The New Humanitarian

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Dear Haiti, our Kenyan police are a problem

A Kenyan coastal region has seen a spate of murders, supposedly over witchcraft but really over land.

Accused of witchcraft then murdered for land

The incident took place at a Hindu religious event in Hathras district in Uttar Pradesh state.

More than 120 killed in crush at India religious event

The Independent

Police in northwestern Pakistan on Friday registered a case against hundreds of people who attacked a police station and killed a man being questioned there on suspicion of desecrating the Quran, Islam’s holy book, officials said. Police were trying to identify the people who attacked and burned the police station in Madyan, a popular tourist destination in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, on Thursday night and killed the suspect, police official Zahid Khan said.He said the suspect, identified as Mohammad Ismail, was a tourist from the eastern Punjab province and was staying at a hotel in the town when a mob accused...

Pakistan mob kills tourist for ‘desecrating Quran’

Los Angeles, CA

Daelena Mackay was a student “full of life” and looking to follow in her father’s footsteps as an actor.But in May, she was found hanging from a red scarf in her Los Angeles apartment just one month before her 21st birthday. For weeks, her body has been sitting in a morgue after the county coroner ruled her death a suicide.Her father, Dwayne Adway, a veteran Hollywood actor who has appeared in hit television shows CSI, NYPD Blue, and Soul Plane, has since cast his doubt over the cause of his daughter’s death and said the family is looking for “truth...

A Hollywood actor’s daughter was found dead in her home. Her family insists it wasn’t suicide

Columbus, OH

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The Lantern

Former Ohio State Army ROTC Lt. Colonel Michael Kelvington (left), who was also the university’s professor of military science and leadership, was officially replaced by Lt. Colonel Steven Spiker (right) effective June 7. Credit: Courtesy of The Ohio State University and Lt. Colonel Steven Spiker, respectively.

Lt. Colonel Michael Kelvington removed from Ohio State Army ROTC post, replaced by Lt. Colonel Steven Spiker in light of ongoing Title IX investigation

When Luca was born in a Perth hospital two years ago, it flipped his parents’ world in ways they never expected. With the joy came a shocking diagnosis: Luca had cystic fibrosis. Then Australia - Laura Currie and her husband Dante’s home for eight years - said they couldn't stay permanently. Luca, his parents were told, could be a financial burden on the country.

'You're not welcome here': Australia’s treatment of disabled migrants

Tennessee State

Gulfport, MS

Lauren Johansen, 22, was found dead, her body mutilated and wrapped in a sheet inside a car at a Gulfport, Mississippi cemetery. Bricen Rivers, 23, her ex-boyfriend, allegedly fled the scene, leading police on a dramatic chase before being captured by authorities after a lengthy pursuit. This shocking discovery has left the local community in disbelief and mourning.

Lauren Johnson, Dead at 22: Found Wrapped in a Sheet Inside a Car at Gulfport

 Philippine troops killed at least 10 suspected communist guerrillas in a clash in a remote northern area in the latest blow to a decades-old insurgency that has weakened considerably, with only about a thousand guerrillas remaining, military and security officials said Friday.Army troops caught up with about 20 New People’s Army guerrillas who were withdrawing from an earlier clash with government forces last week, sparking a firefight Wednesday that killed 10 rebels, including three commanders, near a village in Pantabangan town in Nueva Ecija province, the army said.Thirteen rifles and a pistol were recovered from the area of the...

Philippine troops kill 10 communist rebels in a clash, in the latest blow to decades-long insurgency

An inquest has been opened into the death of a paramedic whose body was found alongside that of a student nurse at a house in Staffordshire. West Midlands Ambulance Service paramedic Daniel Duffield, 24, and Lauren Evans, 22, were discovered at property in Hednesford, near Cannock, in June. The death...

Inquest opens into death of paramedic at house

Tributes have been paid to a commentator who covered football and speedway for more than 40 years. Edwin Overland, who joined BBC Radio Cambridgeshire in 1982, died over the weekend. He covered hundreds of Peterborough United matches during his career, including the play-off wins in 1992, 2000 and 2011. Peter...

'Genuine legend' football commentator dies

A former police officer has been jailed for 18 months and dismissed from the force for gross misconduct. Mark Coteman, 35, of Longstanton, Cambridgeshire, was a constable with Cambridgeshire Constabulary. He appeared at Cambridge Crown Court on Monday, where he was sentenced to 18 months in prison. He had previously...

Former police officer sent to jail for 18 months

A chimpanzee has died at Edinburgh Zoo after it was severely injured in a troop fight. Staff tried to intervene to separate the primates but they were unable to save 31-year-old Rene. A second chimpanzee was also injured during the incident last week and had to be operated on. A...

Edinburgh Zoo chimpanzee dies after troop fight

Colorado State

An 18-year-old died after he jumped into the water and was electrocuted by stray voltage.

One dead after lake electrocution in Virginia

Gary Alexander Baird killed his wife Susan Baird with a hammer at their home in Belfast in 2020.

Husband rang GP 570 times before killing wife

Newark, NJ

Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Eight individuals associated with the "793 Bloods" street gang, a subset of the national Bloods gang, have been charged for their roles in a Newark-based drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Eight '793 Bloods' Gang Members Charged in Newark Drug Network

Gloucester County, NJ

Franklinville, NJ

FRANKLINVILLE, N.J. -A Gloucester County, New Jersey, man admitted today that he defrauded the government of more than $200,000 in Social Security and Medicaid benefits, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Man Guilty of $200K Social Security & Medicaid Fraud

A former prison officer who hid her love affair with a convicted murderer has been jailed after detectives uncovered her relationship and bizarre AI wedding pictures.Stephanie Heaps, now known as Stephanie Ramsden, did not declare that she was in an intimate relationship with Leon ‘Layton’ Ramsden, 35 – who is currently on a life sentence for murder – while she worked at HMP Wymott in Leyland.She then joined Greater Manchester Police as a police constable in Bolton where she again did not declare any links to criminals.But a Lancashire Police investigation found her links to an organised crime group –...

Former prison officer who married convicted murderer ends up in jail herself

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

Former teacher Jeffrey Clayton, convicted of lewd behavior with a student at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, walked briskly up to the Duval County Courthouse on Friday carrying a small backpack.

Former Douglas Anderson teacher sentenced to 10 years

Witnesses reported a strong smell and black smoke billowing into the air.

Large fire closes major motorway overnight

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Payout for widow of Pakistani journalist killed by Kenyan police

A court in Kenya has awarded 10m shillings ($78,000; £61,000) in compensation to the widow of a prominent Pakistani journalist who was shot dead by police...

Payout for widow of Pakistani journalist killed by Kenyan police

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