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Authorities investigating the Bondi Beach terrorist attack have been looking into a month-long trip taken by the suspects, father and son Sajid and Naveed Akram, to the Philippines, where there’s been a decades-long Islamist insurgency in the south of the country. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said this week that the attack was inspired by…
Saqer al-Ankah holds his 10-year-old granddaughter, Bayan al-Ankah, after he says she was shot in the head by Israeli forces in northern Gaza about half a mile from the so-called yellow line on Dec. 10. Anas Baba/NPR hide caption toggle caption Anas Baba/NPR DOHA, Qatar — When 10-year-old Bayan Al-Ankah was fatally shot in…
The husband of “2 Fast 2 Furious” actress Devon Aoki was slapped with a hit-and-run charge after allegedly running over the foot of a scooter rider before fleeing to his $9.1 million Florida mansion this week. James Bailey, 40, is accused of hitting the scooter rider in a crosswalk while driving his white Audi SQ7…
On the same day the state of Georgia issued a death warrant for Stacey Ian Humphreys, setting his execution for December 17, Gov. Brian Kemp announced his latest appointment to the Board of Pardons and Parole, the five-member body that would ultimately decide whether Humphreys would live or die. The new member was Kim McCoy,…