A man accused of arranging the fatal shooting of a Microsoft design manager on a Florida road was convicted Wednesday in a murder-for-hire scheme fueled by a stormy child custody arrangement between the victim and his wealthy ex-wife. Jared Bridegan was shot four years ago after he got out of his SUV to remove a…
Greater protections for endangered emperor penguins and how to manage growing tourism are topping the agenda at talks on Antarctica opening in Japan on Tuesday. Officials from the nearly 60 countries that are signatories to the Antarctic Treaty are meeting in Hiroshima for annual discussions on protecting and managing the fragile region. The continent and…
Athens, Greece — A man stabbed two tourists Tuesday morning near the ancient Acropolis in Athens, Greece’s top tourist attraction, police said. The assailant attacked a man and woman, both Greek Americans, with a knife near the entrance of the Acropolis Museum, which lies at the foot of the Acropolis hill. The woman suffered light…
An Upper Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, police officer has been charged with voluntary manslaughter after allegedly shooting and killing a college student who was at the wrong house. Upper Pottsgrove Police Cpl. Sean Farrell was charged with voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Glenwood Earl Pysher IV on Aug. 23, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin…
9/11 changed the U.S.; can we change back? – CBS News Watch CBS News Twenty-five years after the September 11 terrorist attacks, former Carter White House speechwriter James Fallows offers thoughts on the legacy of 9/11 and how American daily life and civic culture changed after the attack. Source link
Fresh off his return from a deployment in Poland, Army Reserve Capt. Cody Khork was eager to find another assignment overseas with his fiancée. They found that opportunity with the Iowa-based 103rd Sustainment Command, where Khork would serve as deputy force protection officer for nine months at Camp Arifjan in Kuwait. In February, the couple…
Two helicopters collided over Rio de Janeiro on Sunday morning and crashed in the city’s western zone, killing all six people aboard, including American singer and comedian Oliver Tree, firefighters said. Rio de Janeiro’s Military Fire Department said one of the helicopters crashed in the parking lot of a car dealership, where several electric vehicles…
At least two people were killed and four more wounded in a mass shooting Saturday evening at a street festival in Toronto, Canada, authorities said. The shooter remains at large. The Toronto Police Service described the situation as an active shooter incident. It occurred in Midtown Toronto during the Salsa on St. Clair festival, an…
U.S. strikes Iran after Trump says Tehran committed “foolish violation” of ceasefire – CBS News Watch CBS News The U.S. struck back at Iran Friday after an Iranian drone attack on a cargo ship Thursday in the Strait of Hormuz. CENTCOM said U.S. aircraft hit Iran’s missile and drone storage locations. Nikole Killion reports. Source…
Crews rescued 172 people and recovered the body of a passenger from a ferry that caught fire in rough seas Wednesday near the Indonesian tourist island of Bali, authorities said. The fire started at about 4:15 a.m. while the Putri Yasmin ferry was en route from Padang Bai port in Bali to Lembar port on…
