When Nidal Hasan is put to death by firing squad during a public livestream, he will become the first person to be publicly executed in the United States in nearly a century. The Defense Department announced Thursday the execution of Hasan, the ex-Army major who was convicted in the 2009 killings of 13 people at […]
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Photo credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. RodriguezEight separate records from Chinese, Japanese, and Arabic observers place a new star in Cassiopeia between August 4-6, 1181. It stayed visible for 185 days, long enough for court astronomers to log it during the Genpei War in Japan and the reign of Henry II in England. One of only […]
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Wife and daughter of powerful Ecuadorian drug lord held in the U.S. are captured in Colombia
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Colombian police have arrested the wife and daughter of one of Ecuador’s most powerful drug lords who was extradited to the United States last year, President Abelardo de la Espriella said Sunday. Adolfo Macias, alias “Fito,” is the leader of Los Choneros, a notorious Ecuadorian gang with ties to Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel. His wife, Inda […]
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Controversial Northern Ireland march set to be held for first time since Good Friday Agreement
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British Prime Minister Andy Burnham called for calm in Northern Ireland on Sunday after a contentious parade was given the go-ahead by the High Court in Belfast in a late-night sitting. Thousands of protesters, many wearing balaclavas, delayed the march as they blocked the Orange Order, a group hugely supportive of Northern Ireland being part […]
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Bipartisan senators press Rubio to prioritize release of American journalist held in Iran
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A bipartisan group of senators is urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio to make the release of an American journalist imprisoned in Iran an “urgent priority,” warning that his health has deteriorated and his life could be at risk. In a letter to Rubio obtained by CBS News, Sens. Brian Schatz, Democrat of Hawaii, Republican […]
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Funeral held for family “wiped off the map” in Russian strike on Ukraine, neighbor says
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The funeral of five members of the same family who were killed in a Russian airstrike last week was held in central Ukraine on Monday, as Moscow again pounded the region. According to the Ukrainian authorities, a direct hit by an Iskander ballistic missile struck the family’s house in Kryvyi Rih — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s […]
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Tate brothers held in federal detention as they face new rape and sex trafficking charges, possible U.K. extradition
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Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate will fight extradition to the United Kingdom, their lawyer told a U.S. magistrate in Miami on Monday after the brothers were arrested to face rape and sex trafficking charges. The Tates appeared in federal court for the first time since their arrest on Saturday and are being held in […]
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This Nintendo 64 Cartridge Still Held Someone’s Old Saves Even After Spending Years Lost in the Woods
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A walk through the trees turned up more than expected a few years ago. One person spotted a plastic Nintendo 64 cartridge half-hidden on the forest floor. Its paper labels had vanished completely, leaving no hint of what game sat inside. The finder brought it home, then passed it along to someone who fixes old […]