With no incumbent in the race, next year’s contest to replace Philip D. Murphy as governor of New Jersey was never going to be dull. But wild-card factors that might have seemed far-fetched a year ago have combined to unleash something rare in the state: a competitive race with an unpredictable outcome. The list of […]

A Virginia man was killed when a bear shot out of a tree by one of his hunting partners fell on him, according to state wildlife officials. The incident happened on Dec. 9 in Lunenburg County, Virginia, according to a statement from Virginia’s Department of Wildlife Resources. A hunting group had been tracking the bear […]

A Florida teacher was busted on child abuse charges for allegedly slamming down the arm of a nonverbal 3-year-old student before throwing away his lunch, leaving the boy to cry as his classmates ate. Special education teacher Tonya Gainey, 57, was captured on surveillance footage striking the youngster at the Wise Center in DeFuniak Springs […]

A Filipina who spent nearly 15 years on death row in Indonesia and was almost executed by firing squad has returned home, where she now awaits a potential pardon in a women’s prison. Mary Jane Veloso, 39, landed at Manila airport early on Wednesday following a repatriation deal between the two countries that eliminated the […]

Western powers, including the United States, are tentatively opening lines of communication to the new rulers of Syria — an alliance of Islamists led by an al-Qaeda splinter group whose boss is, inconveniently, a designated terrorist with a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head. Ousted dictator Bashar Assad had few friends outside of his patrons […]

MOSCOW — A Russian intelligence agency said Wednesday that it has detained a suspect in the killing of a senior general in Moscow. The suspect was described as an Uzbek citizen recruited by Ukrainian intelligence services. Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, didn’t name the suspect, but said he was born in 1995. According to […]

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. — An convicted of killing four people including his brother and his sister’s fiancé decades ago was put to death Wednesday, , marking the state’s first execution in 15 years. Joseph Corcoran, 49, was pronounced dead at 12:44 a.m. CST at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, Indiana, the Indiana Department […]

12/18/2024December 18, 2024 German diplomats hold talks with HTS representatives while EU steps up direct engagement German diplomats have held talks in Damascus with Syria’s new transitional government, led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). is the latest country seeking to re-establish ties with Syria following the fall of the Bashar Assad regime. “The talks focused on the […]

Last Christmas the family of the little girl injured in the Parnell Square attack had to visit her in hospital as she recovered from her serious injuries, but this year they have planned a ‘special’ one at home. The five-year-old was left in critical condition following the incident which took place in broad daylight on […]

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It’s only been a few weeks since Crona Byrne and her sister Suzy said their final goodbyes to their beloved mum Kathleen, who passed away almost five years to the day after their dad Gay. Crona, who lives in Naas with her husband and two kids, admitted that this year would be especially hard following the […]

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