An inmate who escaped from an Idaho hospital with an accomplice who opened fire on the correction officers transporting him in a “brazen” attack have been captured, Boise police said. The Idaho Department of Correction inmate, Skylar Meade, and shooting suspect Nicholas Umphenour were located in the Twin Falls area around 2 p.m. MT Thursday, … Read more
ERBIL, Iraq — Iraq’s authorities have captured two members of the Islamic State group in an operation outside the country and brought them home, where they confessed to committing crimes during the rule of the extremist organization, the intelligence department said Saturday. A statement by the Iraqi National Intelligence Service didn’t say where the two … Read more
Authorities with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department are asking for the public’s help in identifying and locating a suspect captured on surveillance cameras in West Hollywood assaulting a Block-By-Block Security Ambassador with a deadly weapon. The attack unfolded on Feb. 15 at around 1:20 a.m. in the 7300 block of Santa Monica Boulevard, according … Read more
NASA scientists studying the sun have detected an enormous group of darkened patches in the middle of the star that are visible from 92 million miles away on Earth. The splotches, known as sunspots, may look like mere specks on the solar surface from here, but they can actually be the size of whole planets, … Read more
The Ingenuity helicopter is too damaged to ever fly again. Yet before its final flight, NASA’s historic Mars craft captured a sprawling view of the Martian desert. In the aftermath of a “rough” landing during its 72nd flight, the small experimental chopper was left with at least one severely broken rotor, a tip potentially snapped … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave NAIROBI — The al-Qaeda-linked Islamist insurgent group al-Shabab has seized the crew of a U.N. helicopter that made an emergency landing Wednesday, said two people based in Mogadishu who work with international organizations. Al-Shabab set the helicopter on fire and seized most of the crew members after … Read more
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada judge was attacked Wednesday by a defendant in a felony battery case who leaped over a defense table and the judge’s bench, landing atop her and sparking a bloody brawl involving court officials and attorneys, officials and witnesses said. In a violent scene captured by courtroom video, Clark County … Read more
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Peter Magubane, a fearless photographer who captured the violence and horror of South Africa’s apartheid era of racial oppression, and was entrusted with documenting Nelson Mandela’s first years of freedom after his release from prison, has died. He was 91. Magubane died Monday, according to the South African National Editors’ … Read more
Audio captured Donald Trump pressuring election workers in Michigan, The Detroit News reported. The audio showed Trump and Ronna McDaniel telling the election workers they’d help them get lawyers. A Trump spokesperson said he was doing his duty as president to “ensure election integrity.” Former President Donald Trump pressured election workers in Michigan not to sign … Read more
ISLAMABAD — Officials from Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban on Wednesday welcomed the resumption of FlyDubai flights to Kabul’s international airport two years after stopping service following the collapse of the Western-backed government. All international airlines halted flights to Afghanistan after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in mid-August 2021 as U.S. and NATO forces departed after … Read more