A Spanish soccer player’s death is now under investigation as possible involuntary manslaughter, after he suffered a fatal injury in an on-field collision during a match. The country’s National Police said Tuesday that proceedings were opened and prosecutors will also be involved. Tenerife forward Jesús de Miguel died after he suffered cardiac arrest from the…
Marc Elias, a longtime Democratic attorney and vocal opponent of the Trump administration, is a target in the Justice Department’s criminal investigation into whether Democrats sought to confuse voters in Alaska by recruiting a candidate with the same name as Republican incumbent Senator Dan Sullivan, according to a law enforcement official and a second source…
Authorities have captured a convicted murderer who evaded law enforcement for more than a week after escaping from a Tennessee prison. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced Tuesday that Jacob Morley was back in custody. He was arrested near Kansas City, Missouri, investigators said. “Thank you to the public for your assistance, vigilance, and the tips…
Tennessee National Guard troops in Memphis last summer trained their handguns on a man as he lay dying on a sidewalk after a guard member shot him in the back, video released Monday by county prosecutors shows. A Memphis police officer can be heard in the footage from an officer’s body camera calling for an…
Two years ago, President Trump made historic gains with Hispanic voters nationwide and won a majority of Texas Hispanics, upending conventional wisdom and setting back the Democratic Party’s hopes of making the state competitive. But now, Hispanics may be coming back. They’re frustrated with the state of the economy and concerned about the Trump administration’s…
It began with a phone call. A grassroots write-in campaign had been launched weeks before Tuesday’s midterm election in an effort to keep longtime Alabama Sheriff Jay Jones in office. Jones was ousted in May by about 300 votes in a bitterly fought Republican primary in Lee County by a former sheriff’s deputy, Cameron Hunt. …
Hull, England – For 28 years and one day, Karl Bushby took the long way home on an epic odyssey of human endurance back to northern England. His adventure was made even more difficult – physically and mentally – with his two self-imposed guiding rules: he could not advance his journey with the help of…
Dutch authorities are offering a record reward of 2 million euros ($2.2 million) for information leading to the arrest of Jos Leijdekkers, one of Europe’s most-wanted drug traffickers, currently hiding in Sierra Leone. The arrest of Leijdekkers, also known as “Bolle Jos” (“Chubby Jos”), is “the highest priority for the Public Prosecution Service and the…
An amateur historian has stumbled upon a provocative clue to the enduring mystery of what became of a notorious pirate who raided a royal Indian treasure ship centuries ago, implicating a co-conspirator whose name is familiar to many New Yorkers. James Bailey, who five years ago made headlines after unearthing ancient coins believed to be…
One morning this summer, a 9-year-old girl from El Salvador picked through colorful markers at a Houston-area shelter for migrant children and crafted a letter to her mom. “I want to be with you already,” the little girl, M.R., wrote in misspelled, unpunctuated Spanish, adding hearts, a rainbow, and a large “I love you” surrounded…
