Their faces were purple, their limbs crushed and tangled. Desperate cries and muffled groans pierced the gloom. The bodies were piled up six deep on the narrow staircase. Shoes went flying as Air Raid Precaution wardens tried desperately to pluck survivors from the pile of corpses. These heart-rending scenes greeted rescuers at the entrance of an East London Tube station […]

It’s been nearly a year since Randy Riley was convicted of second-degree murder in the 2010 shooting of pizza delivery driver Chad Smith, and the Halifax-area man has yet to receive a sentence. “It is really irritating,” said Supreme Court Justice James Chipman on Friday, the day Riley was scheduled to learn his fate. Chipman postponed sentencing to March 20, […]

Four in 10 couples argue over the temperature in their home, according to a new report from BC Hydro. Nearly 60 per cent even admit to adjusting the thermostat behind their partner’s back while 50 per cent say they have waited until their partner left home to change the temperature. Twenty per cent admit to adjusting the temperature in their […]

TRIPOLI. (Reuters) – Libyan authorities have arrested a suspected al Qaeda leader who fled from the eastern city of Derna, once a jihadist bastion, a source in the attorney general’s office said on Friday. Abdel Qader Azuz was arrested in the western city of Misrata and then brought to the capital Tripoli the source said. No other details were immediately […]

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam will not resign over the blackface fiasco — despite the growing din of demands that he step down, according to a close friend. Republican state Sen. Richard Stuart has been in regular contact with the scandal-scarred Democrat, who has three years left in his term, Politico reported Thursday. “He’s not leaving,” Stuart told the outlet. “He […]

MOSCOW (Reuters) – With his ratings down and state funds needed to hedge against new Western sanctions and raise living standards, Russian President Vladimir Putin cannot afford to get sucked into a costly nuclear arms race with the United States. Alleging Russian violations, Washington said this month it was suspending its obligations under the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) and […]

Mother who drained a pint of her six-year-old son’s blood every week since he was a baby so she could lie about his health to doctors is jailed for four years in Denmark Mother, 36, drained son of a pint of blood as often as every week for five years She told doctors his low blood count was due to a […]

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A California college is investigating reports claiming fraternity pledges were forced to participate in a hazing ritual known as the “elephant walk.” More On: hazing Jury clears Newark Airport customs agents in ‘rape table’ hazing Hazing by US Customs agent at Newark airport just ‘horseplay’: lawyer Judge orders frat bro to turn over phone passcode in pledge’s hazing death Penn […]

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