Italian police have released audio-free footage of a fugitive mafia boss caught hiding in a secret room in his own home after five years on the run, BBCNews reported. The report says it took agents several hours to dislodge Antonio Pelle, 54, from his hideout between a bedroom and a bathroom, before they were able to arrest him ... He faces 20 years in jail if convicted for drugs and arms smuggling charges, the report said. ....
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Hurricane Matthew left Haiti with at least 108 people dead and “catastrophic” damage, Haitian officials said Thursday. “The situation is catastrophic,” PresidentJocelerme Privert said. “The situation is critical.”. Interior MinisterFrancoisAnickJoseph confirmed the number of dead ... Other parts of the country were also seeing major damage ... The bank is offline ... _____....
The recent collapse of the Great Wall of China’s "MoonGate" — a well-known landmark in Guangwu, Shanxi province — has put protection of the wall into the limelight for a second time in a few weeks, China Daily reports.The gate, which was already suffering decay, was part of an old watchtower. It apparently collapsed on Monday night ... WN.com, Jim Berrie....
Thai activists hold candles at Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. Buddhist monks, mourners, activists and others gathered Thursday to mark the 40th anniversary of one of the darkest days in Thailand's history, when police killed scores of university students at a peaceful protest ... ....
Jamie Kalven’s reporting rockedChicago last year by exposing details of the notorious fatal police shooting of Laquan McDonald ... He said those interviews informed his efforts in the McDonald case ... “I call it OperationSmoke and Mirrors,” Spalding told Kalven ... Ronald Watts ... Spalding and Echeverria were branded “rat motherf——” and told that their bosses didn’t want them in their units ... ....
The rock concert to end all rock concerts DesertTrip kicks off this Friday and it’s going to make all your classic rock dreams come true. • Related... Of course, we’ll be Snapchatting our way through the rock party ... Advertisement ....
Gregory Muzkya, 36, of LittleRock was reported missing Oct ... That body, authorities said, was then transported to the state Crime Laboratory in Little Rock for identification. ....
The Austinmer group’s second album trades in clearly signposted Australianrock sounds – but in 2016, it sometimes sounds astray ...BlackOpal mostly abandons the folksy demeanour of breakthrough 2012 EP Shades of the Sea, trading in its place the sort of textured, contemplative rockIcehouse perfected with Great Southern Land....
Radiohead continue to dig deep into their gold-mine of hits on tour in support of A Moon Shaped Pool . The British alternative rock veterans let out a pair of big surprises when their trek stopped in at Mexico City's Palacio de los Deportes for a pair of concerts earlier this week ... ....
A trendy Austin-based boutique has swarmed Houston and landed in the buzzing shopping district of Rice Village. Beehive opened its fourth location on Oct. 5 at 2519University Blvd. The retailer's other locations are in Fort Worth and LittleRock, Arkansas, and has been in business in Austin for seven years. Beehive follows a trend as a few other Austin-based retailers have opened Houston locations earlier this year ... ....
DAVIS, Calif. (AP) — An American researcher killed in a rock attack by protesters in Ethiopia this week was a talented scientist with a bright future, the chairman of her department at the University of California, Davis said Thursday ... ....