Day: September 1, 2023

57 guards, officers released in Ecuador following hostage takeover in several prisons, authorities say

11:55 pm September 1, 2023

Ecuadorian authorities announced Friday the release of 50 guards and seven police officers who were taken hostage for more than a day, in what the government described as a response by criminal groups to its efforts to regain control of several large correctional facilities in the South American country. The country’s corrections system, the National […]

4 dead, 30 injured in Brazil after metal factory explodes

11:54 pm September 1, 2023

An explosion Friday at a metal factory in the countryside of Brazil’s most populous state killed four people and seriously injured at least 30 others, officials said. Dozens of firefighters and rescue teams were sent to the site of the explosion in the city of Cabreuva, São Paulo Gov. Tarcisio de Freitas said on social […]

NC Supreme Court upholds death sentence of man who sexually abused, murdered girlfriend’s 4-year-old daughter

11:52 pm September 1, 2023

The North Carolina Supreme Court upheld on Friday the first-degree murder conviction and death sentence of a man found by a jury to have abused and tortured his then-girlfriend’s 4-year-old daughter. In a 6-1 ruling, the state’s highest court kept in place the conviction of and punishment for Jonathan Douglas Richardson in the July 2010 […]

Pelosi says many Trump supporters don’t value human dignity for everyone

11:51 pm September 1, 2023

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., trashed supporters of former President Donald Trump in an interview with Bloomberg Television, claiming they’re people who either don’t value the dignity of “every person” or are “afraid” of change. She added that the “malignancy of Trump” is a “cancerous situation” in America and urged the Republican Party to […]

Morgan Wallen fans brawl over port-a-potties at Pittsburgh concert, viral video shows

11:51 pm September 1, 2023

Several women were caught on video brawling outside port-a-potties at a Pittsburgh Morgan Wallen concert this week. In the video shared on X, formerly known as Twitter, one woman can be heard telling another “F— you! You do not cut in front of me!” before they began to wildly shove each other. A woman who […]

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