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Entire class of West Virginia cadets fired after they performed Nazi salute
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A news release from the governor's office on Monday said he had reviewed Sandy's report and had approved all the recommendations made, including firing the cadets, reported ABC News' Washington D.C. The picture was apparently taken at the request of Byrd. Multiple cadets allege it was taken several times because not everyone agreed to participate in the gesture. [Full Article...]
Murder probe launched after man is 'stabbed to death' in broad daylight
A forensic tent has been erected at the scene and the road cordoned off at the junction with Parliament Walk. Police were seen inspecting a white Ford Transit van with several smashed windows in a nearby auto park. The North East Ambulance Service confirmed they were called the bar at around 3.14am after reports of an "unconscious patient" outside. 'We dispatched two double-crewed ambulances, ... [Full Article...]
Australia bushfires: Skies turn red as fires trap thousands on beaches
Authorities had for days been warning up to 30,000 tourists enjoying Australia's summer holidays to leave the area, which is just one of the hundreds ravaged by this devastating bushfire season. A firefighter died Monday when extreme winds flipped his truck. A CFA firefighter sprays water after a fire impacted Clovemont Way, Bundoora in Melbourne , Australia. [Full Article...]
Alex Jones ordered to pay $100000 in Sandy Hook defamation case
Twenty school children and six adults lost their lives in the mass murder. The lawsuit argues that Jones and InfoWars defamed Heslin by calling his account of his son's death a lie and alleging other victims" families were "crisis actors'. [Full Article...]
Father and son killed in NSW bushfires
The truckload of Central Coast firefighters from Station 509 in Wyoming had been driving through an intensely bushfire-affected area south of Nowra when flames quickly approached them. Residents have been told it is too late to leave after the blaze merged with the Tianjara fire in the Morton National Park amid a strong southerly wind change in recent hours. [Full Article...]
Trump ally Erik Prince may have broken Venezuela sanctions
It is unclear whether Giuliani speaking to Maduro was authorized by the White House or US President Trump. But the involvement of the President's personal attorney in the matter is just another example of Giuliani's ongoing efforts to unofficially insert himself into official foreign policy matters for either personal or private business interests. [Full Article...]
Israel to Withhold $43 Million of Palestinian Tax Funds
The Palestinians have refused to halt the payments, claiming that they are used as welfare subsidies for needy families, though the funds go directly to those connected to violence against Israelis. The Israeli government has chose to withhold 150 Million shekels from Palestine's tax revenues, in what Palestinians said was a blatant act of theft and political extortion. [Full Article...]
Woman dies after catching fire during cancer surgery
The patient died Sunday after she suffered burns to 40 percent of her body. Surgeons at a Bucharest hospital had treated the 66-year-old patient with an alcohol-based disinfectant on December 22 before using an electric scalpel that caused combustion and the patient ignited "like a torch," wrote Romanian politician Emanuel Ungureanu on his Facebook page . [Full Article...]