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Five law enforcement officers shot in SC, reports say
The gunman held out for two hours while holding children hostage, before eventually being arrested. "Fire was being shot all over", Boone told reporters. Local TV station WBTW said he had surrendered after talking to a negotiator and was taken to hospital. According to Florence County Emergency Management, the active shooting situation has ended and a suspect is in custody. [Full Article...]
Rosmah says 'I am ok' after pleading not guilty to 17 charges
Rosmah Mansor, who is known for her love of luxury goods and jewellery, pleaded not guilty to all 17 charges. At court on Thursday, she sat quietly in the dock and did not look at the gallery, where her family members were seated. Rosmah is expected to be slapped with 17 charges under the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001. [Full Article...]
Exploding wheelchair wounds Federal Bureau of Investigation agent at house with booby-trapped tub
Law enforcement officers had been responding to a request to investigate the property on September 7 from real estate agents attempting to sell the land, according to Oregon Live , a Portland, Oregon-based news organization. Gregory Rodvelt, a 66-year-old from OR, is accused of creating the makeshift weapons after he was forced to forfeit the property as part of an abuse case involving his mother... [Full Article...]
South China Sea Cold War revealed
That all came around the time U.S. B-52 bombers took part in a combined operation with Japan over the East China Sea, and flew through global airspace over the South China Sea . Washington last week enacted new tariffs against China covering another $200 billion of its imports. Relations between the USA and China have deteriorated over an escalating trade dispute, but ties have worsened i... [Full Article...]
US Secretary of State Pompeo to meet North Korea's Kim Jong
Both Pompeo and Trump spoke about a second North Korean summit in positive terms last week in NY, while attending the United Nations General Assembly . "Pompeo would not go to Pyongyang had there been no progress". President Moon Jae-in is committed to declaring an end to the war by December and the U.S. [Full Article...]
US, Israel Uneasy As Russia Upgrades Syria's Missile System
The Russian defense minister added that it will take three months to train Syrian specialists to use the S-300 air defense missile system. The S-300 system and the more advanced S-400 have been operational in Syria since 2016 but have only been used to protect Russian apparatus. [Full Article...]
Benson: Kavanaugh Accuser Swetnick 'Totally Changed Her Story' in MSNBC Interview
But he claims he tried to reach out to Swetnick when he chose to run for Congress in 1996, thinking she could help him with his primary campaign "because of her personality, great smile and good looks". "I don't know what he did ". A few hours after her interview , Swetnick's ex-boyfriend Richard Vinneccy appeared on Laura Ingraham's show and painted a not-terribly flattering portrait of h... [Full Article...]
Trump mocks Christine Blasey Ford at MS rally
Opinions of Ford's testimony - on social media and television networks - were that she was powerful and believable. "As interesting as this all is, I can't imagine that any members who want to read it will not go over there and read it immediately", Mr. [Full Article...]