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‘The gun didn’t kill my boy. I did’: Father grieves son he accidentally shot
Stephen Brumby had a long list of hobbies and interests, and at 14 years old, he was starting to catch up to his father and older siblings. He loved tennis, bass fishing and playing worship piano at church, a talent he inherited from his grandmother, his father said. He also enjoyed shooting, a skill he learned from his father,...
Juno probe enters into orbit around Jupiter
The US space agency has successfully put a new probe in orbit around Jupiter. The Juno satellite, which left Earth five years ago, had to fire a rocket engine to slow its approach to the planet and get caught by its gravity. A sequence of tones transmitted from the spacecraft confirmed the braking manoeuvre had gone as planned....
Attack near US consulate in Saudi city of Jeddah
A suspected suicide bomber has died after detonating a device near the US consulate in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah, the interior ministry says. Two security officers were slightly injured as they tackled the man, but no one else was hurt. The attack came in the early hours of US Independence Day and shortly before dawn...
UAE warns against wearing national dress abroad
United Arab Emirates (UAE) nationals are being urged not to wear national dress outside the region, days after an Emirati man was detained in the US. Ahmed al-Menhali, a businessman, was detained while wearing traditional robes in a hotel in Avon, Ohio. Media in Ohio said a hotel employee feared he was pledging allegiance to...
Man Severely Injured by Explosion in New York’s Central Park
A man was severely injured in an explosion in New York's Central Park today, but it was not yet clear what caused the blast, police said. Three men were walking in an area of the park not far from the entrance to the Central Park Zoo when the explosion occurred, severing the foot of one of them, an New York Police...
Florida Officials Investigating Fiery Crash That Left 5 Dead
Authorities were investigating Sunday what caused a driver of a decades-old school bus to run a flashing red light and collide with a tractor-trailer causing both to burst into flames killing five people and injuring 25 others. Speed was not a factor, Wakulla County Sheriff Charlie Creel said Saturday about the early morning...
Knife With Blood Found in Home Where Children Killed
Sheriff's deputies found a large butcher knife with what appeared to be blood on it in an apartment where a Tennessee mother killed her four children by cutting their throats, court documents say. Shanynthia Gardner, 29, of Memphis, has been charged with four counts of first degree murder while committing aggravated child...
US air and drone strikes ‘killed up to 116 civilians’
US drone and air strikes have killed between 64 and 116 civilians outside war zones since 2009, the White House says. The numbers, covering the period from January 2009 to December 2015, are significantly lower than estimates by human rights groups. Some groups say that several hundred civilians have died in US strikes. The...
Woman on FBI’s ‘Top 10’ List for Alleged Murder of Pregnant Woman Captured in North Carolina
A woman on the FBI's Ten 10 Fugitives list, wanted for allegedly shooting and killing a 9-month-pregnant woman, was captured early this morning in Fayetteville, North Carolina, according to the FBI in Milwaukee. Shanika Minor was wanted for allegedly shooting and killing a pregnant woman after a confrontation on March 6,...
Viewpoint: Why the US can afford to ignore Canada
Despite being a important trade and defence partner, the US tends to ignore Canada. But that's paradoxically because the two get along so well, as Jordan Michael Smith writes. US President Barack Obama's visit to Ottawa today comes six years after his last trip to Canada. Canadians could be forgiven for hoping that Mr...
Brexit: Obama warns on global growth after UK vote
US President Barack Obama has said the UK vote to leave the EU raises "longer-term concerns about global growth". He said Brexit would "freeze the possibilities of investment in Great Britain or in Europe as a whole". He appealed to the UK prime minister and other EU leaders to ensure an orderly process for...
Word of Life trial: Beating victim admits ‘inappropriately’ touching children
Christopher Leonard survived the beating in the sanctuary of the Word of Life Christian Church in upstate New York that killed his brother, Lucas Leonard. On Tuesday, while testifying against his step-sister Sarah Ferguson, one of eight church members charged in connection with the death, Christopher Leonard admitted he had...
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