Prince William and wife Kate leave Pakistan, day after aborted flight
By Peter Nicholls ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate left Pakistan on Friday after visiting an army dog training school, a day after a severe thunderstorm forced them to change their schedule and stay the night in Lahore. A planned visit to a Pakistani military post in the Khyber region on…
Court to hear appeal of Jodi Arias' murder conviction
PHOENIX (AP) — Lawyers are scheduled to make arguments Thursday before the Arizona Court of Appeals as Jodi Arias seeks to overturn her murder conviction in the 2008 death of her former boyfriend. Arias argues a prosecutor’s misconduct and a judge’s failure to control news coverage during the case deprived her of the right to…
Judges grapple with misconduct claims in Jodi Arias case
PHOENIX (AP) — Appellate judges who will decide whether to reverse Jodi Arias’ murder conviction in the gruesome 2008 killing of her former boyfriend grappled Thursday with who was responsible for whipping up publicity during the salacious trial and whether alleged misconduct by a prosecutor should cause the verdict to be tossed. A lawyer for…
Was That Reclusive Family in a Dutch Farmhouse Waiting for ‘The End of Time,’ or More Facebook Followers?
This article was updated substantially at 5:15 a.m. EDT, October 18, 2019. AMSTERDAM—The strange tale of a reclusive family in a small Dutch town grows curiouser and curiouser by the day. The first headlines at the beginning of the week said that in a remote farmhouse outside the provincial Dutch village of Ruinerwold several people,…
Family waiting for "the end of time" discovered in farm basement
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Legislators Join the Effort to End 'Lunch Shaming' in Schools
Earlier this month, a teacher at Jacksboro Elementary School in tiny Jacksboro, Tennessee went viral when she confessed to crying in front of her students when one of the boys in her class said that he didn’t have any food at home. “He asked when the lady that puts food in his backpack was coming.…
California Is Officially Putting an End to Lunch-Shaming Students
For too long, lunch-shaming has been used as a needlessly cruel method for singling out students who are unable to pay for their lunch but, thankfully, one state is putting an end to it once in for all. Last week, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation that ensures that students will get a “state reimbursable…
South Korea’s Moon Sees Approval Rating Hit New Low Amid Scandal
(Bloomberg) — The approval rating for South Korean President Moon Jae-in hit a record low in a poll released just days after he issued a public apology for the resignation of a scandal-tainted minister who was a close political ally. The support rate for Moon’s government was at 39%, according to data released Friday by…
Pentagon expert could reveal key details in Ukraine probe
WASHINGTON — In the summer of 2018, Congress allotted $250 million in military aid to Ukraine, part of a continuing effort to help the Eastern European nation defend itself against Russia. Several months later, Laura K. Cooper, the Pentagon official in charge of Ukraine and Russia policy, touted the forthcoming aid package, which would be joined…
Mystery as plane carrying Russian arms smugglers crashes in Congo
Click:bearing manufacturer The Democratic Republic of Congo has one of the world’s worst aviation safety records, so reports that an aircraft had tumbled into a remote forest last week caused few international ripples. Since then, however, a deepening mystery over the nature of the cargo and the identity of those on board has left the…