Columbus, OH

Business Insider

Small merchants in China have been holding rallies this month to protest Temu's fines and refund policies, multiple outlets reported.

Dozens of angry Chinese suppliers swarmed Temu's office, saying they're tired of giving Westerners refunds without returns

This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. Seven brothers from a prominent Uyghur family in Kashgar have been sentenced to terms ranging from nine to 17 years for charitable work “supporting Uyghurs” and overseas trips, as part of the ongoing mass incarceration campaign against the mostly Muslim group that started in 2017, three people with knowledge of the situation said.

7 brothers from prominent Uyghur family confirmed jailed in Xinjiang

This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te on Wednesday urged the world’s democratic countries to come together and act to prevent China from expanding authoritarianism and changing the rules-based international order. China regards Taiwan as a renegade...

China’s ‘growing authoritarianism’ won’t stop with Taiwan: Lai Ching-te

A new report claims that President Joe Biden approved changes to the United States’ nuclear strategy earlier this year, ordering U.S. forces to prepare for potential nuclear confrontations with China, Russia, and North Korea. On Tuesday, The New York Times reported that the plan approved by Biden was not...

Biden orders US forces to prepare for nuclear confrontations: Report

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently issued a health advisory as the parvovirus B19 respiratory disease is spreading across the United States. In an August 13 press release, the CDC said it was issuing a Health Alert Network Health Advisory to “notify healthcare providers, public health authorities, and the public about current increases in human parvovirus B19 activity in the United States.”

Pic: Highly contagious disease spreading in the US, CDC warns

California State

Inmate on death row for 33 years must either be released or retried over prosecutorial misconduct

California inmate on death row for 33 years must either be released or retried due to prosecutorial misconduct

Latin Times

SEATTLE - Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody joined 20 counterparts across the U.S. to demand answers from online retailer Temu over recent reports that the company may not be following federal law or the states' consumer protection law, as well as questioning the company's possible ties with the Chinese Communist Party.

US Officials give Temu hard deadline to address slave labor accusations, alleged ties to China Communist Party

Boston, MA

CBS Boston

An inmate has been sentenced for his role in the deadly bludgeoning of infamous Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger in a West Virginia federal prison in 2018. The inmate, Paul J. DeCologero, was sentenced to more than four years imprisonment after pleading guilty to an assault charge. DeCologero faced a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.Prosecutors initially had said DeCologero and inmate Fotios "Freddy" Geas used a lock attached to a belt to repeatedly hit the 89-year-old Bulger in the head hours after he arrived at troubled USP Hazelton from another lockup in Florida, while another man, Sean McKinnon, served as...

Inmate sentenced in prison killing of infamous gangster "Whitey" Bulger

Colorado State

NewsNation

Jose Arellano-Arredondo, 67, was found guilty on more than 40 counts, including money laundering and drug charges.

Colorado drug dealer sentenced to 376 years in prison

A 31-year-old man was found unresponsive in his cell at HMP Fosse Way, police say.

Six arrested after inmate dies at prison

Chicago, IL

A new report claims that at least four hotels in Chicago were subjected to bomb threats during the second day of the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday. According to Fox 32 Chicago, law enforcement officers and police K9s conducted a search of the Nobu Hotel just prior to noon on Tuesday and were investigating an alleged bomb threat at multiple hotels on Chicago’s Near West Side.

Pic: Bomb threats reported near DNC in Chicago: Report

Red-faced Kenyan police on Tuesday arrested eight of their own officers and launched a manhunt after a man accused of murdering and dismembering 42 women escaped from a Nairobi police cell along with a dozen other people. The head of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, Mohamed Amin, said after his arrest on July 15 that Jumaisi had confessed to murdering 42 women over a two-year period from 2022, with his wife his first victim.

Kenya 'psychopath' serial killer suspect escapes from police

Mississippi State

Meridian, MS

The Mirror US

Emily Lawhead, a spokesperson for Management and Training Corporation, which manages the facility, said Clarence Gillie, 59, was found unresponsive in his cell on Thursday

Mystery deepens as third inmate found dead in cell this month at Mississippi prison

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David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Kentucky State

Somerset, KY

A Kentucky resident who faked his death to avoid paying child support has been sentenced to six years and nine months in federal prison. Jesse Kipf, 39, of Somerset avoided more than $116,000 in child support before he was caught, according to the court record. Kipf accessed the death registry...

Kentucky veteran who faked his own death to avoid child support sentenced to prison

This article was originally published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and is reprinted with permission. Ukrainian lawmakers on August 20 approved a bill banning religious organizations linked to the Russian Orthodox Church, which Kyiv has criticized for being supportive of Moscow’s full-scale invasion. Lawmaker Oleksandr Honcharenko said 265 members...

Ukrainian lawmakers approve law banning religious groups tied to Russian Orthodox Church

The US is continuing to violate a significant arms treaty by selling weapons to Israel, Amnesty International has warned. The NGO said the flouting of the Arms Trade Treaty is leading to “devastating loss of life” in the Occupied Territories, in particular Gaza. In 2013, 155 states worldwide...

US flouting Arms Trade Treaty with weapons exports to Israel: Amnesty

Orlando, FL

Two military veterans were awarded free homes in a new Orange County community Monday, arriving in a motorcade as hundreds of onlookers waving American flags cheered for them. ”This is truly life-changing for us. It’s basically like giving a golden ticket to veterans,” said retired U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant Kaia Santana. “You’ve elevated our quality of life and showed that we matter, that our service mattered, that sacrifice means something to somebody and that we are seen and appreciated.”

‘A golden ticket’: Orlando area veterans awarded free homes

The US Sun

THE FBI’s once most wanted conman is now speaking out about the crimes that cost him 12 years of his life in federal prison. Matthew Cox, a notorious former conman and mortgage fraudster, was once among the FBI’s Most Wanted for his intricate and highly lucrative schemes. His journey from a real estate professional to […]

I was the FBI’s most wanted con-man – I stole $55m using fake baby names & tricked cops twice before I was caught

The Standard

A former Metropolitan Police officer branded the “devil” after being exposed as a serial rapist must serve at least 18 years in prison, judges have ruled. Cliff Mitchell, 24, was called a “pathetic excuse of a man” by one of his victims when he was jailed for life with a minimum term of 14 years in May.He had subjected two victims to years of sexual abuse, and boasted that he would never be caught because of his status as a police officer. At the Court of Appeal on Thursday, judges agreed to increase the minimum term by four years after...

Met Police officer exposed as serial rapist to serve at least 18 years in prison

NewsBreak

Uyghurs sentenced to cumulative 4.4 million years in prison: study

This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. All told, Uyghurs imprisoned by China in the far-western region of Xinjiang...

Uyghurs sentenced to cumulative 4.4 million years in prison: study

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