Man in court charged with attempted murder of nurse at Oldham hospital | UK news
A man charged with the attempted murder of a nurse at the Royal Oldham Hospital has appeared in court. Roman Haq, 37, was charged with attempted murder and possession of a knife after the incident in the hospital's acute care unit on Saturday night. During a five-minute hearing at Manchester Magistrates' Court, Huq, from Royton, […]
Alone No More review – touching shaggy dog tale about a stray mutt who rescues a lonely old man | Movies
TThe story of this rambling shaggy dog from Hong Kong is peppered with eccentric antics. This is the story of a stray mongrel dog called Piggy (played by mongrel Little) who saves a man from suicide not once, but twice. The man is Kai (Lawrence Cheng), a recently retired, miserable grump who lives alone. Like […]
24-year-old man stabs four — two fatally — near Denver mall in random violent spree: police
A 24-year-old man is accused of killing two people and injuring two others in a series of random attacks in a violent stabbing near a Colorado shopping mall over the weekend. Elijah D. Caudill allegedly stabbed four strangers near Denver's 16th Street Mall on Saturday night, and before his arrest, he attacked at least three […]
Colorado state representative sues Lyft over alleged sexual assault by a man impersonating certified driver
Colorado Rep. Jenny Wilford filed a lawsuit against the ride-hailing app Lyft, alleging she was sexually assaulted last February during a trip with a man posing as a certified driver. Wilford alleges in her lawsuit that she was subjected to “unwelcome and non-consensual sexual contact, contact, and (vulgar) comments” on February 24, 2024, while on […]
Alvin Bragg drops assault charges against man who fought back when vagrant attacked him with nail-studded chunk of wood
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) has dropped assault charges against a Chinatown landlord who fought back when a vagrant attacked him with a block of wood spiked with nails in late August. The New York Post reported. Bragg's office initially charged Harvard University graduate student Brian Chin, 32, with serious assault after the incident, […]
L.A. Man Saves 8 Altadena Neighborhood Homes from Wildfires
A Los Angeles man is being hailed as a hero for saving eight homes in his neighborhood from the Eaton Fire by rushing into a dangerous fire zone with a garden hose. “So when I got here, the back of the house was on fire. I was driving down the road and I could see […]
Pantera’ tops weekend box office while Robbie Williams biopic ‘Better Man’ flops
NEW YORK — With much of Hollywood's attention focused on the wildfires that continue to rage in Los Angeles, studios estimate Lionsgate's “Den of Thieves 2: Pantera” will be released on a quiet weekend in movie theaters. It debuted at number one with box office revenue of $15.5 million. Sunday. Mid-January is often a slow […]
Alvin Bragg drops case against Chinatown landlord who beat homeless man
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has dropped assault charges for beating a homeless man after his Chinatown landlord was attacked by a vagrant with a weapon. And the landlord now claims Mr. Bragg should never have filed the lawsuit in the first place. Brian Chin, 32, a psychology graduate student and professor at Harvard University, […]
Man proposes to girlfriend while flying thousands of feet in the air
One man decided to take his relationship to the next level, to a whole new height, by proposing to his girlfriend during a flight. Pennsylvania CEO Sam River, 34, was inspired by the Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore movie “The Wedding Singer'' when he proposed to his current fiancée, Lissie Alden, 37. The Philadelphia resident […]
Sam Moore, Who Sang ‘Soul Man’ in Sam & Dave Duo, Dies at 89
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Sam Moore, the man behind “Soul Man'' and “Hold On, I'm Comin','' has died. He was 89. Spokesman Jeremy Westby said Moore died Friday morning of complications while recovering from surgery in Coral Gables, Florida. Additional details were not immediately available. Moore, whose fans ranged from Al Green to Bruce […]