A former Philadelphia police officer who killed a 12-year-old boy and allegedly fired two of the shots during a foot chase after the boy had discarded his gun pleaded guilty to murder Friday, the prosecutors’ office said.Edsaul Mendoza, 28, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and possession of an instrument of…
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See All15 British soldiers accused of lying in an inquiry regarding Bloody Sunday will not be charged with perjury, prosecutors announced Friday.Bloody Sunday was one of the deadliest days of the Troubles, a decades-long regional conflict. 13 civilians were killed by members of the British Parachute Regiment in Derry.Victims’ families expressed outrage at the decision, with John Kelly — whose brother, Michael, was killed on Bloody Sunday — calling it an “affront to the rule of…
An 18-year-old from Portsmouth, accused of creating hate-motivated graffiti, has turned himself into police on…
Iran’s foreign minister on Friday refused to acknowledge that Israel was behind the recent attack…
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View MoreAnti-Israel protesters near Columbia University were heard shouting pro-Hamas slogans this week as demonstrations geared up at the private campus. “We are Hamas!” one aggressive protester was captured shouting on video. When a person asked her, “You’re Hamas, wow! You’re what? You’re Hamas?” she answered, “We are all Hamas, pig!” Another person…
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View MoreIsrael and Iran have now thrust the Middle East into a dangerous new era by erasing the taboo against overt military strikes on one another’s territory. The question now is whether each side’s imperatives to demonstrate deterrence and to save face have been satisfied – or whether the enemies are…
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View MoreSometimes, when making difficult political decisions, it’s useful to ask: what would Reagan do? Right now, it seems to be one of those times. House Republicans are faced with foreign aid funding bills that are not popular. On a procedural rule vote in order to bring the funding bills to…
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View MoreI wish I may, I wish I might see this meteor shower that comes out tonight. The Lyrid meteor shower, one of the oldest-known meteor showers on record, is expected to return this weekend. This cosmic phenomenon is named for the nearby constellation Lyra and is composed of debris from the Comet C/1861…