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ABC News
April 29, 2018
The 29-year-old man accused of gunning down a sheriff's office corporal in Maine and who evaded authorities for four days has been captured, authorities said today. John Daniel Williams had been on the run since Wednesday morning when he allegedly shot and killed Cpl. Eugene Cole of the SomersetÃâà...
The Guardian
April 29, 2018
A 22-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after police discovered the body of a woman at her East Sussex home. Police made the discovery after they were called to the house at 7.20pm on Friday night over fears for the woman's welfare. They arrested the man, who is related to the deadÃâà...
Independent.ie
April 29, 2018
Detective Chief Inspector Jill Duffie, from PSNI Public Protection Branch, said: “I understand that feelings in the area have been running high over the search for these men, however, there can never be an excuse for violence or people taking the law into their own hands. We will be investigating the assaultÃâà...
NEWS.com.au
April 29, 2018
On my way back to the table, I bumped into a man who was looking at the pastry display, full of things like Belgian Chocolate Ganache & Roasted Hazlenut Tart (mmmm!). He's got his hands on his hips, taking up space in a small area. It was busy, so I quickly said, “Sorry”, without eye contact, and moved onÃâà...
BBC News
April 29, 2018
"I daresay that the idealism of the feminine mind and its deadly logic which we have all experienced in private life are qualities superior to those of men, but I do say that in governing a great country and in considering the problems which we have to consider every day in this House such qualities are notÃâà...
HuffPost
April 29, 2018
Instead of convicting the five men of rape on Thursday, a three-judge panel in Pamplona in northern Spain found the men guilty of the lesser crime of “continuous sexual abuse,” according to CNN. Unlike a rape charge, sexual abuse charges indicate that violence or intimidation were not involved in theÃâà...
NPR
April 29, 2018
Larry Harvey, co-founder of the Burning Man festival, died Saturday at the age of 70, according to the organization's Facebook page and website. The first Burning Man event took place on a San Francisco beach in 1986 after Harvey had the idea to burn a giant effigy in celebration. The event eventuallyÃâà...
ABC News
April 28, 2018
The Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office said it will not press charges against two police officers who used their stun guns as many as 18 times in the death of a naked man in the shower last May. District Attorney John Chisholm made the announcement on Friday, saying there was "no basis toÃâà...
WRAL.com
April 27, 2018
Jones said they were able to identify the man and woman based on papers in the boat and on the man's truck, which was in the parking lot, but are not releasing the names until the man's body has been found. He said the man and woman are between the ages of 50 and 60. Jones said they will not call offÃâà...
ABC News
April 27, 2018
One theory proposed by some medical experts is that women eat more romaine lettuce than men. Eiras, however, does not believe that is the "driving factor" behind the difference. "This outbreak with romaine lettuce is not different from other outbreaks with spinach and beef," he said, referring to previous E.
WTVD-TV
April 27, 2018
Raleigh police are investigating a shooting in the 300 block of Blount Street in downtown Raleigh. Police said a man was shot and a woman was detained for questioning after the incident on Thursday afternoon in front of Growler USA. The person injured in the shooting was identified as a 28-year-old man,Ãâà...
NEWS.com.au
April 27, 2018
“A 47-year-old man from Maidstone was declared dead at the scene. “The death was not believed to be suspicious and so a file was prepared for the coroner.” A Transport for London spokesman said: “Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the man who was found in the tunnel between HolbornÃâà...
The Independent
April 27, 2018
A man who was told a gold coin in his possession was a fake is set to become a millionaire after experts realised it was the real deal. The collector, who wished to remain anonymous, was convinced his coin was a fraudulent replica of a special $5 coin produced by the San Francisco Mint at the height of theÃâà...
NPR
April 27, 2018
Protests have erupted across Spain following a court's decision to clear five men of rape charges. The men, who have been dubbed 'La Manada' or 'The Wolf Pack' by Spanish media are accused of gang raping an 18-year-old woman during the 2016 San Fermin running of the bulls festival. The men haveÃâà...
The Guardian
April 27, 2018
They are not the men they want or need to be; they do not have the status they feel was their birthright. This is the fault of others and somebody, anybody, must therefore pay. “The amok man,” writes Douglas Kellner in Guys and Guns Amok, describing the man likely to commit a mass killing, “is patently outÃâà...
NPR
April 27, 2018
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Corpus Christi Caller-Times
April 25, 2018
Rawlings said he continues "to be upset at the lack of respect for our police in this city and in our country." In 2016, four Dallas police officers and a transit officer were shot dead by a sniper in an ambush that came toward the end of a peaceful protest over the police killings of black men that had occurred inÃâà...
The Denver Post
April 25, 2018
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The man who snatched an AR-15 rifle away from a gunman at a Nashville restaurant told Tennessee lawmakers Tuesday he faced “the true test of a man,” drawing a standing ovation during his brief address. As the House hailed him as a hero, James Shaw Jr. said he acted to saveÃâà...
Gizmodo
April 25, 2018
New research shows which of the two materials provided for a superior dagger, demonstrating that, for Papuan men, it wasn't the strength of the blade that mattered—but rather the prestige bestowed by the weapon. Papuan bone daggers had both utilitarian and symbolic purposes; they were at once aÃâà...
BBC News
April 25, 2018
A 53-year-old man remains in a critical condition after he was attacked outside Anfield before Liverpool's Champions League semi-final against Roma. Two men from Rome, aged 25 and 26, have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, Merseyside Police said. The victim, thought to be a LiverpoolÃâà...
BBC News
April 25, 2018
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The Verge
April 25, 2018
2017 was a whirlwind year for Uber: the company dealt with engineer Susan Fowler's account of sexism during her time at Uber, it lost one CEO and gained a new one, and it faced a lawsuit from Waymo, just to mention a few events. Along the way, Uber published its first diversity report, and the resultsÃâà...
NPR
April 4, 2018
In Europe, if there's a webpage with information about you that you don't like — because it's either inaccurate or just too personal — you can make Google hide it from search results. Google has done exactly that with more than 1 million pages in Europe. It's part of a growing legal movement in Europe thatÃâà...
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
April 4, 2018
“I'm just, 'Oh my gosh, y'all didn't have to handle that man.' They could've hurt that man and it's good that people was out there because there's no telling what else they would have did,” she said. In Johnson's video, close to the police officers and Curry, an officer is heard commanding Curry to put his armsÃâà...
Pickle
April 4, 2018
A Queensland man is being hailed a hero after putting out a boat fire with his jet ski over the long weekend. Video of Jason Dobinson ripping doughies to splash water on to a burning boat is being shared across social media – and it's pretty impressive stuff. There's something about heroic hooning that justÃâà...
ABC News
April 4, 2018
County prosecutor Chad Grunander, left, speaks about Jerrod W. Baum during a news conference in Provo, Utah, Tuesday, April 3, 2018. Prosecutors say Baum, a Utah man accused in the death of a teenage couple, forced the girl to kneel and watch her boyfriend being beaten and stabbed before she wasÃâà...
The Denver Channel
April 4, 2018
LOVELAND, Colo. — A man deemed mentally ill was incorrectly allowed to buy a gun last month because law enforcement agencies did not communicate fast enough to block the sale, Denver7 Investigates has discovered. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation agrees a 60-year-old man from LarimerÃâà...
The Columbus Dispatch
April 4, 2018
The Columbus police dive team has called off the search for a man missing in the Scioto River after he jumped off the Broad Street Bridge Downtown Tuesday morning. The call was dispatched at 9:58 a.m. as an attempted suicide, with both Columbus police and fire personnel responding. The man, whoÃâà...
The Guardian
April 4, 2018
A man who climbed the Sydney Harbour Bridge, bringing traffic to a standstill, has been brought down safely. Shortly before 10am on Wednesday, the man, who is believed to be known to police, climbed down from a cross beam of the bridge where he had been since around 4.30am on Wednesday.
ABC News
April 4, 2018
Police in Houston, Texas, are investigating an apparently accidental shooting that occurred when three people sitting in a car were “playing with two pistols,” early Sunday, according to a press release. A woman in the vehicle accidentally discharged one weapon, striking the victim in the head, the releaseÃâà...
AZCentral.com
April 4, 2018
A man wrapped in blankets was found dead Tuesday lodged beneath a vehicle in a central Phoenix parking lot, officials said. Phoenix police say an official cause of death will be determined by a medical examiner. Officers were called to the lot near Thomas Road and Central Avenue about 6:30 a.m. onÃâà...
cleveland.com
April 3, 2018
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Two men were shot Monday evening at large apartment complex in Cleveland's Hough neighborhood, police say. The men were shot at 6 p.m. at the Regency Square Apartments in the 1500 block of Ansel Road, Cleveland police said. The men were taken to University Hospitals forÃâà...
The Root
April 3, 2018
If there can be any takeaways from the revelation of and the reaction to Fabolous' abuse of Emily Bustamante, his long-time girlfriend and the mother of his two children, it's that there are no fresh takeaways from it. We should know, by now, not to allow a man's laid-back public persona to make us assumeÃâà...
Variety
April 3, 2018
Variety first reported on Feb. 2 that Adam Shankman had come on board to direct the film, which is inspired by the Nancy Meyers' 2000 rom-com, “What Women Want.” Will Packer and James Lopez are producing and Shankman executive producing. The original movie starred Mel Gibson as a marketingÃâà...
KTRK-TV
April 3, 2018
Terrifying Facebook Live video shows the moment Cassandra Nickcole Damper accidentally shot Devyn Holmes in the head. (KTRK). KTRK. Shelley Childers. Monday, April 02, 2018 08:48PM. HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) --. Facebook Live video shows the moment a man was accidentally shot in the head on Easter, leavingÃâà...
The Hill
April 3, 2018
That spread narrows slightly when voters are asked if they would vote for a Democratic or Republican candidate in their own district, with 45 percent saying a Democrat and 34 percent saying a Republican. Men are essentially split on that question, but 49 percent of women said they'd vote for a Democrat,Ãâà...
Kotaku
April 3, 2018
Taiwan News and the TV media report that on Saturday afternoon near Nankang Software Park, the man had stabbed himself in the stomach in what appears to be an attempted seppuku (ritual suicide). One passerby intervened, and according to Taiwan News, the wound was minor and not life-threatening.
The Guardian
April 3, 2018
Erdoğan began to attend gatherings in Gazi in which couples, and sometimes groups of people, would have sex openly, in front of other partygoers. Whether it was men with women, men with men, or women with women, it did not especially interest Erdoğan – he saw them as indistinguishable, one and theÃâà...
The Guardian
April 3, 2018
The men, aged 21 and 52, have been detained on suspicion of “being concerned in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism under section 41 of the Terrorism Act 2000”. Police said loud bangs would have been heard as officers gained entry to two addresses in the Savile Town area ofÃâà...
WDIV ClickOnDetroit
March 27, 2018
WYANDOTTE, Mich. - A man was caught on camera stealing a phone, and when the owner posted the video online, the thief suddenly had a change of heart. Chad Greene said he accidentally left his phone on the counter when he paid for gas Thursday at a gas station on Third Street in Wyandotte.
The Guardian
March 27, 2018
The 56-year-old man, whose identity remains suppressed by the court, was approved for transfer out of Western Australia into another state last week. A decision published by the Prisoners Review Board in WA says the man has been granted parole on the condition that he have no direct or indirect contactÃâà...
WFTV Orlando
March 27, 2018
Three men were shot Monday afternoon outside a gas station near Maitland, the Orange County Sheriff's Office said. The shooting was reported at about 3:15 p.m. outside a Trackway on Forest City Road near Maitland Boulevard, Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Jane Watrel said. A 40-year-old man and aÃâà...
OCRegister
March 27, 2018
... for a suspected hit man accused of being involved in the 2004 murder of a Westminster woman, a killing arranged by her husband. Nearly three years after Magdi Girgis was convicted of arranging the murder of his wife, Ariet Girgis, trial has begun for Anthony Edward Bridget, one of two men suspected ofÃâà...
KTRK-TV
March 27, 2018
ABC13's Jeff Ehling gives perspective from the scene of a homicide investigation in southwest Houston. (KTRK). KTRK. By Jeff Ehling. Tuesday, March 27, 2018 05:52AM. HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) --. A woman is dead and her ex-boyfriend is in the hospital following an incident in an apartment complex on Bissonnet nearÃâà...
ABC Action News
March 27, 2018
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Police are searching for the man who allegedly punched a woman in the face in downtown St. Petersburg. The violent confrontation happened around 3 a.m. Jan. 21, along 1st Avenue North, while a group of friends were celebrating a bachelorette party. Two months later, policeÃâà...
Chron.com
March 27, 2018
A former Richmond man was ordered to serve five years in prison for torturing a woman he was romantically involved with by sending her disturbing images and threatening email messages, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas announced Monday. Former energy trader Heriberto Latigo, 45,Ãâà...
EW.com (blog)
March 27, 2018
X-Men: Dark Phoenix has flown the coop. The next post-Apocalypse installment of 20th Century Fox's superhero saga has been bumped from its planned November release date to Feb. 14, 2019. The studio made the announcement late Monday night, as reported by Deadline, along with a few otherÃâà...
Variety
March 27, 2018
It's set a decade after the events in “X-Men: Apcalypse” and stars James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Sophie Turner, Alexandra Shipp, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Evan Peters, and Jessica Chastain. Fox also took police thriller “The Force” off its scheduled MarchÃâà...
Channel NewsAsia
March 25, 2018
SINGAPORE: Police arrested three men suspected of drug related offences at a coffee shop in Bukit Batok on Saturday morning (Mar 24). A video of the incident, which was posted ... The third man, wearing a red shirt, was seen in the video speaking to police officers. The police said they were alerted to theÃâà...
NJ.com
March 25, 2018
He was already Dean of the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, a pediatrics professor and a doctor who still sees patients at nights and on weekends. So why would Robert Johnson also agree to chair University Hospital's Board of Trustees? He didn't exactly have a choice. One of Gov. Chris Christie'sÃâà...
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