Police have made an arrest in the death of a University of Toronto student who was gunned down near the Scarborough campus on December 23. Shivank Avasthi, 20, was pronounced deceased at the scene on the Highland Creek Trail after officers responded to reports of a person with serious injuries. At a news conference at...
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Man Who Held Himself Out As Native American Activist Sentenced To 46 Years For Serial Rapes
A man who held himself out as a Native American activist was sentenced Wednesday to 46 years in prison for drugging and raping women in a case that inspired calls for changes in Washington state law to prohibit defendants who represent themselves from directly questioning their accusers. Redwolf Pope, who had apartments in Seattle and...
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Two Killed In Shooting In Mormon Church Parking Lot In Salt Lake City
A shooting outside a church building in Salt Lake City killed two people and injured six others Wednesday, police said. The shooting took place in the parking lot of a meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, widely known as the Mormon church. Dozens of people were attending a funeral inside at...
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Gunmen Kill Five At Old Oyo National Park Service Post In Tuesday Night Attack.
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have reportedly attacked the National Park Service Office in Oloka, in the Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. The incident reportedly occurred around 9:00 p.m. on 6 January 2026, when armed assailants stormed the facility, targeting officers on duty. Oyo State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka confirmed...
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Judge Allows San Diego High School Gunman To Be Resentenced After 23 Years In Prison
A judge granted a request Tuesday by the gunman in a 2001 shooting at a San Diego high school to be resentenced, potentially allowing him to be freed after 23 years in prison. Charles Williams, who was 15 at the time, pleaded guilty to killing two students and injuring 13 others after opening fire with...
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Iran Executes A Man Convicted Of Spying For Israel’s Mossad
Iran executed a man convicted of spying for Israel’s Mossad, state media reported Wednesday. The official IRNA news agency identified the man as Ali Ardestani, saying he relayed sensitive information to Mossad officers in return for financial rewards in the form of cryptocurrencies. The report said the man confessed to the spying charges and that...
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Police Release Footage Of A Person Of Interest In The Killing Of An Ohio Couple
Authorities have released security footage of a person of interest in the killing of an Ohio couple who were found shot to death in their home last week. Police in Columbus found Dr. Spencer Tepe, a 37-year-old dentist, and Monique Tepe, 39, with gunshot wounds on the second floor of their home at about 10...
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Judiciary Confirms Hanging Of Convicted Mossad Operative Ali Ardestani In Iran.
Iran has executed a man it convicted of spying for Israel, the Iranian judiciary’s media outlet Mizan reported on Wednesday, naming the defendant as Ali Ardestani. Entangled in a decades-long shadow war with Israel, Iran has executed many people it has accused of having links with Israel’s intelligence service and facilitating its operations in the country. “The...