Pattanaphong Khuankaew/iStock(NEW YORK) — Rapper A$AP Rocky was charged with assault in Sweden on Thursday over a brawl in the streets of Stockholm on June 30, according to prosecutors. “I have today commenced criminal proceedings against the three individuals suspected of assault causing actual bodily harm, having come to the conclusion that the events in …
Category: News
Auto Added by WPeMatico
Jul 25
Federal government resuming executions after 2 decades, names first 5 people to be killed
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Attorney General Bill Barr announced Thursday the federal government will be resuming capital punishment. In the announcement, the U.S. Department of Justice said the decision was made related to “five death-row inmates convicted of murdering, and in some cases torturing and raping, the most vulnerable in our society — children and …
Jul 25
Passenger who filmed dancing American Airlines employee calls his moves ‘pure joy’
Suzanne Durham(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — An airline employee in Nashville decided to dance like no one was watching, but thankfully one attentive passenger caught the joyful moment on camera. Suzanne Durham told ABC News she had barely settled into her seat when she noticed an American Airlines employee spinning and skipping on the tarmac at Nashville …
Jul 25
There have been 3 federal executions in modern US, but that number is set to multiply
txking/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The first spate of federal executions announced by the attorney general would quickly more than double the number of such executions in modern U.S. history. There had only ever been three federal executions since the death penalty was reinstated by the Supreme Court in 1976, with the most infamous among them that of …
Jul 25
16 Marines arrested at Camp Pendleton on charges ranging from human smuggling to drug-related offenses
Bill_Dally/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Sixteen U.S. Marines were arrested on Thursday morning for their alleged involvement in activities ranging from human smuggling to drug-related offenses, the Marine Corps said. The arrests were carried out by officials from 1st Marine Division and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service during an 800-person battalion formation at Camp Pendleton in California. “Information …
Jul 25
Biology student helps discover 65-million-year-old Triceratops skull named ‘Alice’ in North Dakota
UC Merced(MERCED, Calif.) — A 23-year-old college student has fulfilled his childhood dream of working with dinosaurs and helped discover a Triceratops skull during a dig in North Dakota. Harrison Duran, a biology student at the University of California at Merced, stumbled upon the 65-million-year-old dinosaur skull on June 4 as he worked alongside Michael …
Jul 25
Georgia resident charged with murder of pregnant woman
iStock(ATHENS, Ga.) — A 27-year-old Georgia woman was charged with the murder of a pregnant woman who was fatally shot while she was trying to move her child away from a fight, police said Thursday. Kiresa Cooper, an Athens-Clarke County resident, is facing one count felony murder and one count of aggravated assault in the …
Jul 25
Surveillance video shows slain Ole Miss student Alexandria ‘Ally’ Kostial on her last night
Lafayette County Sheriffs Office(OXFORD, Miss.) — Chilling surveillance video shows an Ole Miss student out on the last night of her life before she was killed allegedly by a college classmate. Alexandria “Ally” Kostial’s body, riddled with multiple gunshot wounds, was discovered in Harmontown, Miss., Saturday morning, authorities said. Brandon Theesfeld, 22, was arrested Monday …
Jul 25
Millionaire and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on suicide watch after being found injured in jail: Source
Rick Friedman/Rick Friedman Photography/Corbis via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Millionaire and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, facing charges of federal sex trafficking, was placed on suicide watch after being found unresponsive and with injuries to his neck at a federal lockup in New York City, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the incident. …
Jul 25
American teen who was detained near border plans to sue government after being released
wingedwolf/iStock(EDINBURG, Texas) — An American teenager has been released from immigration custody in Texas after being detained for almost a month, according to federal officials. Francisco Erwin Galicia, an 18-year-old U.S. citizen who was born in Dallas and lives with his family in the Texas border city of Edinburg said he was driving with his …