Former New York Prison Worker Joyce Mitchell Pleads Guilty
Joyce Mitchell, the former New York prison worker accused of helping two convicted murderers escape maximum security, pleads guilty in court on Tues., July 28. Photo: Reuters
Joyce Mitchell, the former New York prison worker accused of helping two convicted murderers escape maximum security, pleads guilty in court on Tues., July 28. Photo: Reuters
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky sheriff's office says a man has died from a snake bite suffered during a church service. The Bell County sheriff's office said Monday that 60-year-old John David Brock of Stoney Fork was handling the snake during a Sunday service at a Pentecostal church in Jenson. Authorities say Brock was bitten on his left arm and refused medical treatment. The sheriff's office says Brock went to his brother's home, where he later died. The local coroner pronounced Brock dead.... Читать дальше...
The Russian ruble fell to its lowest level in more than four months Tuesday as the international crude-oil benchmark joined its U.S. counterpart in a bear market.
The U.S. criminal justice system is overdue for an overhaul. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) and Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA) hope to save taxpayers' money while reducing mandatory minimum sentences.
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The frequent complaints of DMK about irregularities on the electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu reached the doors of Chief Election Commissioner in New Delhi on Tuesday.
Wildfires torch parched Northern California as temperatures rise
Ben Hooper
KALISZ, Poland, July 28 (UPI) -- A viral video filmed at a Polish mall follows competitors in full motorcycle racing gear in a slow-speed struggle atop motorized animals at a mall.
NEW YORK (AP) — Jon Gruden looks at the present and predicted future of youth sports. It makes him cringe.
NEW YORK (AP) — Jon Gruden looks at the present and predicted future of youth sports. It makes him cringe.
NEW YORK (AP) — Jon Gruden looks at the present and predicted future of youth sports. It makes him cringe.
NEW YORK (AP) — Jon Gruden looks at the present and predicted future of youth sports. It makes him cringe.
LACONIA, N.H. (AP) — The Belknap County delegation has approved a $2.6 million bond for a New Hampshire ski resort to build an alpine roller coaster. The Laconia Citizen reports (http://bit.ly/1gjqGZk ) Gunstock Mountain in Gilford will purchase the ride for $1.5 million from Wiegand, a German company with more than 200 coasters around the world — including two in New Hampshire. The balance will go toward things like site preparation, signs and electrical services. Gunstock general manager Greg Goddard... Читать дальше...
MAPUTO, Mozambique - Mozambique's president travelled to the country's northwest where fighting between government troops and opposition fighters has forced hundreds to flee to neighboring Malawi, state-run radio reported on Tuesday.
MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Mozambique's president travelled to the country's northwest where fighting between government troops and opposition fighters has forced hundreds to flee to neighboring Malawi, state-run radio reported on Tuesday. Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has travelled to Tete province, where troops from the Frelimo-led government have clashed with fighters loyal to Renamo, the official opposition party, since early July, Radio Mozambique reported. Nyusi is to meet with Renamo's longtime leader... Читать дальше...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina legislators are asking why state officials allowed two opposing hate groups to hold overlapping rallies at the Statehouse. A legislative panel that oversees Statehouse grounds will question a Department of Administration official Tuesday about the July 18 rallies. The agency permitted the Ku Klux Klan and a group affiliated with the New Black Panther Party to rally on opposite sides of the Statehouse. Five people were arrested. Law enforcement ended the white... Читать дальше...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The nation's youngest convicted murderer has been released from a Florida prison after serving 16 years of an 18-year sentence. Florida Today (http://on.flatoday.com/1fDJkKv ) reports that 29-year-old Curtis Jones was released from the South Bay Correctional Facility on Tuesday. In 1999 Jones — then 12 years old — was arrested and convicted of second-degree murder along with his 13-year-old sister, Catherine Jones, after carrying out a plot to kill a male relative they said sexually abused them. Читать дальше...
Ed Adamczyk
NEW YORK, July 28 (UPI) -- The killing of at least 65 civilians by Saudi-led airstrikes in Mokha, Yemen, last week may constitute a war crime, a human rights advocacy group suggested.
One high roller requests a refrigerator full of bananas that he squeezes and throws as he gambles. Another urinates against a wall. Other high-stakes players described by a pit manager at Mohegan Sun, one of the world's largest casinos, throw chairs, scream at dealers and ...
LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. (AP) — A trapped, hungry, wet and scared cat is now safe after she was found tucked away in a sunken boat pulled from Lake Havasu. Today's News-Herald reports (http://bit.ly/1h31xlO) the brown-and-black American shorthair breed was found when the boat was brought ashore by Dive Time Recovery owner John Zucalla. Western Arizona Humane Society workers named the cat River. Zucalla says River had been in the water for at least an hour and was alive, though frightened, when she was spotted in a front storage compartment. Читать дальше...
LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. (AP) — A trapped, hungry, wet and scared cat is now safe after she was found tucked away in a sunken boat pulled from Lake Havasu. Today's News-Herald reports (http://bit.ly/1h31xlO) the brown-and-black American shorthair breed was found when the boat was brought ashore by Dive Time Recovery owner John Zucalla. Western Arizona Humane Society workers named the cat River. Zucalla says River had been in the water for at least an hour and was alive, though frightened, when she was spotted in a front storage compartment. Читать дальше...
CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Another Illinois law enforcement agency has been found to have violated state public records laws by not releasing investigative records to the father of a 21-year-old Carbondale woman killed in a suspicious shooting. The Illinois Attorney General's Office says Carbondale police must provide Larry Young with public records connected to its investigation of his daughter's March 2012 death at the home of her ex-boyfriend, a former Carbondale police dispatcher. Molly Young's... Читать дальше...
Brooks Hays
ABERDEEN, Scotland, July 28 (UPI) -- A rock outcropping along Scotland's northeast coast has been confirmed as the earliest Pictish fort by a team of archaeologists.
Florida family who dive for treasure for a living discover valuable gold artifacts from the wreckage of a 1715 Spanish fleet that sank in the Atlantic