Tag: escape

Five Lions Escape From Sydney’s Taronga Zoo

Five lions escaped their enclosure at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo, forcing staff to take refuge and placing the zoo into lockdown. Taronga issued a statement confirming the incident early on Wednesday, saying all the lions were back in their enclosure. “An emergency situation occurred this morning at Taronga Zoo Sydney when five lions were located outside…


Five Lions Caught After Escape From Sydney’s Taronga Zoo

Five lions who escaped their enclosure at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo, forcing staff to take refuge and placing the zoo into lockdown, have been recaptured. Taronga issued a statement confirming the incident early on Wednesday, saying all the lions were back in their enclosure. “An emergency situation occurred this morning at Taronga Zoo Sydney when five…


Irish Luck (1939)

Buzzy O’Brien is a bellhop in a hotel where a guest is murdered. The police blame Kitty Monahan, and Buzzy succeeds in helping her escape and hides her at his home with his mother. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save”…


Indonesia Presses for Answers After Deadly Soccer Stampede

MALANG, Indonesia—Dozens of Indonesian police were placed under investigation on Monday over a stampede at a soccer match that killed 125 people, as authorities sought to determine what caused one of the world’s deadliest stadium disasters and who was to blame. Panicked spectators were crushed on Saturday as they tried to flee the overcrowded stadium…


A Physician’s Daring Escape from the Khmer Rouge Inspires His Future Generations to Cherish Freedom

When I was younger, my father regaled me with stories of his childhood in Cambodia so vivid I felt I could touch or taste them—golden candy made of palm sugar, water buffaloes lumbering through rice paddies (and oh, the leeches that would grab onto your legs!), greens you’d pick at the edge of those same…


With Records Poised to Fall, City Folk Flee Heat If They Can

PROMISED LAND, Pa.—It’s not exactly flowing with milk and honey—just ask the area’s struggling black bears—but Promised Land offered respite Sunday for city folks in the Northeast trying to escape a nearly weeklong hot spell that only threatened to intensify. Those with the resources fled to pools, beaches, and higher elevations like Promised Land State…


As Heat Records Fall in Northeast, Some City Dwellers Flee

PROMISED LAND, Pa.—It’s not exactly flowing with milk and honey—just ask the area’s struggling black bears—but Promised Land offered respite Sunday for city folks in the Northeast trying to escape a nearly weeklong hot spell that only threatened to intensify. Those with the resources fled to pools, beaches and higher elevations like Promised Land State…


The Flying Deuces (1939)

Ollie falls in love with a woman. When he finds out she’s married, he attempts to kill himself. Of course, the suicide is stopped and the boys join the Foreign Legion to get out of their trouble. Eventually, they are arrested for trying to escape the legion and escape the firing squad by stealing a…


Alabama Inmate Who Escaped Jail Waives Extradition

An Alabama murder suspect who surrendered after a weeklong flight with his jailer ended with her mortally wounded in a ditch in Indiana waived extradition on Tuesday. Jess Powers, director of the Vanderburgh County Cyber Crime Task Force, told The Associated Press that Casey White appeared in court by video and “will be immediately extradited….


Sheriff: Alabama Inmate, Jailer Were Prepared for a Shootout

The murder suspect and his jailer who evaded authorities for more than a week after walking out of an Alabama lockup were carrying $29,000 in cash, four handguns, and an AR-15 rifle and were prepared for a shootout when they were captured, an Indiana sheriff said Tuesday. The escaped convict Casey White showed no remorse…