Giorno: 17 Maggio 2023

NYC Bike-Path Attacker Gets Life After Victims Confront Him

The mother of a New Yorker killed in 2017 when a man driving a truck mowed down cyclists and pedestrians on a crowded Manhattan bike path told a hushed courtroom on Wednesday that no punishment meted out to the attacker could compare to her pain. “This evil murderer has…

Report: US Seeks Joint Military Planning With Israel

Israeli officials are treating a U.S. proposal made in recent weeks for joint military planning regarding Iran with suspicion, fearing it is an attempt to tie its hands from acting against Iran — especially its nuclear facilities — if the U.S. objects.

DeSantis Official Rebuts Trump Campaign Claim on Endorsement ‘Threat’

Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis is not officially in the 2024 GOP primary race just yet, but a top DeSantis official is firing back at Wednesday’s Trump campaign claim that DeSantis operatives are seeking to flip GOP primary endorsements from Trump in the state.

Grand Jury Indicts Man in 4 University of Idaho Stabbing Deaths

A grand jury has indicted a man who was already charged in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students, allowing prosecutors to skip a planned week-long preliminary hearing that was set for late June.

NIH Cuts US Taxpayer Funding for COVID-Linked Wuhan Institute

The National Institute of Health has removed China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology, the facility long suspected of being the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic, from the labs where U.S. money can be used to fund testing on animals, according to an update to the agency’s funding list.

Russian court orders arrest of prominent film producer, theater director for criticizing war in Ukraine

A Moscow court has ordered the arrest of prominent film producer Alexander Rodnyansky and theater director Ivan Vyrypaev for “spreading false information” about the Russian army. The initial court hearings against Rodnyansky and Vyrypaev were held on 27 April, but not reported by the court until Wednesday. According to the court’s press service, Rodnyansky and […]

Flooding in northern Italy kill at least 8, forces thousands to be evacuated

Exceptional rains Wednesday in a drought-struck region of northern Italy swelled rivers over their banks, killing at least eight people, forcing the evacuation of thousands and prompting officials to warn that Italy needs a national plan to combat climate change-induced flooding. The heavy rains also forced Formula One to cancel this weekend’s Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix […]

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan says police are surrounding his home

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan said Wednesday that police were surrounding his house in an upscale area of the eastern city of Lahore and he could be arrested. However, police said they were surrounding the home because dozens of people linked to last week’s violent attacks on public property and military installations were hiding […]

US issues new travel warnings for summer hotspots in Caribbean, South America

The U.S. State Department has issued a series of travel warnings to Americans looking to visit the Caribbean or South America this summer after countries across both regions experienced an uptick in crime. The department issued five updated travel advisories in the past three weeks for Haiti, Colombia, Jamaica, Chile and Peru, with Haiti receiving […]

Searing Asian heat wave was substantially more likely due to climate change, according to study

A searing heat wave in parts of southern Asia in April this year was made at least 30 times more likely by climate change, according to a rapid study by international scientists released Wednesday. Sizzling temperatures of up to 113 degrees Fahrenheit were recorded in monitoring stations in parts of India, Bangladesh, Thailand and Laos […]