DALLAS—The brother of retired NFL cornerback Aqib Talib has pleaded guilty to murder in the 2022 shooting death of a coach at a youth football game in Texas, prosecutors said. Yaqub Salik Talib, 40, pleaded guilty Thursday to the charge in the shooting of 43-year-old Michael Hickmon, according to Claire Crouch, a spokesperson for the…
Brother of Former NFL Star Aqib Talib Pleads Guilty to Murder, Prosecutors Say
Tropical Storm Don Becomes Hurricane, NHC Says
Tropical storm Don became a hurricane on Saturday, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest advisory. Hurricane Don, which is moving in a northwest direction over the central Atlantic, is located about 775 kilometers (481.56 miles) south-southeast of Cape Race Newfoundland and packing maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour, the Miami-based…
Joint Investigation Shatters Money Laundering, Tax Evasion, Foreign Worker Exploitation Within Construction Industry
A joint investigation between the Australian Border Force (ABF) and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has thwarted serious criminal behaviour by four Chinese nationals within two states. This week, a 55-year-old Chinese national received a criminal conviction and fine for her money laundering activity, tax evasion, and foreign worker exploitation within the construction industry. She…
Fire Damages Building That Houses Office of Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.—A fire has caused heavy damage Friday morning to a building that houses the Bowling Green office of Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) as well as a local law firm. Fire crews were called to the building on State Street around 2 a.m. Friday and found a heavy blaze that required additional units,…
Prosecutors Say FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Is Harassing a Key Witness at His Upcoming Trial
NEW YORK—FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is harassing a key witness against him at his upcoming trial by giving a newspaper personal things she wrote while she was the chief executive of his cryptocurrency hedge fund trading firm, prosecutors say. They asked a judge late Thursday to order trial participants not to make statements that might…
Australian Defence Force Commitment on Families in Question
The defence force’s culture and commitment to supporting veterans has been called into question during the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide. At a hearing into defence force suicide held in Adelaide on July 21, the royal commission was told of many issues faced by military service families. Head of military personnel, Major General Wade…
Russian Attack Hits Chinese Consulate in Ukraine’s Odesa
Russia launched overnight missile and drone strikes on Ukraine damaging Chinese consulate building and infrastructure of Odesa port that has a million tons of grains to be shipped to Asia and Africa, including 60,000 tons to China. The Chinese communist regime has not condemned Russia for the attacks. Russia has launched its attacks on the southern…
The Cult Religion of Transgenderism: Part III
Commentary Continued from Part II Experts say that with all religious cults, the brainwashing process begins early and slowly gets people in the habit of complying. And from there, the screws are tightened as the requests become more and more outlandish. The cult members gradually seem to lose all sense of self and can no…
2,000 People Including Tourists Evacuated as Wildfire Rages on Greek Island of Rhodes
ATHENS, Greece—A large wildfire burning on the Greek island of Rhodes for a fifth day has forced authorities to order an evacuation of four locations, including two seaside resorts. About 2,000 people, including tourists, were evacuated by sea, fire department spokesman Yannis Artopios said Saturday evening. He added that the hotels and rented homes evacuated…
Dog Reunites With His Owner in San Diego 335 Miles From Home
A dog who went missing around the Fourth of July was reunited with his family at San Diego Humane Society’s El Cajon campus—335 miles from where he went missing. Ryder, a 9-year-old Chihuahua-terrier mix, was brought into the El Cajon campus as a stray on July 17. The person who found him said the dog…
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