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A gunsmith has been forced to close after 100 years because the trade is “dying”, its owner has said. Malcolm Lambert has owned Lamberts of Ringwood, Hants, since the 1990s – but the shop itself has stood at its Market Square site since 1916. The 78-year-old gunsmith – someone who repairs, modifies, designs and builds […]

In 1932, the United States Public Health Service launched a study with the Tuskegee Institute to “record the natural history of syphilis.” The study started with 600 Black men, 399 who were confirmed to have syphilis, 201 who did not (the control group), and not one of them gave their informed consent. Researchers on the […]

In 1932, the United States Public Health Service launched a study with the Tuskegee Institute to “record the natural history of syphilis.” The study started with 600 Black men, 399 who were confirmed to have syphilis, 201 who did not (the control group), and not one of them gave their informed consent. Researchers on the […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — Dozens of angry Israeli settlers stormed into a Palestinian village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Friday, shooting and setting houses and cars on fire. The rampage killed a Palestinian man and wounded 25 others, Palestinian health officials said. The violence was the latest in an escalation in the West Bank that […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed into a Palestinian village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Friday, shooting and setting houses and cars on fire. The rampage killed a Palestinian man and wounded 25 others, Palestinian health officials said. The violence was the latest in an escalation in the West Bank that has […]

T.J. Holmes explained why he worries so much about being apart from girlfriend Amy Robach when she travels without him. During the Friday, April 12, episode of their “Amy and T.J.” podcast, Robach, 51, discussed her plans to visit her older daughter in Germany. “We are about to be apart for the first time in […]

MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military on Friday reported a successful test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile. Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a statement that the launch took place at the Kapustin Yar testing range in the south of the country as part of “state testing of prospective missile systems, as well as confirmation […]

It would normally be a time of feasts and family gatherings, with children dressed in new clothes and given money. This year, Seraj al-Najjar, 19, spent the Eid al-Fitr festival collecting the bones of her relatives from the rubble of her former home in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis. With the sun beating down, […]

A German court has sentenced a 43-year-old Islamic State terrorist to five and a half years in prison, a court spokeswoman said on Friday. The man joined the terrorist group in Syria in 2013 and continued to support it in Germany, procuring money for the group until he was arrested in 2021. Prosecutors in the […]

A convicted woman who had her prison sentenced delayed multiple times for hardship was leading an active social life abroad, including lots of beach time, according to federal officials in Massachusetts. She gave prosecutors all the proof they needed by posting extensively on social media, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Massachusetts, reported in an […]

As Israel has continued its bombardment of the Gaza Strip, its restrictions on journalists‘ access to the region have drawn scrutiny. New data released Thursday suggests Israel’s tactics are fueling an “information war” with perverse incentives for hate-mongers and conspiracy theorists. The Committee to Protect Journalists’ preliminary estimate counts 95 journalists and media workers who […]

German police have broken up a pro-Palestinian conference in the capital Berlin and asked some 250 participants to leave the venue. Officers had already interrupted the event during a speech via video by an activist who is banned from political activity in Germany. When the man spoke police cut off the transmission and temporarily switched […]