Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Colombian cop who ran squad vetted by DEA pleads guilty
MIAMI (AP) - A Colombian police captain who oversaw a unit that worked closely with U.S. anti-narcotics agents has pleaded guilty to charges that he sought to betray the Drug Enforcement Administratio...
Oct 13, 2021
Large African cat escapes owner, prowls Detroit suburb
ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) - A large cat native to Africa is on the loose in a suburb north of Detroit after escaping from its owner. The caracal was reported missing around 6:30 a.m. Wednesday in Royal Oa...
Oct 13, 2021
Theft-plagued Walgreens closing 5 more San Francisco stores
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Walgreens said Tuesday that it will close five more stores in San Francisco next month because of organized retail theft in another blow to a city that has earned an embarrassing ...
Oct 13, 2021
Jamie Costa's 'uncanny' Robin Williams impersonation leaves fans hungry for biopic
(NEXSTAR) -- An "uncanny" impression of Robin Williams has people online floored. "Oh my goodness! This gave me goosebumps!" one person posted on Twitter. "There may have also been some tears." In a f...
Oct 13, 2021
Turkey thwarts attempt to kidnap, smuggle Iranian soldier
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkish authorities have detained eight people, including two alleged Iranian agents, who attempted to abduct a former Iranian soldier back to Iran, Turkey's state-run agency rep...
Oct 13, 2021
Romanian doctors issue 'cry of despair' amid virus surge
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Romanian doctors sent an open letter Wednesday titled "a cry of despair" as the country's overwhelmed and deteriorated health care system copes with a record-setting surge of...
Oct 13, 2021
WHO honors Henrietta Lacks, woman whose cells served science
GENEVA (AP) - The chief of the World Health Organization on Wednesday honored the late Henrietta Lacks, an American woman whose cancer cells were taken without her knowledge during the 1950s and ended...
Oct 13, 2021
Ukraine's separatist areas overwhelmed by soaring infections
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - The Russia-backed separatist authorities in eastern Ukraine on Wednesday reported the largest spike in new coronavirus infections since the start of the pandemic, saying the healt...
Oct 13, 2021
Intense video shows United Airlines passenger threatening flight attendant, other travelers: ‘I will break your neck’
(NEXSTAR) - Come fly the hostile skies. A combative United Airlines passenger was recently ejected from his flight to California after appearing to threaten a flight attendant and a few of the other p...
Oct 13, 2021
'I think we need to send a message': Boston bombing survivor on Supreme Court revisiting death sentence
(NewsNation Now) -The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on whether to reinstate the death penalty for convicted Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Tsarnaev's lawyers have never contested t...
Oct 13, 2021