WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images(LONDON) — Ahmad Rahman was just 8 months old when he was wounded in the crossfire between Afghan security forces and the Taliban in his village in Logar province. A bullet struck Ahmad’s leg, which later had to be amputated. Ahmad, now 5, has been fitted for several prosthetic legs since then as …
May 09
Pompeo cancels climate change-focused trip to see melting glaciers in Greenland
State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain(WASHINGTON) — Two days after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cut a stop from his trip to Germany, his office announced that he was canceling another visit — this time to Greenland, where Pompeo was to see melting glaciers at the forefront of climate change. Pompeo had to …
May 09
Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition under fire over alleged privacy violations
Stephen Brashear/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The popular Amazon Echo Dot Kids Edition is coming under fire from advocacy groups who say the smart speaker may violate laws protecting children’s online privacy, and when a parent deletes voice recordings, the information you think is deleted is still there. On Thursday, the advocacy group Campaign for A …
May 09
Flash flooding concerns grow in Texas, Louisiana as rainfall mounts
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A powerful storm moving through the Plains and Deep South brought a second day of severe weather on Wednesday. There were four more reported tornadoes on Wednesday, bringing the count from this outbreak to 20 in four states — Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. The threat for severe weather will continue …
May 09
Suspect in grisly Miami murder confesses to six other killings
Florida Department of Law Enforcement(MIAMI) — A convicted sex offender arrested Sunday in the brutal killing of a 77-year-old man in Miami Beach, Florida, has confessed to six more murders during a police interview this week. Nicholas Gibson, 32, was tracked to and later arrested in New York City while exiting a subway train after …
May 09
Police seize over a thousand guns, ammunition from Los Angeles home
Los Angeles Police Department(LOS ANGELES) — A man in Los Angeles’ posh Holmby Hills neighborhood was hiding a stash of weapons large enough to outfit an army. The Los Angeles Police Department busted Girard Damien Saenz, 57, with as many as 1,000 weapons piled up in his home. Authorities also found massive stockpiles of ammunition. …
May 09
Sheriff, officers accused of jailing innocent man for not following orders during manhunt
imegastocker/iStock(COLUMBIA, S.C.) — A sheriff in South Carolina and two other officers have been indicted on federal charges that they allegedly jailed an innocent man for three days in retaliation for him not following their orders as they looked for a suspect after a car accident. On Nov. 20, 2018, Chester County Sheriff George Alexander …
May 09
North Korea fires projectile for second time in week, South Korea says
MarkRubens/iStock(SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korea fired an unidentified projected eastward from Sino-ri, about 50 miles from Pyongyang, around 4:30 p.m. local time, South Korean officials said. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff confirmed the launch on Thursday but had no additional details immediately available. The South’s military is analyzing the short-range launch, North Korea’s …
May 08
Huawei executive to fight extradition to the US on charges of bank, wire fraud
Marilyn Nieves/iStock(VANCOUVER, British Columbia) — Chinese tech giant Huawei will fight the extradition of its chief financial officer and deputy chairwoman Meng Wanzhou to the United States, where she would face criminal charges, after she appeared in a Canadian court on Wednesday. U.S. prosecutors have charged Meng, Huawei Technologies and two Huawei affiliates — Huawei …