LACEY, Wash. (AP) — A man suspected of fatally shooting a supporter of a right-wing group in Portland, Oregon, last week after a caravan of Donald Trump backers rode through downtown was killed Thursday as investigators moved in to arrest him, the U.S. Marshals Service said Friday. The man, Michael Forest Reinoehl, 48, was killed […]
Donald Trump has denied allegations that he referred to American soldiers who lost their lives in war as “losers” and “suckers”. The claims date back to 2018 when the US president cancelled his trip to a cemetery in France, which was blamed on bad weather at the time. According to the The Atlantic, Mr Trump […]
NUEVO LEON, MEXICO (REUTERS) – Using drones, shovels and picks, desperate Mexicans resumed searching for disappeared family members across remote parts of the country, restarting a torturous process that was largely halted when the Covid-19 pandemic hit in March. More than 73,000 people are classified as missing in Mexico, most of whom are believed to […]
A 62-year-old intensive care unit nurse hailed for caring for coronavirus suffers has died after succumbing to Covid-19. Patricia Edwards passed away on August 19 in Greenville, South Carolina, leaving behind five children and 13 grandchildren. One of her daughters, Emily Holloway, said that when her mother showed signs of Covid-19 symptoms, her children had […]
WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – Melania Trump used a personal email account and encrypted messaging apps like Signal to conduct government business, a former friend and associate of the first lady told The Washington Post. Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, who served as Melania Trump’s senior adviser and had previously been a close friend, told the newspaper in an […]
PORTLAND, OREGON (REUTERS) – Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler said he planned to move out of his apartment after people broke windows of the high-rise tower and set fires outside it on Monday and demanded that Wheeler resign over his handling of months of anti-racism protests in the Oregon city, according to a report. In a […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The United States has said that it will not pay some US$80 million (S$109 million) it currently owes to the Geneva-based World Health Organisation (WHO) and will instead redirect the money to help pay its United Nations bill in New York, a US official said on Wednesday (Sept 2). The US plans […]
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Four members of a Louisiana family were killed and a fifth was critically injured when a generator leaked carbon monoxide into their home, hours after they survived Hurricane Laura’s deadly winds and storm surge. Rosalie Lewis, 81, decided to shelter with her husband and three other relatives in her Lake […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Microsoft has unveiled software that can help spot “deepfake” photographs or videos, adding to the list of programs designed to fight the hard-to-detect images ahead of the United States presidential election. The Video Authenticator software analyses an image or each frame of a video, looking for evidence of manipulation that could […]
A drunk surgeon killed his colleague in a 138mph crash – then whinged about his car and expensive watch being damaged in the collision, a court heard. Neurosurgeon Jonathan Nakhla is said to have moaned about his ‘very expensive’ timepiece in the back of an ambulance moments after allegedly killing medical student Samantha Thomas in […]