Police in Oklahoma on Tuesday night shot and killed a deaf man that they claimed was advancing toward them with a metal pipe, although witnesses present told the officers he was deaf and could not hear them, according to National Public Radio. The Oklahoma City Police Department has had five officer-involved shootings in the city this year. Officers were initially responding to a hit-and-run accident, according to Capt ... Lt ... ....
U.S. PresidentDonald Trump announced that he signed a new executive order on Thursday that expanded the U.S. government's authority to target individuals, companies, and financial institutions that maintained ties with North Korea, escalating the global campaign of putting pressure on the repressive regime to cease their nuclear ambitions, according to Politico. "Foreign banks will face a clear choice ... and China ... ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody....
Philippines PresidentRodrigo Duterte has said that he will kill his son if drug trafficking allegations against him are true. He also assured that police officials, who carry out the hit against the younger politician, will be protected from prosecution. Duterte's son, 42-year-old Paolo, appeared before a senate enquiry this month to deny the accusations made by an opposition lawmaker ... Rodrigo Duterte ... "I said before my order was ... ....
Mexico’s most recent earthquakes did not directly involve two tectonic plates clashing, as is commonly the case. Seismologist Dr Stephen Hicks explains. Geology. Mexico earthquakes. rupture within tectonic plate is probable cause. Mexico’s most recent earthquakes did not directly involve two tectonic plates clashing, as is commonly the case. Seismologist Dr Stephen Hicks explains ... Yet its depth, pinpointed to 70km down, raised eyebrows ... ....
"Nambia's health system is increasingly self-sufficient," said US PresidentDonald Trump at a lunch with African leaders in New York on Wednesday, reeling off a list of their nations' achievements. But no such country exists. Could the US leader have been referring to Namibia? Zambia? Or perhaps, The Gambia? ... Skip Twitter post by @elnathan_john ... ....
BOSTON (AP) — U.S. AttorneyGeneralJeffSessions warned gang members on Thursday that they will be hunted down and brought to justice so they can no longer terrorize communities. Sessions told law enforcement officials in Boston that they cannot allow violent street gangs such as MS-13 to turn cities into war zones. ‘‘We are […] ... ....
On April 15, 2013, two homemade bombs exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Three people were killed and more than 260 injured, including Jeff Bauman, who lost both his legs. Hours later, when he awoke from surgery, Bauman helped identify one of the terrorists. Now, the film Stronger, based on Bauman's memoir by the same name, recounts how that terrorist attack changed Bauman's life and for the better ... ....
On the Hollywood Walk of Fame there are hundreds of actors and actresses from film and television, there are plenty of directors and quite a lot of singers. But up until today, just one ventriloquist ...Jeff Dunham claimed star number 2,619 ... The ceremony comes just a few days after his latest special, "Jeff Dunham ... ....
In this true story, his character Jeff Bauman drinks too much and never shows up on time ...Jeff still lives with her in their small Boston apartment while he is trying to date Erin (Maslany). Early in the movie Erin has had it with Jeff ... But one thing about Jeff ... His Jeff has lost both his legs ... Without feel-good clichés or sentimental appeals the film follows Jeff’s very messy recovery....
So, massive kudos to David Gordon Green, who has made such a film -- about Jeff Bauman, the Boston Marathon bombing survivor, who lost his legs in the blast, yet was able to help the FBI identify at least one of the terrorists involved in the scheme -- and has made it more than watchable ...Things come to a nasty head after the Bruins ask Jeff to come ......