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Family wars: Man inherits $92M estate following lengthy DNA test battle
Jordan, who works as a community support worker, was convinced that Charles was his father and spent years trying to make him take the DNA test. Charles refused, but when he died aged 62 in his vehicle last August, a test was finally carried out - proving that they are indeed related. [Full Article...]
Fugitive offers to surrender if he gets 15K 'likes' on Facebook
Jose Simms, 29, who is believed to be somewhere in NY, has seven arrest warrants and is being sought as a fugitive after failing to appear in court on charges that range from breach of peace to risk of injury to a child. In the comments section, Johnson pushed back on suspicions and assured that the peculiar post was, indeed, not a joke. "This is a great idea", Tracy Mailhot commented. [Full Article...]
Britain loses United Nations vote over Chagos islands
The Indian Ocean archipelago has been at the center of a decades-long dispute over Britain's decision to separate it from Mauritius in 1965 and set up a joint military base with the U.S. The latter has built a military base there, which saw around 2,000 of the island's inhabitants forcibly removed and which served as a base for bombers operating in Iraq and Afghanistan . [Full Article...]
Healthy Dog Euthanized To Be Buried With Owner As Dictated By Will
Emma was then taken to a local veterinarian, euthanised and taken to a pet cremation centre in Richmond, Virginia , WWBT reported . Emma , a Shih Tzu mix, was brought to the Chesterfield Animal Shelter on March 8 after her unidentified owner was found dead in her home early that day, Elizabeth Caroon, the public information coordinator with the Chesterfield County Police, told Fox News. [Full Article...]
'American Taliban' fighter to be released after 17 years
Lindh has served 17 years of his 20-year sentence. "What is the current interagency policy, strategy, and process for ensuring that terrorist/extremist offenders successfully reintegrate into society?" asked US Senators Richard Shelby and Margaret Hassan in a letter to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. [Full Article...]
U.S. Suspects Syria in New Chemical Attack, Threatens Reprisal
Ortagus said the alleged attack was part of a violent campaign waged by President Assad and violates a ceasefire that has protected millions in the Idlib area. In January, US national security adviser John Bolton warned the Syrian government against using chemical weapons again. The official, however, was not aware of any confirmation of what substance was allegedly used, if at all, and said the U... [Full Article...]
Pentagon might send 10,000 US troops to the Middle East
The Pentagon is considering a request to send 10,000 additional United States troops to the Middle East, Associated Press reported on Wednesday night, citing two United States officials. We are not about going to war. Shanahan had been briefing lawmakers angry at being kept in the dark about the administration's motives for sending warships to the Middle East to counter Iran , which was follo... [Full Article...]
New Zealand police charge mosque shooting suspect with terrorism
The New Zealand law defines terrorism as including acts that are carried out to advance an ideological, political, or religious cause with the intention of inducing terror in a civilian population. Ahead of the shooting, Tarrant posted a rambling manifesto on social media in which he identified himself by name and described himself as a white supremacist out to avenge attacks in Europe perpetrated... [Full Article...]