The second phase of Ukraine’s land reform, which began on Jan. 1 and allows legal entities to purchase agricultural land with an increased limit of up to 10,000 hectares, has sparked controversy among small and medium-seized farmers, who are demanding that the old conditions with a quota of 100 hectares be maintained. Read also: How Ukraine keeps […]
The Oxford police officer who appeared to repeatedly punch a restrained Miami University student was suspended by his previous employer, an Enquirer review of public records found. The officer, Matthew Blauvelt, is currently on paid administrative leave while the Butler County Prosecutor’s Office conducts an independent investigation into the use of force, Oxford Police Chief […]
The Young Thug RICO trial resumed Tuesday after a jail stabbing delayed the process for three weeks. Much of Tuesday’s testimony focused on Young Thug and Shannon Stillwell, one of the rapper’s co-defendants who was stabbed in jail. It was the first time Stillwell had been seen since he was stabbed at the Fulton County […]
Police have identified the primary suspect in a fatal stabbing that took place in downtown Austin earlier this month. Hilario Adrian, 56, was arrested in connection with the murder of Jeffery Lewis, 41, after being identified by a witness and confessing to the crime, according to an Austin Police Department news release. Police believe Adrian […]
The student who gunned down 14 people and injured a further 25 in Prague last week before killing himself admitted the murder of a man out walking with his baby a week previously, a police spokesman said on Wednesday. A letter admitting the motiveless double murder had been found during a search of the house […]
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. — El Mercado Fresco cut the ribbon on a new Independence grocery store this month. It’s in a neighborhood where it looked like it might be tough to attract new owners just a few months ago. Save-a-Lot closed its store at Blue Ridge Cutoff and 40 Highway, along with another in Gladstone, Missouri, […]
Poland’s new pro-EU government has begun to wrest control of the country’s state media and some other state agencies from the conservative party that consolidated its grip on them during eight years in power. The cabinet of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, which took office last week, said on Wednesday it had fired and replaced the […]