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CANTON ‒ A 40-year-old man from the city’s southwest section has been indicted on a charge of aggravated murder, accused of shooting of another man, 67, in the 800 block of Fifth Street SW on Jan. 29. Lionel I. Lipkins is also charged with aggravated burglary, felonious assault and having weapons under disability. Two charges […]

PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) — A Brazilian horse nicknamed Caramelo by social media users garnered national attention after a television news helicopter spotted it stranded on a rooftop, presumably for days, in southern Brazil, where massive floods have killed more than 100 people. About 24 hours after it was first spotted and with people clamoring […]

A Columbus Waffle House will permanently close after Mother’s Day next week. The location on Manchester Expressway, across from Chic-Fil-A, will shut its doors May 13, an employee confirmed with the Ledger-Enquirer. After this location closes, there will be nine other Waffle House locations in Columbus. The brand was founded in 1955 in Avondale Estates, […]

Barron Trump, who has long been shielded from the public eye, will make his political debut, so to speak, under the glaring national spotlight at the Republican National Convention in July. The youngest Trump child was chosen as an at-large delegate by the Florida Republican Party on Wednesday, NBC News first reported. It will be […]

(Bloomberg) — President Xi Jinping pledged more rail and energy investments in Hungary to serve as China’s gateway into the European Union as he secured backup from Prime Minister Viktor Orban for Beijing’s pushback against the “overcapacity” accusations by the West. Most Read from Bloomberg Xi, in Budapest Thursday after stops in France and Serbia, […]

Costa Rica has become the latest Latin American country to introduce rationing due to drought, announcing Thursday it will limit access to electricity for which it relies heavily on hydro-generation. Dams that feed the country’s hydro-electric plants were low due to the El Nino weather phenomenon, officials said. “This El Nino has really been the […]

In a rare warning, the US president threatens to halt some arms supplies if Israel invades city in southern Gaza. For the first time since Israel’s war on Gaza began in October, United States President Joe Biden has admitted American weapons have been used to kill civilians. And he is threatening to stop supplying arms […]

A 21-year-old man was arrested for shooting his stepmother during a charter school graduation ceremony, police in Albuquerque, New Mexico, said. The shooting occurred shortly after 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Albuquerque Convention Center. Police said they were called to the venue for what was initially believed to be an active shooter but when officers […]

The story at the center of Netflix’s latest true crime drama, “The Asunta Case,” is captivating, horrifying and real. The series is now the top non-English language series on Netflix in the U.S., as of May 9. Released on April 26, the miniseries follows the case of a 12-year-old Chinese-born girl, Asunta Fong Yang, whose […]

CHICAGO — The third and final member of a family of great horned owls living in Lincoln Park’s North Pond was found dead Thursday morning. Experts said the bird is suspected to have died from rodent poisoning. The adult female owl was found covered in blood, Annette Prince of Chicago Bird Collision Monitors said, a […]

Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Budapest on Thursday on the last stop of his trip to Europe and the two leaders committed to closer ties. They agreed on a “comprehensive strategic partnership” between the two countries, the leaders said in a joint statement broadcast on Hungarian state […]

Before President Joe Biden warned Israel that his administration would refuse to send more weapons, including 2,000-pound bombs that have killed so many innocent people, an Israeli spokesman sat down with media personality Piers Morgan. It turned into maybe the most revealing exchange since the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack on Israel that triggered the […]