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☆ Man arrested in fatal road rage incident is charged in murder of beloved Detroit neurosurgeon found dead in his home
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Minyvonne Burke Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

A man arrested in May after he was accused of fatally punching a 67-year-old driver in a road rage incident has now been charged in the murder of a beloved Detroit neurosurgeon found dead in his home last year. Desmond Burks, 34, was charged this week with first-degree murder, felony murder, larceny and other crimes in the April 2023 shooting of Dr. Devon Hoover. The murder rocked the community, and many people including former patients, family members and friends expressed their shock and grief. A Facebook page titled “Justice for Dr. Devon Hoover” was inundated with memories of the doctor. When authorities charged Burks in Hoover’s death, he had already been in jail on a second-degree murder charge in the death of Reda Saleh.

Persons: Desmond Burks, Dr, Devon Hoover, Hoover, Devon Hoover ”, Kym Worthy, ”, Burks, ” Worthy, Worthy, James E, White, “, Reda Saleh, Saleh Organizations: Authorities, Rover, Police Locations: Detroit, Indiana, Wayne, Hoover’s

DALLAS — The uncle of the Uvalde, Texas, school shooter who killed 19 students and two teachers begged police to let him try to talk his nephew down, according to a 911 call included in a massive trove of recordings and transcripts released by city officials Saturday. Ramos told the dispatcher that the shooter, identified as Salvador Ramos, was with him at his house the night before. The 911 call was among numerous records released by officials in Uvalde after a prolonged legal fight. The Associated Press and other news organizations brought a lawsuit after Uvalde officials refused to publicly release documents related to the shooting at Robb Elementary School. A Texas state trooper in Uvalde who had been suspended was reinstated to his job earlier this month.

Persons: DALLAS —, ”, Armando Ramos, “, ” Ramos, Ramos, Salvador Ramos, —, Pete Arredondo, Adrian Gonzales Organizations: Associated Press, Robb Elementary School, Police, U.S . Border Patrol Locations: , Texas, Uvalde, South Texas, San Antonio, Texas, U.S

☆ Columbia University exec's New York apartment building vandalized with red paint and crickets
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Minyvonne Burke Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

The Brooklyn, New York, apartment building of Columbia University’s chief operating officer was vandalized with red paint and crickets, police said. The Brooklyn, New York, apartment building of Columbia University’s chief operating officer was vandalized Thursday with red paint and crickets, police said. A preliminary investigation determined that two people threw red paint inside the building’s vestibule and unleashed a box containing crickets and mealworms, police said in a statement. Several other people involved caused “damage to the front of the building by throwing paint on the building and sidewalk,” according to police. Photos released by police showed red paint splattered across the sidewalk and on the wall of the building.

Persons: Cas Holloway, Holloway, Ben Chang, “, ” Chang, Cas, ”, Kathy Hochul, Anne Pasternak, Taylor Pelton, Kimberly Panicek Trueblood Organizations: Columbia University’s, The New York City Police Department, NYPD, Ivy League campus, NBC, Manhattan, Attorney’s, Columbia University, ” New York Gov, Brooklyn Museum Locations: Brooklyn , New York, Columbia, Orange, Israel, York, NBC New York, “, New York, U.S

☆ Murder case dismissed against man charged in death of Detroit synagogue leader
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

DETROIT — The case against a man accused of killing of a Detroit synagogue leader collapsed Friday as a judge dismissed a remaining murder charge, three weeks after a jury cleared him of a similar but separate charge. Prosecutors acknowledged that the pending murder charge probably had to be dismissed, but it still was a blow in the highly publicized case. But it couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict on a separate charge of felony murder, which in Michigan is murder committed during another crime. The judge ruled out a second trial Friday, based on a 2009 U.S. Supreme Court decision involving partial jury verdicts. Woll’s body was discovered outdoors, just east of downtown Detroit, hours after she had returned from a fall wedding.

Persons: Margaret Van Houten, Michael Jackson, Bolanos, Samantha Woll, Jackson, Van Houten, Prosecutors, Brian Brown, ” Jackson, Brown, Woll, Isaac, Elissa Slotkin, Dana Nessel, Gretchen Whitmer, ” Organizations: DETROIT, Jackson, Prosecutors, Supreme, Democratic, U.S . Rep Locations: Detroit, Israel, Michigan, U.S, Jackson

☆ Ex-trucker awaiting trial in North Carolina murder is charged with suspected serial killings in California
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

A former long-haul trucker awaiting trial in the 1992 murder of a North Carolina woman was charged in the suspected serial killings of three more women in California more than four decades ago, authorities said Thursday. The women, all sex workers, were found dead in Port Hueneme, Oxnard and an unincorporated part of Ventura County, respectively, in May, September and December of that year, officials said. Cobb, 29, was found dead on an interstate northwest of Winston-Salem on July 7, 1992, according to the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation. Court records for Alexander’s case in North Carolina were unavailable Friday night and it isn’t clear if he has entered a plea or who is defending him. Authorities are now working with the Federal Bureau of Investigation through its Highway Serial Killings Initiative to help identify other potential victims linked to Alexander, Nasarenko said.

Persons: Warren Luther Alexander, Kimberly Fritz, Velvet Sanchez, Lorraine Rodriguez, Facebook Alexander, Nona Cobb, Erik Nasarenko, Cobb, Alexander, Nasarenko, Cobb’s Organizations: Facebook, North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, NBC, Authorities, Federal Bureau of Investigation Locations: North Carolina, California, Ventura County, Port Hueneme, Oxnard, Southern Calif, Winston, Salem, Diamondhead , Mississippi, Los Angeles

☆ All 61 people aboard plane killed in Brazil crash
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Antonio Planas | Antonio Planas Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The airline said it did not have any information on how the plane crashed. The plane, flight 2283, fell in the city of Vinhedo, Voepass Linhas Aéreas said. Fire and smoke from a plane that crashed by a home in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Friday. Felipe Magalhaes Filho / via APResponders near the site of the crash in a residential area of Vinhedo, Brazil on Friday. APTNResponse teams have been mobilized in the neighborhood where the plane crashed.

Persons: Paulo, Voepass, São Paulo, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Linhas Aéreas, Felipe Magalhaes Filho, APTN, Brazil's Organizations: Guarulhos, Firefighters, U.S . National Transportation Safety Board, Federal Aviation Administration, NTSB Locations: Brazil, Cascavel, Paraná, São, Vinhedo, Sao Paulo state, Europe

☆ A transgender woman was found killed in a West Baltimore alleyway, prompting demands for answers and justice
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Alaa Elassar | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Police had not publicly speculated on a motive or announced an arrest in connection with the killing as of Thursday. Homicide detectives were investigating her death and no further details regarding her death were available, Baltimore police Detective Niki Fennoy told CNN on Thursday. The impact of anti-trans violence negatively impacts our mental health and our ability to live healthy and happy lives,” Cooper told CNN. “I’m very stressed and distraught about the death of Tai, especially in this time due to her tragic and violent death,” Desire Bandz, a 30-year-old transgender woman also living in Baltimore, told CNN. Maryland has had 18 killings of transgender people since 2013 – the eighth-highest total by state in that time, tied with Illinois, according to HRC.

Persons: Tai’Vion Lathan, Tai, ’, ” Lathan’s, Carolyn Robinson, Owens, Lathan, Tai’Vion, Niki Fennoy, Lathan’s, Mary Robinson, Tori Cooper, ” Cooper, “, it’s, ” Desire Bandz, ” Bandz, ”, “ We’re, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, CNN’s Nia Mclean Organizations: CNN, Police, Human, Homicide, Baltimore, Baltimore police, Metro, Baltimore Safe, “, Baltimore Mayor, WMAR, Illinois, HRC Locations: Baltimore’s West Baltimore, United States, West, Baltimore, America, WMAR . Maryland

Since the arrival in late June of a foreign police force known as the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission, criminal attacks here have slowed. But in “red zones” across the city and beyond, a new war is just beginning, as gangs test the still-forming MSS. In other words, the MSS mission has no time to lose. CNNThis mission is designed to break the mold; unlike previous peacekeeping missions in Haiti, the MSS is independent of the United Nations. To dismantle Chen Mechan,’” he said listing the nicknames of notorious Port-au-Prince gang bosses.

Persons: Prince, Toussaint Louverture, Bob Marley’s, ”, Evelio Contreras, Garry Conille –, ” –, Conille, Garry Conille, ” Conille, Prince’s Toussaint, Godfrey Otunge, he’s, Haitian National Police Rameau Normil, ” Otunge, it’s, Al, “, Lamercie, ” Estinfort, –, Mawozo, “ I’m, Lanmo, Chen Mechan, ’ ”, Biden, Haiti Dennis Hankins, CNN he’s, Hankins, ” Hankins, we’re Organizations: Prince CNN —, Haitian National Police, Multinational Security, CNN CNN, CNN, United Nations ’, UNICEF, Regional, CARICOM, State University of Haiti Hospital, “, ” Police, Planet Airways, Kenyans, Kenyan, United Nations, UN, Troops, hasn’t, Normil, Institut, MSS, US, Haitian, Haitian Justice Department, Prisons, IBESR Locations: Washington, Port, Kenya, Kenyan, Haiti, Caribbean, Florida, downtown Port, Prince, Haitian, Jamaica, Benin, Chad, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, United States, France, Canada, South Korea, Italy, India, Al Shabaab, US, city’s, Ganthier, Barbeque

☆ Samantha Woll: Murder case dismissed against man charged in death of Detroit synagogue leader
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

DETROIT AP —The case against a man accused of killing a Detroit synagogue leader collapsed Friday as a judge dismissed a remaining murder charge, three weeks after a jury cleared him of a similar but separate charge. Prosecutors acknowledged that the pending murder charge probably had to be dismissed, but it still was a blow in the highly publicized case. Samantha Woll served as board president of the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue. Woll’s body was discovered outdoors, just east of downtown Detroit, hours after she had returned from a fall wedding. Woll was president of the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue and also active in Democratic politics, working for US Rep. Elissa Slotkin and state Attorney General Dana Nessel.

Persons: Margaret Van Houten, Michael Jackson, Bolanos, Samantha Woll, Jackson, Van Houten, Prosecutors, Isaac, Houten, Brian Brown, ” Jackson, Brown, Woll, Elissa Slotkin, Dana Nessel, Gretchen Whitmer, ” Organizations: DETROIT AP, Jackson, Prosecutors, Democratic, US Rep Locations: Detroit, Israel, Michigan, Jackson, Downtown

☆ UK riots may have peaked, but more trouble could lie ahead
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

It was meant to be another night of violence at the hands of the far right. “It shows that when everyone comes out to support, their numbers dwindle.”Large crowds gathered at an anti-racism protest in Walthamstow on Wednesday, where far-right violence had been expected. The fury simmering in a subset of White Britain remains a live danger; these riots were shocking, but not entirely surprising. “I normally walk through this city center all the time,” Nadeem Akhtar, 18, told CNN in the northern English city of Sheffield, where angry riots took place. Tommy Robinson, the figurehead of Britain’s far right, was reinstated to X (then Twitter) days after Elon Musk bought the platform.

Persons: ” Ahmed Hussain, ” Nadeem Akhtar, don’t, –, ” Jesse Bernard, ”, we’ve, Ian Forsyth, disruptors, Tommy Robinson, Elon Musk, Robinson, Justin Tallis, provocateur Laurence Fox, Fox, Starmer, Keir Starmer, Musk, Keir ” –, ” Paul James McDermott, “, ” McDermott Organizations: London CNN, Police, CNN, Reuters, Elon, Getty, Britain’s, Downing Locations: Walthamstow, London, Britain, English, Sheffield, Middlesborough, Bristol, British

☆ Zelle says it's up to the police to stop scams
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Federal authorities are investigating how banks reimburse consumers who are scammed on Zelle. Zelle says it should fall on law enforcement to stop the scammers. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementScams on payment apps like Zelle are getting so out of hand that federal authorities are starting to investigate.

Persons: —, JP, Wells Fargo, Zelle —, Sen, Richard Blumenthal, Blumenthal Organizations: Service, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, JP Morgan, Bank of America, Investigations, Business Locations: Zelle

A pair of Secret Service counter snipers, dubbed Hercules 1 and Hercules 2, surveilled the crowd from directly above and behind the stage. He radioed the local command post controlled by Butler County law enforcement and notified them of the kid with the rangefinder. “I can’t believe that the Secret Service hasn’t talked to any of our people,” he said prior to Friday’s reach out. In a different location, the Secret Service and state police set up another command post. New video reveals frustrationNicols, Woods, Young and other Beaver County officers weren’t the only ones to express concerns about the Secret Service planning.

Persons: Butler, Donald Trump’s, Greg Nicol, Trump, ” Nicol, Nicol, Thomas Matthew Crooks, ”, Pat Young, “, – Nicol, Jason Woods, Butler County’s, –, Woods, ” Woods, Crooks, Donald Trump, Brendan McDermid, AGR, Someone’s, Young, Puy, didn’t, Nate Bible, – Young, hasn’t, couldn’t, Anthony Guglielmi, ” “, ” Guglielmi Organizations: Pennsylvania CNN, CNN, Service, Beaver County SWAT, Secret Service, Glass Research, Secret, Trump, Authorities, Reuters, Pennsylvania State Police, Washington Post, FBI, Post, Army National Guard, CNN Secret Service, Attorney, ABC, Police Department, Butler, Police Locations: Pennsylvania, Butler , Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Butler, Butler County, ‘, Beaver County, AGR, Beaver, Iraq, Beaver , Pennsylvania, Majlie, Puy Kamp, Washington, U.S

CNN —Alleged Sinaloa cartel co-founder Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, in a statement released by his attorney, reiterated the claim he was “ambushed” and “kidnapped” by a son of notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán and hand-delivered to US authorities. In a room with a table topped with fruit, Zambada said, Joaquín Guzmán gestured for the cartel boss to follow him to a dark room nearby. He said he was driven to a landing strip and forced onto a private plane, where Joaquín Guzmán removed his hood and bound him to a seat using zip ties. One version has Joaquín Guzmán duping Zambada to orchestrate their arrest, US law enforcement officials have told CNN. Zambada is expected to be transferred to New York from Texas, one official told CNN.

Persons: Ismael “ El, ”, “, Joaquin “ El, Zambada, El Chapo, El, –, Joaquín Guzmán, Ovidio Guzmán López, Security Rosa Icela Rodriguez, – “, ” Zambada, Joaquín, gestured, Guzmán Organizations: CNN, Ismael “ El Mayo ” Zambada, Security, U.S, US Locations: Sinaloa, Brooklyn, El, Mexico, El Paso , Texas, United States, “, ”, Culiacan, Zambada, Chicago, New York, Texas

Also Friday, amid mounting pressure, Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell announced he would retire by Aug. 31, saying it had become clear that he could not continue effectively in his role. The encounter ended with Grayson shooting Massey in the head. After shooting Massey, Grayson discouraged the other deputy from rendering aid, citing the severity of her injury, according to body camera video. The deputy still rendered aid and stayed with Massey until medical help arrived, prosecutors have said. On July 17, Grayson was fired from the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office, where he had been employed since May 2023.

Persons: —, Sonya Massey, Jack Campbell, Sean Grayson, Massey, Ryan M, Cadagin, Massey’s, Grayson, “, ”, Mark Wykoff, ” Wykoff, Mary Beth Rodgers, Wykoff, Campbell, ” Massey, Jesus, Illinois State Police “, ” Grayson, JB Pritzker, Pritzker Organizations: Services, Illinois State Police, Office, NBC Chicago, Sangamon, Gov, Republican, NBC News Locations: SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Illinois, Sangamon County, Springfield, Grayson, Menard County, Sangamon, Springfield , Ill, Menard, Logan, Logan County

☆ George Floyd's brother endorses Harris-Walz, says Minnesota governor is 'built for this'
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Pilar Melendez | Pilar Melendez Is An Editor On The Nbc News Platforms Team. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

“He’s built for this,” Floyd, 43, said on Friday. After his brother’s killing, Floyd believes Walz's decision to appoint state Attorney General Keith Ellison to lead the prosecution was a justice-defining moment that ultimately led to convictions against all four officers involved. “At first, he was just a regular governor, just looking like a politician. “For him to take time out of his day to speak at the funeral, I gotta give him kudos,” Floyd said. “Sometimes, it’s the people that you don’t see everyday, those are the people that have the best advice.

Persons: Tim Walz, George Floyd, Philonise Floyd, “ He’s, ” Floyd, Kamala Harris, Walz, Harris, Floyd, Keith Ellison, “, Gov . Walz, Daunte Wright, He’s, “ Mr, ” Organizations: Minnesota Gov, Army National Guard, Gov, Democratic, Democratic National Convention Locations: Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States, Chicago

David Dempsey in front of gallows at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. United States District Court"Dempsey was one of the most violent rioters, during one of the most violent stretches of time, at the scene of the most violent confrontations at the Capitol on January 6, 2021," prosecutors wrote in their sentencing memo. David Dempsey stomps on officers on Jan. 6, 2021. David Dempsey swings a pole at officers on Jan. 6, 2021. More than 1,400 people have been arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 attack, and prosecutors have secured more than 1,000 convictions.

Persons: WASHINGTON, Donald Trump, It’s, Prosecutors, David Dempsey, “, ”, Dempsey, Royce Lamberth, Ronald Reagan, Lamberth, Joe Biden’s, ” Lamberth, Phuson Nguyen, Jan, —, Jason Mastony, Nguyen, Sergeant Mastony, David Dempsey stomps, Court Dempsey, sleuths Organizations: U.S . Capitol, Capitol, United States, Senior U.S, District, Washington Police, Court, Trump Locations: California

☆ Travis Scott arrested in Paris after allegedly assaulting a hotel security guard
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Linda Hervieux | Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Patrick-Smith-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

PARIS — Rapper Travis Scott has been arrested following an alleged fight involving a security guard and his own bodyguard at a luxury hotel in central Paris, French authorities said on Friday. "I can confirm that on August 9, 2024, police officers were called to the George V hotel and arrested the rapper nicknamed Travis Scott for assaulting a security guard," the Paris prosecutor's officer said in a statement. "The security guard had intervened to separate the rapper from his bodyguard. The George V hotel, near Paris's famous Champs-Élysées and with views of the Eiffel Tower, boasts multiple Michelin-starred restaurants. Scott was arrested in June on a disorderly intoxication charge after he allegedly yelled at people on a yacht in Miami Beach, Florida.

Persons: PARIS, Travis Scott, George V, Scott, Jacques Bermon Webster, Linda Hervieux, Patrick Smith Organizations: Paris, Police, U.S ., Eiffel, Associated Press Locations: Paris, Paris's, Miami Beach , Florida, London

☆ Protesters denounce Bulgaria's ban on LGBTQ ‘propaganda’ in schools
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Protesters rallied outside Bulgaria’s parliament on Thursday to denounce a controversial legal amendment adopted the day before that bans talk of LGBTQ and so-called nontraditional sexual choices in schools. The amendment bans the “promotion, popularization and support of ideas and opinions related to non-traditional sexual orientation or sexual identification other than biological” in schools. Protesters rally outside Bulgaria's parliament on Thursday in Sofia, Bulgaria. Bulgaria has also declined to ratify the Istanbul Convention on preventing violence against women, because of widespread belief it means to promote LGBTQ rights. European rights groups, like the Belgium-based Forbidden Colors, condemned the legislation as an assault on the fundamental rights of LGBTQ individuals, particularly children.

Persons: Michaela Vatcheva Organizations: European Union, Protesters, Bloomberg, Getty, Union Locations: Bulgaria’s, Bulgaria, Russia, Russian, Bulgaria's, Sofia, Istanbul, Belgium, Hungary, Bosnia, Moldova, Turkey

☆ Missouri voters pass constitutional amendment requiring increased Kansas City police funding
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Missouri voters have once again passed a constitutional amendment requiring Kansas City to spend at least a quarter of its budget on police, up from 20% previously. “We don’t defund them.”Kansas City leaders have vehemently denied any intention of ending the police department. Kansas City is the only city in Missouri — and one of the largest in the U.S. — that does not have local control of its police department. “We consider this to be a major local control issue,” said Gwen Grant, president of the Urban League of Greater Kansas City. That statute remained in place until 2013, when voters approved a constitutional amendment returning police to local control.

Persons: Sen, Tony Luetkemeyer, “, ”, Gwen Grant, Quinton Lucas, Claiborne Fox Jackson, St . Louis, Lloyd Crow Stark, Tom Pendergast, Lora McDonald, Lucas, defund Organizations: Kansas, “, Republican, ” Kansas City, Kansas City, Urban League of Greater, Voters, Gov, Kansas City police, Metro Organization for Racial, Economic Equity, NBC Locations: Missouri, Kansas City, “ In Missouri, ”, Kansas, U.S, Urban League of Greater Kansas City, St ., United States, Jefferson City

☆ Ten years after Ferguson, data on police killings shows a lack of progress
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Matthew Danbury | Matthew Danbury Is A Data Graphics Intern For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

“Police violence hasn’t stopped,” said Sirry Alang, professor of Black communities and social determinants of health at the University of Pittsburgh. And in the decade since, data shows there has not been an increase in charges brought against officers. Philip Stinson, a professor of criminal justice at Bowling Green State University, has tracked cases of police officers charged with murder or manslaughter resulting from on-duty shootings since 2005. Data is aggregated from publicly accessible media sources and reviewed by Campaign Zero’s researchers. The database shows that documented police killings have steadily increased in recent years.

Persons: hasn’t, ”, Sirry Alang, we’ve, Eric Garner, Brown, Garner, Philip Stinson, Stinson, ” Stinson Organizations: Police, University of Pittsburgh, University of North, Bowling Green State University, NBC, The Washington Post Locations: Ferguson, New York, University of North Carolina

A third teenager has been arrested in connection with a foiled attack on now-canceled Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna. The foiled attack was planned for Thursday or Friday, according to Austria’s interior minister, Gerhard Karner. Taylor Swift fans gather in Vienna. Authorities display a photo of a man arrested in connection with a plot to attack Taylor Swift's Eras Tour in Vienna, Austria. The U.S. State Department and the broader U.S. government have been in contact with Austrian officials about the alleged plot, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Gerhard Karner, Karner, Ernst Happel, Thomas Kronsteiner, Karl Nehammer, “, ” Nehammer, it’s, ” Swift, Sadiq Khan, We’re, ” Khan, Swift, ’, Southport , England Peter Powell, ”, Omar Haijawi, Franz Ruf, Taylor, Roland Schlager, Pirchner, Matthew Miller, “ Taylor, Pedro Gomes, TAS24, Elle, Magnus Ranstorp Organizations: Austrian, Authorities, Islamic State, Investigators, Ernst, London’s Wembley, London, Manchester Arena, Getty, Islamic, of State Security, Intelligence, Ministry of, Interior, CIA, U.S . State Department, State, ” Barracuda, Barracuda Music, Estadio da Luz, Las, Strip, Swedish Defense University, Associated Press Locations: Vienna, al Qaeda, Europe, Gelsenkirchen, Austria, Ariana Grande, Manchester, England, Southport , England, AFP, Ternitz, Austrian, Lisbon, Portugal, United Kingdom, Stockholm

A British crocodile expert was sentenced Thursday to more than 10 years in prison in Australia after admitting to sexually abusing, torturing and killing dozens of dogs. He filmed videos of himself torturing dogs to death and then shared the videos online under pseudonyms, the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory in Australia heard. The “unalloyed pleasure” Britton took in torturing the animals was “sickeningly evident,” the BBC quoted Grant as saying. According to the court documents, Britton sexually abused his own pets, Ursa and Bolt, for years but sought out other dogs as well. “My own dogs are family and I have limits,” he said in a Telegram message cited in the documents.

Persons: Adam Britton, Britton, Richard Grande, Michael Grant, ” Britton, Grant, ”, “, I’ve, David Attenborough Organizations: BBC, National Geographic, Getty, NBC News Locations: British, Australia, Northern Territory, Philippines, AFP, Britain, Darwin

“Any assessment that Iran is assigning lethal operations to a ‘B team’ misses the utility of nonofficial actors," said Roule, currently affiliated with United Against Nuclear Iran. Officials say they see no connection between that plot and the shooting of Trump in Pennsylvania by a local resident who had researched mass shootings and political assassinations. In 2021, the Justice Department charged four alleged Iranian intelligence operatives with trying to kidnap Masih Alinejad. “We have said many times that we have been tracking Iranian threats against former politicians,” she said this week. Neither President Joe Biden nor Vice President Kamala Harris has commented on the alleged Iranian assassination plots.

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☆ Tourist is caught carving initials into 2,000-year-old home at Pompeii
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

But memories weren’t enough for one British tourist, who was caught this week engraving the initials of himself and his family into one of the city’s 2,000-year-old houses. Pompeii was destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79CE and is now one of Italy's most popular -- and most fragile -- tourist sites. However in June, when a tourist from Kazakhstan was caught carving his initials on the House of the Ceii in the ancient city, Pompeii’s director Gabriel Zuchtriegel said that the tourist would have to pay for the restoration of the wall. A lesser charge for defacing heritage sites can impose fines between 10,000 to 40,000 euros. In 2022, an Australian tourist even rode a moped around the ancient site.

Persons: Ivan Romano, ANSA, Gabriel Zuchtriegel, Sklifas Steven, Alamy Organizations: CNN, Vestal, Staff, Torre Locations: 79CE, Kazakhstan, Torre Annuziata, Australian, Italy

☆ Watch Kenyan police shoot outside a major hospital in Haiti
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Zachary Wasser | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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