Unbiased headline news – German police have detained a 15-year-old boy and are working to determine if he is connected to the stabbing that left several people injured at a music festival in Solingen.
Three people were killed in the attack, with eight others wounded—four of whom are reported to be in “very serious” condition. Authorities continue to search for the assailant. The victims include two men, aged 67 and 57, and a woman aged 56, according to police.
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Authorities probing the sinking of a superyacht off the Sicilian coast that resulted in seven fatalities have launched a manslaughter investigation.
“We have opened a case against unknown individuals under the suspicion of negligent shipwreck manslaughter,” stated Ambrogio Cartosio, the chief prosecutor of Termini Imerese, Sicily, during a Saturday press conference. Cartosio added, “We are ensuring the investigation remains confidential as required by law.”
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Ukraine and Russia exchanged 115 prisoners of war each, totaling 230 individuals in a swap brokered by officials in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday.
Eighty-two of the Ukrainian prisoners were captured during the defense of Mariupol by Russian forces, while the Russian POWs were taken during recent Ukrainian attacks in Russia’s Kursk region. Zelensky stated that Ukrainian officials are “working tirelessly to bring them all back” from Russian captivity.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former long-serving director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has been hospitalized with the West Nile virus and is now recovering at home.
Fauci, who served on the White House Coronavirus Task Force, is expected to make a full recovery, according to his spokesman who spoke to CNN and The Washington Post. The 83-year-old Fauci also served as chief medical advisor to both former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden before retiring on December 31st, 2022. Currently, there is no vaccine or specific treatment for West Nile virus.
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A rare but lethal disease spread by mosquitoes has prompted the town of Plymouth, Massachusetts, to take preventive measures.
The city is closing its parks and fields each evening, while four nearby towns are urging residents to stay indoors at night. The concern centers around eastern equine encephalitis, a disease recently identified in an 80-year-old man, marking the first human case in Massachusetts since 2020, according to state health officials.
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A New York mother is accused of driving the wrong way on a highway while under the influence of drugs, leading to a “severe” four-car crash that killed her 9-year-old son, state police reported.
The fatal accident occurred early Thursday in Suffolk County, Long Island. Police identified Kerri Bedrick, 32, as the driver of the wrong-way SUV involved in the collision. Her son, Eli Henrys, who was in the back seat, was killed in the crash, authorities said. Bedrick faces multiple charges related to drug use and driving offenses, according to online court records.
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A 33-year-old woman has been missing since Thursday after a flash flood swept through Grand Canyon National Park, officials said.
Search and rescue teams are actively looking for Chenoa Nickerson, from Gilbert, Arizona, who was carried away by the floodwaters into a creek Thursday afternoon, according to the National Park Service. The flash flood struck Havasu Creek just before 1:30 p.m. local time on Thursday, the NPS reported.
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A second former Memphis police officer facing federal charges in connection with the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols has entered a guilty plea, just weeks before the trial was scheduled to start, according to court documents.
Emmitt Martin III, one of five former officers indicted last year on federal civil rights, conspiracy, and obstruction charges related to Nichols’ death, initially pleaded not guilty but has now admitted guilt to two charges during a plea hearing in federal court in Memphis.
