Day: April 12, 2023

California students’ 1976 bicentennial mural on dam being replaced

7:15 pm April 12, 2023

A giant mural that students painted on a California dam for the U.S. bicentennial in 1976 is being recreated after years of controversy over a decision to remove the original. Workers following the original design began painting the new mural on the spillway of Prado Dam this month, Southern California News Group reported. The dam […]

New Scottish leader will challenge UK over gender law veto

7:13 pm April 12, 2023

New Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf said Wednesday he will follow through with his predecessor’s plan to challenge the British government over its decision to block a law that makes it easier for people in Scotland to change their gender on official documents. “A legal challenge is now our only means of defending our Parliament’s […]

Missouri man sentenced to life in prison for killing 2 women, 7-year-old

7:11 pm April 12, 2023

An eastern Missouri man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the stabbing deaths of two women and a 7-year-old boy nine years ago. Prosecutors in Warren County sought the death penalty for Shawn Kavanagh, 32, but Judge Rebeca Navarro-McKelvey on Tuesday sentenced him to four consecutive life terms. The St. Louis […]

Florida to execute ‘ninja killer’ Louis Gaskin for 1989 double homicide

7:09 pm April 12, 2023

Florida has ramped up executions under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, with a man known as the “ninja killer” set to die Wednesday for the 1989 slayings of a couple visiting the state from New Jersey. Louis Bernard Gaskin, 56, was scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m. by lethal injection for the deaths of Robert […]

US CENTCOM captures ISIS operative, associates in helicopter raid in Syria

7:08 pm April 12, 2023

U.S. Central Command forces over the weekend captured an ISIS operative and his associates in a helicopter raid that the command believes will help further destabilize the terrorist group. CENTCOM said the helicopter raid was carried out in Syria late Saturday evening. The forces captured Hudayfah al Yemeni – an “ISIS attack facilitator” – and […]