Turkey faces calls for action as Somali president’s son allegedly flees country after causing fatal crash
The Turkish government is under pressure to bring home the son of Somalia's president, who is suspected of having fled the country after a fatal road accident in Istanbul. Motorcycle deliveryman Yunus Emre Gossel, 38, was injured in the incident and died on the way to a hospital. Authorities issued an arrest warrant and imposed […]
Texas Supreme Court pauses lower court ruling allowing woman to receive abortion after fetal fatal diagnosis
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday night blocked a lower court judge's decision to allow pregnant women with fatally diagnosed fetuses to obtain abortions, despite the Lone Star State's ban on the procedure. . The order by the all-Republican state Supreme Court comes after 31-year-old Kate Cox obtained a temporary restraining order from a lower […]
Texas Judge Grants Woman’s Request For Abortion Amid Fetus’s Rare Fatal Condition
Travis County 459th District Court before an emergency hearing in Cox v. Texas on December 7, 2023 in Austin, Texas. Kate Cox, 31, a mother of two from Dallas-Fort Worth, was charged. On December 5, 2023, she and her doctors traveled to Texas to undergo an abortion for her pregnancy, which threatened her life and […]
Maryland police officer cleared of charges after fatal shooting of handcuffed man
Maryland police officer Michael Owen Jr. has been found not guilty of murder in the shooting death. Owen, who has been on the job for 10 years, became the first police officer in the county to be charged with murder in an on-duty killing. In 2020, Owen shot and killed William Green, 43, while he […]
Pregnant Texas woman challenges state abortion ban with lawsuit after receiving fetal fatal diagnosis
A pregnant Texas woman whose fetus was diagnosed as fatal is asking a court to allow her to have an abortion through a lawsuit. The case is believed to be the first of its kind in the United States since Roe v. Wade was overturned last year. The case comes a week after the Texas […]
New York City fatal fire was caused by e-bike battery, officials say
One person was killed and six others were injured when an e-bike battery caught fire in a New York City apartment building, authorities said Monday. The fire broke out around 7 p.m. Sunday in a 10th-floor apartment in a public housing complex in the Bronx, a fire department spokeswoman said. New York City officials urge […]
Chicago man files wrongful death lawsuit after fatal stabbing of Palestinian American son
The father of a 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy who was stabbed to death in what authorities say was a hate crime has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. Last month, Oday Al-Fayoum filed a lawsuit against his suburban Chicago landlord, accused of an attack that killed his child and seriously injured his mother. The attack renewed concerns […]
US ambassador condemns fatal Jerusalem shooting
The US ambassador to Israel on Thursday condemned the deadly shooting in Jerusalem as a “terrorist attack.” “There was a heinous terrorist attack in Jerusalem this morning. We unequivocally condemn such brutal violence,” Ambassador Jacques Roux said. Posted in X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “My thoughts are with the families of the victims, […]
Jury to determine whether Maryland officer’s fatal shooting of handcuffed man was justified
A jury will decide whether Prince George’s County Police Officer Michael Owen Jr. violated the law when he fatally shot a handcuffed suspect in 2020. The defense has argued that Owen, who was not wearing a body camera at the time of the incident, may have been protecting himself when he killed 43-year-old William Green. […]
Louisiana Teen Found Guilty in Fatal Carjacking of Elderly Woman
A jury on Monday found 18-year-old Jon Honoré guilty of second-degree murder in the brutal carjacking of an elderly woman in New Orleans, Louisiana, in March 2022. During the first incident, 73-year-old Linda Fricke dragged He died as neighbors watched in horror, NOLA.com reported. An Orleans Parish jury has found 18-year-old John Honoré guilty of […]
