Husband Charged With Murdering Woman Whose Body Was Found in Forest Near L.A.

21 août 2025 à 17:15

A neighbor’s doorbell camera showed Jossimar Cabrera of dragging a large object in a tarp, two days before his wife was reported missing, the authorities said. They believe he fled to Peru.

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U.S. Navy Sailor Is Convicted of Spying for China

Par :Neil Vigdor

20 août 2025 à 19:46

Jinchao Wei provided a Chinese intelligence officer with defense and weapons abilities of U.S. warships, including their vulnerabilities, prosecutors said.

Jinchao Wei was a machinist’s mate aboard the Essex, an amphibious assault ship moored at Naval Base San Diego, which is the home of the Pacific Fleet.

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Attacker Stabs Colorado Park Ranger and Flees

Par :Neil Vigdor

19 août 2025 à 17:09

A manhunt was underway for the attacker as the ranger was airlifted to a hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries after the episode at Staunton State Park, the authorities said.

Law enforcement officers searching for the man who attacked a wildlife ranger at Staunton State Park in Colorado on Tuesday.

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Yosemite Biologist Who Hung Trans Pride Flag From El Capitan Is Fired

Par :Neil Vigdor

18 août 2025 à 18:13

The National Park Service terminated Shannon Joslin over the May 20 demonstration, which it said took place in a prohibited area and lacked the required permits.

A transgender pride flag was unfurled by Shannon Joslin and other demonstrators on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, Calif., in May.

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Sean Kingston Is Sentenced to 3½ Years in $1 Million Fraud Scheme

Par :Neil Vigdor

15 août 2025 à 18:24

A Florida jury convicted the hip-hop artist and his mother in a federal fraud case that centered on luxury goods, which prosecutors said that Mr. Kingston did not pay for.

The rapper Sean Kingston was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison on Friday for fraud scheme in which he used his celebrity status to obtain $1 million in high-end merchandise from sellers whom he never paid.

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Phil Knight, Ex-Nike Chief, and His Wife Pledge $2 Billion to Oregon Cancer Center

Par :Neil Vigdor

14 août 2025 à 20:24

Oregon Health & Science University said the couple’s donation would be the largest single gift to a higher-learning institution in the United States.

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4 Inmates Are Killed in Less Than a Month at Nevada Prisons, State Says

Par :Neil Vigdor

13 août 2025 à 14:34

The homicides appear to be unrelated, according to prison officials, who said that drugs were believed to have been a contributing factor.

High Desert State Prison in Indian Springs, Nev., where three inmates were killed in the past month.

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Remains of British Researcher Lost in 1959 Are Discovered Off Antarctica

Par :Neil Vigdor

12 août 2025 à 17:06

Dennis “Tink” Bell was 25 years old when he fell into a crevasse on King George Island. Over the decades, a glacier receded, and a scientific team from Poland found his remains this year.

Dennis Bell, left, with his research colleagues and the dogs that helped them to work in Antarctica in 1959 at Admiralty Bay Base.

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‘Chimp Crazy’ Star Gets Nearly 4 Years in Prison for Lying About Ape’s Death

Par :Neil Vigdor

8 août 2025 à 18:30

Prosecutors said that Tonia Haddix perjured herself to avoid giving up custody of Tonka, who had appeared in the movies ‘George of the Jungle’ and ‘Buddy.’

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Big-Game Hunter Is Killed by Buffalo During Safari

Par :Neil Vigdor

7 août 2025 à 17:40

Asher Watkins, a real estate executive from Texas, was tracking a Cape buffalo in South Africa when he was attacked, a safari company said.

Asher Watkins was pursuing a Cape buffalo in South Africa when it attacked and killed him.

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Man Who Vowed on TikTok to Kill Trump Will Plead Guilty, Court Records Show

Par :Neil Vigdor

6 août 2025 à 23:54

Before the inauguration, Jacob Buckley, of Port Matilda, Pa., wrote “Bro we going into a literal oligarchy in 4 days and im going to kill Trump,” prosecutors said.

A Pennsylvania man has agreed to plead guilty to threatening to kill President Trump in a series of TikTok posts shortly before Mr. Trump returned to office in January, according to court documents.

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LeShon Johnson, Ex-N.F.L. Player, Is Convicted in Major Dogfighting Case

Par :Neil Vigdor

5 août 2025 à 17:22

Federal investigators said that they had seized 190 pit-bull-type dogs from the former running back, who previously pleaded guilty to state dogfighting charges in 2004.

LeShon Johnson playing for the Arizona Cardinals in 1996.

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Drunken Boater Hits Swimmers in N. Carolina Lake, Killing Girl, 10, Police Say

Par :Neil Vigdor

4 août 2025 à 18:34

A woman was also critically injured in the collision, which happened on Shearon Harris Reservoir, about 25 miles southwest of Raleigh, N.C., the authorities said.

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