A jury in Virginia began deliberating Wednesday in a $40 million lawsuit filed against a former school administrator accused of ignoring repeated warnings that a 6-year-old had a gun hours before a teacher was shot. Closing arguments were held earlier Wednesday following a weeklong trial in the lawsuit filed by former teacher Abby Zwerner against Ebony Parker, a former...
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Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Over Deportation Of Brown Medicine Doctor
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the deportation of a doctor from Lebanon who was deported from Boston’s Logan Airport earlier this year despite having a visa after immigration officials said she supported a Hezbollah leader and attended his funeral. In March, Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a kidney transplant specialist at Brown Medicine, was detained for at...
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Israeli Freed Hostage Rom Braslavski Emotionally Recounts Horrible Experience While In Islamic Jihad Terrorists’ Captivity
President of Israel Isaac Herzog: “Former hostage Rom Braslavski showed extraordinary courage in sharing the horrors of his captivity, including a horrific sexual assault he endured while held by Islamic Jihad terrorists. “His trembling voice, heard tonight in Israel and around the world, breaks through the walls of silence and denial, reminding the world that...
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Malaysian Rapper Namewee Detained In Murder Investigation Of Taiwanese Influencer
A popular ethnic Chinese Malaysian rapper and filmmaker was detained Wednesday to assist police in their investigation into the murder of a Taiwanese social media influencer, the rapper’s lawyer said. Wee Meng Chee, popularly known as Namewee, surrendered to police early Wednesday and will be placed under remand for six days, said his lawyer Joshua...
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China Sentences Infamous Myanmar Scam Mafia Members To Death
A Chinese court has sentenced five top members of an infamous Myanmar mafia to death as Beijing continues its crackdown on scam operations in South East Asia. In all 21 Bai family members and associates were convicted of fraud, homicide, injury and other crimes, said a state media report published on the court website. The...
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Australian Spy Chief Criticizes China For IP Theft And Political Meddling
An Australian spy chief on Tuesday accused Chinese security services of widespread intellectual property theft and political meddling, while he said they failed to understand how their Western counterparts operate. Mike Burgess, director-general of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization, better known as ASIO, said he would continue to call out China for harming Australian interests. “We all...
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Britain Stabbing Frenzy: Authorities Link 32-Year-Old To Prior Attacks, Charged Him With 10 Counts Of Attempted Murder Following Huntingdon Incidence
On November 2, 2025, Anthony Williams, a 32-year-old from Peterborough, stabbed 11 passengers, including women and children, on an LNER train from Leeds to London near Huntingdon station in Cambridgeshire. Authorities have linked Williams to three prior knife attacks that weekend in Peterborough and east London, where police took statements but did not arrest him...
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Iran Arrests 3 Government Critics And Summons Another
Iranian security forces arrested three critics of the government, summoned another and confiscated their electronic devices, media reported on Monday. Iranian news outlets, including the private, pro-reform Shargh daily, said that security forces in separate operations raided the homes of journalist Parviz Sedaghat, 61, Mahsa Asadollahnejad, a sociologist, and Shirin Karimi, a translator. The Shargh...
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California Father Who Killed His 7-Month-Old Son Sentenced To More Than 30 Years In Prison
A Southern California father who pleaded guilty to killing his missing 7-month-old son was sentenced Monday to more than 30 years in prison. Jake Haro, 32, was sentenced after he pleaded guilty last month to the second-degree murder of his son, Emmanuel, the Riverside County District Attorney’s office said in a statement. A monthslong investigation has failed to locate...