Arizona Attorney General Sues Chinese Online Retailer Temu Over Data Theft Claims Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced Tuesday that Arizona is the latest state to sue Temu and its parent company PDD Holdings Inc. over allegations that the Chinese online retailer is stealing customers’ data. Mayes said the app deceives customers about the quality of its low-cost products and collects what she described as a shocking amount of sensitive data without the consent of users, including GPS locations and a list of other apps on users’ phones. According to the lawsuit, prosecutors are concerned about Temu being subject to...
Akwa Ibom Police Arrest Effiong For “Disrupting Public Peace,” Days After Governor Ban Masquerade In The State
Days after the Akwa Ibom State Governor Umo Eno ordered the arrest of any masquerades found on the streets, the Akwa Ibom State Police Command apprehended David Effiong, who was spotted in full masquerade regalia disrupting public peace as he set to be charged to court accordingly “Any masquerade found on the streets of Akwa Ibom State parading would be arrested and prosecuted.” The governor had declared. The executive order limits masquerade displays to village squares with police approval, enforced across all 31 local government areas ahead of Christmas crowds. However, Effiong was caught in an Ekpo costume near a...
Former California Deputy Suspected Of Stabbing His 11-Year-Old Son Is Killed During Police Pursuit
A former California sheriff’s deputy suspected of fatally stabbing his 11-year-old son was shot and killed by law enforcement officers on Tuesday after he led them on a car chase along Interstate 5, authorities said. Police in Elk Grove, near Sacramento, responded around 8 a.m. to a call from a mother who said she was concerned about the safety of her two children after seeing home security footage of their father assaulting their 11-year-old son, officials said. Responding officers found the boy with stab wounds, police said. He later died at a hospital. His 6-year-old sister was unharmed. Their father...
Mom Charged With Killing Pregnant Biological Daughter In Rural Michigan Woods
Authorities charged a woman and her husband with murder Tuesday in the death of her pregnant biological daughter whose body was found in a Michigan forest three weeks after she disappeared. Rebecca Park, 22, was in the final days of her pregnancy when she was last seen Nov. 3. The baby had been cut out of her when her remains were discovered last week, prosecutor Johanna Carey said in court. “This is, frankly, evil personified,” Carey said. Cortney Bartholomew, 40, and Brad Bartholomew, 47, were each charged with murder, torture and other crimes in Wexford County, 200 miles (321 kilometers)...
Hunt For Missing Flight MH370 To Resume This Month, Malaysia Says
The search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 will resume on Dec. 30, Malaysia’s transport ministry said on Wednesday, more than a decade after the Beijing-bound flight disappeared in one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries. Flight MH370, a Boeing 777, was carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew when it vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in 2014. Multiple search operations for the plane have been conducted since then but all proved fruitless. The most recent search in the southern Indian Ocean was suspended in April after just a few weeks due to poor weather conditions. Exploration firm...
Amnesty Accuses Sudanese Paramilitary Of War Crimes In Assault On Refugee Camp
An international rights group on Wednesday accused the paramilitary group fighting against Sudan’s military of committing war crimes during its attack earlier this year on the country’s largest displacement camp in the Darfur region. The Rapid Support Forces, which is at war with the Sudanese military, rampaged through the Zamzam camp in April as part of its siege of the city of el-Fasher, the provincial capital of North Darfur province. The RSF seized the city, the military’s last stronghold in Darfur, in an October attack that was marked by the executions of civilians, rapes and sexual assaults, and other atrocities. Amnesty International said in a...
Ibadan Residents Expresses Concern Over Blue Trucks Filled With Northern Men, Bikes And Cows, Amid Terrorism And Insecurity In Nigeria
On Tuesday afternoon, several blue trucks passed through Ibadan’s Dugbe area, in Oyo State carrying dozens of young men dressed in northern style, motorcycles, and livestock. Residents raised alarms over the convoy’s size and contents amid worries about rising insecurity like robberies and cult clashes linked to bike gangs. No official response came from police or government yet to alley the fear of its citizens
UBA Chairperson Tony Elumelu Cancels Annual ‘White Christmas Party To Honor Victims Of The Afriland Fire.
United Bank of Africa chairperson Tony Elumelu has cancelled his 2025 annual ‘Whit Christmas’ party to honor victims the Afriland fire, stating this year will be dedicated to extending support to affected families. The fire, which broke out at the high-rise building on Broad Street, claimedthe lives of six staff member: Jesutoni Shodipo, 21 years, Compliance Department; Kehinde Adeoye, 36 years, Compliance Department; Ndidi Osaemedike-Okeke, 41 years, Trustee; Olumide Oyefodunrin, 27 years, Trust Officer; Opeyemi Oloyede, 26 years, Compliance Intern; and Rebecca Adenuga, 26 years, Wealth Management Department. In a statement via his Instagram story, Elumelu said he and his...
Nigerian Music Artist Adekunle Gold’s Clamour For Exposure For His New Single, ‘Believe,’ Asked Fans For Advice.
Adekunle Gold: “BELIEVE is one of the most beautiful songs I’ve made. What else do I have to do for this song to be huge, for the world to really hear it? 😪” the music artist questioned
