A Texas motorist accidentally struck a group of migrants walking along a busy highway near Eagle Pass, Texas, late Saturday night. The migrant group recently crossed the Rio Grande into the United States in an area where hundreds cross daily hoping to surrender to authorities. The crash left one migrant dead and three others, including […]
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Migrant Dead, Others Critically Injured as Motorist Strikes Group in Texas Border Town
Bum note: ‘Bad singing’ lands Canadian motorist with $149 fine
Taoufik Moalla, 38, was cruising down Montreal’s Saint-Croix Avenue, singing along to ‘Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)’ by American dance group C+C Music Factory, when a cop car started blaring its siren behind him. “I was thinking they wanted to pass, but they called on the speaker, ‘Please go to the right side’,” Moalla […]
Tennis Star Maria Sharapova Admits Failing Drugs Test
Tennis star Maria Sharapova announced at a press conference on Monday that she failed a drugs test at the Australian Open. The BBC reports: The Russian, 28, tested positive for meldonium, a substance she has been taking since 2006 for health issues. Sharapova, a five-time Grand Slam champion, is provisionally suspended from 12 March pending […]
Prosecutors Seek Murder Indictments In Police Killing Of Unarmed Naked Veteran
Prosecutors in DeKalb County, Georgia said at a press conference on Thursday that they are seeking indictments by a grand jury for two counts of murder and other charges for an officer that shot and killed an unarmed and naked Afghanistan Air Force veteran last year. Officer Robert Olsen was responding to a call about a suspicious […]