NEW YORK – JULY 4: Fireworks explode in the air, as seen from Weehawken, New Jersey on the Hudson River during the Macy’s Firework display on July 4, 2009. It was the first time since the year 2000 that the fireworks have exploded over the Hudson River and not the East River. (Photo by Yana […]
By all accounts, the vice-presidential vetting process is extremely unpleasant. A team of partisan investigators comb through every possible detail of your personal, political, and financial life, looking for potential controversies that could undermine the party’s ticket and its electoral prospects. Several years ago, a senator who endured the potential-running-mate process said it was like […]
The Scoop A giant wind farm set to be built in Egypt is showcasing how the future of climate tech is increasingly controlled by China. Infinity Power — by some definitions Africa’s biggest renewables company — has an ambitious target of growing its clean-power portfolio nearly tenfold to 10 gigawatts by 2030. Key to its […]
A school crossing guard from Taunton was fired on Monday after allegedly assaulting a mother and child with a stop sign stick. The man then confronted several news crews outside of his arraignment. Louis Chaves, 68, of Taunton, is charged with three counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (handheld stop sign stick). […]
LONDON (AP) — Two London police officers remained hospitalized on Wednesday, a day after suffering “horrifically serious” injuries as they rushed to stop a sword-wielding attacker on a suburban street, the city’s police chief said. Details about the attack emerged a day before London voters go to the polls in local elections where crime and […]
SYDNEY (AP) — French construction worker Damien Guerot was made an Australian permanent resident on Thursday as a reward for his heroism during a knife attack in a Sydney shopping mall that left six victims dead and a dozen wounded. Guerot was nicknamed “Bollard Man” on social media after security camera footage showed the 31-year-old […]
French construction worker Damien Guerot has been made an Australian permanent resident as a reward for his heroism during a knife attack in a Sydney shopping centre that left six victims dead and a dozen wounded. Mr Guerot was nicknamed Bollard Man on social media after security camera footage showed the 31-year-old standing at the […]
Footage shared by multiple outlets in Australia shows a man waving a bollard at a man holding a knife DAVID GRAY/AFP via Getty Paramedics respond to the Westfield Bondi Junction in Sydney on April 13 Footage from the fatal stabbing attack at an Australia mall shows a bystander stepping in to confront the apparent attacker. […]
Europe must spend more on defense to deter Russia, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said in an interview with Financial Times on Feb. 27. She called Europe “naive,” for not doing it sooner. “We have been too naive, and in the western part of the world we have been too focused on getting richer, and […]
At about 2 a.m. last Tuesday, Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin stood on the Senate floor and explained why he opposed sending more aid to help Ukraine fend off the invasion launched in 2022 by Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I don’t like this reality,” Johnson said. “Vladimir Putin is an evil war criminal.” But […]
A Walmart employee was shot in the leg Sunday night at a shopping center in Pineville when confronting an alleged shoplifter, Charlotte Observer news partner WSOC TV reported. Jonathan Alan Smith, 32, was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury and misdemeanor larceny for allegedly attempting to steal chicken by […]
A juvenile was shot while confronting a man whom he saw committing a vehicle theft in Claremont, New Hampshire, according to police. Claremont Police responded to the area of Front Street just before 5 a.m. Sunday morning where officers located a juvenile who was suffering from a gunshot wound. According to police, the juvenile was […]