The police announced an arrest on Tuesday in the killing of Sadie Roberts-Joseph, 75, a beloved community leader in Baton Rouge, La., and the founder of the city’s African-American history museum. Chief Murphy J. Paul Jr. of the Baton Rouge Police Department said the suspect, Ronn Jermaine Bell, 38, was a tenant in a residence […]
LOS ANGELES — Using machetes, knives and baseball bats, members of the criminal MS-13 gang killed their victims, dismembered their bodies and threw their remains into a canyon in the Angeles National Forest, according to a sweeping indictment unsealed Tuesday by federal authorities in Los Angeles. In one instance, they said, members of the gang […]
Related Paws-itively great news for cats: Manitoba vets ban declawing “After reading Dr. Lupton’s numerous supporting letters in her nomination package, it was clear she has made a significant difference in the lives of Lethbridge’s cats and community,” said CVMA president Dr. Terri Chotowetz. “She is not only a pioneer in feline medicine, but an […]
The young parents of a baby girl found in an 'unspeakable' state have been arrested for allegedly battering her to death. Jadalyn Barton, one, was taken to a North Carolina hospital unresponsive and 'covered in bruises' before she was pronounced dead. Her teen dad, Jonathan Blake Barton, hit the little girl with his “fist, belt […]
RCMP are asking for public assistance in finding a suspect following an early morning assault on Hudson Road in West Kelowna. The incident took place at around 3:30 a.m. on Tuesday. Kelowna RCMP Cpl. Meghan Foster said, “the assault took place in the south parking lot of the Sonic Car Wash, where the vacuums are […]
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The spacesuit astronaut Neil Armstrong wore during his mission to the moon went on public display for the first time in 13 years on Tuesday (July 16), at the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum exactly 50 years to the day when Apollo 11 launched into space. Armstrong’s son Rick unveiled the suit […]
WASHINGTON (WASHINGTON POST) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday (July 16) appeared to threaten that his administration would “take a look” at Google, opening an investigation into the search giant out of concern that it has been breached by the Chinese government. Trump’s shot at Google came in a tweet that cited recent comments from […]
A recently released online report says Kelowna leads the way when it comes to places where B.C. residents would relocate to own a home. The report, compiled by Finder, is about housing affordability and where Canadians would consider moving in order to afford a home. According to the report, which polled 1,200 Canadians, 54 per […]
The first case of Dutch elm disease in Regina for 2019 has been discovered. The fungal disease was found in a tree in the yard of a home at 222 Lincoln Drive. The tree caught the disease from another tree that had it last year. A typical Dutch elm disease program will typically lose one […]
A witness to the shooting of a German tourist driving down an Alberta highway says he remembers hearing a loud clap, but is unable to say who pulled the trigger. The man was testifying at the trial of his brother — a teen from the Stoney Nakoda First Nation — who was charged last August […]