Mexico City’s police operations chief was killed in the capital on Sunday just three days after an Indigenous rights defender and his family were killed in the country, authorities said — the latest in a series of attacks targeting police, activists and politicians across Mexico. “As a result of a cowardly attack that occurred in Coacalco, Mexico State, my colleague …
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Tennessee girl, 12, accused of smothering 8-year-old cousin to death after arguing over an iPhone
A 12-year-old girl in Tennessee has been charged with murder, accused of smothering her 8-year-old cousin as the younger girl slept. A relative said they had been arguing over an iPhone. A security camera recorded the killing, inside the bedroom they shared on July 15 in Humboldt, Tennessee, the county prosecutor said. The recording shows the older child using bedding …
Read More »Teen killed by lightning on Germanys highest peak; family of 8 injured in separate strike
A man died after being struck by lightning near the summit of Germany’s highest peak, police said Monday, while a family of eight was injured after being hit by lightning in the north of the country. The 18-year-old German resident was one of a group of three young men who took the mountain railway up the Zugspitze late Sunday afternoon …
Read More »Russia sentences U.S. dual national journalist Alsu Kurmasheva to prison for reporting amid Ukraine war
A Russian court has convictedAlsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, of spreading false information about the Russian army and sentenced her to 6½ years in prison after a secret trial, court records and officials said Monday. The conviction in the city of Kazan came on Friday, the same day that a court in …
Read More »Gunman opens fire in Croatia nursing home, killing 6 and wounding six, with most victims in their 90s
Daruvar, Croatia— An armed assailant entered a care home for older people in a quiet central Croatian town Monday and opened fire, killing six people and wounding six others, police said. Croatia’s prime minister said the victims were mostly in their 90s. Croatia’s police chief, Nikola Milina, said five people died immediately while one more person died in a hospital. …
Read More »Meet some of the worlds cleanest pigs, raised to grow kidneys and hearts for humans
Wide-eyed piglets rushing to check out the visitors to their unusual barn just might represent the future of organ transplantation – and there’s no rolling around in the mud here. Thefirst gene-edited pig organsever transplanted into people came from animals born on this special research farm in the Blue Ridge mountains – behind locked gates, where entry requires washing down …
Read More »U.S. Olympic team athletes make their debut on Roblox gaming platform
The Olympic world’s ever-expanding quest to draw in young fans is meeting them where they are — on Roblox. The U.S. Olympic team and NBC are collaborating with the kid- and teen-friendly gaming platform to produce a new “Obby” — that’s Roblox for obstacle course — and other features that include ways to interact with U.S. athletes while also checking …
Read More »Google reneges on plan to remove third-party cookies in Chrome
Google on Monday said the search company is reversing its plan to phase out the use of third-party cookies in its Chrome browser in favor of a new strategy that will allow people to “make an informed choice that applies across their web browsing.” The about-face was announced in a July 22 blog post from Anthony Chavez, vice president of …
Read More »Delta cancels hundreds more flights as fallout from CrowdStrike outage persists
Delta Air Lines canceled flights for a third straight day Monday as it struggles to recover from a global software outage that took down Microsoft systems around the world. The outage, related to a faulty update fromcybersecurity company CrowdStrike, also hindered operations at shipping and logistics companies, retailers and banks. Delta CEO Ed Bastian said in a public letter Sunday …
Read More »2022 model Jeep and Ram vehicles under investigation by feds after multiple safety complaints
U.S. auto safety regulators are investigating complaints that some Ram pickup trucks and Jeep Wagoneer SUVs can lose power, shift into park and apply the emergency brake. The probe announced Monday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration covers about 150,000 vehicles made by Stellantis from the 2022 model year. All have the company’s 5.7-liter Hemi e-Torque mild hybrid system …
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