[ad_1] CNN — A driver working for FedEx was arrested and charged Friday in the kidnapping and killing of a 7-year-old girl who had disappeared from her home’s driveway in Texas earlier this week, police said. Athena Strand’s body was recovered Friday evening, Wise County Sheriff Lane Akin said at …
Read More »Kentucky Christmas parade canceled amid threats to protestors calling for Emmett Till accuser’s arrest
[ad_1] CNN — Bowling Green, Kentucky, has canceled its annual Christmas parade scheduled for Saturday due to threats against protests related to the notorious lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955. The city announced the cancellation in tweet. In a video posted on Facebook, Police Chief Michael Delaney said at …
Read More »The family of the alleged ‘catfish’ killer’s victims in California speak out
[ad_1] CNN — A woman whose parents and sister were killed last week in the alleged “catfish” triple homicide in Riverside, California, is urging families to speak to their children about online safety. Michelle Blandin, whose father, Mark Winek, 69, mother, Sharie Winek, 65, and sister, Brooke Winek, 39, were …
Read More »China is planning an embassy in London on land with a royal past. Residents want King Charles to intervene
[ad_1] London CNN — Residents of an apartment complex that sits on a historic parcel of land opposite the Tower of London want Britain’s King Charles to buy it back, claiming that its current owner, China, will turn it into a hub for shadowy diplomatic activity. The British monarchy sold …
Read More »Kevin Johnson: Missouri executes man who murdered police officer in 2005 after Supreme Court denies request for a stay
[ad_1] CNN — Kevin Johnson – who murdered a Kirkwood, Missouri, police officer in 2005 but claimed racial bias in his prosecution – was executed Tuesday night by lethal injection. Johnson, 37, was pronounced dead at 7:40 p.m. CT. He didn’t give a final statement, according to Missouri Department of …
Read More »China’s security apparatus swings into action to smother Covid protests
[ad_1] CNN — China’s vast security apparatus has moved swiftly to smother mass protests that swept the country, with police patrolling streets, checking cell phones and even calling some demonstrators to warn them against a repeat. In major cities on Monday and Tuesday, police flooded the sites of protests that …
Read More »China’s lockdown protests: What you need to know
[ad_1] Beijing CNN — China has moved quickly to suppress demonstrations that erupted across the country over the weekend, deploying police forces at key protest sites and tightening online censorship. The protests were sparked by anger over the country’s increasingly costly zero-Covid policy, but as numbers swelled at demonstrations in …
Read More »Riverside murders: Virginia man accused of ‘catfishing’ teen before killing her family, police say
[ad_1] CNN — A former Virginia police officer, believed to have murdered a teenager’s family in Riverside, California, after “catfishing” her online, was killed in a shootout while trying to flee authorities, the city’s police department said in a news release. The ex-cop was identified as Austin Lee Edwards, 28, …
Read More »BBC journalist ‘beaten and kicked by the police’ as protests spread across China
[ad_1] CNN Business — Edward Lawrence, a journalist at the BBC, was arrested by police in Shanghai at the scene of protests on Sunday night, according to the BBC and as captured on what appears to be mobile phone footage of the arrest. While he has since been released, a …
Read More »University of Idaho stabbings: Students return to campus from break with still no arrest in quadruple murders
[ad_1] CNN — University of Idaho students are expected to return to campus Monday from Thanksgiving break despite the lack of a suspect or arrest in the stabbing deaths of four students at an off-campus home. Yet with a killer on the loose, it’s unclear how many students will actually …
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