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A gunman suspected of killing eight people in the city of Joliet, Illinois, has died after a confrontation with law enforcement officials, police say. Police in Joliet said Romeo Nance, 23, is believed to have fatally shot himself after the confrontation near Natalia, Texas. He is suspected of killing eight people at multiple locations in Joliet. Seven of the victims were found in two nearby houses by police on Monday. […]
A man has been arrested and charged with harassment and stalking near Taylor Swift's New York home. David Crowe, 33, from Seattle, was arrested on Monday after complaints about an "emotionally disturbed male acting erratically". He was charged with two counts each of harassment and stalking, the New York Police Department said. The incident comes days after Swift's house appeared to have been the target of an attempted break-in. At […]
The US and UK have conducted a fresh series of joint air strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen. The Pentagon said Monday's strikes hit eight targets, including an underground storage site and Houthi missile and surveillance capability. The Iran-backed Houthis have been targeting ships they say are linked to Israel and the West that travel through the important Red Sea trade route. The US and UK said they were trying […]
Australia's former Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced he will quit parliament to join the private sector. Mr Morrison, a conservative who was first elected in 2007, was the country's leader from 2018 to 2022. He oversaw Australia's pandemic response, the Aukus defence pact, and was embroiled in a historic scandal for secretly appointing himself to several ministerial positions while PM. "The time has come for me to return to […]
Famed Canadian film maker and producer Norman Jewison has died aged 97, his publicist has announced. The three-time Oscar nominee for best director passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday, Jeff Sanderson said. He provided no further details. Jewison directed classics such as Moonstruck, In The Heat Of The Night, and Fiddler on the Roof. A versatile storyteller, he was renowned for tackling issues such as racism and civil […]
India's PM Narendra Modi has inaugurated a grand temple to Hindu god Ram in the flashpoint city of Ayodhya. The temple replaces a 16th-Century mosque razed by Hindu mobs in 1992. The demolition had sparked nationwide riots in which nearly 2,000 people died. Thousands of invited guests, including top film stars and cricketers, attended the event in Ayodhya. But some Hindu seers and most of the opposition boycotted it, saying […]
More than 90 weather-related deaths have been recorded across the US after the country was pummelled by ferocious winter storms for the past week. The deaths include at least 25 in Tennessee and 16 in Oregon, which remains under a state of emergency following severe ice storms. Tens of thousands of people also remain without power across wide swathes of the country. Icy conditions are expected to ease off in […]
A US teen has been hailed as a hero for saving a baby boy after his parents were electrocuted by a power line during an ice storm in Oregon. Majiah Washington, 18, was inside her house and ran out to check on the nine-month-old after seeing his parents both shocked by the line on Wednesday. She pulled the boy to safety after his parents and uncle were all killed having […]
Three French police officers have been given suspended jail sentences for assaulting a black man with a baton in a north-west Paris suburb. One officer received a 12-month suspended sentence and the other two received three-month sentences. Théo Luhaka was left disabled with irreversible anal injuries from a police baton during a stop-and-search in Aulnay-sous-Bois in February 2017. Mr Luhaka, then 22, also said he was beaten, racially abused and […]
