Day: July 26, 2023

Efforts to capture grizzly bear that killed woman near Yellowstone halted as no sign of the animal found

6:19 pm July 26, 2023

Wildlife workers on Tuesday halted their efforts to capture a grizzly bear that killed a woman over the weekend near Yellowstone National Park after finding no sign of the animal since the day of the attack. Amie Adamson, 48, was killed Saturday morning while running or hiking alone on a forest trail about 8 miles […]

West Africa faces dire humanitarian consequences amidst 1,800 terrorist attacks, 4,600 deaths in 6 months

6:17 pm July 26, 2023

West Africa recorded over 1,800 terrorist attacks in the first six months of the year resulting in nearly 4,600 deaths with dire humanitarian consequences, and a top regional official said Tuesday that’s just “a snippet of the horrendous impact of insecurity.” Omar Touray told the U.N. Security Council that half a million people in the […]

DNA analysis identifies Korean War body: US Army soldier from Georgia

6:15 pm July 26, 2023

DNA analysis has helped scientists identify the remains of a U.S. Army soldier from Georgia who was killed during the Korean War, U.S. officials announced Wednesday. Scientists used mitochondrial DNA along with a chest X-ray and other tools to identify Army Sgt. 1st Class James L. Wilkinson late last year, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting agency […]

Judge rejects bid to exhume body of Pittsburgh synagogue shooter’s long-dead father

6:13 pm July 26, 2023

A federal judge Wednesday rejected a request by lawyers for the Pittsburgh synagogue gunman to exhume the body of the defendant’s father to prove paternity. Robert Bowers’ lawyers had wanted the body disinterred for a DNA test after prosecutors raised questions about paternity during Bowers’ trial for the 2018 massacre at the Tree of Life […]

Greece arrests 2 for smuggling migrants onto wildfire-ravaged island

6:12 pm July 26, 2023

Greek authorities have arrested two people for allegedly smuggling 35 migrants across the Aegean Sea, using an unusual itinerary that brought them to a wildfire-afflicted island close to the mainland. PLANE CRASHES FIGHTING RAGING WILDFIRES IN SOUTHERN GREECE TRAGEDY The coast guard said the two men were stopped off the island of Evia late Tuesday […]