At least 95 people, including a 71-year-old British man, have died in southern and eastern Spain following the devastating flash flooding with the expectation that the tolls will increase, as there are people yet to be accounted for.Authorities fear the death will rise as other regions of Spain were yet to report victims and search efforts continued in hard-to-reach places to find dozens of missing people. Government minister Angel Victor Torres told Spanish broadcaster TVE that “there are many missing people.”As the search and rescue operation continues, more rain is expected to fall on some of the worst-affected areas.The flooding death toll is the country’s...
SPAIN WEEP AS IT’S HIT WITH DEADLIST FLOOD, GOVERNMENT DECLARES THREE DAYS MOURNING FOR THE DEAD
It rained eight hours’ worth in the eastern region of Valencia on Tuesday, destroying bridges and buildings in the area. The water caused havoc by carrying away cars, derailed a train and rose several feet into the lower levels of homes.Locals described seeing people clambering onto the roofs of their cars as a churning tide of brown water gushed through the streets, uprooting trees and dragging away chunks of masonry from buildings.To help with the rescue effort, the Spanish government sent More than 1,000 soldiers to the worst-hit areas and declared three days of mourning for those who died in...
Russian Court Fines Google $20, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000 For Sanctioning 17 Channels
Russian Court Fines Google $20, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000 for sanctioning 17 Russian TV Channels on YouTubeThe court ruled that Google had to pay a fine of 100,000 Rubles ($1,025) per day, with the total fine doubling every week.The court case started in 2020 after the Google-owned YouTube blocked accounts for Russian ultra-nationalist station Tsargrad, after its owner fell foul of US sanctions.Other Russian stations joined the lawsuit in 2022, after YouTube blocked their accounts following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.Google, which reported revenue of $306 billion last year, restricted the creation of new...
COURT SENTENCES UNIPORT UNDERGRADUATE TO 14 YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR $22 FRAUD
Justice A. T. Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has convicted and sentenced a final year student of the University of Port Harcourt, Henry Nathaniel Ekanem to 14 years imprisonment for internet fraud.Ekanem was jailed on Wednesday, October 30, 2024 upon arraignment by the Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on seven-count charges bordering on obtaining money under false pretense and impersonation.One of the counts reads: “That you, Henry Nathaniel Ekanem on or about 17th September, 2024, at Choba in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, within the jurisdiction of this...
EFCC URGE COURT TO PROCEED YAHAYA BELLO’S TRIAL IN ABSENTIAL
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday October 30, 2024 asked Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, to proceed with the trial of a former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello in absentia, arguing that his non-appearance in court for arraignment should not be allowed to frustrate his trial.The EFCC through its lead counsel, Kemi Pinheiro, SAN, also urged the court to enter a plea of “not guilty” on behalf of Bello. Bello is facing trial on 19-count charges bordering on money laundering to the tune of N80.2billion. The court had summoned...
NYC DAY CARE OWNER PLEADS GUILTY TO AN INFANT FATAL INGESTION OF FENTANYL
Grei Mendez, the owner of a New York City day care center where a toddler died after ingesting fentanyl pleaded guilty to federal drug charges Tuesday.Mendez entered the guilty plea in Manhattan to charges including conspiracy to distribute narcotics resulting in death of 22-month-old Nicholas Dominici who died in September 2023.Earlier this month, her husband, Felix Herrera-Garcia, was sentenced to 45 years in prison after pleading guilty to drug charges and causing bodily harm, Associated Press reported.The 37 years old cried briefly as she explained that she agreed with her husband and another person to possess and distribute drugs, then in September 2023 helped...
32-YEAR-OLD LOUISIANA WOMAN PLEADS NOT GUILTY IN DEATH OF HER INFANT
Hannah Faith Cormier, a 32-year-old Louisiana woman whose 10-month-old daughter died after she was left inside a vehicle in August has pleaded not guilty to negligent homicide.Cormier’s attorney, Bill Riley, entered the plea Monday in state court and asked for a jury trial, the American Press reportedThe accused was initially arrested on charges of second-degree murder and cruelty to a juvenile, but a grand jury earlier this month indicted her on the lesser charge to which she entered the plea.She remains out of jail on a $10,000 bond, pending a pre-trial conference set for March 31, 2025. That conference will determine whether the...
CONDEMNED SOUTH CAROLINA INMATE SEEKS CLEMENCY TWO DAYS BEFORE LETHAL INJECTION
Two days before he is scheduled to die by lethal injection for the 1999 killing of a store clerk, South Carolina death row inmate Richard Moore has more than 20 people asking the governor to spare his life in a clemency petition filed on Wednesday.There are two jurors and the judge from his original trial. There is a former director of the state prison system who says Moore deeply regrets his crime and is a force for good behind bars both for fellow inmates and his children and grandchildren.Also asking for clemency are six childhood friends, five relatives, several former attorneys who...
TRUMP TROLLS PRESIDENT BIDEN’S GARBAGE REMARKS ABOUT THE REPUBLICANS
The former president of the United States climbed into the passenger seat of a white garbage truck that also carried his name in an effort to troll President Joe Biden’s statement that claimed his supporters (Republicans) are garbage.Trump has used the remark as a cudgel against his Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris.“How do you like my garbage truck?” Trump said, wearing an orange and yellow safety vest over his white dress shirt and red tie. “This is in honor of Kamala and Joe Biden.”Trump and other Republicans were facing pushback of their own for comments by a comedian at a...