International experts are downplaying fears of a new pandemic amid a sharp rise in cases of child pneumonia and other respiratory infections in China and parts of the US and Europe. Images from crowded waiting rooms suggest hospitals in China are under pressure, although Beijing officials are yet to concede their facilities have been overwhelmed … Read more
A Washington state law aimed at improving police accountability is in the spotlight after three Tacoma officers were acquitted in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who was shocked, beaten and restrained face-down on a sidewalk as he pleaded for breath. The measure approved by voters in 2018 was designed … Read more
New Delhi: A Hindu temple in California was defaced with pro-Khalistan and anti-India slogans. The photos of the defacement at Newark’s Swaminarayan Mandir Vasana Sanstha were shared on X (formerly) by the Hindu-American Foundation. The images showed slogans against India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on several walls of the temple. The organisation said that … Read more
Two Colorado paramedics have been convicted of criminally negligent homicide in the death of Elijah McClain after he was stopped by police in 2019. The jury’s guilty verdicts on Friday for Aurora EMTs Peter Cichuniec and Jeremy Cooper mark an extraordinarily rare case of paramedics being found criminally liable for a civilian’s death in police … Read more
Teenager Alex Batty has said the worst thing about the six years he was missing abroad was “not having a proper education”, according to reports. Speaking to the Sun newspaper, the 17-year-old said he must have read the Harry Potter books “at least 20 times” and his main pastime was reading as he could rarely … Read more
Breadcrumb Trail Links Toronto & GTA Ontario Crime Get the latest from Michele Mandel straight to your inbox Sign Up Published Dec 22, 2023 • Last updated 48 minutes ago • 4 minute read Joseph George Sutherland, 61, of Moosonee, Ont., pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder for the 1983 killings of Susan Tice, … Read more
Sixty years after their invention, Pop-Tarts remain beloved by consumers who bought about three billion of them in 2022. “We didn’t realize that this thing was going to go as well as it did,” said 96-year-old Bill Post, who helped develop Pop-Tarts in the early 1960s. “It went beyond any expectations we had.” Post remembers … Read more
Three children and a woman in her 40s were seriously injured when their car smashed into another in Sydney’s southwest. The crash, involving a total of seven people, happened about 2am on Saturday along Milperra Road in Milperra. New South Wales Police said officers arrived to find the children and woman trapped inside their SUV. … Read more
(The Hill) — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) declared “war” Friday over a New York state bill that would require some Chick-fil-A restaurants to operate on Sundays. “This is war,” the Graham wrote on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. He continued in a second post, threatening to introduce legislation that would withhold federal funds … Read more
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the amount of military aid NATO allies have been shipping to Ukraine to help its fight against Russia’s invasion means “everyone is in big trouble” with military supplies. “We have stayed strong at a time where bigger countries and countries that play by different rules have tried really hard to … Read more
