A Texas man who urged Capitol rioters to ‘go hunting’ for Democrats, tech executives and others received the harshest punishment yet relating to the January 6 insurrection – despite the fact he did not actually travel there himself. Troy Smocks, a Black man from Dallas, was sentenced on Thursday to 14 months in prison for […]
BETHESDA, MARYLAND (NYTIMES) – Chinese firms are collecting genetic data from around the world, part of an effort by the Chinese government and companies to develop the world’s largest bio-database, American intelligence officials reported on Friday (Oct 22). The National Counterintelligence and Security Centre said in a new paper that the United States needs to […]
Millionaire real estate heir Robert Durst has been charged with the murder of his former wife who vanished in 1982, US police have said. A state police investigator filed a criminal complaint on Tuesday at a New York court, accusing the 78-year-old of second-degree murder of Kathie Durst. Last week, Durst was sentenced to life […]
A woman has died and a man has been injured after actor Alec Baldwin discharged a prop firearm on the set of new Western movie Rust. The woman has been named as Halyna Hutchins, a 42-year-old director of photography, and the injured man is Joel Souza, the film’s director. Who was Halyna Hutchins? Tributes to […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The carbon-intensive production of plastics is on pace to emit more greenhouse gases than coal-fired power plants within this decade, undercutting global efforts to tackle climate change, a report released on Thursday (Oct 21) said. The report by Bennington College and Beyond Plastics projected that the plastic industry releases at least 232 […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday (Oct 20) he is concerned about Chinese hypersonic missiles, days after a media report that Beijing had tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic glide weapon. Asked by reporters as he was boarding Air Force One for a trip to Pennsylvania whether he was concerned about Chinese hypersonic […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Joe Biden’s pick to be ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel, faced lawmakers on Wednesday (Oct 20) at a confirmation hearing where he was confronted over his handling of a deadly police shooting while he was mayor of Chicago. The veteran Democratic politician who once served as Barack Obama’s chief of […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Human remains were found on Wednesday (Oct 20) in a Florida wilderness area where authorities were searching for Brian Laundrie, the fiance of Gabby Petito, a young woman who vanished on a road trip with Laundrie, MSNBC reported, citing a senior law enforcement official. The Sarasota County Medical Examiner’s Office was called […]
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – New York Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday (Oct 20) ordered all city employees to show proof of inoculation against Covid-19 or be placed on unpaid leave, drawing criticism from a police union which vowed to fight the mandate in court. The mayor set a deadline of 5pm on Friday, Oct […]
Some articles belonging to Brian Laundrie were reportedly discovered at the Florida nature reserve where authorities have been searching for him for the past month – and a medical examiner and cadaver dog were apparently en route. Chris and Roberta Laundrie, the parents of the missing 23-year-old, headed into Florida’s Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park early […]