As Britain and America stand on the brink of war once again, it is timely to be reminded of the devastation wrought by conflict. By 1944 the tide of the Second World War had turned and the Axis powers – Germany and Japan – saw the writing on the wall. With Mussolini’s Italy already out … Read more
The Make-A-Wish Foundation changes the lives of children suffering from critical illnesses all over the world by making their wishes come true. In most cases, a wish falls into one of four categories: I wish to have, I wish to go, I wish to meet, or I wish to be. But one Mississippi teen wished to give instead. Rather … Read more
Thousands of information technology workers contracting with US companies have for years secretly sent millions of dollars of their wages to North Korea for use in its ballistic missile program, FBI and Department of Justice officials said. The Justice Department said Wednesday that IT workers dispatched and contracted by North Korea to work remotely with companies in St. Louis and … Read more
Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., accused The New York Times of doing something far “worse” than making a mistake, after the outlet quoted Palestinian claims blaming Israel for the explosion that rocked the al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City earlier this week. President Biden said that U.S. intelligence confirmed Israel was not to blame for the attack and … Read more
A Clearwater Police Department officer who was arrested after authorities say he stopped a tourist for jaywalking early Sunday morning, then asked for sexual favors from her in return for giving her a ride and not citing her has been fired, the agency announced Thursday. Nicolas Paloma, 29, was on duty at Clearwater Beach when … Read more
A 31-year-old woman will spend the foreseeable future in prison for killing a 36-year-old woman during an argument and abandoning her body in Tennessee. In a statement, the 18th Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office announced Courtney Gibson was sentenced to 30 years behind bars after she pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and tampering with evidence in connection … Read more
Nearly 37 years after the brutal murder and near-decapitation of 29-year-old nurse Teresa Lee Scalf, investigators say they have solved the case. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said during a Monday afternoon press conference that the the killer has been identified as Scalf’s neighbor, Donald Douglas, who would have been 33 at the time of … Read more
Joran van der Sloot has admitted to bludgeoning Natalee Holloway to death after they met at a bar in Aruba while she was on a high school trip – with a judge revealing that the killer disposed of her body in the water. The confession came as part of a plea deal in which van der … Read more
Jarrett Adams is a criminal defense lawyer who has dedicated his career to bringing justice to those who are underserved. But his first and most profound experience with the law came with trying to prove his own innocence after being wrongfully imprisoned for nearly a decade. One summer party would change the course of his … Read more
The Heiltsuk Nation — an indigenous government in British Columbia — has long claimed extensive land rights based on their people’s history in the area, which they say stretches back to before the last ice age. That assertion has rested on traditional oral accounts passed down through thousands of generations — not exactly bulletproof evidence … Read more