Alexander Zverev’s lawyer has reject all assault accusations against the tennis player in a trial that started in Berlin on Friday while he’s playing at the French Open grand slam. The Olympic champion from Germany is appealing against a €450,000 ($487,870) penalty order on assault charges. Defence lawyer Alfred Dierlamm said that the accusations made […]
Editor’s note: The Travis County District Attorney’s Office corrected the date of the indictment. That correction is reflected in the story below. AUSTIN (KXAN) — The son of a Buc-ee’s co-founder was indicted in connection to accusations that he secretly recorded people in Travis County over the course of two years. The Travis County District […]
Dave McCormick, the Republican challenger for Pennsylvania’s coveted U.S. Senate seat, completed a 67-county tour of the Keystone State on Friday. It’s not quite the “full Grassley” of presidential politics, when candidates visit all 99 counties ahead of the Iowa caucuses, but with President Biden and former President Trump in a dead-heat for Pennsylvania and […]
There were fireworks in Lexington the Friday of Memorial Day weekend. A mid-morning press conference was called by five members of Lexington County Council to lay out allegations that the Building Industry Association of Central SC is funneling “dark money” into the races for five council seats heading into the June 11 primary. Each race […]
One of the latest events in Europe to be hit with accusations of anti-Semitism, the Vienna Festival kicks off Friday, with its new director, Milo Rau, urging that places of culture be kept free of the “antagonism” of the Israel-Hamas war while still tackling difficult issues. As the conflict in Gaza sharply polarises opinion, “we […]
A Gary firefighter who was arrested April 26 following a confrontation with police as they worked to impound his car said he does not know why police would think his vehicle was involved in a crime. In a Wednesday interview with the Post-Tribune, Marlon Northern Jr., 27, said he was arrested after the confrontation with […]
Burkina Faso has rejected “baseless accusations” that soldiers massacred 223 people in attacks in February. A Human Rights Watch report alleged the army killed 179 people in Soro village and 44 others in Nondin, at least 56 of who were children, on 25 February. The NGO said this was “among the worst army abuse” incidents […]
“To protect my family today, I’ll withdraw as a candidate.” That’s the main takeaway from a rather long statement released on Thursday by Arizona state Rep. Austin Smith, who’s no longer running for re-election in his district after being accused of forging signatures to get on the ballot this fall. As AZ Central reports: The […]
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday said he has made “determinations” regarding accusations that Israel violated a set of U.S. laws that prohibit providing military assistance to individuals or security force units that commit gross violations of human rights. The Leahy Laws, authored by then-Senator Patrick Leahy […]
LA VERGNE, Tenn. (WKRN) – A former sergeant who claims he was unfairly fired as part of a department-wide sex scandal is speaking publicly for the first time. In addition to sexual harassment claims, former La Vergne Sgt. Henry ‘Ty’ McGowan is accused of putting his hands around a coworker’s neck. “Since this all came […]
University of Southern California canceled the commencement address of valedictorian Asna Tabassum on Monday in the wake of complaints and petitions accusing the biomedical engineering senior of antisemitism. Provost Andrew T. Guzman announced the school’s decision in a community-wide notice on Monday, writing, “When tensions are running so high across the world, we must prioritize […]
MANILA/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The Philippines and China traded accusations on Saturday over an encounter in disputed waters of the South China Sea, in an escalating row over a key waterway. Manila said two Chinese coast guard vessels “harassed” Filipino fishing vessels within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone, while Beijing said its vessels responded appropriately to […]