This report is published in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. Giving birth to her fourth child in January of 2021 was life-changing, says Nicole Hamann, but not in the way she ever imagined. While still at the hospital, Hamann was informed that both she and…
Federal officials on Saturday issued a public health alert for meat products containing jalapeños that may be linked to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds of people across at least 27 states. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, or FSIS, said the alert applied to red meat and poultry products…
LAHORE: Jamaat-i-Islami Pakistan (JI) has decided to intensify its campaign against the petroleum levy and inflation, announcing simultaneous sit-ins in all four provincial capitals on August 16 to press the government to withdraw the levy. The decision was taken after extensive deliberations at a special meeting of JI’s central and provincial office-bearers, chaired by party…
Alabama sheriff’s deputies and police wrangled a 1,500-pound runaway bull Friday in a foot pursuit across the highway in Pickens County. Video shows the bull calmly walking in a suburban neighborhood, while additional footage shows three authorities mounted on horses swinging lassos above their heads trying to rein in the animal. The bull ran away…
Two drones were spotted flying over a German military base earlier this week, just two days after a drone carrying explosives was found at a cargo airport, the German Armed Forces said on Saturday. Security surveillance at the Bundeswehr base in Mechernich reported seeing two drones around 10 p.m. on Thursday, according to a statement…
More than 20,000 people were ordered to leave their homes overnight in western Canada as a fast-moving wildfire grew rapidly and raced toward towns along British Columbia’s Okanagan Lake, destroying homes in its path. The entire community of Summerland, home to about 12,000 people, was ordered evacuated, along with about 8,000 people in and around…
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has welcomed the signing of the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye, terming it an “important strategic step”. The pact aims to strengthen collective deterrence and empowers the three states to treat an attack against one of them as an attack against all of them….
Washington — The Senate approved a continuing resolution on Saturday to keep the government funded through Dec. 11, sending the bill to the House as Congress looks to avoid a government shutdown ahead of the midterm elections this fall. In a 90 to 6 vote, the Senate approved the measure, which would keep the government…
A helicopter helping battle a large Utah wildfire crashed Friday, with no immediate word on the conditions of the two people aboard, federal officials said. The helicopter was one of seven working a fire in central Utah that was caused by lightning on July 27. The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that the helicopter crashed in…
The Trump administration on Friday announced its eighth round of Iran-related sanctions as diplomats race to secure a deal on the Strait of Hormuz. The new sanctions target Iran’s banking system and companies across multiple countries that the Treasury Department says launder hundreds of millions of dollars. “Every facilitator that keeps the regime afloat is…
