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White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters in Jerusalem that parties are “looking to close” a Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal following meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and top Israeli officials as he projected cautionary optimism about the potential for a deal in the next month. Sullivan added that he will be […]
CNN — A man thought to be a missing US citizen has been found in Damascus, Syria, telling reporters he had recently been freed from jail. The man is believed to be Missouri resident Travis Timmerman, 29, and he was found by residents wandering barefoot in a neighborhood just south of Damascus. Thousands of people […]
An American man identifying himself as Travis Timmerman has been found near the Syrian capital Damascus after being freed from a prison as rebels took over the country. Mr Timmerman, who said he was arrested upon entering Syria seven months ago, told the BBC’s US news partner CBS that he had been trying to make […]
Month-long search for Ryan Borgwardt after faked death in Wisconsin cost $35,000, law enforcement officials say. A man in the United States who faked his drowning before fleeing to Eastern Europe has returned home and is set to face charges, according to authorities. Ryan Borgwardt voluntarily returned to the US following the bizarre incident, Green […]
Federal authorities have charged a man with burning an American flag in the nation’s capital during protests against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress in July. Michael Snow Jr., 24, of Durham, North Carolina, is charged with destruction of federal property over the burning of the flag that was pulled down at Columbus […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WLBT) – A Mississippi man sentenced to death for killing his 10-month-old son has lost an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. On Monday, justices denied a request from Devin Allen Bennett to review last year’s Mississippi Supreme Court decision denying his claim that he had ineffective counsel at trial. Bennett was given […]
The U.S. Coast Guard launched an aerial search on Monday afternoon for an elderly man who is believed to have fallen overboard from a cruise ship traveling from Monterey to San Francisco. As of about 5:40 p.m., the man had not been located and the Coast Guard was in active discussions to suspend the search […]
Michael Sullivan spent more than 27 years in a Massachusetts prison for a murder he insisted for years he didn’t do. He was released in 2013 after a new trial and new DNA technology proved his innocence. Earlier this month, Sullivan was awarded $13m (£10m) from the state, though Massachusetts regulations cap rewards for wrongful […]
Typically, how a person votes, what motivates their vote, and assumptions about voters can be uncertain pursuits. In the case of our recent election, however, there are some issues that must be discussed. As an African American, I found the comments, behavior, allegations, policies and platform of the president-elect and his vice president to be […]
A Florida man arrested on suspicion of weapons violations on Halloween had a list of targets that included a congressman and locations he associated with Jewish and Black people, prosecutors allege. John Lapinski, 41, was jailed without bail on federal charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm and possessing an unregistered gun […]