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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 ...

Woman spent 500 days isolated from outside world in a cave. Here’s what she did

17Apr

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Woman spent 500 days isolated from outside world in a cave. Here’s what she did

A Spanish mountain climber emerged on Friday from a cave 70 metres underground where she spent 500 days isolated from the outside world. Beatriz Flamini, 50, of Madrid, left the cave in southern Spain shortly after 9am (local time) after being told by supporters that she had completed the feat she set out to accomplish on November 21 in 2021. Spanish media said the spell underground set a new world record, but the claim could not be immediately confirmed. READ MORE: The big change coming to Woolworths The Spanish state news agency Efe later reported Flamini as saying she was obliged to temporarily halt the challenge after some 300 days and leave the cave for eight days because of a technical problem. Efe said she spent the eight days in a tent but had no co...

Indonesian troops killed in battle with separatists in search for kidnapped New Zealand pilot

17Apr

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Indonesian troops killed in battle with separatists in search for kidnapped New Zealand pilot

Separatist gunmen attacked Indonesian army troops who were deployed to rescue a New Zealand pilot taken hostage by the rebels in Indonesia's restive Papua province, leaving at least six dead and about 30 missing, officials say. Initial information from army reports said there were about 36 soldiers at a post in the hilly district of Nduga, when attackers from the West Papua Liberation Army, the armed wing of the Free Papua Movement, opened fire on Saturday. At least six died and 21 others fled into the jungle, according to the military reports seen by journalists. A military spokesman confirmed only one dead. Nine soldiers were reportedly being held by the rebels. READ MORE: The big change coming to Woolworths Papua military spokesperson Colonel Herman Taryaman ...

14Apr

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Endangered bear attacks and kills jogger on woodland path in Italy

An endangered bear has attacked and killed a jogger who was running on a woodland path in Italy's north-east. The man was out jogging at Val di Sole valley, near his village in Caldes, in the Trentino region, on Wednesday when he was fatally mauled. Local media have identified the jogger as 26-year-old Andrea Papi. Andrea Papi, 26, was out jogging when he was attacked by a bear. (Supplied) Alpine brown bears are endangered and were reintroduced to the province. (Getty Images/iStockphoto) His mauled body was found by a search team, hours after his girlfriend reported him missing. Trentino region's president, Maurizio Fugatti, said the bear that killed Papi would be identified and killed. Alpine brown bears are endangered species in the province of Trenti...