PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day, Tuesday August 27, 2024
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The Daily BeastWho Is Alleged Trump Golf Course Gunman Ryan Wesley Routh?
The suspected gunman involved in what authorities are calling an apparent assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump was identified by authorities Sunday night as Ryan Wesley Routh. The 58-year-old allegedly carried an AK-47-style rifle with a scope onto the grounds near Trump’s golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida. He also had two backpacks filled with ceramic tile and a GoPro camera hanging on a nearby fence.Secret Service agents allegedly confronted and shot at Routh after n
- The Canadian Press
B.C. victim's family furious at no-fault insurance regime in motor-vehicle death case
WEST VANCOUVER, B.C. — Family members say Annie Kong wanted nothing more than to gather with all her extended family under one roof at her West Vancouver home for Christmas 2022.
- GOBankingRates
I’m a Bank Teller: 3 Times You Should Never Ask for $50 Bills From the Bank
In the banking world, some currency denominations are more popular than others. While most people are familiar with the common $1, $5, $10 and $20 bills, the humble $50 often goes overlooked. Find...
- People
Remains of Elijah Vue, 3, Found in 'Thick Wooded Area' After Nearly 7 Months Missing: 'Devastated'
The toddler was discovered by a hunter just over three miles from his Wisconsin home, police announced on Friday, Sept. 13
- Moneywise
Illinois widow loses $1M life savings after ‘pig butchering’ scam — here's how to spot this scheme
An increasing number of Americans are falling victim to this scam.
- BBC
House guest jailed for attacking host over meal
Mark Maxted launched a "savage" attack on a former school friend he was staying with.
- Hello!
Crown Princess Mette-Marit's son Marius Borg Høiby arrested for second time - report
Marius Borg Høiby, the eldest son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit and stepson of Crown Prince Haakon has been arrested after allegedly violating a restraining order following his arrest earlier this summer for assaulting his girlfriend
- CBC
2 dead, others injured after suspected drunk driving crash: RCMP
A young man and teenage boy are dead, and several other teenagers are injured, after a suspected drunk driving crash in eastern Alberta early Sunday morning, RCMP say.Police responded to a single-vehicle collision on Township Road 353, near Consort, Alta., shortly after 1 a.m. MT, police said in a news release Sunday afternoon.Mounties found a crashed truck with seven teenagers inside. Some had "various injuries," but two were confirmed dead at the scene, the release said.The victims were a 19-y
- CNN
A father was killed in a Missouri bar brawl. His twin daughters’ podcast helped lead to an arrest 35 years later
On October 13, 1989, Jimmie Wade Martin went for a drink at his neighborhood bar in Bonne Terre, Missouri. His bloodied body was later found nearby, but no assailant was ever convicted. So years later, his twin daughters began investigating the case themselves.
- BBC
Police reviewing 'brutal' arrest caught on CCTV
A man says he was "beaten up by police" after giving a homeless person some change.
- USA TODAY
Customer fatally shoots teenage Waffle House employee inside North Carolina store
While the suspect's food was being prepared, police said he became more agitated and verbally abusive toward employees and later shot the teen.
- BBC
Kidnapped and trafficked twice - a sex worker's life in Sierra Leone
BBC Africa Eye focuses on the horrors of the lives of sex workers in the West African state.
- CNN
Waffle House employee killed after customer becomes irate, police say
Authorities are still searching for the man who shot and killed a Waffle House employee Friday night.
- FTW Outdoors
Taylor Swift appeared to laugh at a funny 'childless cat lady' sign at Chiefs game
Taylor Swift once again had a blast at a Kansas City Chiefs game, this time showing up in a stylish oversized t-shirt dress before stopping to fan herself during Travis Kelce's player introduction. Later, she celebrated the Chiefs' game-
- CNN
Passenger arrested after trying to choke flight attendant and saying plane ‘is going down’ on California flight, DOJ says
A California man is facing federal charges after he allegedly tried to choke a flight attendant and “said he was going to kill everybody” while on board a Frontier Airlines flight to San Francisco that had to be diverted on Monday, authorities said.
- CNN
Kansas cold case ends 44 years later as man is sentenced for killing his former neighbor in 1980
More than 44 years after a nursing student was slain in her trailer home in central Kansas, her former neighbor has been sentenced to 10 to 25 years in prison for killing her.
- The Canadian Press
Judge finds woman incompetent to stand trial in fatal stabbing of 3-year-old outside supermarket
CLEVELAND (AP) — A woman who authorities say fatally stabbed a 3-year-old boy as he sat in a grocery cart outside an Ohio supermarket and wounded his mother has been found incompetent to stand trial.
- Global News
2nd suspect in Rocky View County highway shooting arrested on homicide charge: Alberta RCMP
Thirty-eight days after a shocking highway shooting near Calgary that left one person dead and another injured, RCMP have brought a major manhunt to a conclusion. “Today, just after 1 p.m., members of the Alberta major crimes unit successfully and safely arrested 28-year-old Elijah Blake Strawberry at a residence in O’Chiese First Nation,” Alberta RCMP Chief Supt. Roberta McKale told reporters at a news conference in Edmonton late Friday. Skylar Peters reports.
- The Canadian Press
Ahmaud Arbery's family is still waiting for ex-prosecutor's misconduct trial after 3 years
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Three years after a former Georgia district attorney was indicted on charges alleging she interfered with police investigating the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery, the case's slow progression through the court system has sputtered to a halt, one the presiding judge insists is temporary.
- BBC
Woman who stabbed man to death jailed for 17 years
Bailey Heywood, 23, is sentenced for killing Dale Bond at his flat in Bicester on 13 March.