US citizen Michael Travis Leake has been sentenced to 13 years in a Russian prison for "attempted drug smuggling", Moscow's court service said. According to the prosecutor's office, Mr Leake, a former paratrooper and musician, tried to sell drugs he had obtained from an accomplice between January and June 2023.

US citizen sentenced to 13 years in Russian prison

The Hill

Although 80 world democracies rejected that approach, the largest democracies of Latin America looked atomized, small, and faint-hearted in the face of a great and extraordinary threat to humanity and world peace.

Opinion: Brazil, Mexico and Colombia say no to peace and yes to Putin

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia is ready to work with any U.S. leader - elected by the U.S. people – who is willing to engage in "equitable, mutually respectful dialogue," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday. He noted, during a news conference at the United Nations, that...

Russia Ready to Work With Any US Leader, Says Lavrov

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday criticized his Indian counterpart’s visit to Moscow as a “huge disappointment and a devastating blow to peace efforts,” on the same day that a Russian missile strike devastated a children’s hospital in Kyiv.

‘Huge disappointment:’ Zelensky blasts Modi meeting with Putin the same day Russian attack devastates Ukraine hospital

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Delaware County, PA

ABC News

A search is underway for two suspects armed with long guns who stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from a Brinks armored truck in Pennsylvania in broad daylight.

Hundreds of thousands of dollars stolen from armored truck

Dozens of uncontacted people deep in the Peruvian Amazon have been captured on camera just several miles from a number of logging areas, a human rights group said.

Images released of uncontacted Amazon rainforest tribe in Peru seen near logging site

Joe Manganiello is setting the record straight about his split from Sofia Vergara. In an interview with Men's Journal, the "Deal or No Deal Island" host opened up about his divorce from the "Griselda" actress and responded to the comments she made in an interview with Spanish newspaper El País earlier this year, in which she said that their marriage ended because Manganiello wanted kids and she didn't.

Joe Manganiello responds to Sofia Vergara’s comments about what led to their split

Georgia State

Ohio State

A dog named Georgia can barely contain her excitement each time she gets to visit her owner's mom at a memory care home in Ohio. Georgia's owner, Adam Mandell, shared a video on TikTok of his dog running and leaping into his mom's lap. Mandell said his mother has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, a disease that can cause memory loss and confusion.

Watch how excited this dog gets to greet its owner's mom in a memory care home

BUTLER, Pa. -- Signs of trouble were evident in the minutes before shots rang out at Donald Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania: Police had a report of a suspicious man pacing near the magnetometers and were apparently exchanging photos of the suspect. Witnesses pointed and shouted at an armed man on a nearby roof.

Signs of trouble at Trump rally were evident in minutes before gunman opened fire

He hit back his rival's claims and record but avoided personal attacks.

Biden, in 1st major speech after Trump shooting, accuses him of 'lying like hell'

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Tallahassee, FL

Daily Coffee Press

The FBI is investigating the disappearance of a now 13-year-old girl who went missing from Florida last year and has ties to Georgia and Tennessee. A $15,000 reward is being offered to anyone with information that can lead to her location.

FBI Investigating Disappearance of 12-Year-Old Girl Who Has Ties to Georgia

Colorado State

FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- They creep, slither and slide over and around each other by the dozen and now there's a webcam so that anybody can watch them online at any time, even at night. A “mega den” with as many as 2,000 rattlesnakes isn't top binge-watching for many people....

Webcam monitors hundreds of rattlesnakes at a Colorado 'mega den' for citizen science

New Jersey State

Lakewood Township, NJ

A dad is facing charges after his 8-week-old daughter died when she was left in a hot car in New Jersey, authorities said.

8-week-old girl dies in hot car, dad arrested

Jacksonville, FL

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Jacksonville Today

A man died in police custody Sunday after he was arrested when he scuffled with firefighters and police, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said. Joseph Lawson, 43, was the second person to die in the past week while in police custody. Both were hospitalized at the time they died, the Sheriff’s Office said.

Suspect dies in custody; he’s the second in six days

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Green Bay, WI

A father and daughter were found dead at a remote Utah national park, authorities said.

Lost and out of water, father and daughter found dead in Utah Park

Virginia State

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Margaret Minnicks

According to WRIC 8 News, a new speed limit will become effective on July 1, 2024 in Virginia. Speed limits in a business or residential district will be aslow as 15 miles per hour on Virginia highways.

A new speed limit law on highways becomes effective in Virginia on July 1, 2024

A former Jacksonville police officer pleaded guilty Tuesday to enticement of a minor to engage in unlawful sexual activity, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Josue Garriga III, 34, faces a mandatory penalty of 10 years to life in federal prison and must register as a sex offender. A sentencing date has not been set.

Former cop pleads guilty to enticing 17-year-old girl

South Carolina State

The Shy Green

In a surprising twist for fans of beachwear and laid-back lifestyle gear, Delta Apparel, renowned for its Salt Life brand, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. This move has sent ripples through the industry, highlighting significant financial challenges despite its deep ties to coastal culture.

An apparel retail company has unexpectedly gone bankrupt

Ocilla, GA

Last Thursday, agents from the South Central Drug Task Force (SCDTF) made an arrest following a successful execution of a search warrant at a residence in Ocilla. According to officials, the search yielded a significant quantity of drugs, including tablets suspected to contain fentanyl, associated with a criminal street gang.

Successful Drug Bust in Ocilla Leads to Arrest Linked to 'Local Criminal Street Gang'

BEIJING -- A fire at a shopping mall killed 16 people Wednesday in the southwestern Chinese city of Zigong, state media reported. Firefighters and rescuers responded to a fire call shortly after 6 p.m. at the 14-story commercial building, and pulled 75 people to safety, according to the official news agency Xinhua.

Fire kills 16 at a shopping mall in southwestern China

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Russian minister blames US media for hindering prisoner swap talks on jailed reporter Gershkovich

UNITED NATIONS -- Russia's foreign minister blamed American journalists Wednesday for helping delay talks with his U.S. counterparts about a possible prisoner exchange involving imprisoned Wall...

Russian minister blames US media for hindering prisoner swap talks on jailed reporter Gershkovich

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