A white man who fired a shotgun at a black teenage boy who had knocked on his door to ask for directions was sentenced on Tuesday to at least four years in prison. The man, Jeffrey Zeigler, 53, of Rochester Hills, Mich., was sentenced to two to 10 years in prison for assault with the […]
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Amid the blur of lawsuits and noise around the recount in Florida’s Senate race lies a possible outcome that could be the ultimate twist: Senator Bill Nelson may not win the election, even if he wins the election. That is because the Constitution says that the ultimate arbiter of who gets a […]
SAN FRANCISCO (BLOOMBERG) – Facebook Inc said if it ever returns to China, the company will do it in a way that preserves rights to free expression and privacy – issues that make such a move almost impossible today. The social-media giant made the comments in a written response to questions from US senators. Facebook’s […]
For some seniors, visiting the museum instead of the doctor’s office could improve their health and quality of life, according to a study released Tuesday. Research conducted at Montreal’s Museum of Fine Arts by McGill University geriatric medicine experts found that participating in a group activity such as painting or drawing is beneficial on many […]
Lawyers for Joaquín Guzmán Loera, the infamous drug lord known as El Chapo, claimed on Tuesday that for decades their client had been framed by a vast conspiracy of plotters, including his chief lieutenant in the Sinaloa cartel, American drug agents, and the last two presidents of Mexico. The defense’s claim was an unexpected start […]
Clayton Hannah is a 34-year-old who lives with follicular lymphoma. It’s a non-aggressive form of blood cancer that he first noticed due to a tumour on his arm. The disease is incurable, but slow-moving — so with treatment, Hannah is able to live a completely normal life. That includes operating in his profession as a […]
The lawyer representing accused Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán at his trial in New York has claimed his client was a “scapegoat”. He said the real leader of the Sinaloa Cartel was Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, who was living openly in Mexico and had bribed the country’s top politicians. President Enrique Peña Nieto […]
PARADISE, Calif. — It is a measure of how frequent and deadly wildfires have become in California that identifying badly burned remains has become an area of expertise. Once again cadaver dogs have been summoned, forensic dental experts will follow and coroners and anthropologists are using their experience from previous wildfires to locate the victims. […]
Wildfires don’t care about wealth or status. Take the Woolsey Fire in Southern California. Over the past few days, that inferno has killed two people, forced mass evacuations and destroyed hundreds of structures, affecting thousands of residents, including the many celebrities who live in wealthy enclaves west of Los Angeles. There, the fire has already […]
Crews battling a deadly wildfire in northern California have managed to hold their containment lines, the state fire service says. They have contained 30% of the fire, stretching over 125,000 acres (50,500 ha), but do not expect to contain it fully until the end of the month. In the ruined town of Paradise, Butte County, […]