A monster dad who murdered his five children has been sentenced to death. Timothy Jones, 37, forced his six-year-old son to exercise until he collapsed and died as punishment for breaking an electrical outlet in August 2014 in Lexington, South Carolina. Several hours later, he strangled his four other children, aged between one and eight. […]
ST. LOUIS — Kimberly Gardner was elected chief prosecutor by a wide margin in 2016, one of two dozen district attorneys across the country who campaigned to overhaul the criminal justice system. Like a lot of them, she made quick enemies. She angered the powerful police union in St. Louis by refusing cases by officers […]
The world watched as a compound in Waco, Texas, became a horrific fireball. Inside the burning building were cult leader David Koresh and scores of his followers. Twenty-five years on, relatives of the British victims reflect on what happened. Koresh became infamous as the self-styled prophet who thought he was the new Christ. His followers […]
BRASÍLIA (AFP) – Brazil’s Supreme Court voted on Thursday (June 13) to criminalise homophobia, an important step for sexual minorities in one of the most dangerous countries for LGBT people in the world. The Supreme Federal Court (STF), which voted eight to three in favour of the measure, classified homophobia as a crime similar to […]
Klay Thompson was forced to leave Game 6 of the NBA Finals with an apparent knee injury Thursday night. Thompson went down hard after a contested dunk from the Toronto Raptors‘ Danny Green and seemed to land awkwardly on his left knee. Green was called for a foul on the play. Officials reviewed the sequence […]
OTTAWA — The head of the Mining Association of Canada says the hotly contested federal environmental assessment bill is welcome in the industry it will affect the most. “This promises to be a better system than what we’ve had for the last seven years,” said Pierre Gratton, the president of the association. Bill C-69 overhauls […]
Not long ago, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was serving drinks in the Bronx. Now the youngest ever member of Congress, she recently got back behind the bar in support of a campaign called One Fair Wage. “We have to raise the national minimum wage to $15 an hour, nothing less,” she said at the event organised by […]
A heterosexual Oklahoma man’s rainbow-coloured tailgate tribute to Pride Month has been embraced and highlighted by the LGBTQ community in Oklahoma and beyond. Using mailbox letters to write ‘Not all country boys are bigots’ across the back of his pick-up truck, Cody Barlow posted a photo of his creation on his Facebook and Instagram pages, […]
Donald Trump’s administration has had a very high turnover – with senior officials quitting, being fired or getting eased out at a record pace. Here is a run-down of what they did, and why they left, starting with the most recent. Sarah Sanders, White House Press Secretary – 13 June 2019 President Trump announced that […]
An alleged stunt driver has been taken off the streets of Hamilton. Hamilton police say a red BMW was clocked at more than double the limit on Wednesday afternoon on Garth Street at Mountain Crest Avenue. The vehicle was stopped and police say its licence plate was obstructed by a tinted cover. The driver, a […]