Justin Timberlake spoke out after taking a plea deal in his DWI case on Long Island. Timberlake, 43, appeared in court Friday in Sag Harbor and agreed to plead guilty to driving while ability impaired (DWAI), a lesser traffic violation. The DWI charge against him was dropped. The plea deal included a $500 fine with a $260 surcharge, as well as 25 …
Read More »3 Americans among dozens sentenced to death in Congo coup attempt
A military court in Congo handed down death sentences Friday to 37 people, including three Americans, after convicting them on charges of taking part in a coup attempt. The defendants, most of them Congolese but also including a Briton, Belgian and Canadian, have five days to appeal the verdict on charges that included attempted coup, terrorism and criminal association. Fourteen people were acquitted …
Read More »Wanted Islamic State commander killed by U.S., Iraqi forces, officials say
In an operation last month, Iraqi forces and American troops killed a senior commander with the Islamic State group who was wanted by the United States, as well as several other prominent militants, U.S. Central Command and Iraq’s military said on Friday. The Aug. 29 operation in Iraq’s western Anbar province also involved members of the Iraqi National Intelligence Service …
Read More »Four ISIS leaders killed in Aug. 29 raid in Iraq: U.S. military
A Blackhawk helicopter approaches for landing past an American flag and POW/MIA flag at the Pentagon, Tuesday, July 23, 2024, in Washington. Four ISIS leaders were killed as part of a U.S.-Iraqi raid in Western Iraq on Aug. 29 that killed 14 operatives, the U.S. military said on Friday. The U.S. disclosed the operation in August; it also injured seven …
Read More »State Department diplomatic security officer pleads guilty to storming Capitol
This image from video from the Justice Department in the statement of facts supporting an arrest warrant, and annotated by the source, shows Kevin Alstrup, circled in yellow, a U.S. State Department diplomatic security officer, entering the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. WASHINGTON – A man who worked as a U.S. State Department diplomatic security officer pleaded …
Read More »Son charged with 1st-degree murder after father’s death on B.C.’s Sunshine Coast
A 26-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in connection to the death of his father on the Sunshine Coast last year. The B.C. Prosecution Service approved the charge against Jackson Doyle on Friday, according to homicide investigators. Jackson’s father Henry Doyle, 58, was found with serious injuries on Klein Lake Forest Service Road in Egmont on Sept. 23, …
Read More »Ecuador prison director shot dead as she drove with coworker, second such killing this month
A police officer inspects the car of prison director Maria Daniela Icaza, after being attacked in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on September 12, 2024. The director of a prison in Guayaquil, Ecuador’s largest and the scene of some of the worst inmate killings, was murdered on Thursday, the agency in charge of prisons (SNAI) said. Ecuador’s prisons are among the most dangerous in …
Read More »U.N. staff among 18 killed in Israeli strike on Gaza school sheltering displaced Palestinians, rescuers say
Gaza Strip — Israel bombed a school housing displaced Palestinians in Gaza on Wednesday, killing 18 people including two staffers with the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, according to rescuers. The Israeli military described it as a “precise strike on terrorists who were operating inside a command and control center embedded within a compound that previously served as the …
Read More »Putin says NATO will be “in the war” if U.S. or allies let Ukraine fire long-range missiles at Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Thursday that a decision by the U.S. or its NATO allies to allow Ukraine to use Western-supplied long-range missiles to hit targets deep inside Russia would be viewed as NATO’s direct participation in the war, which he said would significantly change “the very nature of the conflict.” “Flight assignments for these missile systems can, in fact, only …
Read More »Boeing workers go on strike after overwhelming votes to reject contract offer and walk off the job
Seattle — Aircraft assembly workers walked off the job early Friday at Boeing factories near Seattle after union members voted overwhelmingly to go on strike and reject a tentative contract that would have increased wages by 25% over four years. The walkout started at 12:01 a.m. PDT, less than three hours after the local branch of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace …
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