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LONDON – British counterterrorism officers arrested four Iranian men over an alleged plot to attack an unspecified target and three others over a national security threat, police said Sunday. The government called them the biggest “counter state threat and counterterrorism” operations for years.The Metropolitan Police force said five men aged between 29 and 46 were detained Saturday in various parts of England under the Terrorism Act on suspicion of preparing “a terrorist act.”Four are Iranian citizens and the nationality of the fifth was still being established.Police said the attack plot targeted a single location that was not being named “for…
SAN ANTONIO – A woman who was killed in a crash on the North Side has been identified, according to the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office.The crash happened around 1:35 p.m. Friday at the intersection of Harry Wurzbach Road and Dalewood Place. Police said the driver of a white 2017 Dodge Ram 2500 was traveling southbound on Harry Wurzbach Road “at a high rate of speed.”Police said the Ram crashed into the passenger side of a black 2005 Toyota Tacoma that made a left turn at the intersection.Police said the driver of a white 2017 Dodge Ram 2500 was traveling…
MOSCOW – Chinese leader Xi Jinping will pay an official visit to Russia from May 7–10, the Kremlin confirmed Sunday. Xi was already among the leaders set to attend the Victory Day Parade in Moscow on May 9.The Kremlin said Xi was visiting at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin and, as well as taking part in Victory Day celebrations, the leaders would discuss “further development of relations of comprehensive partnership and strategic interaction” and “issues on the international and regional agenda.” Putin and Xi will sign a number of bilateral documents, it said.Xi’s visit to Russia will be…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A police training expert testifying Saturday as a defense witness in the trial of three former Memphis officers charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols acknowledged that kicks and punches to Nichols’ head were unnecessary and excessive.Don Cameron took the stand in the trial of Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith, who have pleaded not guilty to state charges including second-degree murder. They already face the prospect of years in prison after they were convicted of federal charges last year. Cameron and a series of other witnesses testified before defense lawyers rested their case late…
Among those terminated at the CDC are experts tracking abortions, pregnancies, job-related injuries, lead poisonings, sexual violence and youth smoking. NEW YORK — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s motto is “Make America Healthy Again,” but government cuts could make it harder to know if that’s happening. More than a dozen data-gathering programs that track deaths and disease appear to have been eliminated in the tornado of layoffs and proposed budget cuts rolled out in the Trump administration’s first 100 days. The Associated Press examined draft and final budget proposals and spoke to more than a dozen current and…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine had not arisen and that he hopes it will not.In comments aired Sunday in a film by Russian state television about his quarter of a century in power, Putin said Russia has the strength and the means to bring the conflict in Ukraine to a “logical conclusion.”Responding to a question about Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory, Putin said: “There has been no need to use those (nuclear) weapons … and I hope they will not be required.”“We have enough strength and means to bring what…
Dear Eric: I am in a predicament with my older sister. My mother passed away a few years ago, before getting her assets in order. This resulted in my sister gaining access to the majority of my mother’s assets. My sister has lived in the family home for much of her life, most recently since 2010. She feels it is hers, but she has never had a career and has been supported throughout her life. She expects me to support her, and while she’s been nice to me lately, she can be abusive and manipulative.I am recently divorced and hope…
A “go-around” maneuver is performed when a pilot must abort or reject landing on the final approach or once the aircraft has already touched down. WASHINGTON — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating after two planes were forced to perform go-arounds due to a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) on Thursday. According to the NTSB, a Delta Air Lines Airbus A319 and a Republic Airways Embraer E170 were instructed by air traffic control to conduct go-arounds as the helicopter was on its way to the Pentagon. RELATED: Military helicopter caused a flight…
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — A 39-year-old man on Tuesday was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for his role in the Woodland Hills killing of a celebrity hairdresser whose murder was masterminded by the victim’s wife.Christopher Austin pleaded no contest in January to second-degree murder in connection with the 2017 killing of Fabio Sementilli, then served as a key prosecution witness in the trial of the Sementilli’s wife, Monica, who was convicted last month.Austin — who was working as a parole and probation officer dealing with at-risk youths in Oregon at the time of his arrest last year…
ROME – Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini is taking the same spirit to his first conclave that’s guided his decades-long front-line ministry among the migrants, poor and Indigenous people in Guatemala’s highlands — ensuring that the Gospel isn’t preached “in the abstract.”Advocating for migrants was a priority of Pope Francis, who made Ramazzini a cardinal in 2019. Being elevated to the top hierarchy of the Catholic Church didn’t faze the bishop of Huehuetenango, whose continued commitment to social justice led to many threats of violence. His native Guatemala is struggling through political turmoil and remains a hot spot of migration to the…