Day: June 17, 2023

At least 41 killed in Islamic extremist attack on Ugandan secondary school, authorities say

5:17 pm June 17, 2023

At least 41 people were killed by rebel extremists in a brutal attack on a school in Uganda near the border with Congo, officials said. The mayor of Mpondwe, Uganda, said Saturday morning that authorities had recovered the bodies of 41 people, including 38 students, who were burned, shot or hacked to death in an […]

Pence vows to fire FBI Director Wray, says ‘Trump’s policy is the same as Joe Biden’s’

5:03 pm June 17, 2023

Former Vice President Mike Pence says he will fire FBI Director Christopher Wray and insisted that former President Donald Trump’s “policy is the same” as President Biden’s. The comments from Pence — who launched a Republican presidential primary campaign earlier this month — came during an interview released Saturday by the New York Post. During […]

Texas convict murdered family, hid bodies for ‘5-6 months’ in abandoned home: police

5:02 pm June 17, 2023

A Texas convict on probation allegedly killed his wife and 11-year-old daughter, hid their bodies in the garage of their abandoned rural home and went on the run for months, police said. Law enforcement didn’t know they were missing until Kimberly Kellam’s brother-in-law told Wise County Sheriff’s Office on June 12 that he hadn’t seen […]

Man falls more than 4,000 feet from Grand Canyon skywalk to his death

4:55 pm June 17, 2023

A man fell to his death this week while touring the Grand Canyon and walking across its viewing platform. The 33-year-old plummeted from the edge of the canyon’s “Sky Walk” attraction — a walkway that extends out over the chasm and allows tourists to look down to its bottom. The unidentified man fell over 4,000 […]

West Virginia’s Bob Huggins arrested on DUI charge

4:50 pm June 17, 2023

West Virginia men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins was arrested on a DUI charge in Pittsburgh on Friday night in the latest controversy to plague the Basketball Hall of Famer. Pittsburgh Police said that around 8:30 p.m., ET officers responded to a vehicle that was in the middle of the road blocking traffic and noticed that […]