RIO DE JANEIRO — For years, Brazil has asked the question, “Who ordered Marielle’s killing?” Ever since the 2018 killing of the leftist politician and human rights activist Marielle Franco, in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazilians have plastered that question onto T-shirts, spray painted it onto walls and posted it on social media. The name … Read more
DAKAR, Senegal — Women slain with babies wrapped against their bodies, lifeless children intertwined together, a 2-month-old face-up on the ground with puppies crawling on his tiny frame. The scenes were horrifying, but the 32-year-old farmer felt he had to document them, as proof of the carnage in his central Burkina Faso village. More than … Read more
BEIJING — A bus crashed into a tunnel wall on an expressway in northern China killing 14 people, state media said Wednesday. Thirty-seven other people were injured in the Tuesday afternoon crash, state broadcaster CCTV said. The bus was carrying 51 passengers when it hit the wall on the Hohhot-Beihai Expressway in the city of … Read more
Former Disney Channel star Olivia Rodrigo is stirring up drama amongst the media and social users after her recent handouts at her Missouri concert. As you probably heard by now, the ‘Good 4 U’ singer, who is on her GUTS World Tour, partnered with the Missouri Abortion Fund to give her fans free condoms and … Read more
Facebook plans to “deprecate” its News tab for users in the United States and Australia by April, according to an announcement published Thursday night. What does that mean? As best we can tell, it means Facebook doesn’t want anyone to use the platform for news anymore and will be killing its dedicated News tab. Meta’s … Read more
ATLANTA (AP) — The suspect in the killing of a nursing student on the University of Georgia campus used an object as a weapon in the crime and he’s also accused of “disfiguring her skull,” according to newly filed arrest affidavits. Jose Ibarra, who faces multiple murder and assault charges, is also accused of dragging … Read more
The Israeli military is confident that Hamas leader Yehiya Sinwar, the alleged architect of the Oct. 7 attacks, is hiding inside a labyrinthine network of tunnels beneath southern Gaza. But he is surrounded by a human shield of hostages intended to deter an operation to capture or kill him, frustrating Israel’s efforts to dismantle the … Read more
A man has been arrested in connection to the death of a 22-year-old nursing student. The body of Laken Riley was found on University of Georgia’s Intramural Fields around noon Thursday. Officials said the body was found after one of her friends called 911 to report that she hadn’t come home from a jog. During … Read more
LONDON, Ontario — A man found guilty of using his pickup truck to kill four members of a Muslim family was sentenced Thursday to life in prison as a Canadian judge ruled that the actions of the admitted white nationalist amounted to terrorism. Nathaniel Veltman has also been sentenced to a concurrent life sentence for … Read more
Israeli police say three gunmen opened fire on the road near a checkpoint in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, killing one Israeli and wounding at least eight, as violence persists in the territory. Benny Gantz, a member of Israel’s War Cabinet, said late Wednesday that new attempts are underway to reach a cease-fire deal between Israel … Read more