Day: February 12, 2024

California hiker found dead on snowy mountain after she went missing on a solo hike 1 week ago

5:47 pm February 12, 2024

A hiker who was missing for days on Southern California’s towering Mount Baldy was found dead over the weekend, authorities said. A helicopter crew recovered the body of Lefei Huang, 22, on Sunday morning from the upper San Antonio Creek Falls area of the mountain, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement. […]

Chicago’s top cop admits flubbing number of homicide cases resolved by police

5:45 pm February 12, 2024

The head of Chicago’s police department vastly overstated the number of January homicides solved by the department’s detectives, touting a 76% clearance rate to residents at a public safety forum last month. “Of the homicides we’ve had this year, which is 25, 19 of those have been cleared already,” Superintendent Larry Snelling told West Side […]

Ukraine aid package would be used to impeach Trump, Sen Vance warns

5:10 pm February 12, 2024

Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, warned his Republican colleagues that the proposed Ukrainian aid bill could be used to impeach former President Trump if he wins re-election in November. Vance sent a memo to GOP lawmakers highlighting that the Ukraine package assures the delivery of funding through September 2025. Trump, however, has vowed to end the […]

Congolese demonstrators burn US, Belgian flags as tensions flare

5:09 pm February 12, 2024

Police in the Democratic Republic of the Congo fired tear gas on Monday to disperse protesters who burned tires and U.S. and Belgian flags near Western embassies and U.N. offices in the capital Kinshasa, angry about insecurity in eastern Congo. The protesters, seizing on a new tactic by targeting embassies, say the West supports neighboring […]

Second Michigan murder suspect arrested in young woman’s deadly abduction

4:57 pm February 12, 2024

Michigan authorities have made a second arrest in connection with the 1980 murder of 21-year-old Karen Umphrey. The St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office on Feb. 8 announced the arrest of Anthony Harris, 63, in connection with Umphrey’s murder – approximately two months after they arrested Douglas Laming, 70, in the same case. “Working with the […]