Day: March 14, 2023
Car collides with Dallas horse riders, killing 1, injuring 2
Dallas police say one person on horseback was killed and two others were injured in a collision between a vehicle and a group of juveniles on stolen horses.
Illinois ban on cash bail in hands of state’s Supreme Court
Illinois lawmakers’ effort to end cash bail is in the state Supreme Court’s hands after justices heard arguments on behalf of top Democrats, and a group of prosecutors and sheriffs challenging the law.
Fiona Beal: teacher was mentally ‘broken’ when she killed her partner, trial hears
Defence claims Beal had been in a coercive relationship with Nicholas Billingham, who she stabbed and buried in back gardenA primary school teacher on trial accused of the murder of her long-term partner was mentally “broken” by the time of the killing…
Italian government limits parental rights of gay couples
Gay rights activists on Tuesday denounced as homophobic moves by Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni’s far-right-led government to limit recognition of parental rights to the biological parent only in the case of same-sex parents.
Why did Eleanor Williams frame innocent men for rape and trafficking?
Psychiatrist speculated she had PTSD from childhood trauma but trial offered few other cluesEleanor Williams jailed for eight and a half years after rape and trafficking liesIt took a jury just three and a half hours to find Eleanor Williams unanimousl…
Feds knew fentanyl-tainted pills from Mexican pharmacies were killing Americans
A Los Angeles Times investigation found fentanyl and methamphetamine in pills bought at pharmacies, including in Cabo. The U.S. government is very quiet on the subject.
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US says ‘Reaper’ drone crashes into Black Sea after Russian intercept
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Russian Su-27 fighter jet struck the propeller of a U.S. military “Reaper” surveillance drone on Tuesday, causing it to crash into the Black Sea in an incident condemned as “reckless’ by the U.S. military.
“Our MQ-9 aircraft w…