CNN — Multiple people were killed in a shooting in Jacksonville, Florida, Saturday afternoon, Mayor Donna Deegan told CNN. She said “multiple fatalities” were reported and more details would be coming from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office shortly. Deegan also told CNN affiliate WJXT the shooter was barricaded inside a Dollar General store on Kings Road. … Read more
CNN — A 16-year-old boy was killed and four others were injured in a shooting at a high school football game in Choctaw, Oklahoma, authorities say. The teenager, whose name has not been released, was shot Friday night, according to a news release from the Choctaw Police Department. Authorities said he was not a student … Read more
CNN — In a high-profile case that rocked the commercial shipping industry, a sailor accused of raping a student from the US Merchant Marine Academy has agreed to surrender his credential to work on ships, but he will not be criminally prosecuted. Longtime merchant mariner Edgar Sison voluntarily surrendered his government-issued credential last week after … Read more
CNN — Nigeria’s former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke has been charged with bribery offenses following an investigation by the UK’s National Crime Agency, which alleges she accepted bribes in exchange for multimillion-pound oil and gas contracts while in government. “She is alleged to have benefitted from at least £100,000 in cash, chauffeur-driven cars, flights on … Read more
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