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‘Beautiful and gentle soul’ who fell off cruise ship identified as search to find him suspended

28Apr

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‘Beautiful and gentle soul’ who fell off cruise ship identified as search to find him suspended

The Australian man who went overboard from a cruise ship earlier this week has been remembered as a 'kind and beautiful' soul after the search to find him was suspended. Brisbane man Warwick Tollemache, 35, went overboard on the Quantum of The Seas at about 11pm (early Wednesday evening AEST), about 1400 kilometres south of the Hawaiian islands. An immediate search by the ship's crew was conducted and the US Coast Guard was called in to assist. "Our family is heartbroken at the loss of our beloved Warwick," his family said in a statement. "He was a kind, beautiful, and gentle soul who was adored by everyone who knew him. He will be deeply missed. "We kindly ask for privacy during this difficult time. Thank you for your understanding." The US Coast ...

White woman whose claim caused Emmett Till murder has died

28Apr

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White woman whose claim caused Emmett Till murder has died

The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of whistling at and accosting her in Mississippi in 1955 — causing his lynching, which galvanised a generation of activists to rise up in the Civil Rights Movement — has died at 88. Carolyn Bryant Donham died in hospice care on Tuesday night in Westlake, Louisiana, according to a death report filed on Thursday in the Calcasieu Parish Coroner’s Office. After being accused of wolf-whistling at a white woman in Mississippi, 14-year-old African-American boy Emmett Till was kidnapped, murdered and mutilated on August 28, 1955. (AP) Her death marks the last chance for anyone to be held accountable for the kidnapping and murder that shocked the world. Till's mother, Mamie Till Mobley, insisted on an open-casket funeral in ...

‘Inspired in so many ways’: Oldest living US Olympian Herb Douglas dies at 101

25Apr

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‘Inspired in so many ways’: Oldest living US Olympian Herb Douglas dies at 101

Herb Douglas, who turned a chance encounter with Jesse Owens as a teenager into fuel to win a bronze medal in the long jump at the 1948 Olympics, has died. He was 101. The University of Pittsburgh, where Douglas starred on the football and track teams before later serving in various roles for his alma mater, said Douglas died on Saturday. READ MORE: 'Ridiculous': Gal shreds 'stupid' $1m farce READ MORE: LIV's hole-in-one hero lauds 'unbelievable' Adelaide READ MORE: Stars separated in tunnel after fiery face-off “In every role that he filled, as an aspiring athlete from Hazelwood, as a student-athlete and University trustee and as an esteemed businessman, Olympian and community leader, Herb Douglas excelled,” Pittsburgh Chancellor Patrick Gallagher said. “He was both a c...

Proud Boys viewed as ‘Donald Trump’s army’: prosecutor

25Apr

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Proud Boys viewed as ‘Donald Trump’s army’: prosecutor

After months of legal battles, infighting between defence lawyers and dozens of rejected mistrial motions, the federal criminal trial against five Proud Boys accused of plotting to attack the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, moved to its final stage. One prosecutor and two defence lawyers gave their closing arguments to the Washington, DC, jury tasked with deciding whether Enrique Tarrio, Dominic Pezzola, Zachary Rehl, Joseph Biggs and Ethan Nordean are guilty of several federal crimes, including seditious conspiracy. The Justice Department's Conor Mulroe argued that the defendants stirred fellow members of the far-right Proud Boys toward violence in the lead up to January 6 and directed them that day to attack the iconic building. READ MORE: Trump reports little income ...

Girl, six, and parents shot, wounded over stray ball in US, neighbours say

21Apr

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Girl, six, and parents shot, wounded over stray ball in US, neighbours say

A North Carolina man shot and wounded a six-year-old girl and her parents after children went to retrieve a basketball that had rolled into his yard, according to neighbours and the girl's family — another in a string of recent shootings sparked by seemingly trivial circumstances. Gaston County Police Chief Stephen Zill said at a news conference Wednesday that his department and the US Marshals Service's Regional Fugitive Task Force were conducting a broad search for 24-year-old Robert Louis Singletary, who fled after the Tuesday night shootings near Gastonia, a city of roughly 80,000 people west of Charlotte. Singletary, who has been out on bond in a December attack in which authorities say he assaulted a woman with a hammer, is wanted in Tuesday's shootings on four counts of ...

Fifth man arrested over US birthday party shooting that killed four

21Apr

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Fifth man arrested over US birthday party shooting that killed four

A fifth man was arrested in the US and charged with murder in connection with a shooting at Sweet 16 birthday party that killed four young people in Alabama, authorities announced. Willie George Brown Jr, 19, of Auburn, is charged with four counts of reckless murder, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said. A total of five defendants are now facing reckless murder charges in connection to the fatal shooting. READ MORE: Young girl and parents shot over 'stray ball' in US, neighbours say The shooting rampage at the Sweet 16 birthday killed four young people, ranging from ages 17 to 23, and shocked the small east Alabama city of Dadeville. In addition to the four slain, 32 others were injured, four of them critically. The party, at a dance studio just off the ...